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2006

Sept. 2006 - Prof. Jongyoon Han develops new nano-device for protein separations. Click here for more information.

Professor Arup Chakraborty receive NIH Pioneer grants.  Click here for more information.

Nov. 2006 - Prof. Steve Tannenbaum Named AAAS Fellow. Click here for more information.

Nov. 2006 - Prof. Angela Belcher named Scientific American Researcher of the Year. Click here for more information.

Nov. 2006 - Prof. Subra Suresh receives honorary doctorate from Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology. Click here for more information.

Sept. 2006 - Prof. Linda Griffith has received a 2006 MacArthur Foundation Award... read more

Aug. 2006 - Prof Drew Endy leads MIT role in new NSF Synthetic Biology Center. Click here for more information.

Aug. 2006 - Prof. Alan Jasanoff receives award for Technological Innovations in Neuroscience from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. Click here for more information.

July 2006 - BE researchers break new ground in tumor cell migration studies. Click here for more information.

July 2006 - Prof. Scott Manalis develops novel label-free device to measure proteins that may be signs of cancer. Click here for more information.

July 2006 - Subra Suresh receives major recognition from the National University of Singapore. Click here for more information.

July 2006 - BE researchers probe chemical link between inflammation and cancer. Click here for more information.

June 2006 - Prof. Scott Manalis wants to use an adapted version of a research tool to measure proteins that may be signs of cancer...read more

Apr. 2006 - Angie Belcher in the news: Researchers build tiny batteries with viruses ... read more

Apr. 2006 - Ram Sasisekharan from MIT's Biological Engineering Division has won the IndUS Business Journal award of excellence in the Biotechnology & Pharmaceuticals category ... read more

Mar. 2006 - Cell Decision Processes Center Studies find Signaling Links between Cancer and Inflammatory Disease... read more

Mar. 2006 - Subra Suresh: Nano-biomechanics named one of Top 10 Emerging Technologies by TR ... read more

Mar. 2006 - Ram Sasisekharan interviewed in Lancet ... read more

Feb. 2006 - Angie Belcher awarded new Germeshausen Professorship ... read more

Feb. 2006 - Darrell Irvine named to professorship ... read more

2005

NEW BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING SB MAJOR APPROVED! ... read more ... and more ... and more!

NY Times feature on Synthetic Biology, November 2005. Features the work of Drew Endy and his lab ... read more

Ed DeLong has been elected in the 2005 Class of Fellows of the American Academy of Arts & Sciences. This is wonderful, well-deserved recognition of Ed's tremendous scientific accomplishments ... read more

Bob Langer named an Institute Professor ... read more ... and awarded Albany Medical Center award ... read more

David Berry Awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Inventiveness ... read more

BMES has been awarded the BMES National Meritorious Achievement Award, or Chapter of the Year by the national BMES organization.

2004

Ram Sasisekharan and Momenta Pharmaceuticals profiled in:

• Boston Globe: From idea to marketplace ... Click here to read more
• Boston Globe: Momenta was able to launch an IPO in 2004 ... Click here to read more
• NIGMS Findings

2004 BE Retreat a Success! ... Click here to see photos.

Dane Wittrup Honored for Technological Progress ... Click here to read more

Steve Tannenbaum's work featured in MIT News: Bladder Cancer Risks Identified ... Click here to read more

Jim Fox Elected to the Institute of Medicine ... Click here to read more

Angela Belcher won a 2004 MacArthur Fellowship ... Click here to read more

John Essigmann received the Princess Chulabhorn Gold Medal Award for 2004 ... Click here to read more

Darrell Irvine Named as one of the 2004 Technology Review 100 Top Innovators, in recognition of his outstanding work in the biomaterials area ... Click here to read more

Ed DeLong Selected as one of the four new Moore Foundation Investigators in Marine Science ... Click here to read more

Jongyoon Han has been selected as van Tassel Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering ... Click here to read more

Matt Lang has been selected as Keck Assistant Professor of Bioengineering ... Click here to read more

Robert Langer wins Prestigious GM Award ... Click here to read more

Institute Awards Colloquium, May 4th, 2004

Peter So of Mechanical Engineering receives Frank E. Perkins Award excellent advising for graduate students

Angela Belcher was promoted to Associate Professor with Tenure, along with many others ...
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Subra Suresh, the Ford Professor of Engineering and BE Faculty member, was elected a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences; he also will receive a Humboldt Research Award, conferred by the Alexander von Humboldt Foundation in recognition of lifetime achievements in science. Awardees are invited to carry out research projects of their own choice in cooperation with colleagues in Germany.

Kim Hamad-Schifferli has been selected as a 2004 Young Investigator awardee by the Office of Naval Research. This is conferred upon exceptional faculty at US universities.

Drew Endy featured in Scientific American article on Synthetic Life (May 2004, Vol. 290, Issue 5.) ... Click here to read more

2003

MIT researcher makes adult stem cells multiply, then revert to normal, NOVEMBER 20, 2003. MIT News ... Click here to read more

Environmental chemicals may not mutate people, says MIT expert, JUNE 30, 2003. MIT News ... Click here to read more

BE Professor Heads $50 Million Dollar Research Effort ... Click here to read more

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