News Archives

2007

• Dedon lab discovery of phosphorothioates in bacteria selected as 2007 Top 10 Global Science achievements by Scientific American China.
• Dedon laboratory discovers new DNA modification. more >
• Leona Samson laboratory identifies prenatal arsenic exposure effects. more >
• New NIH Molecular, Cellular and Tissue Biomechanics Training Grant available for graduate students. more >
• iGEM 2007 draws 54 student teams from around the world. more >
• Prof. Leona Samson elected AAAS Fellow. more >
• Tidor/Wittrup collaboration creates new method for improved antibody development. more >
• Prof. Jim Fox named President-Elect of AAVMC. more >
• Profs Ed Boyden and Alan Jasanoff receive NIH New Innovators Awards. more >
• BE PhD alumnus David Berry named TR Innovator of the Year. more >
• Forest White laboratory identifies critical brain tumor proteins. more >
• Friday, October 26, 2007 - CSBi 2007 OKTOBERFEST - Walker Memorial Lounge
• Spring 2007 - Graduation Pictures!
• May 2007 - Fraenkel group uncovers human-vs-mouse differences in gene regulatory protein functions: Click here for more information
• May 2007 - Griffith/Samson/Lodish collaboration develops new drug toxicity assay from bone marrow stem cells. Click here for more information.
• May 2007 - Manalis laboratory invents single-cell mass detection device.
• Congratulations to Professor Arup Chakraborty on his election as a Fellow of the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.
• January 2007 - Professor Douglas Lauffenburger has won the 2007 Pierre Galletti Award from the American Institute for Medical and Biological Engineering.
• 2007 - Congratulations to Professor Frank Douglas -- selected to receive the ABC Black History Makers Award.

2006

• Sept. 2006 - Prof. Jongyoon Han develops new nano-device for protein separations. more >
• Kevin Janes wins BMES Rita Schaffer Young Investigator Award. more >
• Professor Arup Chakraborty receive NIH Pioneer grants.  more >
• Nov. 2006 - Prof. Steve Tannenbaum Named AAAS Fellow. more >
• Nov. 2006 - Prof. Angela Belcher named Scientific American Researcher of the Year. more >
• Nov. 2006 - Prof. Subra Suresh receives honorary doctorate from Sweden's Royal Institute of Technology. more >
• Sept. 2006 - Prof. Linda Griffith has received a 2006 MacArthur Foundation Award... more >
• Aug. 2006 - Prof Drew Endy leads MIT role in new NSF Synthetic Biology Center. more >
• Aug. 2006 - Prof. Alan Jasanoff receives award for Technological Innovations in Neuroscience from the McKnight Endowment Fund for Neuroscience. more >
• Aug 2006 - BE faculty and students play key role in new NSF Synthetic Biology Center. more >
• July 2006 - BE researchers break new ground in tumor cell migration studies. more >
• July 2006 - Prof. Scott Manalis develops novel label-free device to measure proteins that may be signs of cancer. more >
• July 2006 - Subra Suresh receives major recognition from the National University of Singapore. more >
• July 2006 - BE researchers probe chemical link between inflammation and cancer. more >
• June 2006 - Prof. Scott Manalis wants to use an adapted version of a research tool to measure proteins that may be signs of cancer...more >
• Apr. 2006 - Angie Belcher in the news: Researchers build tiny batteries with viruses ... 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 ... more >
• Mar. 2006 - Cell Decision Processes Center Studies find Signaling Links between Cancer and Inflammatory Disease... more >
• Mar. 2006 - Subra Suresh: Nano-biomechanics named one of Top 10 Emerging Technologies by TR ... more >
• Mar. 2006 - Ram Sasisekharan interviewed in Lancet ... more >
• Feb. 2006 - Angie Belcher awarded new Germeshausen Professorship ... more >
• Feb. 2006 - Darrell Irvine named to professorship ... more >

2005

• NEW BIOLOGICAL ENGINEERING SB MAJOR APPROVED! ... more > ... and more ... and more!

• NY Times feature on Synthetic Biology, November 2005. Features the work of Drew Endy and his lab ...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 ... more >
• Bob Langer named an Institute Professor ... more > ... and awarded Albany Medical Center award ... more >
• David Berry Awarded $30,000 Lemelson-MIT Student Prize for Inventiveness ... 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 ... more >
  • Boston Globe: Momenta was able to launch an IPO in 2004 ... more >
  • NIGMS Findings
• 2004 BE Retreat a Success! ... more >.
• Dane Wittrup Honored for Technological Progress ... more >
• Steve Tannenbaum's work featured in MIT News: Bladder Cancer Risks Identified ... more >
• Jim Fox Elected to the Institute of Medicine ... more >
• Angela Belcher won a 2004 MacArthur Fellowship ... more >
• John Essigmann received the Princess Chulabhorn Gold Medal Award for 2004 ... more >
• Darrell Irvine Named as one of the 2004 Technology Review 100 Top Innovators, in recognition of his outstanding work in the biomaterials area ... more >
• Ed DeLong Selected as one of the four new Moore Foundation Investigators in Marine Science ... more >
• Jongyoon Han has been selected as van Tassel Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering ... more >
• Matt Lang has been selected as Keck Assistant Professor of Bioengineering ... more >
• Robert Langer wins Prestigious GM Award ... 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 ...  more >
• 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.) ... more >

2003

• MIT researcher makes adult stem cells multiply, then revert to normal, NOVEMBER 20, 2003. MIT News ... more >
• Environmental chemicals may not mutate people, says MIT expert, JUNE 30, 2003. MIT News ... more >
• BE Professor Heads $50 Million Dollar Research Effort ... more >