The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT, the former Center for Cancer Research, partially supported by the National Cancer Institute, provides facilities for interdisciplinary work in many areas of fundamental cancer research, including molecular, cellular, and developmental biology and immunology. With a $100 million gift from David H. Koch, MIT is building a new cancer research center—scheduled to open in 2010—that will bring together scientists and engineers under one roof to develop new and powerful ways to detect, diagnose, treat, and manage cancer.
The Koch Institute draws its faculty largely from the Department of Biology. Graduate students typically enroll in the departmental program, but students in any MIT department may ask to do doctoral thesis research under the supervision of the center's faculty. If accepted, they may be eligible for support as research assistants.
Opportunities for undergraduate research are available through the UROP program. Occasional seminars on cancer research, offered as public colloquia, are also available.
For further information, contact the director, Professor Tyler Jacks, Room E17-110, 617-253-6403.