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The Koch Institute brings interdisciplinary approaches together to advance the fight against cancer.
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How do dormant cancer cells turn dangerous? Weinberg lab research in PNAS shows inflammation sparks reactivation, while M2 macrophages and EGFR ligands accelerate growth. Cells then develop an “awakening memory,” staying active without cues: news.mit.edu/2025/inflamm...
November 20, 2025 at 5:03 PM
How do dormant cancer cells turn dangerous? Weinberg lab research in PNAS shows inflammation sparks reactivation, while M2 macrophages and EGFR ligands accelerate growth. Cells then develop an “awakening memory,” staying active without cues: news.mit.edu/2025/inflamm...
Jeremiah Johnson gives chemotherapy a “bottlebrush” boost: antibody-targeted polymer particles carry hundreds of drug molecules directly to cancer cells, wiping out most tumors in mice.
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November 19, 2025 at 5:15 PM
Jeremiah Johnson gives chemotherapy a “bottlebrush” boost: antibody-targeted polymer particles carry hundreds of drug molecules directly to cancer cells, wiping out most tumors in mice.
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🚨 Attention undergraduate scientists and engineers! 🚨 Want to spend a summer doing research at MIT? Join us for the 2026 MIT Summer Research Program!
Learn more and apply: oge.mit.edu/msrp/
@mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
Learn more and apply: oge.mit.edu/msrp/
@mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
November 18, 2025 at 12:05 PM
🚨 Attention undergraduate scientists and engineers! 🚨 Want to spend a summer doing research at MIT? Join us for the 2026 MIT Summer Research Program!
Learn more and apply: oge.mit.edu/msrp/
@mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
Learn more and apply: oge.mit.edu/msrp/
@mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social
Thank you to Dr. David Mutch of Washington University in St. Louis for delivering the Judith Ann Lippard Memorial Lecture. His insightful talk highlighted how far we’ve come—& how far we’ve yet to go—in understanding & treating endometrial cancer. ki.mit.edu/events/prize...
November 14, 2025 at 5:12 PM
Thank you to Dr. David Mutch of Washington University in St. Louis for delivering the Judith Ann Lippard Memorial Lecture. His insightful talk highlighted how far we’ve come—& how far we’ve yet to go—in understanding & treating endometrial cancer. ki.mit.edu/events/prize...
Cima Lab alum Canan Dagdeviren’s breast-cancer–detecting bra launched into space aboard Blue Origin’s all-female crew. In microgravity, tumor growth accelerates—helping fast-track innovations in early detection back on Earth. news.mit.edu/2025/breast-...
November 13, 2025 at 5:30 PM
Cima Lab alum Canan Dagdeviren’s breast-cancer–detecting bra launched into space aboard Blue Origin’s all-female crew. In microgravity, tumor growth accelerates—helping fast-track innovations in early detection back on Earth. news.mit.edu/2025/breast-...
A new @nature.com study from the Yilmaz lab suggests cysteine-rich diets may help the gut heal by activating an immune pathway that enables stem cells to regrow intestinal tissue—offering insights for repairing damage from radiation or chemo.
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November 12, 2025 at 5:04 PM
A new @nature.com study from the Yilmaz lab suggests cysteine-rich diets may help the gut heal by activating an immune pathway that enables stem cells to regrow intestinal tissue—offering insights for repairing damage from radiation or chemo.
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Thanks to all who attended the 2025 Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award ceremony. The award honors exceptional graduate work done outside the US & brings winners to the KI to share their science. Congrats to Sourav Ghosh & Kotaro Tomuro on engaging talks. mit-ki.org/46zzJB5
November 7, 2025 at 8:10 PM
Thanks to all who attended the 2025 Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award ceremony. The award honors exceptional graduate work done outside the US & brings winners to the KI to share their science. Congrats to Sourav Ghosh & Kotaro Tomuro on engaging talks. mit-ki.org/46zzJB5
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Great to see this story in print! Congrats @megtriesscience.bsky.social @douglaspdyer.bsky.social and team! Looking forward to sharing Megan's first contributions as a postdoc in our lab at @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social soon... 👀
My PhD work is (finally) published in Science Signaling! And it made the cover!
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Here’s what we found 🧵⬇️
www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
November 4, 2025 at 8:03 PM
Great to see this story in print! Congrats @megtriesscience.bsky.social @douglaspdyer.bsky.social and team! Looking forward to sharing Megan's first contributions as a postdoc in our lab at @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social soon... 👀
The Chen Lab has identified a one-step way to engineer CAR NK-cells that are more effective, less likely to be rejected, and faster to manufacture — a path toward off-the-shelf cancer immunotherapies given at diagnosis, weeks sooner than current options. 🧪 news.mit.edu/2025/enginee...
November 5, 2025 at 5:01 PM
The Chen Lab has identified a one-step way to engineer CAR NK-cells that are more effective, less likely to be rejected, and faster to manufacture — a path toward off-the-shelf cancer immunotherapies given at diagnosis, weeks sooner than current options. 🧪 news.mit.edu/2025/enginee...
From eerie cells to ghostly glows, our researchers are serving frightfully good science this Halloween! These spooky selections from the #KIImages collection prove that science can be drop-dead gorgeous: ki-images.mit.edu
October 31, 2025 at 4:04 PM
From eerie cells to ghostly glows, our researchers are serving frightfully good science this Halloween! These spooky selections from the #KIImages collection prove that science can be drop-dead gorgeous: ki-images.mit.edu
Join us on Nov. 6th at 10 a.m. as our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners Sourav Ghosh (@souravsgw.bsky.social) of IIT Bombay & Kotaro Tomuro of RIKEN & UTokyo_News_en share their work! MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. buff.ly/nzhbwPp
October 30, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Join us on Nov. 6th at 10 a.m. as our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners Sourav Ghosh (@souravsgw.bsky.social) of IIT Bombay & Kotaro Tomuro of RIKEN & UTokyo_News_en share their work! MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. buff.ly/nzhbwPp
Embark on a journey of discovery!
Catch October’s Cancer Solutions email newsletter & subscribe to follow the quest for groundbreaking cancer research.
Read: mailchi.mp/mit/cancer-s...
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Catch October’s Cancer Solutions email newsletter & subscribe to follow the quest for groundbreaking cancer research.
Read: mailchi.mp/mit/cancer-s...
Subscribe: ki.mit.edu/news/newslet...
October 28, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Embark on a journey of discovery!
Catch October’s Cancer Solutions email newsletter & subscribe to follow the quest for groundbreaking cancer research.
Read: mailchi.mp/mit/cancer-s...
Subscribe: ki.mit.edu/news/newslet...
Catch October’s Cancer Solutions email newsletter & subscribe to follow the quest for groundbreaking cancer research.
Read: mailchi.mp/mit/cancer-s...
Subscribe: ki.mit.edu/news/newslet...
@erikmcintire.bsky.social Following up to see if the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research could be added to the science feed?
October 22, 2025 at 8:12 PM
@erikmcintire.bsky.social Following up to see if the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research could be added to the science feed?
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Drs. Fuguo Liu and Jianzhu Chen at the @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social have made a new way to engineer CAR-NK cells that makes them much less likely to be rejected by the patient’s #ImmuneSystem.
Learn how this aids the development of “off-the-shelf” CAR-NK cells: https://bit.ly/3KIOPf9
Learn how this aids the development of “off-the-shelf” CAR-NK cells: https://bit.ly/3KIOPf9
October 10, 2025 at 12:54 PM
Drs. Fuguo Liu and Jianzhu Chen at the @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social have made a new way to engineer CAR-NK cells that makes them much less likely to be rejected by the patient’s #ImmuneSystem.
Learn how this aids the development of “off-the-shelf” CAR-NK cells: https://bit.ly/3KIOPf9
Learn how this aids the development of “off-the-shelf” CAR-NK cells: https://bit.ly/3KIOPf9
Deadline extended! MIT students, faculty & staff—there's still time to submit your most biomedical images for the 2026 Image Awards Competition - winners will be included in our #KIimages exhibition. The deadline is now October 14th. Details + entry form: ki.mit.edu/imageawards
October 10, 2025 at 4:30 PM
Deadline extended! MIT students, faculty & staff—there's still time to submit your most biomedical images for the 2026 Image Awards Competition - winners will be included in our #KIimages exhibition. The deadline is now October 14th. Details + entry form: ki.mit.edu/imageawards
Celebrating National Nano Day with nanoscale innovation—the Bhatia Lab’s sensors combine precision and speed to detect cancer biomarkers early. news.mit.edu/2023/simple-...
October 9, 2025 at 7:03 PM
Celebrating National Nano Day with nanoscale innovation—the Bhatia Lab’s sensors combine precision and speed to detect cancer biomarkers early. news.mit.edu/2023/simple-...
From lab to large scale—on National Nano Day, we celebrate the Hammond Lab’s nanoparticle manufacturing platform, making advanced therapeutics more accessible.
news.mit.edu/2025/enginee...
news.mit.edu/2025/enginee...
October 9, 2025 at 4:06 PM
From lab to large scale—on National Nano Day, we celebrate the Hammond Lab’s nanoparticle manufacturing platform, making advanced therapeutics more accessible.
news.mit.edu/2025/enginee...
news.mit.edu/2025/enginee...
Happy National Nano Day! In Giovanni Traverso’s Lab, innovation happens at the nanoscale. The Composite Material Transformer is redefining precision in lipid nanoparticle design. See how this tool is shaping the future of nanomedicine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpm...
October 9, 2025 at 2:02 PM
Happy National Nano Day! In Giovanni Traverso’s Lab, innovation happens at the nanoscale. The Composite Material Transformer is redefining precision in lipid nanoparticle design. See how this tool is shaping the future of nanomedicine: www.youtube.com/watch?v=pQpm...
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#NatMetabPicks | In @nature.com led by O Yilmaz ( @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social )
Coupled cysteine metabolism between intestinal stem cells and mucosal CD8αβ+ T cells increases intestinal stemness.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coupled cysteine metabolism between intestinal stem cells and mucosal CD8αβ+ T cells increases intestinal stemness.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Dietary cysteine enhances intestinal stemness via CD8+ T cell-derived IL-22 - Nature
Dietary cysteine enhances intestinal stem cell-mediated intestinal repair following injury by promoting CD8 T cell-regenerative immune responses.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:06 PM
#NatMetabPicks | In @nature.com led by O Yilmaz ( @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social )
Coupled cysteine metabolism between intestinal stem cells and mucosal CD8αβ+ T cells increases intestinal stemness.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
Coupled cysteine metabolism between intestinal stem cells and mucosal CD8αβ+ T cells increases intestinal stemness.
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
The film will also be available to stream on the PBS app and PBS YouTube.
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October 6, 2025 at 4:38 PM
The film will also be available to stream on the PBS app and PBS YouTube.
Discover the story behind the biotech industry and the man at the center of changing it forever: Phil Sharp.
Watch Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution’ on PBS Independent Lens starting October 6. Check your local listings here: pbs.org/tv_schedules/
Watch Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution’ on PBS Independent Lens starting October 6. Check your local listings here: pbs.org/tv_schedules/
October 6, 2025 at 4:00 PM
Discover the story behind the biotech industry and the man at the center of changing it forever: Phil Sharp.
Watch Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution’ on PBS Independent Lens starting October 6. Check your local listings here: pbs.org/tv_schedules/
Watch Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution’ on PBS Independent Lens starting October 6. Check your local listings here: pbs.org/tv_schedules/
We’re cheering on Traverso Lab PhD student Sanghyun Park — 2024 #KIimages Award winner & finalist in the National Inventors Hall of Fame 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition! Join us — vote daily through 10/15, 5pm ET: www.invent.org/collegiate-i...
October 1, 2025 at 9:45 PM
We’re cheering on Traverso Lab PhD student Sanghyun Park — 2024 #KIimages Award winner & finalist in the National Inventors Hall of Fame 2025 Collegiate Inventors Competition! Join us — vote daily through 10/15, 5pm ET: www.invent.org/collegiate-i...
Could your research be a work of art? MIT students, faculty & staff—submit your most vibrant biomedical images for the 2026 Image Awards Competition — winners will be included in our #KIimages exhibition. The deadline is October 10th. Details + entry form: ki.mit.edu/imageawards
October 1, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Could your research be a work of art? MIT students, faculty & staff—submit your most vibrant biomedical images for the 2026 Image Awards Competition — winners will be included in our #KIimages exhibition. The deadline is October 10th. Details + entry form: ki.mit.edu/imageawards
Join us on Nov. 6th at 10 a.m. as our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners Sourav Ghosh (@souravsgw.bsky.social) of IIT Bombay & Kotaro Tomuro of RIKEN & UTokyo_News_en share their work! MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. buff.ly/nzhbwPp
September 26, 2025 at 4:31 PM
Join us on Nov. 6th at 10 a.m. as our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners Sourav Ghosh (@souravsgw.bsky.social) of IIT Bombay & Kotaro Tomuro of RIKEN & UTokyo_News_en share their work! MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. buff.ly/nzhbwPp
Hi Erik! Could the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research be added to the science feed? We support cross-disciplinary research that advances detection, monitoring, and treatment of cancer. We'd love to share research publications, invitations to symposia, and job postings.
ki.mit.edu
ki.mit.edu
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research At MIT
The Koch Institute is an NCI-designated Basic Cancer Research Center and the hub of cancer research on the MIT campus. Bringing together biologists, chemists, engineers, computer scientists, clinician...
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September 24, 2025 at 3:29 PM
Hi Erik! Could the MIT Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research be added to the science feed? We support cross-disciplinary research that advances detection, monitoring, and treatment of cancer. We'd love to share research publications, invitations to symposia, and job postings.
ki.mit.edu
ki.mit.edu