MIT Department of Biological Engineering
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By applying engineering principles to study and manipulate biology, biological engineers aim to benefit society by applying technologies to agriculture, environment, health, and medicine. be.mit.edu
"'We created a new kind of protein therapeutic that can block glycan-based immune checkpoints and boost anti-cancer immune responses,' says Jessica Stark" https://ow.ly/pN1h50XKBui
December 16, 2025 at 9:47 PM
"'We created a new kind of protein therapeutic that can block glycan-based immune checkpoints and boost anti-cancer immune responses,' says Jessica Stark" https://ow.ly/pN1h50XKBui
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Out now: We present antibody-lectin chimeras (AbLecs) as a molecular platform to target sugars, or glycans, for cancer immunotherapy.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
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Antibody-lectin chimeras for glyco-immune checkpoint blockade - Nature Biotechnology
Cancer immunotherapy benefits from antibody-lectin chimeras that block glyco-immune checkpoints.
www.nature.com
December 16, 2025 at 3:01 PM
Out now: We present antibody-lectin chimeras (AbLecs) as a molecular platform to target sugars, or glycans, for cancer immunotherapy.
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@mitkochinstitute.bsky.social @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @stanford-chemh.bsky.social
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
www.nature.com/articles/s41...
@mitkochinstitute.bsky.social @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social @mitcheme.bsky.social @stanford-chemh.bsky.social
Linda Griffith engineers human uterine endometrium in lab dishes, offering in vitro tools to study some uterine diseases and screen drugs to treat them. https://ow.ly/J6IB50XJZyZ
December 15, 2025 at 9:06 PM
Linda Griffith engineers human uterine endometrium in lab dishes, offering in vitro tools to study some uterine diseases and screen drugs to treat them. https://ow.ly/J6IB50XJZyZ
Who's up at BATS today?
Patrick Song (Belcher Lab): “Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeast as Engineered Living Materials for Water Purification” https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Patrick Song (Belcher Lab): “Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeast as Engineered Living Materials for Water Purification” https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
December 5, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Who's up at BATS today?
Patrick Song (Belcher Lab): “Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeast as Engineered Living Materials for Water Purification” https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Patrick Song (Belcher Lab): “Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeast as Engineered Living Materials for Water Purification” https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
BE Seminar tomorrow with Robbie Majzner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute “Drawing on Biologic Principles to Engineer More Effective Cancer Immunotherapies” https://ow.ly/eMUL50XBCP3
December 3, 2025 at 11:26 PM
BE Seminar tomorrow with Robbie Majzner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute “Drawing on Biologic Principles to Engineer More Effective Cancer Immunotherapies” https://ow.ly/eMUL50XBCP3
The Naked Scientists interview with Bryan Bryson on research toward a TB-targeted vaccine as part of their series 'New ways to combat the Antibiotic Apocalypse.'
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/new-tb-targeted-vaccine-picking-where-bcg-left
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/new-tb-targeted-vaccine-picking-where-bcg-left
New TB-targeted vaccine: picking up where the BCG left off
A shot in the arm for science...
www.thenakedscientists.com
November 25, 2025 at 10:15 PM
The Naked Scientists interview with Bryan Bryson on research toward a TB-targeted vaccine as part of their series 'New ways to combat the Antibiotic Apocalypse.'
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/new-tb-targeted-vaccine-picking-where-bcg-left
https://www.thenakedscientists.com/articles/interviews/new-tb-targeted-vaccine-picking-where-bcg-left
Who's up at BATS?
M Lockwood (COLLINS) “Engineering Saccharomyces boulardii as an Enterically Targeted Living Therapeutic for Ulcerative Colitis”
N Cuthbert (NILES) “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown”
https://ow.ly/qB4150XvOYG
M Lockwood (COLLINS) “Engineering Saccharomyces boulardii as an Enterically Targeted Living Therapeutic for Ulcerative Colitis”
N Cuthbert (NILES) “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown”
https://ow.ly/qB4150XvOYG
November 21, 2025 at 3:15 PM
Who's up at BATS?
M Lockwood (COLLINS) “Engineering Saccharomyces boulardii as an Enterically Targeted Living Therapeutic for Ulcerative Colitis”
N Cuthbert (NILES) “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown”
https://ow.ly/qB4150XvOYG
M Lockwood (COLLINS) “Engineering Saccharomyces boulardii as an Enterically Targeted Living Therapeutic for Ulcerative Colitis”
N Cuthbert (NILES) “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown”
https://ow.ly/qB4150XvOYG
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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/
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Learn more and apply: oge.mit.edu/msrp/
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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/
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We’re proud to share that nine Wyss Institute faculty and staff have been named to @clarivate.com Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, which recognizes the top 1% of scientists worldwide whose research has been most frequently cited over the past decade.
Highly Cited Researchers 2025 honors nine Wyss members
By Alexandra Jirstrand (BOSTON) – Clarivate Analytics announced its Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, which honors the top 1% of researchers around the world whose papers have been cited the most ov...
wyss.harvard.edu
November 17, 2025 at 7:03 PM
We’re proud to share that nine Wyss Institute faculty and staff have been named to @clarivate.com Analytics’ Highly Cited Researchers 2025 list, which recognizes the top 1% of scientists worldwide whose research has been most frequently cited over the past decade.
BE senior Sofia Lara is among four from MIT named 2026 Rhodes Scholars.
https://news.mit.edu/2025/four-mit-named-2026-rhodes-scholars-1115
https://news.mit.edu/2025/four-mit-named-2026-rhodes-scholars-1115
November 17, 2025 at 7:11 PM
BE senior Sofia Lara is among four from MIT named 2026 Rhodes Scholars.
https://news.mit.edu/2025/four-mit-named-2026-rhodes-scholars-1115
https://news.mit.edu/2025/four-mit-named-2026-rhodes-scholars-1115
Who's up at BATS?
Anna Lapteva (Langer & Anderson): “Rational Design of Modular, Conjugation-free Targeted mRNA Delivery Systems”
Allison Glynn (Ribbeck & Raines): “Collagen-Mimetic Peptide Strand Displacement for Programmable Biomaterials”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Anna Lapteva (Langer & Anderson): “Rational Design of Modular, Conjugation-free Targeted mRNA Delivery Systems”
Allison Glynn (Ribbeck & Raines): “Collagen-Mimetic Peptide Strand Displacement for Programmable Biomaterials”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
November 14, 2025 at 3:10 PM
Who's up at BATS?
Anna Lapteva (Langer & Anderson): “Rational Design of Modular, Conjugation-free Targeted mRNA Delivery Systems”
Allison Glynn (Ribbeck & Raines): “Collagen-Mimetic Peptide Strand Displacement for Programmable Biomaterials”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Anna Lapteva (Langer & Anderson): “Rational Design of Modular, Conjugation-free Targeted mRNA Delivery Systems”
Allison Glynn (Ribbeck & Raines): “Collagen-Mimetic Peptide Strand Displacement for Programmable Biomaterials”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Who's up at BATS?
Lauren “Ren” Ramlan (Voigt & Kong ): “Transformation of Non-model Filamentous Fungi for BioMaterial Applications”
Sophie VanderWeele (Hansen & Page): “Examining Gene Expression From the ‘inactive’ X Chromosome Between Human and Mouse”
https://ow.ly/svT150XorA7
Lauren “Ren” Ramlan (Voigt & Kong ): “Transformation of Non-model Filamentous Fungi for BioMaterial Applications”
Sophie VanderWeele (Hansen & Page): “Examining Gene Expression From the ‘inactive’ X Chromosome Between Human and Mouse”
https://ow.ly/svT150XorA7
November 7, 2025 at 3:49 PM
Who's up at BATS?
Lauren “Ren” Ramlan (Voigt & Kong ): “Transformation of Non-model Filamentous Fungi for BioMaterial Applications”
Sophie VanderWeele (Hansen & Page): “Examining Gene Expression From the ‘inactive’ X Chromosome Between Human and Mouse”
https://ow.ly/svT150XorA7
Lauren “Ren” Ramlan (Voigt & Kong ): “Transformation of Non-model Filamentous Fungi for BioMaterial Applications”
Sophie VanderWeele (Hansen & Page): “Examining Gene Expression From the ‘inactive’ X Chromosome Between Human and Mouse”
https://ow.ly/svT150XorA7
This afternoon at 4pm…
BE Seminar Series this Thurs w Lukasz Bugaj University of Pennsylvania “Using Light, Temperature, and Protein Condensation to Understand and Control Cells”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
November 6, 2025 at 8:36 PM
This afternoon at 4pm…
Lean into your curiosity! That's what Felicia did when she decided to pursue a doctoral degree at MIT. #PhDLife #BiologicalEngineering #GradLife https://be.mit.edu/graduate-program/phd-program/
November 6, 2025 at 8:31 PM
Lean into your curiosity! That's what Felicia did when she decided to pursue a doctoral degree at MIT. #PhDLife #BiologicalEngineering #GradLife https://be.mit.edu/graduate-program/phd-program/
In a new study, Bryson Lab and White Lab researchers identified several possible antigens that could be developed as a new vaccine for TB, the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
https://ow.ly/sXeq50XntMf
https://ow.ly/sXeq50XntMf
November 5, 2025 at 10:02 PM
In a new study, Bryson Lab and White Lab researchers identified several possible antigens that could be developed as a new vaccine for TB, the world’s deadliest infectious disease.
https://ow.ly/sXeq50XntMf
https://ow.ly/sXeq50XntMf
BE Seminar Series this Thurs w Lukasz Bugaj University of Pennsylvania “Using Light, Temperature, and Protein Condensation to Understand and Control Cells”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
November 4, 2025 at 3:22 PM
BE Seminar Series this Thurs w Lukasz Bugaj University of Pennsylvania “Using Light, Temperature, and Protein Condensation to Understand and Control Cells”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Prof Linda Griffith is the guest endometriosis researcher AND patient on Science Friday.
“It took a long time for my OB to take me seriously.” Here's what the latest research says about the science of endometriosis—and why it takes so long for so many people to get diagnosed.
Endometriosis Is Common. Why Is Getting Diagnosed So Hard?
A scientist diagnosed with endometriosis is working to answer fundamental questions about the disease and pave the way for better treatments.
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November 3, 2025 at 9:46 PM
Prof Linda Griffith is the guest endometriosis researcher AND patient on Science Friday.
🦇🦇!
Sarah Sobol (Wittrup & DeKosky): “Development of a High-throughput Functional Screen for GPCR Targeting Antibodies”
Nickeisha Cuthbert (Niles): “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Sarah Sobol (Wittrup & DeKosky): “Development of a High-throughput Functional Screen for GPCR Targeting Antibodies”
Nickeisha Cuthbert (Niles): “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
October 31, 2025 at 2:44 PM
🦇🦇!
Sarah Sobol (Wittrup & DeKosky): “Development of a High-throughput Functional Screen for GPCR Targeting Antibodies”
Nickeisha Cuthbert (Niles): “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Sarah Sobol (Wittrup & DeKosky): “Development of a High-throughput Functional Screen for GPCR Targeting Antibodies”
Nickeisha Cuthbert (Niles): “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown”
https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Ellen majored in biomedical engineering for her undergrad, gaining significant experience through years of UG research. She'll tell you why she chose to pursue a PhD at MIT BE https://ow.ly/V5cs50XkEkX
October 30, 2025 at 8:55 PM
Ellen majored in biomedical engineering for her undergrad, gaining significant experience through years of UG research. She'll tell you why she chose to pursue a PhD at MIT BE https://ow.ly/V5cs50XkEkX
Who's up at BATS?
Tran Luu (Stark Lab): “Investigating CD44 as a Broadly Expressed, Cancer-associated Ligand for Glycoimmune Checkpoint Receptor Siglec-9”
Brian Cho (Stark Lab): “Identifying and Targeting Glyco-Neoantigens for Cancer Immunology” https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Tran Luu (Stark Lab): “Investigating CD44 as a Broadly Expressed, Cancer-associated Ligand for Glycoimmune Checkpoint Receptor Siglec-9”
Brian Cho (Stark Lab): “Identifying and Targeting Glyco-Neoantigens for Cancer Immunology” https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
October 24, 2025 at 3:57 PM
Who's up at BATS?
Tran Luu (Stark Lab): “Investigating CD44 as a Broadly Expressed, Cancer-associated Ligand for Glycoimmune Checkpoint Receptor Siglec-9”
Brian Cho (Stark Lab): “Identifying and Targeting Glyco-Neoantigens for Cancer Immunology” https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Tran Luu (Stark Lab): “Investigating CD44 as a Broadly Expressed, Cancer-associated Ligand for Glycoimmune Checkpoint Receptor Siglec-9”
Brian Cho (Stark Lab): “Identifying and Targeting Glyco-Neoantigens for Cancer Immunology” https://be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars/
Ariana, a PhD student, discusses her research. Learn more about the BE doctoral program: https://ow.ly/w4Tj50Xh77b Interested in applying? Sign up for the upcoming webinar https://ow.ly/o64Y50Xh77a
October 23, 2025 at 6:52 PM
Ariana, a PhD student, discusses her research. Learn more about the BE doctoral program: https://ow.ly/w4Tj50Xh77b Interested in applying? Sign up for the upcoming webinar https://ow.ly/o64Y50Xh77a
This afternoon…
BE Seminar tomorrow 10/23 with Gabriel Rocklin “Large-scale Discovery of Protein Folding Stability and Conformational Dynamics” https://ow.ly/1nTC50XgcAK
October 23, 2025 at 5:29 PM
This afternoon…
BE Seminar tomorrow 10/23 with Gabriel Rocklin “Large-scale Discovery of Protein Folding Stability and Conformational Dynamics” https://ow.ly/1nTC50XgcAK
October 22, 2025 at 11:42 AM
BE Seminar tomorrow 10/23 with Gabriel Rocklin “Large-scale Discovery of Protein Folding Stability and Conformational Dynamics” https://ow.ly/1nTC50XgcAK
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The Neurotech 2025 symposium presents six talks by neurotechnology pioneers whose cutting-edge innovations are transforming neurobiological research, from molecules to cognition. Learn more neurotech.mit.edu 10/31 🎃
October 17, 2025 at 6:49 PM
The Neurotech 2025 symposium presents six talks by neurotechnology pioneers whose cutting-edge innovations are transforming neurobiological research, from molecules to cognition. Learn more neurotech.mit.edu 10/31 🎃