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Nature Metabolism @natmetabolism.nature.com · 2d

#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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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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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

The film will also be available to stream on the PBS app and PBS YouTube.

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 2d

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/

Blue poster with a black and white photo of Phil Sharp working in the laboratory with the text: Cracking the Code: Phil Sharp and the Biotech Revolution and the logos for Independent Lens and PBS.

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 7d

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...

Photo of Sanghyun Park against blue and purple background with the text Vote for Me! Massaschusetts Institute of Technology - SLIM - Collegiate Inventors Competition.

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 7d

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

Black poster with pink flowers and the text 2026 Image Awards Call for Submissions Deadline Friday, October 10, 2025. The text Koch Center for Integrative Research appears in a small font in the upper left hand corner.

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 12d

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

Side by side headshots of Sourav Ghosh and Kotaro Tomuro, winners of the 2025 Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 14d

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.

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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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Beilstein-Institut @beilstein-institut.bsky.social · 15d

The video 🎥 of the #BeilsteinTalk “Next-generation drug and vaccine delivery for global health” with Ana Jaklenec from the MIT @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social, is NOW available 🔓 in the video portal of the TIB Hannover:
🔗 https://av.tib.eu/media/71586
#DrugDelivery #GlobalHealth #BeilsteinTalks

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 18d

Join us on Sunday, Sept. 21st at the Cambridge Science Carnival! Stop by our booth, for Decoding Gene-ius, to uncover DNA secrets & explore how genes guide medicine. Full schedule of free events at cambridgesciencecarnival.org #CSC2025

Blue background with yellow and green depiction of molecules and helix strands and the text Decoding Gene-iuses September 21st from 12 - 4pm.

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 20d

Frame your science in a new light! MIT students, faculty & staff—submit your most striking biomedical visuals 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

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 20d

Congrats to @MichaelJCima on FDA approval of INLEXZO™, a pretzel-shaped intravesical device for bladder cancer. First developed in the Cima Lab,
it delivers chemo “low and slow,” improving outcomes for patients whose cancers resist standard treatments. buff.ly/Dce91KC

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 22d

MIT and danafarber.bsky.social researchers: The Bridge Project is now accepting proposals for translational cancer research projects.

Proposals are due by 10:00AM EDT Tuesday October 14, 2025. For more details: ki.mit.edu/bridge-RFA

Aerial view of the Charles River, Longfellow Bridge, Boston, and Cambridge.

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 26d

Join us on Sunday, Sept. 21st at the Cambridge Science Carnival! Stop by our booth, for Decoding Gene-ius, to uncover DNA secrets & explore how genes guide medicine. Full schedule of free events at cambridgesciencecarnival.org #CSC2025

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · 29d

We mourn the loss of David Baltimore, founding member of MIT’s Center for Cancer Research, founding director of @whiteheadinstitute.bsky.social & Nobel laureate. His leadership helped shape the KI’s culture of inquiry & collaboration. bit.ly/remembering-...

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Sep 8

Deadline Sept 10! Apply now for BIOxAI @ MIT (Sept 17, 4–7pm).
Pitches, panels, + networking across BIOxAI.
We’re thrilled to cohost w/ MIT Hacking Medicine, The Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine & @csail.mit.edu.
buff.ly/yQ1M9uA

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The text says BioxAI

Interested in Founding or Joining a Bio x AI Startup? Join us!
Speakers Dinner Pitches Networking - Industry Advisors from Sanofi Bayer Pfizer NSF and VMS
Sept. 17th 4pm - 7pm at MIT

Speaker names underneath the photos:
Mo Toure, Strategy & BD, Flagship Pioneering
Cassandra Phillipson, Head of Scientific Operations, Stealth Startup
Ava Amini, Principal Researcher, Microsoft

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Sourav Ghosh @souravsgw.bsky.social · Aug 30

Incredibly honoured and grateful to receive the 2025 Angelika Amon Young Scientist Award! Deep thanks to my supervisor @anirban-banerjee.bsky.social, friends, lab colleagues, Department of Biosciences and Bioengineering, and @iitbombay.bsky.social for their unwavering support. Simply Lovely.

MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congrats to Sourav Ghosh (@souravsgw.bsky.social) of IIT Bombay
& Kotaro Tomuro of RIKEN and The University of Tokyo - our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners! They present Nov 6, 10 a.m. at the Koch Institute. MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. buff.ly/nzhbwPp

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 29

Congratulations to Regina Barzilay - she's been named to TIME's 2025 TIME100 AI list! Her groundbreaking AI work includes the breast & lung cancer risk prediction models Mirai and Sybil, & halicin, the 1st AI-discovered antibiotic. time.com/collections/...

MIT Jameel Clinic @aihealthmit.bsky.social · Aug 28

We're thrilled to share that @aihealthmit.bsky.social faculty lead Regina Barzilay has been included in TIME's list of #TIME100AI for 2025! 👏
📢Full Announcement: jclinic.mit.edu/regina-barzi...
📰More from TIME: time.com/collections/... #AISky

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 29

We’re thrilled to announce the return of #AICures2025 on Monday, Sept. 22! This year’s conference features a new workshop focused on providing a playbook for deploying AI tools in clinical care! Call for abstracts: forms.gle/mxtLqzD9aPy6...

@aihealthmit.bsky.social

Blue, green and white poster with text: AI Cures 2025 MIT MGB
New! Intro to GenAI for Healthcare Tutorial

22.09.25

Register now: www.mitmgb.ai

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 29

BIOxAI Startup Interest? Join us Sept 17, 4–7pm!
Pitch your idea, connect w/ founders, & explore BIOxAI pathways.
We’re thrilled to cohost w/ MIT Hacking Medicine, The Marble Center for Cancer Nanomedicine & @csail.mit.edu.
Apply by Sept 10: www.nanomedicine.mit.edu/bioxai2025

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 26

MIT and danafarber.bsky.social researchers: The Bridge Project is now accepting proposals for translational cancer research projects.

Proposals are due by 10:00AM EDT Tuesday October 14, 2025. For more details: ki.mit.edu/bridge-RFA

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 15

Congrats to Dr. Alice T. Shaw—the KI’s inaugural Clinical Investigator—on being named Chair of Medical Oncology at @danafarber.bsky.social. From her early days at the KI to her leadership in translational oncology, her impact has been extraordinary. mit-ki.org/4mdNzhV

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 14

Congrats to Sourav Ghosh (@souravsgw.bsky.social) of IIT Bombay
& Kotaro Tomuro of RIKEN and The University of Tokyo - our 2025 Amon Young Scientist Award winners! They present Nov 6, 10 a.m. at the Koch Institute. MIT community & Amon Lab alumni welcome. buff.ly/nzhbwPp

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 12

MIT and danafarber.bsky.social researchers: The Bridge Project is now accepting proposals for translational cancer research projects.

Proposals are due by 10:00AM EDT Tuesday October 14, 2025. For more details: ki.mit.edu/bridge-RFA

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 8

Congratulations to Alexandria Jefferson & her advisors - Tyler Jacks & Tobiloba Oni - they’ve been named to the 2025 cohort of the @HHMI Gilliam Fellows and Advisors!

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MIT Koch Institute @mitkochinstitute.bsky.social · Aug 7

Lights, Microscope Action! The 2026 Image Awards competition is now open. MIT students, faculty & staff—submit your most striking biomedical visuals for the 15th annual #KIimages exhibition. Details + entry form: ki.mit.edu/imageawards

Two people standing on either side of a colorful scientific image that's hanging in a lobby - they have just unveiled the image by removing the canvas that was covering it.

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