MIT Biology

The MIT Department of Biology is known globally for its cutting-edge research, pioneering collaborations, commitment to instruction, and mentoring.

[MIT Biology @MITBiology]

Ever wonder how to streak for singles in a biology lab?

[MIT Open Learning @mitopenlearning]

One of the main goals for microbiologists in an experiment is to connect a cell genotype with a specific phenotype. To do this, they need to start with a single cell.

@MITBiology researcher Yashna Thepetta explains how you get there, through a process called "streaking for singles."

Wonder what else you can learn? Visit https://t.co/Ra69l1UzIP.

[MIT Biology @MITBiology]

MIT Biology is hiring faculty positions! The department seeks candidates who are developing and using computational methods to address questions in molecular, cellular, or organismal biology. https://t.co/0KJsuG1c1B

[Sergey Ovchinnikov @sokrypton]

Come join us 🤗

[MIT Schwarzman College of Computing @MIT_SCC]

The MIT Schwarzman College of Computing, @ChemistryMIT, @MITBiology, have launched two shared faculty searches in AI and scientific discovery. We seek candidates who develop and apply frontier computational approaches to advance biology and chemistry.

➡️ https://t.co/5XfAoI4lhP

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

Join us Nov. 4 for "Comparative Neuroscience: Lessons from Biodiversity," our Fall symposium! What can we learn from the differences and similarities across the diversity of nervous systems that have evolved? https://t.co/jYR0WOa6W7 @MITBiology #neuroscience

[Yunha Hwang @Micro_Yunha]

Open faculty positions at @MITBiology!
MIT Biology and Schwarzman College of Computing @MIT_SCC : One tenure-track position at the Assistant Prof level. Appointment will be in Biology and an SCC unit (EECS or IDSS). Deadline is December 1.
https://t.co/aAp4z5g7D9

MIT Biology: Assistant Prof or Open rank. Deadline is October 20.
https://t.co/tV01UFuXkt

[MIT Students @MITstudents]

U.S. News names MIT the nation’s top university for 2026-2027. Congratulations, Engineers! https://t.co/e04UnXbMle

[Prism Science @PrismScienceOrg]

@jhdavislab @MITBiology Prism’s work will help reveal how a mutation shifts binding, stability, or activity, uncovering how function and disease actually work.

Read more: https://t.co/QElPCeNnWC

[Prism Science @PrismScienceOrg]

Our team, led by @jhdavislab @MITBiology is creating new, public models for interpreting motion, and these methods will only improve with time.

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

Every year, undergrads from across the country visit labs in @MITBiology and @mitbrainandcog labs (and more) to gain research experience. Learn more about the MSRP-Bio program through the lens of two students' experiences in the lab of @JTroyLittleton. https://t.co/zjVMMaZEB3

[McGovern Institute @mcgovernmit]

MIT neurobiologists discovered that cohesin, a protein that helps shape the structure of the genome, may also be critical for establishing the identity of some neurons.

https://t.co/XBFoT1wKrC

@MITBiology @ScienceMIT @mitbrainandcog

[Matt Jones @MattG_Jones]

New paper from my group at @kochinstitute @MIT_IMES @MITBiology! I am thrilled to share that our paper describing scAmp, a new method for analyzing extrachromosomal DNA amplifications at single-cell resolution, has been published in @NatureComms. Thread below 👇

[MIT Open Learning @mitopenlearning]

Bacteria are some of the best cell biologists in the world. In this episode of the Beyond Biology podcast, MIT's @lamasonlab explains how pathogens hijack our cells—and what that means for the future of infectious disease research.

🎧 Listen now on MIT Learn: https://t.co/jZMcOCbxVF @MITBiology

[MIT Open Learning @mitopenlearning]

🧬 Not all mutations are harmful.

So how do some mutations lead to cancer while others make us who we are?

In the latest MIT Learn Beyond Biology Podcast, @MITBiology's Summer Morrill explains the biology behind cancer and why it isn't a single disease.

Watch: https://t.co/tscYlBPmpb

[MIT Biology @MITBiology]

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[MIT Biology @MITBiology]

Why are some bacterial genomes high in purines? In certain species of bacteria, the answer lies in shielding RNA transcripts from a quality-control factor called Rho (1/3).

[Gene-Wei Li Lab @GeneWeiLiLab]

We're excited to share our latest publication, from graduate student Julia Dierksheide in the lab! In B. subtilis, the fast-moving RNA polymerase outpaces the leading ribosome, leaving mRNA transcripts vulnerable to the transcription termination factor Rho. (1/2)

[MIT Biology @MITBiology]

Understanding the requirements for expressible sequences is critical for expression engineering of therapeutic agents.

[MIT Open Learning @mitopenlearning]

Rickettsia is the bacterium behind Rocky Mountain Spotted Fever—the deadliest tick-borne bacterial disease in the world.

At the Lamason Lab, part of @MITBiology, researchers are working to understand how intracellular bacterial pathogens, such as rickettsia, hijack host cell processes to promote infection.

Explore more learning moments: https://t.co/MxWv03qA27

[MIT Biology @MITBiology]

Story coming soon from @LillianWEden

[Gene-Wei Li Lab @GeneWeiLiLab]

We're excited to share our latest publication, from graduate student Julia Dierksheide in the lab! In B. subtilis, the fast-moving RNA polymerase outpaces the leading ribosome, leaving mRNA transcripts vulnerable to the transcription termination factor Rho. (1/2)

[Gene-Wei Li Lab @GeneWeiLiLab]

Excited to share our recent work expanding our understanding of transcription termination, from Jenny Cascino in the lab! Here we show that transcription termination in cyanobacteria proceeds largely outside of known, canonical mechanisms.
https://t.co/RldY1HBosN
(1/2)

[MIT Picower Institute @MIT_Picower]

Congratulations to three students who have earned MIT HEALS Graduate Fellowships! Jessie Xiao (studying alpha synuclein in Parkinson's disease), Evan Ruesch (developing tools for optical physiology), & Emma Ibanez (studying sensory neurons in reproductive system). #neuroscience