MIT Dept of BE

The MIT Department of Biological Engineering – Creating biological technologies from discovery to design.

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Who's up at BATS?
Litsa Kapsalis (Langer & Jaklenec Labs): “Intraosseous Photothermal Therapy and Local Drug Depots for Breast Cancer Bone Metastases”
Julia Zhong (@DALauffenburger Lab): “Investigating B Cell-Intrinsic Control of Antibody Glycosylation”
https://t.co/S4OMf9QxjQ

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Why wait? The MIT BE & ChemE Career Expo 2026 (10/20) is your direct pipeline to innovative talent in biotech and chemical engineering. Registration under $200. Find your next breakthrough hire? Sign up now! https://t.co/PXvnLXYLPP

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Congratulations to Jessica Stark on receiving the NIH Director’s ­New Innovator Award from the NIH Common Fund’s High-Risk, High-Reward Research program. The NIH Director’s Awards support exceptionally creative scientists pursuing transformative research. https://t.co/EMFo52NGBc

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Recruit MIT engineering talent at the BE & ChemE Career Expo on the MIT campus, Tues 10/20! Join Moderna, Pirouette Pharma, and Overpotential. Make sure your company has a seat at the table. https://t.co/ylRxNKCQ14

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

Who's up at BATS?
Mikolaj Godzik (@BlaineyLab) “Identifying of Regulators of Cancer Plasticity Using High-Content Optical Pooled Screens”
Jing “Vicky” Liu (@Anders_S_Hansen) “Scalable Mapping of TF-IDR Interactions to Drug the Undruggable TFs” https://t.co/gj8YYyCEFt

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In-person.

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BE Seminar Series this Thurs 10/01 Christopher Barnes, @Stanford “Breaking the Silence: Directing Antibody Evolution Toward the HIV-1 Silent Face” https://t.co/uhkpxNoJmv

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

Recruit MIT engineering talent at the BE & ChemE Career Expo on the MIT campus, Tues 10/20! Join Moderna, Pirouette Pharma, and Overpotential. Make sure your company has a seat at the table. https://t.co/ylRxNKCQ14

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

BE seminar this afternoon...

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

BE Seminar Series this Thurs 10/01 Christopher Barnes, @Stanford “Breaking the Silence: Directing Antibody Evolution Toward the HIV-1 Silent Face” https://t.co/uhkpxNoJmv

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

The competition for MIT engineering talent is on! Moderna, P&G, Qral Group, and Impact Technology Development will be at the BE & ChemE Career Expo on 10/20. Make sure your company has a table at the Expo.
Register today: https://t.co/acCzcVN6gH

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

Who's up at BATS?
Aram Shajii (Hammond & White Labs): “Identification and Delivery of Phosphorylated MHC Peptides for Glioblastoma Immunotherapy”
Fiona Wang (@LAMM_MIT): “Engineering AI Collectives for Biological Discovery”
https://t.co/S4OMf9QxjQ

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In a new Science Translational Medicine study by a team including MIT-Novo Nordisk Postdoc Seyed Majed Modaresi and Prof. James Collins from @MITdeptofBE, researchers used deep learning to identify promising new compounds against drug-resistant gonorrhea.

https://t.co/5b8jLGv4NS

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

Meet MIT’s next generation of engineering talent at the BE & ChemE Career Expo on Oct. 20, 2026. Connect with undergraduates, PhD candidates, and postdocs from across MIT. Priority registration rates end Sept. 20—register today: https://t.co/48HESF25jn

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Learn more about the Voigt Lab: https://t.co/MLtVPTbTLa

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MIT researchers have engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, allowing them to create “living circuit boards” like those in the image. https://t.co/zQUXBesJTx

[MIT Dept of BE @MITdeptofBE]

Meet MIT’s next generation of engineering talent at the BE & ChemE Career Expo on Oct. 20, 2026. Connect with undergraduates, PhD candidates, and postdocs from across MIT. Priority registration rates end Sept. 20—register today: https://t.co/48HESF25jn

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Voigt Lab researchers have engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, allowing the team to create living “circuit boards” that can be printed onto a growth medium in a Petri dish. https://t.co/bqInebg32d @Geneticdesigner @nchembio

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Boyden Lab researchers have developed a method for imaging neuron activity in the zebrafish brain. Each colored spot (green and yellow) represents an active neuron. https://t.co/rqGUT7WWzA @naturemethods

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Does the ocean know how to cure cancer?

Inspired by how mollusks grow their shells, Angela Belcher is developing a new way to help detect and treat cancer earlier. #CuriosityOnAMission

Read her story: https://t.co/sps0sIz8Sg

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To address the costly challenges in manufacturing plant fertilizer, Chris Voigt, a professor and department head in @MITdeptofBE, co-founded @PivotBio, a company focused on using microbes to replace a significant share of synthetic fertilizer.

https://t.co/A1dVHe9UzD

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After losing family and close colleagues to cancer, @MITdeptofBE and @MIT_DMSE Professor Angela Belcher began researching how to detect the disease sooner, before it spreads.

https://t.co/peIOzfLzIO