Research from Professor Martin Polz, in collaboration with Professor Eric Alm, shows that microbial communities in the ocean are able to form despite rapidly varying conditions in a coastal environment, but that these communities demonstrate high […]
This year marks the 10 year anniversary of the Microbiology PhD graduate program at MIT, a program co-directed by Professor Martin Polz. The program spans 50 labs across 10 departments and divisions at MIT and offers […]
Professor of CEE and Mechanical Engineering Xuanhe Zhao, in collaboration with Professor of EECS and Biological Engineering Timothy Lu, created a “living tattoo” made of genetically programmed living cells that can respond to environmental chemicals and […]
Principal investigators will receive grants of up to $100,000 per year for up to two years for innovative research on food and water challenges. The Abdul Latif Jameel World Water and Food Security Lab (J-WAFS) has […]
An MIT team, along with researchers from Kuwait Institute for Scientific Research and Kuwait University, was awarded a $4 million grant for a project titled “The Underworlds Project: a Smart Sewage Infrastructure for Kuwait.” The study […]
