Biological engineering
Biological engineering

Biological engineering

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Bringing AI-driven protein-design tools to biologists everywhere

Founded by Tristan Bepler PhD ’20 and former MIT professor Tim Lu PhD ’07, OpenProtein.AI offers researchers open-source models and other tools for protein engineering.

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AI to help researchers see the bigger picture in cell biology

By providing holistic information on a cell, an AI-driven method could help scientists better understand disease mechanisms and plan experiments.

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Using synthetic biology and AI to address global antimicrobial resistance threat

Driven by overuse and misuse of antibiotics, drug-resistant infections are on the rise, while development of new antibacterial tools has slowed.

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3 Questions: Using AI to accelerate the discovery and design of therapeutic drugs

Professor James Collins discusses how collaboration has been central to his research into combining computational predictions with new experimental platforms.

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Katie Spivakovsky wins 2026 Churchill Scholarship

The MIT senior will pursue a master’s degree at Cambridge University in the U.K. this fall.

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Using generative AI, researchers design compounds that can kill drug-resistant bacteria

The team used two different AI approaches to design novel antibiotics, including one that showed promise against MRSA.

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How to more efficiently study complex treatment interactions

A new approach for testing multiple treatment combinations at once could help scientists develop drugs for cancer or genetic disorders.

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New postdoctoral fellowship program to accelerate innovation in health care

Launched with a gift from the Biswas Family Foundation, the Biswas Postdoctoral Fellowship Program will support postdocs in health and life sciences.

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MIT and Mass General Brigham launch joint seed program to accelerate innovations in health

The MIT-MGB Seed Program, launched with support from Analog Devices Inc., will fund joint research projects that advance technology and clinical research.

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With AI, researchers predict the location of virtually any protein within a human cell

Trained with a joint understanding of protein and cell behavior, the model could help with diagnosing disease and developing new drugs.