Explained: The sugar coating of life
MIT faculty researchers explain glycoscience, a rapidly growing field broadly applicable to not just to biology and chemistry but also to bioengineering, medicine, materials science, and more.
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MIT faculty researchers explain glycoscience, a rapidly growing field broadly applicable to not just to biology and chemistry but also to bioengineering, medicine, materials science, and more.
Huge libraries of drug compounds may hold potential treatments for a variety of diseases, such as cancer or heart disease.
As J-WAFS Grand Challenge awardees, Matt Shoulders of MIT’s Department of Chemistry will lead an interdisciplinary team of researchers to improve RuBisCO — the photosynthesis enzyme thought to be the holy grail for improving agricultural yield.
President L. Rafael Reif greeted the MIT Class of 2026, who gathered with their families under a large and airy tent on Kresge Oval for Convocation, the Institute’s annual welcome to the incoming class.