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Credits: Photo: John Nikolai Caption: Isadore Singer is seen here with his Atiyah-Singer Index Theorem, which, with Michael Atiyah, deeply and irrecoverably tied together the mathematical fields of analysis, geometry, and topology.  Credits: Photo courtesy of the MIT Museum Caption: Isadore Singer as a young man Previous image Next image Institute Professor Emeritus Isadore M. Singer, an enormously influential figure in 20th-century science whose work united...

Caption: Myriam Heiman (left) and Alan Jasanoff have received grants to screen for genes that could help brain cells withstand Parkinson’s disease and to map how gene expression changes in the brain in response to drugs of abuse. Caption: An immunofluorescence image taken in a brain region called the substantia nigra (SN) highlights tyrosine hydroxylase, a protein expressed by dopamine neurons. This type of neuron in the SN is especially vulnerable to neurodegeneration in Parkinson's disease. Credits: ...

Credits: Photos: Gretchen Ertl (left) and Mandana Sassanfar Previous image Next image Professors Jesse Kroll and Cathy Drennan are enthusiastic, whether students are sharing exciting early experimental results or raising concerns about public speaking. The two have been honored by a student-driven process as “Committed to Caring” for their dedication to students’ well-being and futures and for their ardent advocacy for student needs. Jesse Kroll: Congenial community Jesse Kroll is an associate professor in MIT’s departments of Chemical Engineering an...