Microbiology Archives

The Herman Project, a citizen science sourdough project from Professor Otto Cordero’s lab, featured on MIT News

April 12, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

The Herman Project, a citizen science sourdough project from Assistant Professor Otto Cordero’s lab, was featured on MIT News. The Herman Project digitizes the tradition of peer-to-peer sharing of sourdough starters by asking users to document […]

Research from Professor Martin Polz shows short-lived microbial communities are able to form despite rapidly varying conditions

January 18, 2018 | 2018 News in Brief | ceemit

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 […]

Microbiology graduate program, co-directed by Professor Martin Polz, celebrates 10 year anniversary

December 12, 2017 | 2017 News in Brief | ceemit

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 […]

Prof. Bourouiba describes importance of fundamental mechanistic understanding in epidemiology at Beyond 2016: MIT’s Frontiers of the Future

April 25, 2016 | 2016 News in Brief | ceemit

On April 12, Professor Bourouiba spoke at MIT’s forward-looking symposium, Frontiers of the Future. She told the audience that among the problems the world faces is the emergence — and sometimes the re-emergence — of deadly […]