The Greater Boston Consortium on Pathogen Readiness (GBCPR) has put out a call to Boston area researchers to submit proposals for COVID-19-related research. Proposals are due March 24, 2020, and funding will begin as soon as possible in April 2020. Awards will be made in the $50,000 to $500,000 range. Areas of research include epidemiology, pathogenesis, diagnostics, therapeutics, vaccines and clinical management related to COVID-19.

Read more and apply here.

New technique allows for more precise measurements of deformation characteristics using nanoindentation tools.

Monitoring the plant hormone ethylene could reveal when fruits and vegetables are about to spoil.

A variety of MIT research projects could aid efforts to detect and prevent the spread of coronavirus.

This talk has been postponed in accordance with MIT's COVID-19 (coronavirus) policies and for the safety of all our community members. It will be rescheduled.

MIT.nano Seminar Series: March 2020

Pablo Jarillo-Herrero
Cecil and Ida Green Professor of Physics at MIT
Date: March 16, 2020
Time: 3pm - 4pm; reception to follow
Location: 36-428 (Allen & Haus Rooms)

RSVP here.

At a historic meeting held Monday at Harvard Medical School, more than 80 clinicians and scientists, including MIT researchers, came together to commit to a Covid-19 response. Those in attendance set in motion a plan to break down institutional barriers and form a consortium to develop diagnostic tools, treatments, and vaccines with utmost urgency for this new coronavirus epidemic.

Study reveals a mechanism that plants can use to dissipate excess sunlight as heat.