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Activate 2024 Application Webinar—July 18

Join Activate for the first Cohort 2024 Application Webinar to learn more about the Activate Fellowship, the application and selection process, and to get your questions answered live by our team!

Activate transforms scientists and engineers into founders. The two-year Activate Fellowship provides early-stage science entrepreneurs with funding, technical resources, and unparalleled support from a network of scientists, engineers, technologists, and fellow entrepreneurs.

For more information about the fellowship and this year's application process and to sign up for application updates, visit www.activate.org/apply.

May 10, 2023

MIT's Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR): Community Welcome—May 30

Join us for an exploration of the reimagined Center for Clinical and Translational Research (CCTR) on Tuesday, May 30, 2023. The CCTR will hold an Open House to showcase the newly renovated facility and its capabilities.

11 a.m. – 4 p.m. ET
CCTR Building E25 Room 131

Read more and register.

Seychelle Vos and Hernandez Moura Silva named HHMI Freeman Hrabowski Scholars

The program supports early-career faculty who have strong potential to become leaders in their fields and to advance diversity, equity, and inclusion.

May 9, 2023

An unprecedented view of gene regulation

MIT engineers’ new technique analyzes the 3D organization of the genome at a resolution 100 times higher than before.

May 8, 2023

Voices from space: A Historic ISS livestream with HUMANS—May 28

Join the MIT Museum to witness a historic moment as astronauts unveil a six-inch silicon wafer etched with voices from around the world. This unique event exploring the significance of space, and the power of art, nanotechnology, and global representation will feature a live Q&A with members of the MIT HUMANS project team and the astronauts aboard the ISS.

10 a.m. (note: the MIT Museum will open early at 9:30 a.m.)
Free with museum admission
No pre-registration required

MIT HUMANS project breaks down borders, empowering global voices to reach for the stars

The HUMANS nanowafer, an MIT Space Exploration Initiative student-led project, will travel to the ISS this month, and later to the moon, carrying messages in more than 64 languages from over 80 countries.

May 8, 2023

Taking 3D Architected Materials Out of the Lab and Into the Real World

Carlos Portela is the d’Arbeloff Career Development Assistant Professor in MIT’s Department of Mechanical Engineering. His research is focused on designing, fabricating, and testing 3D architected materials to address current societal and engineering challenges.

May 7, 2023