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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 18h

Who's up at BATS? Litsa Kapsalis (Langer & Jaklenec Labs): “Intraosseous Photothermal Therapy and Local Drug Depots for Breast Cancer Bone Metastases” Julia Zhong (Lauffenburger Lab): “Investigating B Cell-Intrinsic Control of Antibody Glycosylation” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

BATS flyer with date, speakers, titles, and talks.

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 06/10/2026

Why wait? The MIT BE & ChemE Career Expo 2026 (10/20) is your direct pipeline to innovative talent in biotech and chemical engineering. Registration under $200. Find your next breakthrough hire? Sign up now! ow.ly/H6CZ50ZV65R

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 02/10/2026

Who's up at BATS? Mikolaj Godzik (Blainey Lab): “Identifying of Regulators of Cancer Plasticity Using High-Content Optical Pooled Screens” Jing “Vicky” Liu (Hansen Lab): “Scalable Mapping of TF-IDR Interactions to Drug the Undruggable TFs” ow.ly/HTrh50ZTV33

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 01/10/2026

Recruit MIT engineering talent at the BE & ChemE Career Expo on the MIT campus, Tues 10/20! Join Moderna, Pirouette Pharma, and Overpotential. Make sure your company has a seat at the table. ow.ly/aRmB50ZTF9k

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 30/09/2026

BE Seminar Series this Thurs 10/01 Christopher Barnes, Stanford University “Breaking the Silence: Directing Antibody Evolution Toward the HIV-1 Silent Face” ow.ly/PcSo50ZT4cH

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 18/09/2026

Who's up at BATS? Aram Shajii (Hammond & White Labs): “Identification and Delivery of Phosphorylated MHC Peptides for Glioblastoma Immunotherapy” Fiona Wang (Buehler Lab): “Engineering AI Collectives for Biological Discovery” ow.ly/N8iP50ZPaSm

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 17/08/2026

Voigt Lab researchers have engineered bacteria that can function as transistors, allowing the team to create living “circuit boards” that can be printed onto a growth medium in a Petri dish. ow.ly/jLrL50ZAH9B

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 14/08/2026

Boyden Lab researchers have developed a method for imaging neuron activity in the zebrafish brain. Each colored spot (green and yellow) represents an active neuron. ow.ly/ZkhG50ZzSUi

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 04/06/2026

New MRI sensors developed in the Jasanoff Lab sensitively detect target molecules in the brain and body. Liposomal nanoparticle reporters, or LisNRs, can brighten or dim MRI signals in response to specific molecular targets. ow.ly/PkG650Z7JwV

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 15/05/2026

Who's up at BATS? Bishal Thapa (Voigt Lab): “Engineering Radiation Tolerant Fungi for Space Biomanufacturing” Blythe Irwin (Birnbaum & DeKosky Labs): “Introducing RePLiCA: A Replication-Based Protein:Ligand Cellular Activation Assay” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 08/05/2026

Who's up at BATS? Brian Cheng (Blainey Lab): “StimDrop: High-Throughput Combinatorial Microfluidics Platform for Transcriptional Profiling” Bruce Enzmann (White & Knouse Labs): “Investigating the Signaling Mechanisms of Organ Size Control in the Liver” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 01/05/2026

Who's up at BATS? Matt Zackin (Niles Lab): “A Machine Learning Pipeline for Target-Specific Antimalarial Drug Discovery” Daniel Sellers (Ribbeck Lab): “Intestinal Mucin Architecture as a Driver of Microbial Community Health” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars #infectiousdisease #mucin

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 28/04/2026

Fraenkel Lab study shows that patterns of molecular activity in the blood may reveal not only a person’s fitness level, but also the biological processes that drive physical performance. ow.ly/1l6350YRfuj

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 24/04/2026

Shenghao Guo (Koehler) “Discovery of FBXW7 Binders for Targeted Protein Degradation Using Small Molecule Microarray” Malik George (Voigt, Niles) “Bioprospecting and Evolving Nitrogen-Fixing Bacteria for the Advancement of Microbial Biofertilizers” ow.ly/3Mt050YOwp9

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 17/04/2026

Who's up at BATS? Rachel McGinn (Bryson Lab): “Bacterial Control of Antigen Presentation on MHC-I in Mycobacterium tuberculosis Infection” James Jusuf (Hansen Lab): “Genome-Wide Absolute Quantification of Chromatin Looping” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 16/04/2026

Engelward Lab research suggests that the chemical NDMA is much more likely to cause cancerous mutations after exposure early in life. ow.ly/LHns50YKzVM

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 13/04/2026

Next BE Seminar this Thurs 4/9 at 4pm with Richard M. Murray, California Institute of Technology, 'Upscaling Engineering of Synthetic Biomachines via Synthetic Cells.' ow.ly/aX2850YIo1J

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 10/04/2026

Huaiyao Peng (Belcher Lab): “Developing Organoid Models and AI-Driven Optical Imaging for Ovarian Cancer Early Detection” Luka Karginov (Lauffenburger): “Learning Features and Paths of Vaccine-Mediated Protection in Tuberculosis via Partial Correlation” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 03/04/2026

Who's up at BATS? Amanda Chan (Birnbaum Lab): “A Library-Based Examination of T Cell Allorecognition” Qingyang Henry Zhao (Birnbaum & Wittrup): “Decoding Endogenous Anti-Tumor T Cell Responses for Polyclonal TCR-T Therapy” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars #TCRrecognition #TILtherapy

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 01/04/2026

BE Seminar Series this Thur, 4pm, 32-155 Melanie Graham, University of Minnesota "You Don’t Control the Immune System, You Design Around It” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

We have many administrative and technical open positions in BE! Learn more: be.mit.edu/about/open-staff-positio…

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 30/03/2026

A backup survival pathway can help tumor cells resist certain lung cancer and other drugs. The Forest White Lab reveals that combining therapies may offer a solution. ow.ly/U1rf50YARTo

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 16/03/2026

BE Seminar Series continues this Thursday at 4pm with BE alum Jennifer L. Wilson, UCLA "Turning Bugs Into Features - Modeling Drug Off-Target Effects to Understand Cancer Neurology” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 13/03/2026

Who's up at BATS? Myra Dada (Manalis & Hemann): “Investigating Cell Stiffness as a Determinant of CAR T Efficacy in B-ALL” Connie Wang (Collins & Edelman): “Nanoengineering Materials to Probe Tissue-Implant Interactions” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars #CARTtherapy #ramanspectroscopy

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 12/03/2026

Help the MIT School of Engineering empower the next generation of thinkers and doers by contributing today, during the MIT 24-Hour Challenge. mit24hourchallenge.mightycause.com/…

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 11/03/2026

BE Seminar tomorrow at 4pm with Dan Dongeun Huh, University of Pennsylvania “Microengineered Mimicry of Human Health and Disease" be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 27/02/2026

Who's up at BATS? Miles George (Voigt & Niles Labs): “Containment of Engineered Bacteria by ‘Locking’ them to an Engineered Plant” Justine Shih (Blainey Lab): “Mapping Genetic Variants to Cellular Phenotypes with Targeted Optical Endogenous Sequencing (TOES)” ow.ly/AUip50Yn1TF

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 20/02/2026

Who's up at BATS? Evan Collins (Langer & Anderson Labs): “Data-Driven Approaches for Understanding and Improving mRNA Lipid Nanoparticles” Nikita Podobedov (Blainey Lab): “Integration of Label-Free Imaging Modalities with Optical Pooled Screening” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 13/02/2026

Who's up at BATS? Anastasiya Grebin (Ribbeck Lab): “Mucus as a Host Lever in Recurrent Bacterial Vaginosis” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars #bacterialvaginosis #Cervicovaginalmucus #Host–microbeinteractions

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 06/02/2026

Who's up at BATS? Victoria Chen (Voigt Lab): “Tracking Recombinant Genes in Estonia 35 Years After Release” Rachel Myers (Belcher & Hammond Labs): “Engineering Rare Earth Nanoparticles for Early Ovarian Cancer Detection” ow.ly/CTAR50Y9SZH

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 05/02/2026

This afternoon, Prof Doug Lauffenburger opened the BE Seminar Series Spring Term 2026 by sharing the history of BE.

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 28/01/2026

“Here is a pathogen that has probably killed more people in human history than any other pathogen, so you want to learn how to kill it,” says Bryan Bryson about tuberculosis. ow.ly/yhZ750Y4Z3V

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 27/01/2026

New MIT research tackles one of medicine’s biggest threats — antibiotic resistance. Using synthetic biology and AI, Collins Lab researchers are developing programmable antibacterials to outsmart drug-resistant pathogens. ow.ly/u19v50Y4nQ7

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 15/01/2026

Alumni & partners: help us spread the word! Our Career Fair is one month away, and we’re still accepting employer registrations. High-quality talent, low barrier to participation. ow.ly/ABIe50XXbty

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 12/01/2026

Hiring? Looking for interns? The MIT BioEng Career Fair–Thur, 2/5, MIT campus–connects employers with exceptional engineering & science talent. Affordable, efficient, high-impact recruiting of UG, PhD, and Post-doc talent ow.ly/BuG450XVKAY

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 06/01/2026

Sean Luk has seen her grandparents’ cancer battles as a call for urgent action in immunotherapy. “The idea of creating something that is actually able to improve human health is what really drives me now,” Luk says. news.mit.edu/2026/addressing-urgent…

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 05/01/2026

🚨 Recruiting employers! MIT's BioEngineering Career Expo is happening in ONE MONTH 2/5 on MIT campus. Connect with outstanding MIT undergrad, master’s & PhD talent in one afternoon. Spots filling fast—register now: ow.ly/2gty50XSbVP

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 16/12/2025

"'We created a new kind of protein therapeutic that can block glycan-based immune checkpoints and boost anti-cancer immune responses,' says Jessica Stark" ow.ly/pN1h50XKBui

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 15/12/2025

Linda Griffith engineers human uterine endometrium in lab dishes, offering in vitro tools to study some uterine diseases and screen drugs to treat them. ow.ly/J6IB50XJZyZ

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 05/12/2025

Who's up at BATS today? Patrick Song (Belcher Lab): “Symbiotic Cultures of Bacteria and Yeast as Engineered Living Materials for Water Purification” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 03/12/2025

BE Seminar tomorrow with Robbie Majzner, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute “Drawing on Biologic Principles to Engineer More Effective Cancer Immunotherapies” ow.ly/eMUL50XBCP3

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 21/11/2025

Who's up at BATS? M Lockwood (COLLINS) “Engineering Saccharomyces boulardii as an Enterically Targeted Living Therapeutic for Ulcerative Colitis” N Cuthbert (NILES) “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown” ow.ly/qB4150XvOYG

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 14/11/2025

Who's up at BATS? Anna Lapteva (Langer & Anderson): “Rational Design of Modular, Conjugation-free Targeted mRNA Delivery Systems” Allison Glynn (Ribbeck & Raines): “Collagen-Mimetic Peptide Strand Displacement for Programmable Biomaterials” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 13/11/2025

In this reel, Pablo talks about the shift from a structured undergraduate life to a more self-directed experience as a doctoral student. #phdlife #gradlife #stemlife

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 07/11/2025

Who's up at BATS? Lauren “Ren” Ramlan (Voigt & Kong ): “Transformation of Non-model Filamentous Fungi for BioMaterial Applications” Sophie VanderWeele (Hansen & Page): “Examining Gene Expression From the ‘inactive’ X Chromosome Between Human and Mouse” ow.ly/svT150XorA7

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 06/11/2025

Lean into your curiosity! That's what Felicia did when she decided to pursue a doctoral degree at MIT. #PhDLife #BiologicalEngineering #GradLife be.mit.edu/graduate-program/phd-pro…

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 05/11/2025

In a new study, Bryson Lab and White Lab researchers identified several possible antigens that could be developed as a new vaccine for TB, the world’s deadliest infectious disease. ow.ly/sXeq50XntMf

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 04/11/2025

BE Seminar Series this Thurs w Lukasz Bugaj University of Pennsylvania “Using Light, Temperature, and Protein Condensation to Understand and Control Cells” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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MIT Department of Biological Engineering @mitdeptofbe.bsky.social · 31/10/2025

🦇🦇! Sarah Sobol (Wittrup & DeKosky): “Development of a High-throughput Functional Screen for GPCR Targeting Antibodies” Nickeisha Cuthbert (Niles): “Investigating Plasmodium falciparum Survival and Resistance through Pfkelch13 Conditional Knockdown” be.mit.edu/our-community/seminars

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