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Studying the uninvited guests

Over the last 15 years MIT has played a central role in building a new field of study that aims to understand the myriad ways these microbes affect human health—and how we might harness their power to improve it.

CMIT Clinical Research Talk & Mixer: Disordered eating, obesity, and the gut microbiome

CMIT held a Clinical Research Talk and Mixer featuring the research of Dr. Jason Zhang, MD PhD, who described his work with Blautia species.

CMIT Clinical Scientist receives IBD journal award

CMIT Clinical Scientist Marjolein Klaassen, MD, PhD, was selected for the Inflammatory Bowel Diseases journal’s award for best basic science/translational article of 2024.

Melanie Blokesc

May 5, 2025

Full Professor, EPFL - Swiss Federal Technology Institute of Lausanne (Sabbatical at Harvard)