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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.
CMIT Rasmussen Fellows Talks & Mixer
On December 12th 2024, the Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics held its first Rasmussen Fellows Talks and Mixer event in Hayden Library. The evening spotlighted the research of CMIT’s inaugural Neil and Anna Rasmussen Fellows, Alyssa Haynes Mitchell and Daniel Pascal, and included posters from CMIT Clinical Scholars Jason Zhang, MD PhD, Marjolein Klaassen, […]
How inflammation has shaped the microbiome over millions of years
CMIT researchers have found that hundreds of strains of bacteria have evolved to thrive in the inflamed gut. A better understanding of those adaptations could help us treat disease.
Meet the CMIT 2024 Rasmussen Fellows
Alyssa Haynes Mitchell and Daniel Pascal, the Center’s inaugural Neil and Anna Rasmussen Fellowship recipients, discuss their research, interest in the microbiome, and key challenges in the field.
CMIT Clinical Scholar receives prestigious AGA award
Jason (Yanjia) Zhang, MD, PhD was one of six recipients selected for the American Gastroenterological Society’s 2024 Research Scholar Awards for early career investigators.
Annual MIT Microbiome Symposium 2024
The 2024 symposium featured keynote presentations from Dr. Emrah Altindis (Boston College) and Dr. Sophie McCoy (University of North Carolina), as well as flash talk presentations by trainees and a scientific poster session.
Annual MIT Microbiome Symposium 2023
The MIT Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics and the MIT Microbiome Club are proud to invite you to participate in our annual MIT Microbiome Symposium to be held on Friday, April 7, 2023