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MIT is pioneering microbiome research and discovery to develop new microbiome therapeutics to improve health at lower cost to society. The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics (CMIT) was established to bring an engineering approach to understanding the role of the human microbiome, and to realize microbiome-based precision medicine and treatments for diseases and diagnoses currently without effective treatments, including Parkinson’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), autism, depression, diabetes type 1, scleroderma, and other autoimmune diseases.
In the next MIT Alumni Forum, CMIT codirector and MIT professor Eric Alm and CMIT founder Neil Rasmussen ’76, SM ’79 will discuss the microbiome’s relationship to human health, explore new discoveries, and share updates on microbiome-based therapies and treatments for diseases, disorders, and diagnoses.
MIT is pioneering microbiome research and discovery to develop new microbiome therapeutics to improve health at lower cost to society. The Center for Microbiome Informatics and Therapeutics (CMIT) was established to bring an engineering approach to understanding the role of the human microbiome, and to realize microbiome-based precision medicine and treatments for diseases and diagnoses currently without effective treatments, including Parkinson’s disease, inflammatory bowel disease (IBD), autism, depression, diabetes type 1, scleroderma, and other autoimmune diseases.
In the next MIT Alumni Forum, CMIT codirector and MIT professor Eric Alm and CMIT founder Neil Rasmussen ’76, SM ’79 will discuss the microbiome’s relationship to human health, explore new discoveries, and share updates on microbiome-based therapies and treatments for diseases, disorders, and diagnoses.
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Happy Holidays from MIT President Sally Kornbluth and Professor Danny Lew!
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2023 MIT Holiday Greeting team
Creative director: Emily Muldoon Kathan
Core team: Brielle Domings, Brian Geer
Animation: kerpy
Email and digital production: Russell Boulais, Greg Bourne, Gina DAllesandro, Emily Dufresne, Julie Fox, Karla Casey, Kimberly Mancino, Kathryn ONeill, Kate Repantis, Steve Thomas, Margaret Wong, and Mikko Zager
And MIT Alumni Association Chief Executive Officer Whitney T. Espich
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Read more about Gohar Khan 21 on Slice of MIT: https://bit.ly/3QjnnaR
As a first-generation student from a small town, Gohar Khan ’21 had to navigate the college admissions process largely on his own, scouring the internet to figure out what admissions officers might expect from essays and interviews. He founded his YouTube channel, @goharsguide , to make the process easier for other young people.
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Read more about the Covalent Spirits on Slice of MIT: https://bit.ly/3ZV6AgW
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If you had told Jennifer Yang ’97 during her time as a Course 7 major at MIT that she would use her biology degree to run a distillery, she wouldn’t have believed you.
“When I was at MIT, I looked at entrepreneurs and I thought, ‘Oh my gosh, that’s not me. I’m not one of those people who are so innovative and gutsy and brave,’” Yang says.
In November 2022, she and her husband opened Covalent Spirits, a craft distillery, tasting room, and event space in Westminster, Maryland.
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