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Gene-editing technology developer Feng Zhang awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
September 19, 2017
Gene-editing technology developer Feng Zhang awarded $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize
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Lemelson-MIT Program
Feng Zhang, a pioneer of the revolutionary CRISPR gene-editing technology, TAL effector proteins, and optogenics, is the recipient of the 2017 $500,000 Lemelson-MIT Prize, the largest cash prize fo
Analyzing the language of color
September 18, 2017
Analyzing the language of color
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
The human eye can perceive millions of different colors, but the number of categories human languages use to group those colors is much smaller.
Studies help explain link between autism, severe infection during pregnancy
September 13, 2017
Studies help explain link between autism, severe infection during pregnancy
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Anne Trafton | MIT News Office
Mothers who experience an infection severe enough to require hospitalization during pregnancy are at higher risk of having a child with autism.
IBM and MIT to pursue joint research in artificial intelligence, establish new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
September 6, 2017
IBM and MIT to pursue joint research in artificial intelligence, establish new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
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MIT News Office
IBM and MIT today announced that IBM plans to make a 10-year, $240 million investment to create the MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab in partnership with MIT.
3Q: Anantha Chandrakasan on new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
September 6, 2017
3Q: Anantha Chandrakasan on new MIT–IBM Watson AI Lab
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David L. Chandler | MIT News Office
MIT and IBM jointly announced today a 10-year agreement to create the MIT
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Understanding Auditory Cortical Computation
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CREATE-ing AAVs for efficient gene transfer to the central and peripheral nervous systems.
Sep
Thu
21
September 21, 2017
CREATE-ing AAVs for efficient gene transfer to the central and peripheral nervous systems.
2:00pm to 3:00pm
Teuber Colloquium: Amygdala-cortical circuits for reward valuation and expectation
Sep
Thu
21
September 21, 2017
Teuber Colloquium: Amygdala-cortical circuits for reward valuation and expectation
4:00pm to 5:00pm
Speaker(s):
Kate Wassum
Internal models of sensorimotor integration regulate cortical dynamics
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September 26, 2017
Internal models of sensorimotor integration regulate cortical dynamics
4:00pm to 5:00pm