Community News for the week of April 7, 2025

Week of April 7, 2025

The following announcements are as of April 4.


Events and Seminars

April 7: Student Seminar, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
Sunwoo Lee, “Functional Screening of Single Cell-Derived Complement-Activating Antibodies for Discovery of Therapeutic Monoclonal Antibodies”
Xiaoqi Sun, “Quantitative Reaction Condition Prediction for Organic Synthesis”

April 9: Ellison Scholars Info Session to study abroad at the University of Oxford. [Details]

April 11: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
Design of Microanalytical Tools to Understand Single-cell Biology“, Amy E. Herr, Prof., Univ. of CA, Berkeley

April 11: The MIT Biotech Group Career Fair, 12:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m., Building 50. [Details]

April 16: MIT Biotech Group Seminar: How to Fund a Biotech Company If You Must, 4:00 p.m. in E25-117. [RSVP]

April 18: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
Innovating in – and Learning from – Battery Science to Address Challenges in Electrochemistry“, Chibueze Amanchukwu PhD ‘17, Univ. of Chicago

April 24: Chemistry Colloquium Series: Research on the Mind, featuring Luana Marques, PhD., 4:00 p.m. [Details]

April 25: Save-the-Date: ChemE Plant Propagation Exchange. 1:30 – 3:30 p.m. in 66-201. [Details]

April 25: ChemE Seminar Series, 3:00 p.m., 66-110
Reactive Carbon Capture“, Curtis Berlinguette, Professor, University of British Columbia

May 7: MIT Polymer Day 2025! Event is free, register by April 10. [Details]

May 20-21: Tata-MIT Alliance Conference. [Details]


See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>


Thesis Defense

April 10: Nathan B. Wang (Galloway Lab), 10:00 a.m., 76-156 and zoom link will be emailed.
Synthetic and Systems Biology Approaches to Engineer Cell Fate Transitions for Cell Therapies

April 14: Linzixuan (Rhoda) Zhang (Jaklenec & Langer Labs), 1:00 p.m., 36-156 and zoom link will be emailed.
Synthesis and Development of Polymer Microparticles for Nutrient and Vaccine Delivery

April 16: Stephanie Gaglione (Birnbaum & Wittrup Labs), 2:00 p.m., 76-156 and zoom link will be emailed.
High-throughput Tools for Decoding T cell Receptor Specificity


See ChemE calendar for more listing of department events and seminars >>


Internships, Fellowships, and Job Opportunities

MISTI: MIT-Portugal Summer Internship. [Apply Now!]

University of Central Florida: Undergrad Summer Research Internship in Low-Carbon Methanol Production from Stranded Methane (TEMP) [Details]

MIT Graduate Community Fellow: [See current positions and apply]

Search for more faculty positions around the world at PolytechnicPositions.com


See listing of upcoming career-related events, workshops, and company info sessions>>


Other Announcements

New H4 seminar in Engineering Management: SDM lecturer Eric Rebentisch, W4-5:30, 1-390, 3 units. [Details]

April 18: Call for proposals to showcase innovations at the Tata Conference @MIT in May 2025. [Details]

MIT Spouses & Partners Connect: Language Conversation Exchange events. [See Calendar]

Food@MIT Guide: How to access healthy & affordable food at MIT. [Details]

Student Support Services (S3): Help in an accessible & respectful environment. [virtual & walk-in locations]

MIT Alumni Advisors Hub: Signup to connect with MIT alumni for career conversations. [Details]


REFS (Resources for Easing Friction and Stress): Feeling stressed? We are here to help.
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