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April 30, 2021

Robert Griffin elected to the National Academy of Sciences

The NAS has elected 120 new members and 30 international associates, including five professors from MIT — Dan Freedman, Robert Griffin, Larry Guth, Stephen Morris, and Gigliola Staffilani — in recognition of their “distinguished and continuing achievements in original research.Membership is one of the highest honors that a scientist can achieve.

MIT News

November 23, 2020

Chemists discover the structure of a key coronavirus protein

Led by Prof. Mei Hong, senior research scientist at the PSFC's Francis Bitter Magnet Laboratory, MIT chemists have determined the molecular structure of a protein found in the SARS-CoV-2 virus.

MIT News

August 20, 2020

Mei Hong wins 2020 Nakanishi Award from the American Chemical Society

Professor Mei Hong has been selected by the American Chemical Society (ACS) as the winner of the 2021 Nakanishi Award, given in recognition of application of spectroscopy to biological phenomena.

MIT Department of Chemistry

April 8, 2020

Pyae Phyo: From Myanmar to NMR

PhD candidate’s journey to the center of the plant cell wall relies on nuclear magnetic resonance technology.

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