Darrell Irvine
Massachusetts Institute of Technology, MA·Biology
Studying how cancer begins and spreads requires both trained people and tools for seeing cells, tissues and tumors in fine detail. The two grants listed here are shared-resource components of the MIT Koch Institute cancer center.
- Fields
Biology
Medicine & Clinical Research
Biomedical Engineering
- Topics
cancer research
oncology
cancer center
- Grants
- 2 known grants, through Apr 2027
What they work on
- Train cancer researchers from middle and high school through postdoctoral and junior faculty levels through cancer-focused courses, mentoring, conference support, seminars, retreats and pipeline programs at the Koch Institute.
- Provide light microscopy and image-analysis platforms for ex vivo and intravital imaging of nanoparticles, cells, tissues and tumors for Koch Institute cancer researchers.
- Expand the Microscopy Core's expertise in single-molecule localization microscopy, a super-resolution technique, and broaden hands-on imaging training.
- Develop resources for advanced image processing, visualization, quantitation and machine learning, including a monthly workshop series run with other Koch Institute cores.
More about the research
They fund research training and a microscopy facility used by many cancer researchers, rather than a single lab's research project. They describe no specific experiments by this PI.
Why it matters
These shared resources support cancer researchers in understanding the molecular and cellular changes behind cancer, with the goal of developing new treatments and diagnostics. Training programs build the next generation of cancer scientists. The microscopy facility gives investigators access to advanced imaging and image analysis that individual labs might not have.
Known grants
From NIH and NSF research grants. Labs often have other funding we can't see.
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The school
Massachusetts Institute of Technology: 25 labs on PI Pages, $1.1B a year on research, 692 research doctorates a year.
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