MIT Life Sciences Technology Core Open House

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MIT Life Sciences Technology Core Open House

Tuesday, December 8, 2026 8:30 a.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Koch Institute at MIT 500 Main Street, Building 76 Cambridge, MA 02139

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Join us in person at the MIT Koch Institute to learn about MIT technology core facilities and research capabilities in the life sciences. This full-day event will convene technology core facilities from MIT ranging from biomaging to proteomics and data science, all accessible to the biotech community.

The goal of the event is to strengthen MIT's engagement with the broader startup and pharma ecosystems, and inspire new collaborative opportunities between academia and industry.

Agenda

8:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.

Registration and breakfast

9:00 a.m. – 9:05 a.m.

Welcoming remarks

9:05 a.m. – 10:05 a.m.

Technology core lightning talks

10:05 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.

Coffee break

10:15 a.m. – 11:15 a.m.

Technology core lightning talks

11:15 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.

Panel discussion

12:00 p.m. – 1:30 PM

Lunch and poster session

1:30 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.

Technology core facility tours

3:30 p.m. – 4:30 p.m.

Networking reception

Featuring

Anthony Belanger, PhD , Scientific Director, Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility at Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Iain M. Cheeseman , Professor of biology, member of Whitehead Institute

Tarek Fadel , Director of Strategic Alliances, MIT Koch Institute

Carla Reimold, PhD , EVP of Scientific Innovation and Strategic Investments, Massachusetts Life Sciences Center

Khashayar Vakili, MD , CEO and CSO, ZeEST Bio

Matthew Vander Heiden , Director, MIT Koch Institute

Participating core facilities

• Athinoula Martinos Imaging Center of the McGovern Institute

• Bioimaging and Chemical Analysis Facilities Core

• Biophysical Instrumentation Facility

• Biopolymers & Proteomics

• CryoEM Facility at MIT.nano

• Data Science and Multimodal Integration

• Department of Chemistry Instrumentation Facility

• Flow Cytometry Core

• Functional Genomics Platform

• Genome Technology Core

• High Content Imaging

• High Throughput Sciences

• Integrated Genome Technologies

• MIT Center for Clinical and Translational Research

• Molecular Cancer Imaging Facility (MCIF) at the Dana Farber Cancer Institute

• Nanotechnology for Integrative BioEM

• Preclinical Imaging & Testing

• Preclinical Modeling

• Quantitative Proteomics Core

• Structural Biology Core Facility

• Spatial Imaging

• Tissue Processing

• W.M. Keck Imaging Innovation Center

• Zebrafish