This will be a panel discussion with Joe Shonkwiler, Chief Operating Officer at ARPA-H., Prof. Colin Stultz, Co-Director of the Harvard-MIT Program in Health Sciences and Technology (HST), Dr. Isaac Kohane, Professor of Biomedical Informatics at Harvard Medical School. They will discuss the technological innovations such as AI and how that have changed healthcare delivery and health-related policies.

Autonomous RACECAR IAP CourseLearn about basic autonomy and robotics for ground vehicles in this short two-week course on Autonomous RACECAR! In this course, members of the MIT community will have the opportunity to program a 1:14 scale RC car to autonomously navigate through an obstacle course. The course concludes with a hackathon and an all-out race in the famous MIT tunnels, with prizes and more!Instructor Name: Chris LaiRegistration Opens: November 25, 2024Dates: Jan 20th, 22nd, 24th, 27th, 29th, and 31stTime: 1pm - 4pm ESTLocation: 17-130Registration Link: https://mit-bwsi.formstack.com/forms/racecar_neo_iap_2025Website link: https://sites.mit.edu/mit-racecar/

Offers students alternative exploratory experience in teaching, learning, and researching. Through collaborative activities with open-ended experiments from diverse origins, participants re-create historical instruments and discoveries that challenged assumptions and sparked new investigations. Student curiosity and questions shape specific course content. Assignments include observations, experiments, readings, journal writing and sketching, and a final reflective paper.

Have you ever wondered…· How do space science missions get their start?· What funding is available for space instruments and experiments and how do I tap into it?· What’s a review panel anyway and what are they looking for from a proposal?Then join our course to learn what it takes to write successful NASA proposals! Over the course of three sessions we will learn about:· The NASA funding landscape· How to read funding solicitations· How to develop compelling concepts and write winning proposals, and· What to expect (and do!) after you’re awarded.This course will culminate in students developing their own concepts for a real solicitation (individually or in teams) and writing a draft 3-page proposal that will be reviewed in a mock panel. This course is open to all members of the MIT community and is not for credit.Registration is required for this course. Please register using the following link and feel free to reach out to LParit@mit.edu with any questions: https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc09JvZC8ctQiZkW_2xfXH1qq7di7MTUzHBetDCv7Tr1YY8oQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

Dear MIT students from every course/major, undergraduate and graduate,For the second year in a row, we are offering this three-unit, for-credit class led by instructors Prof. Olivier de Weck and Prof. Luca Carlone from the Department of Aeronautics and Astronautics (AeroAstro). You can view the syllabus here.In this experimental, three-week class, students will learn about the fundamentals of aerospace engineering through extended (virtual) reality. No prior experience necessary!Students who complete this class will enter a raffle to win one of two Meta Quest 3S headsets!If you are interested in this course, please fill out the following short, pre-registration survey (4-5mins), so we can tailor our instruction to this year's students. The survey also contains more information about the class, including the lecture dates: https://forms.gle/rYJs3ukn519Zc4Yt7.

These are trainings in basic laboratory skills and techniques for mammalian cell culture, transfection, and optical anaysis of mammalian cells. These modules are Level 1 and Level 2 trainings, prior experience required. (See Basic Lab Skills)The Credential Certification program in the Huang-Hobbs BioMaker Space offers participants an opportunity to learn, practice, and demonstrate proficiency in a wide range of biological laboratory techniques. Upon successful completion of the assessment, particpants are awarded a certificate of completion for the credential.Credential modules are open to all users in the MIT community who have completed the required pre-requisite trainings. All particiants must be added to the "biomakerspace" training group and complete clearance form and online trainings. Email jbuck@mit.edu to be added to the training group and for additional information about this program. Limited to 12 participants. To register, please visit http://tinyurl.com/HHBMS-IAP2025.In this series of trainings, participants will review the theory and practice of following credential modules:1) Mammalian Cell Culture - Inoculation (Tuesday 1/21) 2) Mammalian Cell Culture - Media Changing & Inverted Microscope Use (Wednesday 1/22) 3) Mammalian Cell Culture - Passaging & Cell Counting (Thursday 1/23) 4) Mammalian Cell Culture - Media Changing (Friday 1/24) 5) Mammalian Transfection - Seeding Plates (Monday 1/27) 6) Mammalian Transfection - Transfection (Tueday 1/28) 7) Fluorescent Microscopy (Wednesday 1/29) 8) Fluorescent Activated Cell Sorting (FACS) (Thursday 1/30) 9) Fluorescent Microscopy, FACS & Conclusions (Friday 1/31)Pre-Requisite Trainings: Basic Laboratory Skills Modules: 1) Huang-Hobbs BioMaker Space Lab Specific Training 2) Laboratory Math and Making Solutions 3) Basic Micropipette Use 4) Microbiological Culture and Sterile Technique