Koch Institute - Cancer Research

Contributions to the Koch Institute microchallenge from 125 donors will unlock $12,000, which includes a $5,000 gift from Lindsay Androski ’98, as well as a $7,000 gift from Glenda Mattes and Steve Corbin in memory of Don Mattes ’67, SM ’69.  

About MIT's Koch Institute

MIT’s Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research takes a uniquely MIT approach to solving some of cancer’s most difficult problems. Building on 50 years of cancer research at MIT, our work combines the Institute’s rich traditions of interdisciplinary inquiry and technological innovation with the most advanced investigations of cancer biology to accelerate the discovery and translation of new ways to detect, monitor, treat, and prevent malignancies. 

Gifts to the Koch Institute Director’s Endowed Fund provide unrestricted resources to support MIT’s cancer research community, allowing us to follow the science, pursue big ideas and strategic opportunities, and train the next generation for real progress against cancer. 

Contributions to our microchallenge from 125 donors will unlock a $5,000 gift from Lindsay Androski ’98, as well as a $7,000 gift from Glenda Mattes and Steve Corbin in memory of Don Mattes ’67, SM ’69.  

In addition to our MIT 24-Hour Challenge donors, the Koch Institute also thanks Haejin Baek ’86 for her contribution in establishing the Koch Institute Director’s Endowed Fund. 

Spatial Expressions: Snapshot of a Growing Tumor,” Yilmaz & Regev Laboratories, Koch Institute Image Awards winner, 2018. New research approaches allow us to understand how the spatial organization of tumor cells, stem cells, and other cell types impacts cancer growth and progression.

*If you do not see a particular fund listed, you can donate on the MIT giving site and still be counted in the MIT 24-Hour Challenge.