• Breadcrumb MIT News From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate From nanoscale to global scale: Advancing MIT’s special initiatives in manufacturing, health, and climate Press Contact: Previous imageNext image “MIT.nano is essential to making progress in high-priority areas where I believe that MIT has a responsibility to lead,” opened MIT president Sally Kornbluth at the 2025 Nano Summit. • “If we harness our collective efforts, we can make a serious positive impact.” It was these collective efforts that drove discussions at the daylong event hosted by MIT.nano and focused on the importance of nanoscience and nanotechnology acrossMIT’s special initiatives- projects deemed critical to MIT’s mission to help solve the world’s greatest challenges. • With each new talk, common themes were reemphasized: collaboration across fields, solutions that can scale up from lab to market, and the use of nanoscale science to enact grand-scale change. • “MIT.nano has truly set itself apart, in the Institute’s signature way, with an emphasis on cross-disciplinary collaboration and open access,” said Kornbluth. • “Today, you’re going to hear about the transformative impact of nanoscience and nanotechnology, and how working with the very small can help us do big things for the world together.” Collaborating on health Angela Koehler, faculty director of the MIT Health and Life Sciences Collaborative (MIT HEALS) and the Charles W. • Johnson Professor of Biological Engineering, opened the first session with a question: How can we build a community across campus to tackle some of the most transformative problems in human health?

Article Summaries:

  • MIT’s 2025 Nano Summit, hosted by MIT.nano, highlighted the Institute’s commitment to using nanoscience to tackle global challenges. President Sally Kornbluth opened the day‑long event, stressing cross‑disciplinary collaboration and the potential to scale laboratory breakthroughs to market. Sessions focused on health, manufacturing, and climate, showcasing projects such as single‑injection vaccines that adapt microelectronics fabrication techniques, ingestible drug delivery systems inspired by cephalopods, and precision‑targeted lipid nanoparticles from industry partner Mirai Bio. The manufacturing track, led by the Initiative for New Manufacturing, emphasized education, workforce development, and the transition of research into new companies. The summit underscored MIT’s role in advancing nanotechnology for large‑scale impact.

Sources: