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Congratulations to Hock E. Tan, co-founder of the Yang Tan Collective, for being honored as part of the Andrew Carnegie Foundation @carnegie.org's 2026 Class of Great Immigrants, Great Americans! 🇺🇸 🎉 Congrats to him and all the honorees 👏 #YangTanCollective #GreatImmigrants
June 30, 2026 at 7:03 PM
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In his recent Foresight Institute Vision Weekend talk, @eboyden3.bsky.social argues that breakthrough tools — and the therapies they enable — depend on long-term support for unconventional ideas.

💻 ⬇️ Watch: Ed Boyden | Incentives in Science @ Vision Weekend UK 2026

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Ed Boyden | Incentives in Science @ Vision Weekend UK 2026
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July 27, 2026 at 6:08 PM
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The K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics' bionic knee is integrated into tissue and allows for natural movement #bionics #mit #yangtancollective #bionicknee #neuroscience #science www.science.org/doi/10.1126/...
Tissue-integrated bionic knee restores versatile legged movement after amputation
Lower-extremity prostheses have evolved through mechanical redesigns that prioritize improved cyclic locomotion. However, this limited approach to limb restoration has precluded necessary progress tow...
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July 11, 2025 at 1:48 PM
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The Mexican Press Agency spotlights Yang Center for Bionics postdoc Guillermo Herrera-Arcos, who is developing incredible “living” implants that could one day restore movement and function to paralyzed organs. Read the feature linked below!

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May 13, 2026 at 4:42 PM
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🌟Learn more about Fabio in the Instagram series “Fellows Fridays” feature here: www.instagram.com/p/DPoxuYIEQ_j/
Yang Tan Collective | “Stay curious, don’t give up…” advises Fabio Catania @fabiocat93 to future scientists and researchers–and he himself works hard too! A K.... | Instagram
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February 19, 2026 at 6:56 PM
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To learn more about the incredible research the Yang Bionics Center is doing, visit: yangtan.mit.edu/bionics

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K. Lisa Yang Center for Bionics - Yang Tan Collective at MIT
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December 3, 2025 at 4:58 PM
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✨🧠 Read more about this study on the Yang Tan Collective website:

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A new cross-species atlas created by Yang Tan Collective researchers reveals how astrocytes—the brain’s most abundant non-neuronal cells—change across space and time - Yang Tan Collective at MIT
A new cross-species atlas created by Yang Tan Collective researchers reveals how astrocytes—the brain’s most abundant non-neuronal cells—change across space and time When it comes to brain function, n...
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November 20, 2025 at 4:41 PM
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November 12, 2025 at 5:37 PM
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Breakthrough from the Yang Center for Bionics at MIT: a new bionic knee that’s transforming life for lower-leg amputees. 🚀🦿 #YangTanCollective #Bionics #MIT

Read it here: www.smithsonianmag.com/science-natu...
This New Bionic Knee Is Changing the Game for Lower Leg Amputees
Scientists have developed a prosthesis that is directly integrated with muscle and bone in order to improve movement
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September 2, 2025 at 7:15 PM