# Chemistry in Action: Profiles of MIT Researchers

Instructor(s): Jacquin Niles; Liz Nolan; Katharina Ribbeck This collection of videos highlights the inspiring chemistry research done by three professors at MIT. Professor Jacquin Niles discusses growing up in the small Caribbean nation of Anguilla and how that inspired him to study the cause and prevention of malaria. Professor Liz Nolan researches the ways in which bacteria interact with the human body. Professor Katharina Ribbeck explains the ways in which mucus, a type of slime, might be able to predict preterm pregnancy. License: Creative Commons BY-NC-SA More information at http://ocw.mit.edu/terms More courses at http://ocw.mit.edu Album art image courtesy of CDC Dr. Todd Parker, Audra Marsh.

- Kind: Talk
- Year: 2012
- Genres: Education, Science
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/MITinspirational)
- Licence or status: [CC BY-NC-SA 3.0](http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-sa/3.0/) (as the archive states it)
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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