STAT+: Former MIT biologist, who lost positions after engaging in a prohibited sexual relationship, accepts new science position in Prague

Former MIT and Whitehead Institute star biologist David Sabatini, who lost his positions after he was accused of violating sexual harassment policies in 2021, is resuming his science career, taking a post at a Czech research institute in Prague.

Sabatini, of Cambridge, confirmed in a phone call from Prague that he has accepted a position as a “senior group leader” at the Institute of Organic Chemistry and Biochemistry, known as IOCB Prague. Sabatini said he will be recruiting staff and running a laboratory in the Czech Republic capital to investigate scientific questions in the areas of cell growth and metabolism, similar to his past research in Cambridge.

“I’m very grateful to be given the opportunity to do science again,” said Sabatini, who began working at the institute last month.

Continue to STAT+ to read the full story…