# Areas of Research
**Source**: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/
**Parent**: https://biology.mit.edu/
For over 50 years, we have played a central role in the growth of molecular life sciences and the revolution in molecular and cellular biology, genetics, genomics, and computational biology.
[## Biochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural Biology](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/biochemistry-biophysics-and-structural-biology/)
[## Cancer Biology](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/cancer-biology/)
[## Cell Biology](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/cell-biology/)
[## Computational Biology](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/computational-biology/)
[## Genetics](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/genetics/)
[## Human Disease](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/human-disease/)
[## Immunology](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/immunology/)
[## Microbiology](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/microbiology/)
[## Neurobiology](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/neurobiology/)
[## Stem Cell and Developmental Biology](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/stem-cell-and-developmental-biology/)