Microbiology

Source: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/microbiology/ Parent: https://biology.mit.edu/

bacteria • viruses • fungi • protozoa • horizontal gene transfer • cell-cell signaling • microbial life cycle • microbe-environment interactions • biological niches • signaling • bacterial sex • microbial development • chromosome structure

Faculty

Tania A. Baker

Stephen Bell

Yiyin Erin Chen

Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm

Joseph (Joey) Davis

Gerald R. Fink

Alan D. Grossman

Yunha Hwang

Barbara Imperiali

Rebecca Lamason

Michael T. Laub

Daniel Lew

Gene-Wei Li

Sebastian Lourido

Graham C. Walker

Faculty Spotlight

Tania A. Baker

E. C. Whitehead Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Tania Baker’s current research explores mechanisms and regulation of enzyme-catalyzed protein unfolding, ATP-dependent protein degradation, and remodeling of the proteome during cellular stress responses.