# 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](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/?research-area%5B%5D=microbiology)

#### [Tania A. Baker](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/tania-a-baker/)

#### [Stephen Bell](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/stephen-bell/)

#### [Yiyin Erin Chen](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/y-erin-chen/)

#### [Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sallie-penny-w-chisholm/)

#### [Joseph (Joey) Davis](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/joseph-joey-davis/)

#### [Gerald R. Fink](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/gerald-r-fink/)

#### [Alan D. Grossman](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/alan-d-grossman/)

#### [Yunha Hwang](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/yunha-hwang/)

#### [Barbara Imperiali](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/barbara-imperiali/)

#### [Rebecca Lamason](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/rebecca-lamason/)

#### [Michael T. Laub](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/michael-t-laub/)

#### [Daniel Lew](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/daniel-lew/)

#### [Gene-Wei Li](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/gene-wei-li/)

#### [Sebastian Lourido](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sebastian-lourido/)

#### [Graham C. Walker](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/graham-c-walker/)

*Faculty Spotlight*

### [Tania A. Baker](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/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.