# Faculty

**Source**: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/?research-area%5B%5D=microbiology
**Parent**: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/microbiology/

Research AreasBiochemistry, Biophysics, and Structural BiologyCancer BiologyCell BiologyComputational BiologyGeneticsHuman DiseaseImmunologyMicrobiologyNeurobiologyStem Cell and Developmental BiologyLocationsBroad InstituteBuilding 68 - Koch Biology BuildingKoch Institute for Integrative Cancer ResearchNeuroscience ComplexRagon Institute of MGH, MIT and HarvardWhitehead Institute for Biomedical Research

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

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.

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

Stephen Bell probes the cellular machinery that replicates and maintains animal cell chromosomes.

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

Erin Chen studies how the microbes in our bodies educate our immune systems, in order to engineer microbial therapeutics for human disease.

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

Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm studies the biology, ecology, and evolution of the single most abundant marine phytoplankton species in order to understand the forces that shape microbial ecosystems.

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

Joseph Davis develops and applies new structural (cryoEM/ET) and biochemical methods to dissect how macromolecular machines such as ribosomes and autophagy complexes are dynamically assembled, regulated, and degraded to maintain cellular homeostasis.

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

Gerald R. Fink investigates how fungal pathogens invade the body, evade the immune system, and establish an infection.

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

Alan Grossman studies mechanisms and regulation of DNA replication, gene expression, and horizontal gene transfer in bacteria.

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

Yunha Hwang combines machine learning and experimentation to study the biochemistry, ecology and evolution of microbial systems.

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

Barbara Imperiali studies the biogenesis and myriad functions of glycoconjugates in human health and disease.

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

Rebecca Lamason investigates what happens when cellular functions are hijacked by unwanted interlopers: namely, the bacteria that engender diseases like spotted fever and meningitis.

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

Michael T. Laub explores how bacterial cells process information and regulate their own growth and proliferation, as well as how these information-processing capabilities have evolved.

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

Daniel Lew uses fungal model systems to ask how cells orient their activities in space, including oriented growth, cell wall remodeling, and organelle segregation.

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

Associate Dept. Head

Gene-Wei Li investigates how quantitative information regarding precise proteome composition is encoded in and extracted from bacterial genomes.

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

Sebastian Lourido exposes parasite vulnerabilities and harnesses them to treat infectious disease.

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

Graham C. Walker studies DNA repair, mutagenesis, and cellular responses to DNA damage, as well as the symbiotic relationship between legumes and nitrogen-fixing bacteria.