Faculty

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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

Laurie A. Boyer

Co-Undergrad Officer

Laurie A. Boyer investigates the gene regulatory mechanisms driving cardiac cell fate, and how faulty regulation impacts regeneration and disease.

Eliezer Calo

Eliezer Calo studies how cells build ribosomes and how dysfunction in ribosome biogenesis and function leads to tissue-specific developmental disorders and cancer.

Mary Gehring

Graduate Officer

Mary Gehring researches epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation in plants.

Leonard P. Guarente

Leonard P. Guarente looks at mammal, mouse, and human brains to understand the genetic underpinning of aging and age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s.

H. Robert Horvitz

H. Robert Horvitz analyzes the roles of genes in animal development and behavior, gaining insight into human disease.

Rudolf Jaenisch

Rudolf Jaenisch uses pluripotent cells (ES and iPS cells) to study the genetic and epigenetic basis of human diseases such as Parkinson’s, Alzheimer’s, autism and cancer.

Kristin Knouse

Kristin Knouse seeks to understand and modulate organ injury and repair by innovating tools for experimentation directly within living organisms.

Jacqueline Lees

Jacqueline Lees develops mouse and zebrafish models, identifying the molecular pathways leading to tumor formation.

Ruth Lehmann

Ruth Lehmann studies the biological origins of germ cells, and how they transmit the potential to build a completely new organism to their offspring.

Pulin Li

Pulin Li is interested in quantitatively understanding how genetic circuits create multicellular behavior in both natural and synthetically engineered systems.

Harvey F. Lodish

Before closing his lab, Harvey F. Lodish studied the development of red blood cells and the use of modified red cells for the introduction of novel therapeutics into the human body, as well as the development of brown and white fat cells.

Adam C. Martin

Co-Undergrad Officer

Adam C. Martin studies molecular mechanisms that underlie tissue form and function.

Elly Nedivi

Elly Nedivi studies the mechanisms underlying brain circuit plasticity — characterizing the genes and proteins involved, as well as visualizing synaptic and neuronal remodeling in the living mouse brain.

Peter Reddien

Peter Reddien works to unravel one of the greatest mysteries in biology — how organisms regenerate missing body parts.

Yadira Soto-Feliciano

Yadira Soto-Feliciano studies chromatin and epigenetic regulation in normal development and cancer.

Robert A. Weinberg

Robert A. Weinberg studies how cancer spreads, what gives cancer stem-cells their unique qualities, and the molecular players involved in the formation of cancer stem cells and metastases.

Brandon Weissbourd

Brady Weissbourd uses jellyfish to study nervous system evolution, development, regeneration, and function.

Yukiko Yamashita

Yukiko Yamashita studies the mystery of evolution through the lens of junk DNA and germ cell biology.

Omer H. Yilmaz

Omer H. Yilmaz explores the impact of dietary interventions on stem cells, the immune system, and cancer within the intestine.

Richard A. Young

Richard A. Young explores how and why gene expression differs in healthy versus diseased cells.