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

H. Robert Horvitz

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

Siniša Hrvatin

Siniša Hrvatin studies states of stasis, such as mammalian torpor and hibernation, as a means to harness the potential of these biological adaptations to advance medicine.

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.

Troy Littleton

Troy Littleton is interested in how neuronal connections form and function, and how neurological disease disrupts synaptic communication.

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.

Sara Prescott

Sara Prescott investigates how sensory inputs from within the body control mammalian physiology and behavior.

Zuri Sullivan

Zuri Sullivan studies how interactions between the immune system and the brain affect physiology and behavior to promote host defense.

Susumu Tonegawa

Susumu Tonegawa investigates the biological underpinnings of learning and memory in rodents.

Brandon Weissbourd

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

Matthew A. Wilson

Matthew Wilson studies rodent learning and memory by recording and manipulating the activity of neurons during behavior and sleep.