# Faculty

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

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

### [David Bartel](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-bartel/)

David Bartel studies molecular pathways that regulate eukaryotic gene expression by affecting the stability or translation of mRNAs.

### [Iain M. Cheeseman](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/iain-m-cheeseman/)

Associate Dept. Head

Iain Cheeseman analyzes the process by which cells duplicate, focusing on how the molecular machinery that segregates the chromosomes is rewired across diverse physiological contexts.

### [Olivia Corradin](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/olivia-corradin/)

Olivia Corradin investigates the genetic and epigenetic changes in gene regulatory elements that influence human disease.

### [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.

### [Mary Gehring](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/mary-gehring/)

Graduate Officer

Mary Gehring researches epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation in plants.

### [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.

### [Leonard P. Guarente](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/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.

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

Michael T. Hemann uses mouse models to combat cancers resistant to chemotherapy.

### [H. Robert Horvitz](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/h-robert-horvitz/)

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

### [David Housman](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-housman/)

David Housman studies the biological underpinnings of diseases like Huntington’s, cancer, and cardiovascular disease.

### [Siniša Hrvatin](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sinisa-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.

### [Tyler Jacks](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/tyler-jacks/)

Tyler Jacks is interested in the genetic events contributing to the development of cancer, and his group has created a series of mouse strains engineered to carry mutations in genes known to be involved in human cancers.

### [Matthew G. Jones](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/matthew-jones/)

Matthew Jones integrates computational and technological advances to decode the molecular processes underlying spatiotemporal tumor evolution, with a focus on genomic instability and extrachromosomal DNA.

### [Chris A. Kaiser](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/chris-a-kaiser/)

Before closing his lab, Chris A. Kaiser analyzed protein folding and trafficking in cells.

### [Kristin Knouse](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/kristin-knouse/)

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

### [Eric S. Lander](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/eric-s-lander/)

Eric S. Lander is interested in every aspect of the human genome and its application to medicine.

### [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.

### [Ruth Lehmann](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/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.

### [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.

### [Pulin Li](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/pulin-li/)

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

### [Troy Littleton](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/troy-littleton/)

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

### [David C. Page](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-c-page/)

David C. Page examines the genetic differences between males and females — and how these play out in disease, development, and evolution.

### [Peter Reddien](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/peter-reddien/)

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

### [Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/francisco-j-sanchez-rivera/)

Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera aims to understand how genetic variation shapes normal physiology and disease, with a focus on cancer.

### [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.

### [Yukiko Yamashita](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/yukiko-yamashita/)

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