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

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.

Facundo Batista

Facundo Batista studies fundamental lymphocyte biology to drive the development of the next generation of vaccines and therapeutics.

Jianzhu Chen

Jianzhu Chen studies the immune system, harnessing the body’s defense force to explore treatment and prevention for cancer, as well as metabolic and infectious diseases.

Yiyin Erin Chen

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

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.

Hernandez Moura Silva

Hernandez Moura Silva seeks to understand how the immune system supports tissue physiology to unveil new approaches to treat human diseases.

Alison E. Ringel

Alison E. Ringel seeks to understand the molecular adaptations that enable immune cells to function and survive within unfavorable environments.

Stefani Spranger

Stefani Spranger studies how the body’s immune system interacts with growing tumors to harness the immune response to fight cancer.

Zuri Sullivan

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

Ron Vale

Ron Vale is interested in how proteins generate biological movement and intracellular signaling and how these molecular machines adapt when challenged by temperature extremes, drought, or disease.

Harikesh S. Wong

Harikesh S. Wong studies how cells assemble and communicate to control immune responses in tissues.