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.

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.

Olivia Corradin

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

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

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

David Housman

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

Ankur Jain

Ankur Jain investigates the role of RNA self-assembly in cellular organization and neurodegenerative disease.

Monty Krieger

Monty Krieger studies cell surface receptors and cholesterol and their impact on normal physiology and diseases, such as heart disease and infertility.

Eric S. Lander

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

Jacqueline Lees

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

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.

Hernandez Moura Silva

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

David C. Page

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

Sara Prescott

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

Stefani Spranger

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

Susumu Tonegawa

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

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.