Genetics

Source: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/genetics/ Parent: https://biology.mit.edu/

genes • gene editing • heredity• evolution • genetic variability • phenotypic variability • horizontal gene transfer • meiosis • recombination • epigenetics • DNA repair and replication • chromosome segregation • cell division • gene regulation • development • aging • pathogenesis • cancer • disease

Faculty

David Bartel

Iain M. Cheeseman

Olivia Corradin

Gerald R. Fink

Mary Gehring

Alan D. Grossman

Leonard P. Guarente

Michael T. Hemann

H. Robert Horvitz

David Housman

Siniša Hrvatin

Tyler Jacks

Matthew G. Jones

Chris A. Kaiser

Kristin Knouse

Eric S. Lander

Michael T. Laub

Ruth Lehmann

Daniel Lew

Pulin Li

Troy Littleton

David C. Page

Peter Reddien

Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera

Graham C. Walker

Yukiko Yamashita

Faculty Spotlight

Leonard P. Guarente

Novartis Professor of Biology

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