# Michael Elowitz

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Michael Elowitz

## Michael Elowitz

##### Roscoe Gilkey Dickinson Professor of Biology and Bioengineering; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

*B.A., University of California, 1992; M.A., Ph.D., Princeton University, 1999. Assistant Professor, Caltech, 2003-09; Bren Scholar, 2003-09; Associate Professor, 2009-10; Professor, 2010-24; Dickinson Professor, 2024-; HHMI Investigator, 2008-; Executive Officer, 2013-20.*

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#### Research Overview

Professor Elowitz's research focuses on creating and analyzing biological "circuits" of interacting genes and proteins. By programming new functions in living cells, his group seeks to uncover fundamental principles of circuit design and develop next generation cell and gene therapies. Recent work focuses on circuits that provide key functions required for multicellularity, including computation, communication, and memory.

Research Summary:
systems biology, synthetic biology, gene regulation networks, gene circuit dynamics, computational biology, single-cell biology, cell signaling, bacteria, mammalian cells, embryonic stem cells

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