We are interested in how motor skills are learned and generated by the brain. We study this in rodents, generalist motor learners with the capacity to master a... Read more about Bence Patrik
We strive to discover genomic events that cause human cancers and infectious causes for diseases of unknown origin. We then seek to apply these discoveries to... Read more about Matthew Langer Meyerson
Dana Farber Cancer Institute Dana Bldg., Rm. 1540 450 Brookline Ave. Boston, MA 02215 Assistant: Julie Hammond-Coiro Juliem_hammond-Coiro@dfci.harvard.edu
Co-Director, Leder Human Biology and Translational Medicine Program
My lab explores signal transduction pathways in the cells and tissues of the cardiovascular system. We have a particular focus on applying biochemical methods... Read more about Thomas M. Michel
Department of Biostatistics, Harvard School of Public Health
Cancer represents one of the biggest problems for modern societies. In 2010, there were 1.53 million new cancer cases and 570,000 cancer-related deaths in the... Read more about Franziska Michor
Professor of Health Sciences and Technology and Physics, MIT
The Mirny lab has been working on genomic analysis and biophysical modeling of various molecular systems. Our efforts are focused on characterization of higher... Read more about Leonid Alex Mirny
Department of Pathology and Health Sciences and Technology
The laboratory focuses on understanding the mechanisms of acute and chronic rejection in solid-organ allografts, and more broadly examining the interactions of... Read more about Richard N. Mitchell
My lab is interested in the structure, dynamics, and function of the cytoskeleton. We use imaging-based assays in living cells and in vitro extracts, in... Read more about Timothy J. Mitchison
We are interested in epigenetic mechanisms that control cellular memory and genome stability in eukaryotes and use yeast and mammalian cells as model systems... Read more about Danesh Moazed
CD4+ T cell ToleranceCD4+ T lymphocytes comprise a principal component of the adaptive immune system. These cells recognize processed antigens derived from... Read more about James J. Moon
Center for Immunology and Inflammatory Diseases Pulmonary and Critical Care Unit Massachusetts General Hospital Harvard Medical School 149 13th Street, Room 6-221 Charlestown, MA 02129
Mitochondria are tiny organelles found in nearly all cells, serving as the center stage for ATP production, ion homeostasis, and apoptosis. Their composition... Read more about Vamsi K. Mootha
William Lambert Richardson Professor of Obstetrics, Gynecology and Reproductive Biology
Several long-term research projects in human genetics are ongoing in the Morton laboratory. An overall theme is to apply evolving techniques in molecular... Read more about Cynthia Casson Morton
Cells need to accurately maintain their nuclear DNA in order to function properly. Indeed, defects in DNA integrity are associated with cancer, aging, and... Read more about Raul Mostoslavsky
