MCO Faculty

Biophysics of bacterial growth, structural coloration, theory of glasses

Developing approaches to aid neuronal regeneration in the context of neurodegenerative diseases of the cortical output circuitry; modulating neuronal function in psychiatric diseases affecting cortical microcircuitry

Elucidation and study of biosynthetic pathways and enzymes as well as the development of synthetic methods that are compatible with microbial chemistry.

Sensory biology and cell physiology

The molecular and neural circuit basis of behavioral individuality.

Gene regulation, epigenetics and single-cell technologies

Ecology and evolution of microbial symbioses.

Real-time systems analysis of signal transduction and genetic networks at the single cell level

Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Molecular mechanisms underlying viral genomic RNA – host interactions

Mechanisms of membrane-associated cell biological processes.

Evolutionary dynamics, experimental evolution, population genetics

Molecular and Neural Architecture of Social Behavior Circuits

Computational and quantitative biology

Synaptic plasticity: cellular mechanisms, development of functional networks and links to behaviour

Evolution of molecular and developmental mechanisms controlling cell fate decisions

High resolution dynamic and spatial studies of prokaryotic cellular organization

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Molecular mechanisms of social behaviors, specifically self versus non-self recognition, in bacteria

Microbial eco-systems biology; Microbial physiology; Marine biogeochemistry

Experience-dependent brain development; critical periods

The genetic basis of adaptive morphology and behavior.

Development and Regeneration of the Mammalian Skin

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Mechanisms of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Chromosomes: motion, mechanics, DNA dynamics and spatial patterning

Evolution of floral developmental genetic pathways

Development of the nervous system, synaptic plasticity, behavior and evolution

Development of chemical and molecular biology tools to allow new measurements and perturbations in biological systems; study mechanisms of gene regulation and dysregulation in cancer.

Neuroscience Head Tutor Santiago Ramón y Cajal Professor of Arts and Sciences

Chemical and synthetic biology, molecular evolution

Microbial development and gene regulation (not taking students)

mathematical sciences

Study evolution, hybridization, and speciation - mainly in butterflies

Virus biophysics; imaging techniques for studying self-assembly

Molecular genetics and evolution (not taking students)

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology

Quantitative studies of biological self-organization, and the architecture and dynamics of subcellular structures.

Force-induced denaturation of DNA, sequence heterogeneity and the dynamics of motor proteins, population growth and mutation in disordered media

Neural mechanisms underlying motor sequence learning

Theoretical and experimental studies of self-assembly, DNA/chromosome structure, homology recognition, Roles for Mechanical Force Probes Using Single Molecules

System biology, decision making, neurobiology

Evolutionary forces in humans and pathogens

Circuits and Behavior

Assembly and function of neural circuits in the visual system (not taking students)

Small molecule probes and therapeutics controlling gene expression, epigenetics, and cell states

Development, Regeneration, Evolutionary Biology

Neurobiology of perception and decision making

stem cells and aging

Development and application of chemical proteomic methods to study the interactions of therapeutics, natural products, and metabolites within the cellular proteome

Molecular and circuit mechanisms underlying behavior and plasticity

Single-molecule and super-resolution studies of cellular processes