MCO Faculty

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

Molecular mechanisms underlying viral genomic RNA – host interactions

Mechanisms of membrane-associated cell biological processes.

High resolution dynamic and spatial studies of prokaryotic cellular organization

Structural biology of signaling and transport through biological membranes

Study of the mechanics of biomolecules, and more generally the role of physical and evolutionary forces in shaping biological systems

Mechanisms of antibiotics and antibiotic resistance

Chromosomes: motion, mechanics, DNA dynamics and spatial patterning

mathematical sciences

Virus biophysics; imaging techniques for studying self-assembly

Neuronal cell biology, neural circuits and olfaction

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

Multicolor and time-resolved electron microscopy of cell signaling