Members of the Board of Tutors in Biochemical Sciences

HIV biology

Metallobiochemistry

Associate Concentration Advisor (CPB/MCB) and Lecturer in MCB

transcription factors, DNA regulatory elements, gene regulatory networks, and the effects of genetic variation

Molecular mechanisms of HIV viral entry

Molecular mechanisms underlying viral genomic RNA – host interactions

Mechanisms of membrane-associated cell biological processes.

Systems biological approaches understand how regulatory DNA dictates transcriptional network behavior and, ultimately, organismal phenotype and evolution

Molecular and neural architecture of social behavior circuits

Biochemical and structural biology of cytoplasmic signal transduction

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

Cell death/proliferation signals in development and disease

Microbial metabolism and glycolysis

Genetic pathways that affect blood development and iron homeostasis

Systems biology of disease

High resolution dynamic and spatial studies of prokaryotic cellular organization

Structural biology of signaling and transport through biological membranes

Transcriptional regulation of the TNF gene, HIV biology, HIV/TB host susceptibility and resistance genes

Development of a universal vaccine against a major worldwide cause of infant mortality, the bacterial pathogen Streptococcus pneumoniae

Developing chemical inhibitors for protein kinases

Role of mitochondria in mammalian aging and disease

Structural biology of viruses and viral proteins

Experience-dependent brain development; critical periods

Role of the retinoblastoma protein (pRB) pathway in differentiation and cancer

C. elegans genetics of intercellular RNAi signaling

Developing new functional magnetic resonance imaging (fMRI) methods to study the neural mechanisms of behavior

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.

Understanding how brain processes external sensory and internal homeostatic signals to initiate behavioral and physiological responses. Internal sensory modalities of the vagus nerve.

Role of cytotoxic T lymphocytes in the immune defense against viral infection and cancer

Elucidation of pathways that are controlled by a growing family of breast and ovarian cancer suppressor genes

Role of diabetic pregnancy-induced changes in gene expression in development

Microbial development and gene regulation

Harvard's Science Education Team

Cardiovascular biology, signal transduction

Neuromuscular biology and disease

Biotechnology / pharmaceutical industry, technology licensing, strategic application of intellectual property

RNA and heterochromatin assembly Heterochromatin structure and inheritance miRNAs and synaptic plasticity

Chromosome segregation, yeast sex, and evolution

Structure-based drug design

Intellectual property law

Entrepreneurship, venture capital

Science & diversity outreach

High-throughput screens of chemical and RNAi libraries to identify new tools for biological research

Epigenetic mechanisms that control gene expression, how chromatin template-based nuclear events impact biological processes and human health

T-lymphocyte responses to bacterial pathogens; subcellular compartmentalization of bacterial antigens

Biopharmaceuticals, drug discovery, antibody discovery, immuno-oncology, oncology

Understanding the impact of technology, learning styles, and high school preparation in university science classrooms

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