Cellular Biophysics

Nancy Kleckner, Ph.D.

Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Biology
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

Chromosome Mechanics and Dynamics... Read more about Nancy Kleckner, Ph.D.

Kleckner Laboratory Home Page

Kleckner Faculty Profile Page

Kleckner Lab Publications

Northwest Laboratories Building, Room 140
52 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

p: 617 495-4278; fax: 617 495-8308

David R. Liu

Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University
Core Institute Member, Vice Chair of the Faculty, The Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Next-Generation Macromolecular and Small-Molecule Tools for the Understanding and Treatment of Disease.... Read more about David R. Liu

David Liu Laboratory Home Page

Liu Lab Publications

75 Ames Street
Broad Institute of Harvard and MIT
Cambridge, MA 02142

liu@chemistry.harvard.edu

p: 617 714-8650

Joseph J. Loparo, Ph.D.

Professor of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Harvard Medical School

The Loparo laboratory is focused on using biochemical and biophysical tools to study the mechanisms of genome maintenance with molecular resolution.... Read more about Joseph J. Loparo, Ph.D.

Loparo Laboratory Home Page

Loparo Lab Publications

Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology
Seeley G. Mudd Building, Room 204B
240 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

p: 617-432-5586

Leonid A. Mirny, Ph.D.

Professor of Medical Engineering and Science, and Physics
Associate Member of the Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT; and of the Dana-Farber/Harvard Cancer Center
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science, MIT; and Harvard-MIT Division of Health Sciences and Technology

Using computational tools, modeling, and analysis of genomic data to address fundamental problems in biological physics and evolution.... Read more about Leonid A. Mirny, Ph.D.

Mirny Laboratory Home Page

Mirny Laboratory Complete Publications List

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Building E25, Room 526
45 Carleton Street
Cambridge, MA 02139

leonid@mit.edu

p: 617 452-4862

Venkatesh N. Murthy

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University
Co-Chair 2018-2022, Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program

Algorithms and Neural Circuits in Olfaction.... Read more about Venkatesh N. Murthy

Murthy Laboratory Home Page

Murthy Lab Publications

Biological Laboratories Building, Room 4027
16 Divinity Avenue
Cambridge, MA 02138

vnmurthy@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617 496-4833

Sua Myong, Ph.D. (She/ Her/ Hers)

Professor
Dept. of Pediatrics; Program for Cellular Molecular Medicine
Boston Children's Hospital; Harvard Medical School

We develop and apply single molecule approaches to acquire quantitative understanding of biology and to find ways to improve human medicine.

Myong Laboratory Webpage

Myong Laboratory Publications

Myong Lab PubMed Publications

907 Enders Building,
61 Binney Street, Boston MA 02215
Boston Children's Hospital

Daniel J. Needleman

Gordon McKay Professor of Applied Physics and Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences,
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

The Needleman laboratory investigates how the cooperative behaviors of molecules give rise to the architecture and dynamics of self-organizing subcellular structures.

... Read more about Daniel J. Needleman

Needleman Laboratory Home page

Needleman Lab Publications

Northwest Laboratory Building, Room 359.20
52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

dneedle@seas.harvard.edu

p: 617 384-6730

David Pellman

Margaret M. Dyson Professor of Pediatric Oncology, Harvard Medical School
Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Our laboratory is interested in how cell cycle signals regulate chromosome segregation and polarized morphogenesis. Our experimental approaches include a combination of biochemical, genetic and live-cell imaging.

... Read more about David Pellman

Pellman Laboratory Home Page

Pellman Lab Publications

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
450 Brookline Avenue, Mayer Building, Room 612
Boston, MA 02115

david_pellman@dfci.harvard.edu

p: 617 632-4918

Maxim Prigozhin, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Department of Applied Physics, Harvard University

The Prigozhin lab is involved in collaborative and interdisciplinary work in the area of single-cell and single-molecule biophysics of transmembrane signaling. We are particularly interested in cryo-vitrification, all kinds of electron and optical microscopy, and G-protein-coupled receptors. Let us know what you are excited about!... Read more about Maxim Prigozhin, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Prigozhin Laboratory Web Page

Prigozhin Lab Publications

Northwest Building, Room 445.20
52 Oxford Street
Cambridge, MA 02138

maxim_prigozhin@harvard.edu

Sharad Ramanathan

Llura and Gordon Gund Professor of Neurosciences and of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Professor of Applied Physics, John A. Paulson School of Engineering and Applied Sciences
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

Our laboratory studies how cells and organisms make decisions. ... Read more about Sharad Ramanathan

Ramanathan Laboratory Home Page

Ramanathan Lab Publications

Northwest Laboratories Building, Room 435.20
52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

sharad@cgr.harvard.edu

p: 617 384-7852

Tom A. Rapoport, Ph.D.

Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Howard Hughes Investigator

The Rapoport lab studies how proteins move across membranes and how membranes are shaped.... Read more about Tom A. Rapoport, Ph.D.

Rapoport Laboratory Home Page

Dr. Tom Rapoport Profile

Rapoport Lab Publications

Harvard Medical School/ HHMI
Department of Cell Biology
240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

tom_rapoport@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-0637

Bruce R. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D.

Professor of Radiology, Department of Radiology,
Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School
Director, Athinoula A. Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging

The development and utilization of physiological and functional NMR techniques. Our work is centered at the interface between technology development and biological/clinical applications.... Read more about Bruce R. Rosen, M.D., Ph.D.

Rosen Laboratory Homepage

A.A. Martinos Center Homepage

Rosen Lab Publications

A.A. Martinos Center, Bldg. 149, 13th Street, Room 2301D
Charlestown, MA 02129

brrosen@mgh.harvard.edu

Aravinthan Samuel, Ph.D.

Professor of Physics
Department of Physics and Center for Brain Science

Circuits and behavior in C. elegans and Drosophila... Read more about Aravinthan Samuel, Ph.D.

Samuel Laboratory Home Page

Samuel Lab Publications

Office: Lyman 333, 17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138
Laboratory: Northwest Bldg., Room 258, Cambridge, MA 02138

Eugene I. Shakhnovich

Professor of Chemistry and Chemical Biology, Harvard University

Multiscale Theoretical and Experimental Studies of Physical Chemical Principles of Living Matter.

Shakhnovich Laboratory Home Page

Shakhnovich Lab Publications

Mallinckrodt Building, Room 106
12 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

shakhnovich @ chemistry.harvard.edu

p: 617 495-4130

Alex K. Shalek, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Pfizer-Laubach Career Development Associate Professor
Institute for Medical Engineering & Science and Department of Chemistry, MIT
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research/ Ragon Institute/ Broad Institute/ HMS/ MGH

Development and application of new technologies that facilitate understanding of how immune cells collectively perform systems-level functions in health and disease.

Shalek Laboratory Home Page

IMES Shalek Faculty Profile

Shalek Lab Publications

77 Massachusetts Avenue, Building E25, Room 348a
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Cambridge, MA 02139

shalek@mit.edu

p: 617 324-5670

The Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program

PhD Research at the Interface of Quantitative Science and Biology