Core Faculty

Doeke Romke Hekstra

Assistant Professor of Moelcular and Cellular Biology
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Harvard University

The central aim of my current research is to understand the mechanical basis of protein function, that is, the collective motions and the forces that guide these motions, enabling the conformational and energetic changes required for functional transitions.... Read more about Doeke Romke Hekstra

Hekstra Laboratory Website

Hekstra Lab Publications

Northwest Building, Room 311.11
52 Oxford Street,
Cambridge, MA 02138

doeke_hekstra@harvard.edu

p: 617 496-4740

Sun Hur, Ph.D. (She/ Her/ Hers)

Oscar M. Schloss, MD Professor of Pediatrics
Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine, Children's Hospital Boston

Our laboratory investigates the molecular mechanisms of the vertebrate immune system.

Hur Laboratory Home Page

Hur Lab Publications

Harvard Catalyst Profile & Publications

Immune Disease Institute,
Center for Life Sciences Building, Room 3095
3 Blackfan Circle, Boston, MA 02115

sun.hur@childrens.harvard.edu

p: 617 713-8250

Gabriel Kreiman, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Professor
Children's Hospital Boston, Harvard Medical School
Center for Brain Science, Harvard University Center for Minds, Brains and Machines

Investigating the neuronal circuits responsible for visual recognition and learning.... Read more about Gabriel Kreiman, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Kreiman Laboratory Home Page

Kreiman Lab Publications

3 Blackfan Circle, Center for Life Sciences (CLS) Building
13th Floor, Rooms 13075-13078 and CLS 18th Floor
Boston, MA 02115

gabriel.kreiman@tch.harvard.edu

p: 617 919-2530

Andrew C. Kruse

Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

Research in the Kruse Lab centers on molecular mechanisms of signal transduction by transmembrane receptors.

... Read more about Andrew C. Kruse

Kruse Laboratory Home Page

Kruse Lab Publications

Seeley G. Mudd Building, Room 232A,
250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

andrew_kruse@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-2246

Maria K. Lehtinen, Ph.D.

Associate Professor, New York Stem Cell Foundation- Robertson Investigator
Department of Pathology, Boston Children's Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Cerebrospinal Fluid-based Signaling During Brain Development and in Disease.

Lehtinen Laboratory Home Page

Lehtinen Lab Publications

Enders Building, 11th Floor, Room 1150
320 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

maria.lehtinen@childrens.harvard.edu

Maofu Liao

Associate Professor
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School

We use high-resolution cryo-electron microscopy (cryo-EM) to study the structure and function of membrane proteins and DNA-protein machines.... Read more about Maofu Liao

Liao Laboratory Home Page

Liao Lab Publications

HMS, Department of Cell Biology
Seeley G. Mudd Building, Room 509
250 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

maofu_liao@hms.harvard.edu

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

Debora S. Marks

Associate Professor, Department of Systems Biology
Harvard Medical School

The overarching goal of my lab is to develop novel statistical methods that combine theory and computation to extract useful information from biological information and provide tools for the whole research community.... Read more about Debora S. Marks

Marks Laboratory Homepage

Marks Lab Publications

Armenise Building, Room 631
200 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

debora_marks@ hms.harvard.edu

Venkatesh N. Murthy

Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Deaprtment 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

Cengiz Pehlevan

Assistant Professor of Applied Mathematics
School of Engineering and Applied Science

My research areas are theoretical neuroscience and theory of neural computation in natural and artificial systems.... Read more about Cengiz Pehlevan

Pehlevan Laboratory Homepage

Pehlevan Lab Publications

29 Oxford Street, Pierce Hall, Room 315
Cambridge, MA 02138

cpehlevan@seas.harvard.edu

Mara G. Prentiss

Mallinckrodt Professor of Physics
Department of Physics, Harvard University

The Prentiss group focuses on using physics tools to elucidate important problems in biology. The basic principles governing self-assembly have been a focus of recent work.

... Read more about Mara G. Prentiss

Prentiss Laboratory Home Page

Prentiss Department Home Page

Prentiss Lab Publications

Lyman Labs Building, Room 222
17 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

prentiss@fas.harvard.edu

p: 617 495-2910

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

The Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program

PhD Research at the Interface of Quantitative Science and Biology