Biophysics Affiliated Faculty Members

Jonathan Abraham, M.D., Ph.D.

Member of the Faculty
Department of Microbiology and Immunobiology, Harvard Medical School

Our laboratory seeks to understand at the molecular level how the human body tackles infections by agents that cause highly lethal human diseases that have limited treatment or vaccine options.

Harvard DICP Profile

Abraham Laboratory Home Page

New Research Building, Room 939L
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115

abraham@crystal.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-5388

Karen Adelman, Ph.D.

Professor, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Associate Member, Broad Institute

The Adelman lab aims to elucidate how cells react in a rapid yet balanced manner to external signals, at the transcriptional and epigenetic level.

Adelman Laboratory Homepage

LHRRB Building, Room 201a
45 Shattuck St.
Harvard Medical School
Boston, MA 02115

karen_adelman@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-5272

Mark L. Andermann, Ph.D.

Associate Professor of Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine
Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center

Linking neural circuits underlying motivation, perception and learning.... Read more about Mark L. Andermann, Ph.D.

Andermann Laboratory Home Page

Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
330 Brookline Ave., E\CLS 701
Boston, MA 02215

manderma@bidmc.harvard.edu

p: 617 913-4190

Haribabu Arthanari, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Therapeutic Targeting of Protein-Protein Interactions.... Read more about Haribabu Arthanari, Ph.D.

Arthanari Laboratory Homepage

Harvard Medical School
Longwood Center, LC-3311
360 Longwood Avenue,
Boston, MA 02115

hari_arthanari@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 632-6422

John A. Assad

Assistant Professor of Neurobiology
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Understanding how the primate brain controls behavior by integrating external sensory information with internal states, such as attention or motivation.... Read more about John A. Assad

Assad Laboratory Home Page

Harvard Medical School
Warren Alpert Building, Room 222
200 Longwood Avenue,
Boston, MA 02115

john_assad@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-2804

Frederick M. Ausubel

Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School
Karl Winnacker Distinguished Investigator, Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Studies on the molecular basis of host-microbe interactions.... Read more about Frederick M. Ausubel

Ausubel Laboratory Home Page

Massachusetts General Hospital
Simches Research Center,
7th Floor, Room 7808
185 Cambridge Street,
Boston, MA 02114

ausubel@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu

p: 617 726-5969

Brian J. Bacskai

Professor of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School
Principal Investigator, Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit, Massachusetts General Hospital

Researching Alzheimer's disease using multiphoton microscopy to observe, in vivo, the anatomy and physiology of specific cell type in the brain.... Read more about Brian J. Bacskai

Bacskai Laboratory Home Page

Alzheimer's Disease Research Unit
Massachusetts General Hospital
114 16th St., CNY 114, Room 2010
Charlestown, MA 02129

bbacskai@partners.org

p: 617 724-5306

Michael Baym, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Biomedical Informatics, Harvard Medical School
Member of the Laboratory of Systems Pharmacology

Our lab studies microbial evolution, primarily of antibiotic resistance, with a goal of developing practical interventions to reduce or reverse resistance.

... Read more about Michael Baym, Ph.D.

Baym Laboratory Home Page

Department of Biomedical Informatics
Countway 304
10 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115

baym @ hms.harvard.edu

Howard Berg, Ph.D.

Herchel Smith Professor of Physics, Harvard University
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Member, Rowland Institute for Science

Our quest is an understanding of the behavior of bacteria at the molecular level, especially behavior involving chemical stimuli (chemotaxis)... Read more about Howard Berg, Ph.D.

Berg Laboratory Home Page

Biological Laboratories Building, Room 3063
16 Divinity Avenue, Cambridge, MA 02138

hberg@mcb.harvard.edu

p: 617 495-0924 fax: 617 496-1114

Stephen C. Blacklow, M.D., Ph.D.

Gustavus Adolphus Pfeiffer Professor
Chair, Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Member, Department of Cancer Biology, Dana Farber Cancer Institute

The Blacklow laboratory studies biochemical and molecular mechanisms of signal transduction. A major focus is on elucidating key events mediated by the Notch signaling pathway in health and disease.... Read more about Stephen C. Blacklow, M.D., Ph.D.

Blacklow Laboratory Home Page

BCMP Department Home Page

Harvard Medical School
LHRRB Building, Room 201B
45 Shattuck Street, Boston, MA 02115

p: 617 432-5176

Alan Brown

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

Our long-term goal is to understand transport mechanisms in the cell. To do this we use a combination of structural, biophysical and biochemical techniques with an emphasis on high-resolution electron microscopy. ... Read more about Alan Brown

Brown Laboratory Home Page

Department of BCMP
LHRRB 203,
240 Longwood Avenue,
Boston, MA 02115

alan_brown@hms.harvard.edu

Martha L. Bulyk

Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Division of Genetics, Brigham & Women's Hospital

Transcription factors and DNA regulatory elements.... Read more about Martha L. Bulyk

Bulyk Laboratory Home Page

Division of Genetics, Dept. of Medicine
Brigham & Women's Hospital and Harvard Medical School
HMS New Research Building, Room 466D (4th Floor)
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA 02115

mlbulyk@genetics.med.harvard.edu

p: 617 525-4725

Stephen Buratowski

Professor of Biological Chemistry and Moelcular Pharmacology
Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School
Member, Harvard Center for Cancer Research

The Buratowski Lab studies eukaryotic gene transcription, chromatin regulation, and RNA processing using a wide range of biochemical, molecular, and genetic techniques.

... Read more about Stephen Buratowski

Buratowski Laboratory Homepage

Building C1, Room 210
Harvard Medical School
240 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

steveb@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-0696

Luke H. Chao

Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital
Department of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Organelle structure-function: We investigate how proteins self-organize in the birth, life and death of cellular compartments. Our goal is to understand how coupled, coordinated Ångstrom-scale motions propagate into micron-scale cellular rearrangements. ... Read more about Luke H. Chao

Chao Laboratory Home Page

185 Cambridge Street, Simches Research Building, CPZN 6.808
Boston, MA 02114

chao@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu

p: (617) 724-2323