Biophysics Core & Affiliate Faculty Members

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

Assistant Professor
Department of Microbiology, Harvard Medical School

We use methods in molecular biology, immunology, and structural biology to study host-pathogen interactions, with the goal of informing strategies aimed at treating or preventing infection.

Harvard DICP Profile

Abraham Laboratory Home Page

Abraham Lab Publications

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 studies the changes in gene regulation and epigenetics that drive development and stress-responses.

Adelman Laboratory Homepage

Adelman Lab Publications

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. (He/Him/ His)

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

The goal of my lab is to understand the role of corticolimbic areas in guiding attention to, and imagery, learning and memory of, motivationally-salient external and interoceptive stimuli.... Read more about Mark L. Andermann, Ph.D. (He/Him/ His)

Andermann Laboratory Home Page

Andermann Lab Publications

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

Arthanari Lab Publications

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

Professor of Neurobiology
Department of Neurobiology, Harvard Medical School

Understanding how the 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

Assad Lab Publications

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

john_assad@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-2804

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

Bacskai Lab Publications

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. (He/ Him/ His)

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.

Baym Laboratory Home Page

Baym Lab Publications

Department of Biomedical Informatics
Countway 303
10 Shattuck Street
Boston, MA 02115

baym @ hms.harvard.edu

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

Blacklow Lab Publications

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

The long-term goal of the Brown laboratory is to understand the structure and function of cilia (also known as eukaryotic flagella). ... Read more about Alan Brown

Brown Laboratory Home Page

Brown Lab Publications

Department of BCMP
Building C, Rm 249A,
240 Longwood Avenue,
Boston, MA 02115

alan_brown@hms.harvard.edu

Martha L. Bulyk, Ph.D. (She/ Her/ Hers)

Professor of Medicine and Pathology, Harvard Medical School
Division of Genetics, Brigham & Women's Hospital
Co-Chair, Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program

Transcription factors and DNA regulatory elements.... Read more about Martha L. Bulyk, Ph.D. (She/ Her/ Hers)

Bulyk Laboratory Home Page

Bulyk Lab Publications

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

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.

Buratowski Laboratory Homepage

Buratowski Lab Publications

Building C2, Room 347
Harvard Medical School
240 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

steveb@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-0696

Ciprian Catana, M.D., Ph.D.

Associate Professor, Department of Radiology
Director, Integrated MR-PET Imaging Laboratory
Massachusetts General Hospital

The focus of my career has been on advancing simultaneous positron emission tomography and magnetic resonance imaging (PET/MRI) toward meaningful clinical human use.... Read more about Ciprian Catana, M.D., Ph.D.

Catana Laboratory Research

Catana Lab Publications

149 13th Street, Room 2.301
Charlestown, MA 02129

ccatana@mgh.harvard.edu

Luke H. Chao (He/ Him/ His)

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

Our group is interested in understanding the structural and biophysical determinants of membrane morphology. Active areas of interest include: mitochondrial dynamics (and cristae morphology), bacterial ultrastructure, and plasma membrane projections.... Read more about Luke H. Chao (He/ Him/ His)

Chao Laboratory Home Page

Chao Lab Publications

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

luke_chao@hms.harvard.edu

p: (617) 724-2323

James J. Chou

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

Transmembrane Signaling and Transport.... Read more about James J. Chou

Chou Laboratory Home Page

Chou Lab Publications

Harvard Medical School
Seeley G. Mudd Bldg., Room 109
240 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

james_chou@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-2920

George M. Church, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Robert Winthrop Professor of Genetics, & Health Sciences & Technology, Harvard Medical School/ MIT
Director of HMS NHGRI-Center of Excellence in Genomic Science, Director of Personal Genome Project
Broad Institute & Wyss Harvard Institute of Biologically Inspired Engineering

Pursuing "Next generation" DNA sequencing methods and chip-DNA-synthesis, gene editing and stem cell engineering.... Read more about George M. Church, Ph.D. (He/ Him/ His)

Church Laboratory Home Page

Church Laboratory Complete Publications List

Harvard Medical School
Department of Genetics
New Research Building, Room 238
77 Avenue Louis Pasteur
Boston, MA 02115

church_lab_admin@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-1278

The Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program

PhD Research at the Interface of Quantitative Science and Biology