Biophysics Core & Affiliate Faculty Members

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

Ying Lu, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor of Systems Biology
Department of Systems Biology, Harvard Medical School

The Lu lab aims to understand the control of cellular protein degradation, using single-molecule and proteomic approaches.... Read more about Ying Lu, Ph.D.

Lu Laboratory Home Page

Lu Lab Publications

Armenise Building, Room 649
210 Longwood Avenue
Boston, MA 02115

ying_lu@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-5143

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

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

Danesh Moazed

Professor of Cell Biology
Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

We are interested in understanding how epigenetic chromatin domains are assembled and stably propagated.

... Read more about Danesh Moazed

Moazed Laboratory Home Page

Moazed Lab Publications

LHRRB Building, Room 517
240 Longwood Avenue, Boston, MA 02115

danesh_moazed@hms.harvard.edu

p: 617 432-1258

Andrew W. Murray

Herchel Smith Professor of Molecular Genetics
Professor of Molecular and Cellular Biology
Director of FAS Center for Systems Biology

We use budding yeast in three different ways: 1) to experimentally evolve novel traits, such as multicellularity and circadian clocks, 2) to test our understanding of interesting biological traits by trying to engineer them, and 3) to dissect the regulation of cell biologically interesting processes like polarization, energy homeostasis, and the regulation of the cell cycle.... Read more about Andrew W. Murray

Murray Laboratory Home Page

MCB Dept Home Page

FAS Center for Systems Biology Home Page

Northwest Science Building
52 Oxford Street, NW 469.20
Cambridge, MA 02138

awm@mcb.harvard.edu

p: 617 496-1350 f: 617 496-1541

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

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

Bence P. Ölveczky

Professor of Organismic and Evolutionary Biology
Department of Organismic & Evolutionary Biology, Harvard University

We are interested in understanding how complex motor sequences are learned and generated by the nervous system.... Read more about Bence P. Ölveczky

Ölveczky Laboratory Home Page

Ölveczky Lab Publications

Northwest Laboratories Building, Room 219.30
52 Oxford Street, Cambridge, MA 02138

olveczky @ fas.harvard.edu

p: 617 496-9114

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

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

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

The Harvard Biophysics Graduate Program

PhD Research at the Interface of Quantitative Science and Biology