People

Bence Ölveczky

olveczky@fas.harvard.edu

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. What is the identity of the neural circuits involved in motor learning and how do their respective functions change as the animal learns to...

Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv

jen_oy@hms.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor of Systems Biology

In our lab, we focus on studying immune regulation through a biophysical lens. Our work is guided by fundamental principles of dynamical systems theory in reaction-diffusion systems. This enables us to understand how different cell types interact and form...

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Cengiz Pehlevan

cpehlevan@seas.harvard.edu

Associate 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. We pursue various research directions in theoretical neuroscience and neuroscience-guided machine learning, including theories of population...

David Pellman

david_pellman@dfci.harvard.edu

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. My group studies cell division and genome...

Nicholas F. Polizzi

nicholasf_polizzi@dfci.harvard.edu

Assistant Professor

Department of Biological Chemistry and Molecular Pharmacology, Harvard Medical School

Department of Cancer Biology, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

Our lab studies protein design and molecular recognition. Most proteins function by first binding a ligand, such as another protein, peptide, or small molecule. The Polizzi laboratory aims to learn the rules of protein–ligand binding through the lens of...

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Mara G. Prentiss

prentiss@fas.harvard.edu

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. It has long been known that any complex self-assembling system faces a tradeoff...

Julie C. Price

jcprice@mgh.harvard.edu

Professor of Radiology

Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Massachusetts General Hospital

Harvard Medical School

Our research group applies Positron Emission Tomography (PET), molecular imaging principles, and pharmacokinetic modeling methods to measure physiological parameters in vivo to better understand healthy brain function, aging, neuropsychiatric disorders...

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

maxim_prigozhin@harvard.edu

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...

Sharad Ramanathan

sharad@cgr.harvard.edu

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. To arrive at a decision, organisms must measure multiple environmental signals and interpret them appropriately. The questions we are interested in are how cells and organisms interpret their...

Tom A. Rapoport, Ph.D.

tom_rapoport@hms.harvard.edu

Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School

Howard Hughes Investigator

The Rapoport lab studies how proteins move across membranes and how membranes are shaped. We are interested in the molecular mechanisms by which proteins are transported across the endoplasmic reticulum (ER) membrane. Proteins are transported through a...

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

brrosen@mgh.harvard.edu

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. Current research in NMR technique development includes measurement...

Gary B. Ruvkun

ruvkun@molbio.mgh.harvard.edu

Professor of Genetics, Harvard Medical School

Department of Molecular Biology, Massachusetts General Hospital

Hans-Hermann Schoene Distinguished Investigator

microRNA and RNA interference mechanisms, neuroendocrine control of detoxification, immunity, metabolism, aging, and microbial diversity Research in the Ruvkun lab has explored three major themes: microRNA genes and other small RNAs, control of longevity...