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Division Faculty
Abelson, John N.
George Beadle Professor of Biology, Emeritus
PhD, 1965, Johns Hopkins University
Adolphs, Ralph
Bren Professor of Psychology and Neuroscience; Professor of Biology
PhD, 1993, California Institute of Technology
Psychological and neurological investigations of human emotion and social cognition
Allman, John M.
Frank P. Hixon Professor of Neurobiology
PhD, 1971, University of Chicago
Brain and behavior in primates
Andersen, Richard A.
James G. Boswell Professor of Neuroscience
PhD, 1979, University of California, San Francisco
Neural mechanisms for visual-motor integration, spatial perception, and motion perception
Anderson, David J.
Seymour Benzer Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1983, Rockefeller University
Genetic dissection of neural circuits controlling emotional behaviors
Aravin, Alexei A.
Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, 2002, Moscow State University
Small RNAs and regulation of gene expression
Baltimore, David
Robert Andrews Millikan Professor of Biology, Nobel Laureate
PhD, 1963, Rockefeller University
Signal transduction, transcriptional regulation and cell cycle controls
Bjorkman, Pamela
Max Delbrück Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1984, Harvard University
Structural basis of macro-molecular recognition at the surface
Brokaw, Charles J.
Professor of Biology, Emeritus
PhD, 1958, University of Cambridge
Motors, motility, and behavior of eukaryotic flagella
Bronner, Marianne
Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology
PhD, 1979, Johns Hopkins University
Cellular and molecular studies of neural crest development
Campbell, Judith L.
Professor of Chemistry and Biology
PhD, 1974, Harvard University
Mechanisms and regulation of DNA replication and repair
Chan, David C.
Professor of Biology; Bren Scholar; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute;
MD, PhD, 1996, Harvard Medical School
Mechanistic studies of virus entry and membrane fusion
Davidson, Eric H.
Norman Chandler Professor of Cell Biology
PhD, 1963, Rockefeller University
An integrated approach to the study of embryonic development in sea urchins
Deshaies, Raymond
Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute; Executive Officer for Biology
PhD, 1988, University of California, Berkeley
Mechanisms and regulation of ubiquitin-dependent proteolysis and cell division
Dickinson, Michael H.
Esther M. and Abe M. Zarem Professor of Bioengineering
PhD, 1989, University of Washington
Neurobiology, aerodynamic abilities, and behavior of flies; striving to build a true robotic fly
Dunphy, William G.
Grace C. Steele Professor of Biology
PhD, 1985, Stanford University
Regulation of the cell cycle and maintenance of genomic integrity
Elowitz, Michael
Professor of Biology and Applied Physics; Bren Scholar; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1999, Princeton University
Fejes Tóth, Katalin
Thomas Hunt Morgan Senior Research Fellow of Biology
MD, 2001, Semmelweiss University, PhD, 2004, University of Heidelberg
Non-coding RNAs in regulation of gene expression
Goentoro, Lea
Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, 2006, Princeton University
Systems Biology
Gradinaru, Viviana
Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, 2010, Stanford University
Control of Brain Function and Behavior
Guttman, Mitchell
Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, 2012, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Mechanisms of large non-coding RNA mediated regulation of gene expression and cell state
Hay, Bruce A.
Professor of Biology
PhD, 1989, University of California, San Francisco
Molecular genetics of cell death
Jensen, Grant J.
Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1999, Stanford University
High-resolution cyro-EM imaging of cells and viruses
Kennedy, Mary B.
Allen and Lenabelle Davis Professor of Biology
PhD, 1975, Johns Hopkins University
Molecular structure and function of central nervous system synapses
Konishi, Masakazu (Mark)
Bing Professor of Behavioral Biology, Emeritus
PhD, 1963, University of California, Berkeley
Neurobiological study of natural behavior
Lester, Henry A.
Bren Professor of Biology; Executive Officer for Neurobiology
PhD, 1971, Rockefeller University
Molecular and functional aspects of ion channels, receptors, and transporters
Mayo, Stephen L.
Bren Professor of Biology and Chemistry; Chair, Division of Biology
PhD, 1987, California Institute of Technology
Protein folding and protein design
Mazmanian, Sarkis
Professor of Biology
PhD, 2002, University of California, Los Angeles
Evolutionary Mechanisms of Host-Bacterial Symbiosis during Health and Disease
Meister, Markus
Lawrence A. Hanson, Jr. Professor of Biology
PhD, 1987, California Institute of Technology
Function of neuronal circuits
Meyerowitz, Elliot M.
George W. Beadle Professor of Biology
PhD, 1977, Yale University
Genetics of plant development
Newman, Dianne K.
Professor of Biology and Geobiology, Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1997, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Molecular Geobiology and Microbial Metabolism
Patterson, Paul H.
Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences
PhD, 1970, Johns Hopkins University
Interactions between the nervous and immune systems
Phillips, Rob
Professor of Biophysics and Biology
PhD, 1989, Washington University
Physical biology of the cell: biophysical theory, single-molecule experiments, and single-cell experiments
Prober, David A.
Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, 2002, University of Washington
Genetic and Neural Circuits that Regulate Sleep
Revel, Jean-Paul
Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology,Emeritus
PhD., 1957, Harvard University
Rothenberg, Ellen
Albert Billings Ruddock Professor of Biology
PhD, 1977, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Developmental regulation of T-cell signaling and gene expression
Shimojo, Shinsuke
Gertrude Baltimore Professor of Experimental Psychology
PhD, 1985, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Psychological and behavioral studies of perception attention and cognition in the human
Siapas, Athanassios (Thanos) G.
Professor of Computation and Neural Systems; in Biology and Engineering and Applied Science
PhD, 1996, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Network mechanisms of learning and memory
Simon, Melvin I.
Anne P. and Benjamin F. Biaggini Professor of Biological Sciences, Emeritus
PhD, 1963, Brandeis University
Signal transduction in bacteria, worms, and mice
Stathopoulos, Angelike
Professor of Biology
PhD, 1998, Stanford University
Dynamics of Developmental Systems
Sternberg, Paul W.
Thomas Hunt Morgan Professor of Biology; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
PhD, 1984, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Molecular genetics of C.elegans development and behavior
Strauss, James H.
Ethel Wilson Bowles and Robert Bowles Professor of Biology, Emeritus
PhD, 1967, California Institute of Technology
Replication and assembly of enveloped RNA viruses
Tsao, Doris
Assistant Professor of Biology
PhD, 2002, Harvard University
Varshavsky, Alexander J.
Howard and Gwen Laurie Smits Professor of Cell Biology
PhD, 1973, Institute of Molecular Biology, Moscow
The ubiquitin system and the N-end rule pathway
Wold, Barbara J.
Bren Professor of Molecular Biology
PhD, 1978, California Institute of Technology
Regulation of muscle differentiation
Zinn, Kai
Professor of Biology
PhD, 1983, Harvard University
Molecular mechanisms of nervous system development




