MIT Biology Department
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The MIT Department of Biology ("Course VII") is a world-renowned center for research in the life sciences.
Many members of the faculty hold joint appointments with other departments at MIT and with outside institutions.
The department can claim several winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine among its faculty and alumni. They are:
- Andrew Fire, 2006
- H. Robert Horvitz, 2002
- Leland H. Hartwell, 2001
- Phillip A. Sharp, 1993
- E. Donnall Thomas, 1990
- Susumu Tonegawa, 1987
- David Baltimore, 1975
- Salvador Luria, 1969
- Har Gobind Khorana, 1968
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[edit] Current faculty (2006)
[edit] Professors
- Angelika Amon
- Tania A. Baker
- David Bartel
- Stephen P. Bell
- Jianzhu Chen
- Sallie W. Chisholm
- Martha Constantine-Paton
- Gerald R. Fink
- Frank B. Gertler
- Alan D. Grossman
- Leonard P. Guarente
- Michael T. Hemann
- Nancy Hopkins
- H. Robert Horvitz, S.B. 1968
- David E. Housman
- Richard O. Hynes, Ph.D. 1971
- Barbara Imperiali, Ph.D. 1983
- Tyler Jacks
- Rudolf Jaenisch
- Chris A. Kaiser, Ph.D. 1987
- Jonathan King
- Monty Krieger
- Eric S. Lander
- Douglas Lauffenburger
- Jacqueline A. Lees
- Susan Lindquist
- Harvey F. Lodish
- Paul Matsudaira
- Terry L. Orr-Weaver
- David C. Page
- Mary-Lou Pardue
- Hidde Ploegh
- William Quinn
- Uttam L. Rajbhandary
- Alexander Rich
- Leona Samson
- Robert T. Sauer
- Phillip A. Sharp
- Morgan Sheng
- Anthony J. Sinskey, Sc.D. 1966
- Hazel L. Sive
- Frank Solomon
- Peter K. Sorger
- Lisa A. Steiner
- JoAnne Stubbe
- Susumu Tonegawa
- Graham C. Walker
- Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D. 1969
- Richard A. Young
[edit] Associate professors
- Christopher B. Burge
- J. Troy Littleton
- David M. Sabatini
- Matthew A. Wilson
- Michael B. Yaffe
[edit] Assistant professors
- Laurie A. Boyer
- Amy Keating
- Dennis H. Kim
- Carlos Lois
- Elly Nedivi
- Peter W. Reddien
- Thomas U. Schwartz
[edit] Professors emeriti
- Gene Brown
- John Buchanan
- Herman N. Eisen
- Maurice Fox
- Har Gobind Khorana
- Irving London
- Boris Magasanik
- Annamaria Torriani-Gorini
[edit] Former faculty
[edit] Notable alumni
- Andrew Fire, Ph.D., 1983
- Leland H. Hartwell, Ph.D. 1964
