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MIT Department of Biology
Established1871
Department HeadAmy Keating
Location,
AffiliationsMassachusetts Institute of Technology
Websitebiology.mit.edu

The MIT Department of Biology ("Course VII") is a center for research and teaching in the life sciences. Many members of the faculty hold joint appointments with other departments at MIT and with outside institutions.

Faculty members

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As of 2020 faculty members include:

Full Professors

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Associate professors

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Assistant professors

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Professors with primary appointments in other departments

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Professors emeriti

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Department Heads

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Alumni

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Alumni of the department include:

Nobel laureates

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The department can claim several winners of the Nobel Prize for Physiology or Medicine among its faculty and alumni. They are:

Former faculty

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Former faculty include:

Other notable alumni

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Other notable alumni include

References

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  1. ^ Orr-Weaver, T.; Jones, E. W. (2002). "The 2001 George W. Beadle Medal. Gerald R. Fink". Genetics. 160 (2): 371–372. doi:10.1093/genetics/160.2.371. PMC 1461974. PMID 11894820.
  2. ^ MIT Office of the Provost, Nobel Prizes
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  4. ^ Steiner, Lisa; Ploegh, Hidde (2014). "Herman Eisen (1918–2014) Immunologist and educator who discovered fundamentals of antibody binding". Nature. 516 (7529): 38. doi:10.1038/516038a. PMID 25471875.
  5. ^ Lindquist, S. L. (2011). "Qn As with Susan L. Lindquist. Interviewed by Prashant Nair". Proceedings of the National Academy of Sciences. 108 (50): 19861. doi:10.1073/pnas.1118394108. PMC 3250120. PMID 22123945.
  6. ^ Orr-Weaver, T. (2003). "The 2003 George W. Beadle Medal; Gerald M. Rubin and Allan C. Spradling". Genetics. 164 (4): 1248–1249. doi:10.1093/genetics/164.4.1248. PMC 1462668. PMID 15106662.