MIT Department of Biology
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Chairman | Alan Grossman |
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Location | , |
Affiliations | Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
Website | biology |
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.
Faculty members
As of 2006[update] faculty members include:
Full Professors
- Angelika Amon[1]
- Tania A. Baker
- David Bartel
- Gerald Fink[2]
- Leonard P. Guarente
- H. Robert Horvitz, S.B. 1968
- Tyler Jacks
- Rudolf Jaenisch
- Eric S. Lander
- Susan Lindquist[3]
- Harvey F. Lodish
- Alexander Rich
- Phillip A. Sharp
- JoAnne Stubbe
- Susumu Tonegawa
- Robert A. Weinberg, Ph.D. 1969
- Richard A. Young
Associate professors
Professors emeriti
Alumni
Alumni of the department include:
Nobel laureates
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[4]
- Susumu Tonegawa, 1987
- David Baltimore, 1975
- Salvador Luria, 1969
- Har Gobind Khorana, 1968
Former faculty
Former faculty include:
Other notable alumni
Other notable alumni include
- Leland H. Hartwell, Ph.D., 1964
- Richard O. Hynes, Ph.D., 1971
- Allan C. Spradling, Ph.D., 1975[6]
- Victor Ambros, Ph.D., 1979
- Cynthia Kenyon, Ph.D., 1979
- Andrew Fire, Ph.D., 1983
- Cornelia Bargmann, Ph.D., 1987
- Kevin Eggan, Ph.D., 2002
References
- ^ Amon, A. B. (2014). "Unanticipated success stories: An interview with Angelika Amon". Genetics. 198 (2): 425–6. doi:10.1534/genetics.114.169094. PMC 4196593. PMID 25316775.
- ^ Orr-Weaver, T.; Jones, E. W. (2002). "The 2001 George W. Beadle Medal. Gerald R. Fink". Genetics. 160 (2): 371–372. PMC 1461974. PMID 11894820.
- ^ 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.
- ^ MIT Office of the Provost, Nobel Prizes
- ^ 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.
- ^ Orr-Weaver, T. (2003). "The 2003 George W. Beadle Medal; Gerald M. Rubin and Allan C. Spradling". Genetics. 164 (4): 1248–1249. PMC 1462668. PMID 15106662.