Microbiology

Microbiology

bacteria • viruses • fungi • protozoa • horizontal gene transfer • cell-cell signaling • microbial life cycle • microbe-environment interactions • biological niches • signaling • bacterial sex • microbial development • chromosome structure

Faculty

Tania A. Baker

Stephen Bell

Yiyin Erin Chen

Sallie (Penny) W. Chisholm

Joseph (Joey) Davis

Gerald R. Fink

Alan D. Grossman

Yunha Hwang

Barbara Imperiali

Rebecca Lamason

Michael T. Laub

Daniel Lew

Gene-Wei Li

Sebastian Lourido

Graham C. Walker

Stephen Bell

Faculty Spotlight

Stephen Bell

Uncas (1923) and Helen Whitaker Professor; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Stephen Bell probes the cellular machinery that replicates and maintains animal cell chromosomes.

Why are some bacterial genes high in purines?

Slice and dice

CryoPRISM: A new tool for observing cellular machinery in a more natural environment

3 Questions with new faculty member Yunha Hwang: Using computation to study the world’s best single-celled chemists

Little picture, large revelations

A sum of their parts

Kingdoms collide as bacteria and cells form captivating connections

An abundant phytoplankton feeds a global network of marine microbes