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

Microbiology

Faculty Spotlight
Michael T. Laub
Professor of Biology; Co-Chair, Biology Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Faculty Committee; Member, DEI Council; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical InstituteMichael T. Laub explores how bacterial cells process information and regulate their own growth and proliferation, as well as how these information-processing capabilities have evolved.