Department of Biology

Characterizing the ecology of coral reef microorganisms across different scales within the Caribbean ?

Weber, Laura(Laura G.) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)

Microorganisms sustain the high productivity of coral reefs and support one of the most diverse, valuable, and threatened ecosystems on Earth. Despite the importance of reef microorganisms, there is a lack of understanding ...
Understanding the mechanism of antiretroviral nucleoside analogs as inhibitors of Epstein-Barr virus lytic DNA replication ?

Drosu, Natalia C. (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2020)

Epstein-Barr virus (EBV) is a human B-cell tropic double-stranded DNA y-herpesvirus. To date, there are no antiviral agents proven to be clinically effective in the treatment of EBV infection or EBV-associated diseases. ...
Combinatorial gene regulation by transcription factors ?

Grossman, Sharon R.(Sharon Rachel) (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, 2019)

Combinatorial gene regulation is encoded in enhancers and promoters in the form of binding sites for transcription factors (TFs), which collaboratively recruit the transcriptional machinery and drive gene expression. Using ...