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
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Microbiology
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Faculty Spotlight
Michael T. Laub
Salvador E. Luria Professor; 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.