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Prof. James J Collins

Termeer Professor of Medical Engineering and Science
Professor of Biological Engineering
Institute Member, Broad Institute of MIT and Harvard
Core Founding Faculty, Wyss Institute for Biologically Inspired Engineering, Harvard University

Primary DLC

Department of Biological Engineering

MIT Room: E25-337
(617) 324-6607
https://be.mit.edu/directory/james-j-collins

Assistant

Ben Hull
(617) 715-2247
blhull@mit.edu

Areas of Interest and Expertise

Synthetic Biology
Systems Biology
Antibiotics
Microbiome
Stem Cell Engineering

Research Summary

The Collins research group works in synthetic biology and systems biology, with a particular focus on using network biology approaches to study antibiotic action, bacterial defense mechanisms, and the emergence of resistance.

Recent Work

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Soumya Kannan

Graduate Student

Nimrod Heldman

Research Associate

Dr. Nevin M Summers

Executive Director, MIT Synthetic Biology Center