National Cancer Institute Research Programs

As a partnership between MIT's Schools of Science and Engineering, The David H. Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research was launched in 2007 by combining the faculty of the (now former) MIT Center for Cancer Research (CCR) with an equivalent number of distinguished engineers drawn from various MIT departments.

By working closely with National Cancer Institute (NCI) and other NCI-designated centers of excellence over three decades, MIT's has been at the center of the nation's efforts to conquer cancer. Its faculty has included five Nobel Prize winners, and the wealth of fundamental discoveries that have emerged under its aegis have helped shape the face of today's rapid progress. Applying our great strengths in science and technology, and working closely with our clinical collaborators, we remain committed to unraveling the complexities of this disease and bringing new discoveries to patients.

Program 1: Molecular Genetics and Immunology

Program Co-Leaders: Philip Sharp, Dane Wittrup
Members: Laurie Boyer, Jianzhu Chen, Herman Eisen, Leonard Guarente, Darrell Irvine, Rudolf Jaenisch, Eric Lander, Jill Mesirov, Hidde Ploegh, Graham Walker, Richard Young
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Program 2: Animal Models and Genetics

Program Co-Leaders: Angelika Amon, Tyler Jacks
Members: Stephen Bell, Michael Hemann, Nancy Hopkins, Robert Horvitz, David Housman, Jacqueline Lees, Susan Lindquist, Terry Orr-Weaver
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Program 3: Cell and Systems Biology

Program Co-Leaders: Richard Hynes, Michael Yaffe
Members: Christopher Burge, Paul Chang, Frank Gertler, Michael Hemann, Rudolf Jaenish, Douglas Lauffenburger, Stephen Lippard, Harvey Lodish, David Sabatini, Leona Samson, Robert Weinberg, Forest White
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Program 4: Engineering Science and Technology

Program Co-Leaders: Sangeeta Bhatia, Robert Langer
Members: Angela Belcher, Michael Cima, Linda Griffith, Paula Hammond, Scott Manalis, Ram Sasisekharan, Alice Ting, Alexander van Oudenaarden
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