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The Department of Systems Biology aims to identify the quantitative principles that govern complex interactions across all areas of biology and medicine. Our goal is to develop a conceptual and predictive understanding of the living world, to enable the design and control of biological systems and the advancement of human health and welfare.

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Latest News

  • Science helps everyone!

    Sb faculty member, Jennifer Oyler-Yaniv, is interviewed for Harvard magazine about her path to science and her lab’s work with chronic inflammation and why “basic” science is how the breakthrough cures and treatments can happen

  • Science at Stake

    SB Faculty member, Tim Mitchison is interviewed at the 6 minute mark in a piece for French 24 network about Harvard, politics, and education.

  • Using AI to Build Future Versions of Vaccines (Marks Lab) Feature

    Read more about the exciting work the Marks lab is doing on vaccine preparedness and viral prediction with EVE-VAX

  • AI Driven Cell Therapy

    Start up co founded by SB Faculty, Allon Klein, featured in recent Forbes Article about AI and its use in targeted therapies.

  • Artificial Intelligence, Viruses, and Predictions

    The Marks lab work on viral predictions and their creation of the AI tool “EVEscape” is featured explored in this month’s issue of Nature.

  • How a Heart Starts Beating

    The Megason Lab’s groundbreaking work on zebrafish and heart cells is featured in this month’s issue of Nature.