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David L. Van Vactor
Program Director

Monica P. Colaiácovo
Program Associate Director

BBS Administration

Monica P. Colaiácovo

Monica P. Colaiácovo

Associate Director, PhD Program in Biological and Biomedical Sciences
Professor of Genetics
David L. Van Vactor

David L. Van Vactor

Director, Biological and Biomedical Sciences (BBS) Graduate Program
Professor of Cell Biology

Spotlight

Marco Jost

Confronting the Mystery of the Microbiome

November 13, 2023

HMS researcher Marco Jost works to decode the cross talk between microbes and their human hosts.

Two years ago, with the unmistakable pop of a champagne cork, microbiologist Marco Jost launched his lab at Harvard Medical School. But that celebration was short-lived. Jost, sensing the vastness of the work ahead of him, set the bubbly aside and dove into his research on the human gut microbiome.
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