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Galit Lahav is the Novartis Professor of Systems Biology at Harvard Medical School. Her research focuses on understanding individual cell behaviors in response to internal and external signals, particularly through the p53 signaling pathway, which is critical in cancer biology due to mutations in the p53 gene being present in more than half of human cancers. Lahav quantitatively measures the activities and behaviors of proteins at a single-cell level, utilizing high temporal resolution techniques to correlate specific cellular fates with dynamic behaviors within cell populations. Her work includes studying how cells evaluate DNA damage and how p53 dynamics influence cell fate programs. Lahav's long-term vision is to predict and manipulate cellular signaling networks to modulate decisions leading to apoptosis in cancer cells, thereby enhancing therapeutic strategies.
Harvard Medical School • Boston, MA
Leads research in Systems Biology, focusing on the dynamics of cellular signaling pathways and their implications in cancer.
Administered by the Harvard Kenneth C. Griffin Graduate School of Arts and Sciences (GSAS).