Areas of Research

Biochemistry

Biochemistry is the foundation of all cellular processes and systems. Biochemical processes account for the functions of all...

Biophysics

Biologists and physicists at Princeton have always found common ground—the laws of physics are essential aspects of biology ...

Cancer

From the discovery of the tumor suppressor gene p53 to the identification of metastasis genes in breast cancer, Princeton has always had a ...

Cell Biology

Cell biology is the study of how cells work as individuals, how they organize into complex groups, and how they coordinate their activities within ...

Chemical Biology

Chemical Biology is a relatively new field, ranging from enzymology to medicinal chemistry, and from structural ...

Computation & Modeling

Computers now play an indispensable role in biology.  At Princeton, it’s common to see computational biologists working together  ...

Development

Developmental Biology unites research groups from the Departments of Molecular Biology, Engineering, and Physics and the Neuroscience ...

Evolution

Evolution is a central unifying concept in biology. The past 10 years has witnessed tremendous advances in the study of evolution, fueled by ...

Genetics

Underlying almost all modern approaches to biology, Genetics is both a fundamental method of inquiry and a discipline in its own right ...

Genomics

The exponential explosion of complete genomic sequences coupled with the rapidly falling cost of sequencing has opened up new ...

Global Health

Princeton University's Global Health Initiative generates the multidisciplinary scholarship fundamental to health improvement ...

Microbiology & Virology

Microbes will be at the heart of the solutions to the world's most pressing problems; food, energy, health, and the environment ...

Neuroscience

The Department of Molecular Biology and the Princeton Neuroscience Institute have a goal to understand how the nervous system ...

Structural Biology

Members of Princeton’s vibrant structural biology community—students, postdocs, and faculty—make use of a wide array of  ...