Leonid A. Mirny, Ph.D., Richard J. Cohen (1976) Professor in Medicine and Biomedical Physics, and Physics, MIT; associate member, Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT

Dr. Leonid A. Mirny is the Richard J. Cohen (1976) Professor in Medicine and Biomedical Physics, and Physics at MIT and an Associate Member of Broad Institute at Harvard and MIT. He received his Ph.D. from Harvard University in 1998. In 2023 he was named a Simons Investigator and received the Tel Aviv International Prize in Biophysics in 2024. The Mirny Lab integrates physics-based quantitative and theoretical methodologies with the analysis of genomic data to tackle fundamental biological questions of the three-dimensional organization of the genome formation and function with wide implications for health and disease.

This Friday Lecture will take place in Caspary Auditorium and virtually via Zoom. We recommend virtual participants log out of VPN prior to logging in to Zoom. Please do not share the link or post on social media.