Chisholm Lab
The Chisholm lab is a group of graduate students, post-doctoral associates, research scientists, research assistants and MIT undergraduates, focused on understanding the role of marine phytoplankton in the ocean's "metabolism". Using the cyanobacterium Prochlorococcus as a model system, we are studying its marine microbial ecology at all levels of organization - from the genome level to the whole ocean. Our approach to this problem includes laboratory and field studies, as well as modeling. We use the tools of genomics and systems biology in this pursuit, and our studies also include the study of the abundant viruses (cyanophages) that infect Prochlorococcus (see Research Section).
We are located in the Parsons Laboratory Building, Building 48 on MIT's Campus. It is part of the Department of Civil and Environmental Engineering.
15 Vassar Street
Bldg. 48-424
Cambridge, MA 02139
(617) 253-8686 phone
(617) 258-7009 fax
