The Horvitz Lab

You have made your way from worm to man, and much within you is still worm. 

F. Nietzsche, Thus Spoke Zarathustra, Prologue, Part 3

Links

Lab Affiliations

Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Graduate Program of Biology at MIT
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
H. Robert Horvitz Investigator Page (HHMI)
Department of Biology at MIT
H. Robert Horvitz Faculty Page (MIT Biology)
McGovern Institute for Brain Research
H. Robert Horvitz Faculty Page (McGovern)
Koch Institute for Integrative Cancer Research at MIT
The Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine 2002

Schedules

Lab Meeting Schedule
BAWM (Boston Area Worm Meeting)

Useful C. elegans Resources

Wormbase
WormAtlas
Worm Web

Archived Lab News

May 5, 2021:

Biologists discover a trigger for cell extrusion

August 3, 2021

Worm Spitting Powered by Muscle Cells That Perform Two Actions at Once

May 5, 2021:

Biologists discover a trigger for cell extrusion

March 4, 2021:

How Do Blind Worms See the Color Blue?

September 24, 2020:

Bob Horvitz is selected to be a 2020 ASCB Fellow

September 4, 2019:

Congratulations to Steve for successfully defending his thesis!

May 21, 2019:

Congratulations to Vivek for successfully defending his thesis!

May 10, 2018:

Bob Horvitz received an honorary D.Sc. from the University of Miami

May 4, 2018:

Biologists discover function of gene linked to familial ALS

March 3, 2018:

Congratulations to Cory for successfully defending her thesis! 

May 23, 2017:

Congratulations to Christoph for successfully defending his thesis!

May 4, 2017:

Congratulations to Nick. B for successfully defending his thesis!

May 11, 2016:

Congratulations to Kaitlin for successfully defending her thesis!

March 3, 2016:  

Neuroscientists discover a gene that controls worms’ behavioral state

January 11, 2016:  

Congratulations to Holly for successfully defending her thesis!

December 18, 2015:

Bob is one of four MIT professors named 2015 fellows of the National Academy of Inventors

September 2015:

Bob presents at the UBS Global Though Leadership conference on the toll of cancer. See his:

July 23, 2015:

Spit take: A newly discovered feeding behavior in worms could shed light on human heart function.

January 29, 2015:

Tasting light: Newly discovered taste receptors for hydrogen peroxide allow worms to indirectly detect light.