TPCB Faculty
Luciano Marraffini, PhD
Rockefeller University
Luciano.Marraffini@rockefeller.edu
Education
PhD, 2007, University of Chicago
BA, 1998, University of Rosario
Awards
NIH Director’s New Innovator Awardee
Research Topics
- Macromolecular Structure and Function
- Biotechnology
Therapeutic Areas
- Microbiology
The Marraffini lab is interested in understanding how bacteria evolve by incorporating DNA sequences from mobile genetic elements or from the environment into their genomes. His research focuses on the mechanisms that control the traffic of DNA molecules between bacteria.
Read more about Prof. Marraffini’s research on the Rockefeller website