Sara Prescott
Assistant Professor, MIT Department of Biology
Investigator, The Picower Institute for Learning & Memory
Email: sprescot@mit.edu
Sara’s Meet the Faculty Video
Nupur Ballal
Undergraduate, Class of 2028
Email: nballal@mit.edu
Katie Blackwell
Graduate Student, Biology
Email: vkblack@mit.edu
Carson Cornett
Senior Research Support Associate
Email: cornettc@mit.edu
Juan Li
MD, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Beijing Tsinghua Changgung Hospital
Visiting Scholar
Email: juanli23@mit.edu
JoJo Miller
Undergraduate, Class of 2028
Email: jojom27@mit.edu
Keith Murray
Lab Administrator
Email: keithmur@mit.edu
Emily Robinson
Graduate Student, Biology
Email: ekrobin3@mit.edu
Julia Van Goor
Graduate Student, Biology
Email: jvangoor@mit.edu
Our Philosophy
We are committed to fostering a diverse, respectful and welcoming lab culture for students, postdocs and staff regardless of their background, gender, sexual orientation, race or beliefs. We believe that diversity fuels innovation, increases research impact, and better equips us to engage with and enrich the global scientific community. We are committed to ensuring an inclusive environment where everyone feels comfortable expressing their authentic selves at the workplace.
Interested in joining us?
Postdoctoral candidates should email Sara with a CV, contact information for 3 references, and a brief summary of your prior research and interests.
Graduate students must be enrolled in one of MIT’s graduate programs, such as Biology, Brain and Cognitive Sciences, Computational and System Biology, or the Harvard-MIT MD-PhD program. Email Sara to discuss setting up a rotation with the lab.
Undergraduates interested in a MIT UROP should email Sara with their CV, and a brief description of your research interests.
For all other inquiries, please email Sara (sprescot@mit.edu) or Keith (keithmur@mit.edu) directly.