Report summary

The 2018-2020 picture for Massachusetts Institute of Technology Department of Biology is a 65-PI network with 35 internal PI collaborations. The research center of gravity is Biochemistry, Genetics and Molecular Biology as the leading field (49% of slots across 53 PIs; 53 labels), Molecular Biology as the leading subfield (31% of slots across 46 PIs; 46 labels), and RNA and protein synthesis mechanisms as the leading topic (5% of slots across 9 PIs; 9 labels). This is a solid, readable collaboration map: group-level fit matters more than a single department-wide label. The top weighted PIs are Jing‐Ke Weng (17.6 weighted works; Photosynthetic Processes and Mechanisms, Marine Sponges and Natural Products). The strongest pairings are Robert T. Sauer and Tania A. Baker (15 shared works, weight 8.3). The standout breakdown groups are group 1 with 10 PIs, 9 internal connections, weight 13, around Molecular Biology, Oncology, Cancer Research, led by Matthew G. Vander Heiden, Aviv Regev, Tyler Jacks; group 2 with 8 PIs, 7 internal connections, weight 6.6, around Molecular Biology, Oncology, Immunology, led by Rudolf Jaenisch, Richard A. Young, Robert A. Weinberg.