#  Miguel López Rivera 

PhD Candidate

 

 

 



   ![Miguel LR](/sites/g/files/omnuum5321/files/styles/hwp_4_5__320x400/public/2026-11/Headshot%20MLR.JPEG?itok=U07HnQd5) 

 



 

 laptop\_windows [Lab: Philip Kranzusch](https://kranzuschlab.med.harvard.edu/) 

 

 



 

> I chose Harvard BBS because of its unique combination of breadth and depth. As a student, you can choose from more than 800 amazing faculty for your doctoral research, without having to limit yourself to one area of biology during rotations. At the same time, there are smaller communities within the program that let you develop interests and skills in specific fields. All of this, together with the incredible resources Harvard offers more broadly and the beautiful setting of Boston, made BBS feel like a place where I could explore and learn freely without ever feeling lost.
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> I study the immune systems of bacteria and the ways their viruses have evolved to evade them. In recent years, we have learned that parts of our own immune system share an evolutionary origin with bacterial immune defenses. This means that by studying the arms race between bacteria and their viruses, we can not only uncover some pretty innovative biological mechanisms, but also learn more about the principles that govern our own immunity! In the lab, I focus on proteins that viruses use to shut down bacterial immune signaling, allowing them to escape detection and take over the cell during infection.





 

 

 





 

 

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