Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Ph.D.

Christine Jacobs-Wagner, Ph.D., the Maxine Singer Associate Professor of Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology, has been designated a Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigator. She is one of 17 Yale scientists who now hold the prestigious appointment. Jacobs-Wagner is one of the world’s leading experts on the internal cellular workings of bacteria. Her descriptions of the inner mechanisms of bacteria have led to an appreciation of the survival strategies of these ancient organisms and new insights into how to study modern human illnesses.