UW Genome Sciences: Faculty

Model Organism Genetics -- Human and Medical Genetics -- Genomics and Proteomics -- Computational Biology

Faculty

cellular innovation in chordate development
faculty page | lab website
abitua [ a t ] uw.edu

technologies for visualizing 3D genome organization
faculty page | lab website | twitter | linkedin | pubmed
beliveau [ a t ] uw.edu

drosophila development
faculty page | lab website
caberg [ a t ] uw.edu

yeast DNA replication
faculty page | lab website
bbrewer [ a t ] uw.edu

proteomics, mass spectrometry and advanced technology development
faculty page | lab website
jimbruce [ a t ] uw.edu

computational biology, evolutionary dynamics, quantitative immunology
lab website
wsdewitt [ a t ] uw.edu

yeast genetics and evolution
faculty page | lab website | bluesky | linkedin | pubmed
maitreya [ a t ] uw.edu

human genomics and molecular evolution
faculty page | lab website
ee3 [ a t ] uw.edu

viral and tumor evolution
faculty page | lab website | twitter | pubmed
affeder [ a t ] uw.edu

macromolecular interactions and protein technologies
faculty page | lab website | wikipedia | pubmed
fields [ a t ] uw.edu

develops new methods to understand and edit genomes
faculty page | lab website | twitter | linkedin | pubmed
dfowler [ a t ] uw.edu

human biochemical genetics
faculty page
clem [ a t ] uw.edu

genome analysis
faculty page | lab website
phg [ a t ] uw.edu

embryonic development, reproductive biology, stem cell engineering, genomic technology
faculty page | lab website
hamazaki [ a t ] uw.edu

population genetics and genomics; evolution of the mutation rate and spectrum
faculty page | lab website
harriske [ a t ] uw.edu

epigenetics, stem cell biology, transcriptional regulation
faculty page | lab website
rdhawk [ a t ] uw.edu

genetics of complex disease
faculty page | pubmed
pair [ a t ] uw.edu

human genetics
faculty page | lab website
mcking [ a t ] uw.edu

proteomics and mass spectrometry
faculty page | lab website
maccoss [ a t ] uw.edu

bacterial pathogenesis
faculty page | lab website
millersi [ a t ] uw.edu

human genetic instability
faculty page | lab website
monnat [ a t ] uw.edu

computational molecular biology
faculty page | lab website | twitter | pubmed
william-noble [ a t ] uw.edu

drosophila neurogenetics
faculty page | lab website
pallanck [ a t ] uw.edu

molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic robustness and evolvability
faculty page | lab website
queitsch [ a t ] uw.edu

analysis of functional genomics data generated from novel experimental technology
lab website | twitter / X | bluesky | pubmed
sakaue [ a t ] uw.edu

systems proteomics & adaptive mass spectrometry
faculty page | lab website | twitter | linkedin | pubmed | google scholar
dkschwep [ a t ] uw.edu

DNA sequencing technology, medical genetics, synthetic biology
faculty page | lab website | twitter | wikipedia | linkedin | pubmed
shendure [ a t ] uw.edu

technology development to understand genetic variation
faculty page | website | twitter
lstarita [ a t ] uw.edu

epigenetics and human disease
website | linkedin | pubmed
absterga [ a t ] uw.edu

evolution and function of reproductive proteins
not taking dissertation students
faculty page | lab website | pubmed
wjs18 [ a t ] uw.edu

molecular evolution, gene families
faculty page | lab website
jht [ a t ] uw.edu

stem cells, differentiation, and single-cell genomics
faculty page | lab website
coletrap [ a t ] uw.edu

mass spectrometry-based proteomics and cell signaling
faculty page | lab website
jvillen [ a t ] uw.edu

technology development to study genome structures and chromatin organization
faculty page | lab website
weicl [ a t ] uw.edu

Other Training Faculty

These adjunct & affiliate faculty members accept Genome Sciences grads for dissertation research.

hematopoietic stem cells, erythropoiesis
website
janabk [ a t ] uw.edu

protein folding and protein structure
website
dabaker [ a t ] uw.edu

human genetics and evolution
website
mbamshad [ a t ] uw.edu

dynamics of virus populations
website
trevor [ a t ] bedford.io

cancer functional genomics
website
ahberger [ a t ] fredhutch.org

the evolution of viruses and proteins
faculty page | website | twitter | pubmed
jbloom [ a t ] fhcrc.org

RNA biology in human disease
website
rbradley [ a t ] fhcrc.org

statistical genetics
website | pubmed
browning [ a t ] uw.edu

cancer genomics, liquid biopsies, computational biology
website
gha [ a t ] fredhutch.org

genetics of hematopoietic disease
website
horwitz [ a t ] u.washington.edu

computational biology, systems biology, medical genetics, machine learning
website
suinlee [ a t ] cs.washington.edu

mechanisms through which cancer-mutated genes drive tumorigenesis
website
dmacpher [ a t ] fredhutch.org

molecular evolution of genetic conflict
website
hsmalik [ a t ] fhcrc.org

molecular sequence analysis and adaptive immunology
website
ematsen [ a t ] gmail.com

long-read DNA/RNA sequencing to identify disease-causing genetic changes
website
dm1 [ a t ] uw.edu

quantitative analysis of regulatory variation in the genome and its application to rare diseases
website
pejmanm [ a t ] uw.edu

website
mostafavi.sara [ a t ] gmail.com

proteogenomics approaches in gene regulation and cell signaling
website | twitter | linkedin | pubmed
shaoen [ a t ] uw.edu

zebrafish genetics and development
website | twitter | linkedin
draible [ a t ] uw.edu

single-cell computational biology, regulatory genomics, cell-fate choice
website
msetty [ a t ] fredhutch.org

gene-environment interactions & health disparities
faculty page | website
nasa [ a t ] fredhutch.org

single cell sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, protein sequencing, multiplexed biochemistry
website
sanjay [ a t ] fredhutch.org

tandem repeat expansions and RNA abnormalities in neurodegenerative disease
website
paulnv [ a t ] uw.edu

Research Faculty

Research faculty members can co-mentor Genome Sciences grads for dissertation research. Rotations must also be co-mentored.

cuperusj [ a t ] uw.edu

bacterial molecular genetics
faculty page | lab website
manoil [ a t ] uw.edu

website | linkedin | pubmed
brookh [ a t ] uw.edu

website
pinglay [ a t ] uw.edu

website
raghu [ a t ] uw.edu

Senior Faculty

Senior faculty no longer accept students for thesis research.

yeast cell biology
faculty page
breck [ a t ] uw.edu

yeast chromosome replication
faculty page

evolution
faculty page | lab website | pubmed
felsenst [ a t ] uw.edu

translation fidelity
faculty page
jgallant [ a t ] uw.edu

mammalian somatic genetics, x-chromosome inactivation
faculty page
gartler [ a t ] uw.edu

cancer genetics
faculty page
lhartwel [ a t ] fhcrc.org

human genome
faculty page
mvo [ a t ] uw.edu

malaria genetics
faculty page
sibley [ a t ] uw.edu

molecular cytogenetics and genomics
faculty page
btrask [ a t ] fhcrc.org

genomics / gene expression / comparative sequence analysis
faculty page | lab website
watersto [ a t ] uw.edu

Teaching Faculty

hljordt [ a t ] uw.edu
website | twitter | google scholar

Affiliated Faculty

Affiliated faculty members do not accept GS graduate students for thesis research.

Borenstein, Elhanan
Brent, Roger
Byers, Peter
Carvalho, Claudia
Chowning, Jeanne
Crosslin, David
Crowder, Michael
Doherty, Dan
Domcke, Silvia
Doulatov, Sergei
Dudley, Aimee
Fullerton, Malia (she/her)
Furlan, Scott
Gibbons, Sean
Gu, Liangcai
Hawrylycz, Michael
Henikoff, Steven
Hsieh, Andrew
Kugel, Sita
Lockwood, Tina
McCrone, JT
McLaughlin, Rick
Mefford, Heather
Metzger, Michael
Nelson, Peter
Paddison, Patrick
Ray, John
Riley, Nick
Ruohola-Baker, Hannele
Smith, Gerry - homologous genetic recombination and DNA break repair
Subramaniam, Arvind Rasi
Ventura, Mario
Xin, Li
Yang, Mia