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Faculty

Faculty

cellular innovation in chordate development

Brian Beliveau

(he/him/his)

technologies for visualizing 3D genome organization

Bonny Brewer

(she/her)

yeast DNA replication

proteomics, mass spectrometry and advanced technology development

computational biology, evolutionary dynamics, quantitative immunology

yeast genetics and evolution

human genomics and molecular evolution

viral and tumor evolution

Douglas Fowler

(he/him/his)

develops new methods to understand and edit genomes

genome analysis

embryonic development, reproductive biology, stem cell engineering, genomic technology

Kelley Harris

(she/her)

population genetics and genomics; evolution of the mutation rate and spectrum

epigenetics, stem cell biology, transcriptional regulation

Gail Jarvik

(she/her)

genetics of complex disease

human genetics

Michael MacCoss

(he/him/his)

proteomics and mass spectrometry

bacterial pathogenesis

computational molecular biology

drosophila neurogenetics

molecular mechanisms underlying phenotypic robustness and evolvability

analysis of functional genomics data generated from novel experimental technology

systems proteomics & adaptive mass spectrometry

genomics tech-dev, dev-bio, syn-bio

Lea Starita

(she/her)

technology development to understand genetic variation

epigenetics and human disease

evolution and function of reproductive proteins

molecular evolution, gene families

stem cells, differentiation, and single-cell genomics

mass spectrometry-based proteomics and cell signaling

technology development to study genome structures and chromatin organization

Other Training Faculty

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

hematopoietic stem cells, erythropoiesis

protein folding and protein structure

human genetics and evolution

dynamics of virus populations

cancer functional genomics

the evolution of viruses and proteins

RNA biology in human disease

statistical genetics

cancer genomics, liquid biopsies, computational biology

genetics of hematopoietic disease

computational biology, systems biology, medical genetics, machine learning

mechanisms through which cancer-mutated genes drive tumorigenesis

molecular evolution of genetic conflict

molecular sequence analysis and adaptive immunology

virus evolution

long-read DNA/RNA sequencing to identify disease-causing genetic changes

quantitative analysis of regulatory variation in the genome and its application to rare diseases

proteogenomics approaches in gene regulation and cell signaling

zebrafish genetics and development

single-cell computational biology, regulatory genomics, cell-fate choice

gene-environment interactions & health disparities

single cell sequencing, spatial transcriptomics, protein sequencing, multiplexed biochemistry

hematopoietic stem cell function

tandem repeat expansions and RNA abnormalities in neurodegenerative disease

Research Faculty

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

bacterial molecular genetics

Teaching Faculty

Senior Faculty

Senior faculty no longer accept students for thesis research.

drosophila development

yeast cell biology

yeast chromosome replication

evolution

macromolecular interactions and protein technologies

human biochemical genetics

translation fidelity

cancer genetics

human genetic instability

human genome

malaria genetics

molecular cytogenetics and genomics

genomics / gene expression / comparative sequence analysis

Affiliated Faculty

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