Research Environment The graduate program in Molecular Genet- Students in the graduate program in Molecular ics & Genomics provides an ideal interdis- Genetics & Genomics conduct research in di- ciplinary training environment for students verse areas. A unifying principle is the desire to interested in exploring basic questions in understand the genetic and molecular basis of specific molecular, cellular, and developmental biology. Students and faculty members in the processes at the highest level of resolution. proram employ genetic and genomic ap- proaches to investigate questions in genetics, research areas include: • genetic basis of human disease cell biology, development, and physiology. • epigenetics • animal models of human disease • cancer genetics Common themes include research aimed • model organism genetics at identifying and characterizing the genes • computational genomics and epigenomics and the genetic and molecular networks that • cegulation of transcription and translation • population genetics control fundamental genetic and cellular • developmental genetics processes, deciphering how defects in gene • gene therapy • gene regulatory networks/systems biology function disrupt these processes and lead to • genetic basis of microbial development and disease, and devising genetic and molecular pathogenesis • functional genomics methods to identify and treat diseases. • sequence analysis and gene-structure prediction Molecular Genetics & Genomics
Required Courses Advanced Electives • Fundamentals of Molecular Cell Biology • Computational Molecular Biology • Nucleic Acids & Protein Biosynthesis • Developmental Biology • Advanced Genetics • Immunobiology • Genomics • Macromolecular Interactions • Genetics Journal Club • Molecular, Cell and Organ Systems • Ethics & Research Science • Molecular Microbiology & Pathogenesis • Graduate Research Fundamentals
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*guaranteed, provided that satisfactory progress towards completion of degree requirements is met
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