Welcome to the Department of Genetics
Message From Our Chair
The mission of the department is to provide basic and applied genetic/genomic research, education and training at the interface between biology, chemistry, physics, computer science, mathematics, the social sciences, public health and medicine in order to have a profound effect on how medicine will be practiced in the future.
Our graduate programs train students to be creative, sophisticated research scientists prepared to pursue careers focused in genetics and genomics working in academic science, government, or commercial positions. Students conduct their dissertation research using diverse experimental approaches – from classical genetics to the most modern molecular methods – to address a broad range of contemporary problems in biomedical science.
The Department also includes a clinical arm focused on medical genetics, which covers the broad spectrum of clinical genetic research from disease prevention to diagnosis and treatment. This specialty includes evaluation, mutation discovery, counseling and risk assessment through analysis and genetic testing. Locating the clinical group alongside basic scientists facilitates integration of cutting edge genetic research with patient care.
Department News
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Celebrating Funding Success for Early Stage Faculty
Over the past six months, multiple Assistant Professors in the department have been awarded grants to enable exploration of new fields of research and to support expansion of their programs.
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Department of Genetics Publications for March 24 – April 6, 2019
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published ten papers during March 24 – April 6, 2019.
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Department of Genetics Publications for March 10-23, 2019
Department of Genetics faculty, postdocs, students and collaborators published fifteen papers during March 10-23, 2019.
The UNC Department Genetics is proud to announce the formation of the Bryson Center for Judicial Science Education!
For more information, including our mission, goals, board members and training videos, please visit the new website here!
Highlighted Faculty
Daniel Schrider, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dr. Dan Schrider is expanding his laboratory to study the demographic forces shaping human genetic variation and using deep neural networks to elucidate the genealogical information among individuals and species. More…
Genetics News- Bryson Center for Judicial Science Education established April 11, 2019
- Genetics and Molecular Biology Seminar Series: "Asthma in the Post-GWAS Era: Searching for the Mid-Hanging Fruit" April 2, 2019
- Magnuson Takes Over as President of the Genetics Society of America March 27, 2019
- UNC School of Medicine departments rank high in 2018 NIH funding report February 19, 2019
- Muenzer Presents Additional Results from Groundbreaking Genome Editing Clinical Trial February 7, 2019