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Welcome to the Department of Genetics

Welcome to the Department of Genetics at Rutgers University. The mission of the Department is to promote excellence in education and research in the areas of genetics.

Situated on the Busch Campus of Rutgers University in Piscataway, NJ, the Department of Genetics was established in 1997 within the new Division of Life Sciences. The first chair was Dr. Jay Tischfield (1997-2010) who was succeeded by Dr. Linda Brzustowicz in 2010. There are more than 29 faculty members in the Department, with a wide range of expertise in genetics and microbiology, who are located in the Nelson Biological Laboratories, the Life Sciences Building (Human Genetics Institute of New Jersey), and the Waksman Institute on the Busch Campus. Over the next few years the Department will be adding faculty in human genetics, bioinformatics, and genomics.

Departmental News

Upcoming Seminars

  • Feb 6 - Dr. Lawrence P. Wennogle
    A Novel Target for Alzheimer’s Disease Therapies – Gamma-Secretase Activating Protein (GSAP)
  • Feb 8 - Dr. Yinzhi Lai
    Seminar Date: Wednesday, 2/8/11 @ 12:00pm

    Neural microtissue engineering for high throughput screening in pre-clinical drug discovery



  • Feb 13 - Dr. William Sofer
    Darwin Day Seminar: A Visit with Gregor Mendel
  • Feb 20 - Dr. Howard Passmore
    Darwin Day Seminar: Charles Darwin:
    Delay, Controversy and the Publication of "On the Origin of Species by Means of Natural Selection
  • Mar 12 - Dr. Yogesh Dwivedi
    Depression and suicide

Upcoming Events

  • Feb 13 - Darwin Day Seminar Series Guest Speaker: Dr. William Sofer
  • Feb 20 - Darwin Day Seminar Series Guest Speaker: Dr. Howard Passmore
  • Apr 3 - Genetics Department Honors Day Symposium 2012
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