Division of Life Sciences

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 permanent chair is Dr. Jay Tischfield. 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.

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Upcoming Seminars

  • Nov 9 - Andrzej Pietrzykowski, M.D., Ph.D.
    Genetics of epigenetics in alcoholism
  • Nov 16 - Dr. Francisco M. De La Vega
    Understanding human genetic variation at the personal and population level through massively-parallel whole-genome sequencing
  • Nov 19 - Dr. Angel Barco
    Regulation of neuronal plasticity and memory by CREB-dependent gene expression
  • Nov 23 - Dr. A. James Link
    Protein engineering and chemical biology
  • Dec 7 - Dr. Regina Sullivan
    Neurobiology of Infant Attachment

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