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David Axelrod

David Axelrod

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Emeritus Professor
Cell and Molecular Oncology. Breast Cancer. Colon Cancer
Marco Azaro

Marco Azaro

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Assistant Research Professor
Maureen Barr

Maureen Barr

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Distinguished Professor
Modeling human genetic diseases in C. elegans
Christina Bergey

Christina Bergey

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Assistant Professor
Evolutionary genomics of humans, non-human primates, and disease vectors
Lisette Smith

Lisette Smith

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Departmental Administrator
Chris Ellison

Chris Ellison

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Associate Professor
Evolutionary genomics and genome organization in Drosophila
Oleg Evgrafov

Oleg Evgrafov

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Derek Gordon

Derek Gordon

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Associate Professor
Statistical genetics
Gary A. Heiman

Gary A. Heiman

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Professor- Vice- Chair & Undergraduate Director
Genetic epidemiology of neuropsychiatric disorders
Devanshi Jain

Devanshi Jain

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Assistant Professor
Gametogenesis and Genome Integrity
James A. Knowles, M.D., Ph.D.

James A. Knowles, M.D., Ph.D.

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Tara Matise

Tara Matise

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Distinguished Professor-Chair, Department of Genetics
Computational Human Genetics, genetics coordinating center
Kim McKim

Kim McKim

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Professor
Molecular Genetics of Meiotic Recombination in Drosophila Melanogaster
Tetsuya Nakamura

Tetsuya Nakamura

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Associate Professor
Revealing the genetic mechanisms of the fish diversity and their contribution to the fish-to-tetrapod transition
Bryce Nickels

Bryce Nickels

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Professor
Regulation of gene expression in bacteria
Jessica Rispoli

Jessica Rispoli

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Associate Teaching Professor, Director of the Genetic Counseling Master's Program
Genetic Counseling
Christopher Rongo

Christopher Rongo

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Professor
Molecular genetics of synapse formation and plasticity in C. elegans
Amrik Sahota

Amrik Sahota

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Emeritus Professor
Human Molecular Genetics; Molecular Diagnostics
Karen Schindler

Karen Schindler

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Professor
Understanding the molecular mechanisms that lead to aneuploidy in female gametes
Christine Seymour

Christine Seymour

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Assistant Program Director
Genetic Counseling Master's Program
Gleb Shumyatsky

Gleb Shumyatsky

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Professor
Molecular and cellular mechanisms of memory as well as social and maternal behavior
Andrew Singson

Andrew Singson

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Distinguished Professor
Reproductive biology and cell-cell interactions in C. elegans
Jay Tischfield

Jay Tischfield

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Distinguished Professor, Department of Genetics Executive Director, HGINJ
Medical and human genetics: the genetics of somatic cells, mouse models for human diseases and genes for complex human genetic disorders
Michael Verzi

Michael Verzi

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Professor
Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms in Intestinal Disease
Juan Wang

Juan Wang

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Associate Research Professor
Jinchuan Xing

Jinchuan Xing

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Professor
Mobile Elements, Human Genomic Variation, Evolutionary Genetics, Population Genetics
Samhita Yadavalli

Samhita Yadavalli

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Assistant Professor
Small Proteins and Epitranscriptomic Factors: Emerging Mechanisms in Bacterial Gene Regulation
Jiekun Yang

Jiekun Yang

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Assistant Professor
Computational Genomics to Dissect Myeloid Cell Circuitry in Health and Disease.
Lei Yu

Lei Yu

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Distinguished Professor
Genetics of compulsive behaviors (such as alcoholism and drug addiction) and neuro-sensory disorders (such as neuropathic pain)