Genetics, Genomics & Evolution

Pushing the boundaries of genomic technology development, MCB faculty study the organization of genes into genomes and how these change with evolution in systems that range from classic genetic and developmental models all the way to complex human diseases.

Model Curricula

Autumn

CONJ 537
Mechanisms of Transcriptional Regulation

MCB 536
Tools for Computational Biology

winter

CONJ 526
Introduction to Systems Biology and Quantitative Approaches to Biomedical Sciences

GENOM 565
Advanced Human Genetics and Genomics

spring

GENOME 541
Introduction to Computational Molecular Biology

Dr. Mary-Claire King awarded the National Medal of Science by President Obama

Translating genomes

From understanding the genetic basis of familial breast cancer risk to probing hidden parts of the human genome to find the genetic basis of autism and other neurological disorders to understanding the genetic conflicts between host and pathogen genomes, MCB Seattle faculty push the boundries of understanding all aspects of genome biology. The University of Washington ranks #6 in Molecular Biology and Genetics graduate studies according to US News and World Report.

Area Of interest Faculty

Featured Research

Area Directors

Faculty Area Directors: Kelley Harris, Roger Bumgarner

Student Area Directors: Ashley Hall, Kyle Hess, Sam Hart

Model Curricula PDF provided by Area Directors

Lab Openings

Stergachis Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Epigenetics, Human Disease, Gene Regulation, Clinical Genomics

Grill Lab:
Permanent Position

proteomics, genetics, neuroscience

Berg Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

development, evolution, patterning, morphogenesis, Drosophila, cell signaling

Carvalho Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Structural Variation, Genomic Disorders, Mendelian Diseases

Blanco-Melo Lab:
Spring, Summer, Permanent Position

Innate immunity, Bioinformatics, Paleovirology

Raible Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

zebrafish, hair cell, deafness, genetics, crispr

Lein Lab:
Spring, Summer, Winter, Permanent Position

Human brain atlas, single cell transcriptomics, electrophysiology, cellular morphology, enhancer, Alzheimer's disease, gene therapy

Grundner Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Global Health, Infectious Disease, Mycobacterium tuberculosis, Latency, Genomics, Phosphosignaling

Ray Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

autoimmunity, genetic variation, T cells, enhancer biology

Rajagopal Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

Group B streptococcus, GBS, Staphylococcus aureus, S. aureus

Meeske Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

CRISPR, cas13, bacteriophage, RNA, dormancy

Davis Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

GBA, protein aggregation, Parkinson's disease, neurodegeneration

Aging, Genetics, Progeria, Werner syndrome

Mitchell Lab:
Spring, Permanent Position

Innate immunity, inflammasomes, host-pathogen evolution, virology, Shigella pathogenesis

Savan Lab:
All Quarters, Permanent Position

RNA regulation, gene expression, antiviral response

Furlan Lab:
Spring, Summer, Winter, Permanent Position

Single cell genomics, pediatric cancer, immunology

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