genetics

The Department of Genetics offers one of the best undergraduate majors in the United States. As part of the Southern Regional Education Board’s Academic Common Market (where students from Alabama, Arkansas, Kentucky, Louisiana, Maryland, Mississippi and Tennessee can major in Genetics at UGA while paying in-state tuition), our major attracts some of the brightest students from the Southeast as well as from the rest of the United States and abroad. By providing a firm grounding in the natural sciences along with a comprehensive background in molecular genetics, evolutionary biology and genomics, our students are superbly prepared to compete for admission to graduate and professional schools or, alternatively, to immediately enter the workforce.

Founded in 1931, the Genetics Society of America includes nearly 5,000 scientists and educators interested in the field of genetics. The Society promotes the communication of advances in genetics through publication of the journal GENETICS, and by sponsoring scientific meetings focused on key organisms widely used in genetic research.

Genetic Alliance is a coalition of more than 600 advocacy organizations serving 25 million people affected by 1000 conditions. The organization works to transform leadership in the genetics community to build capacity in advocacy organizations and to educate policymakers by leveraging the voices of individuals and families. Genetic Alliance increases the capacity of genetic advocacy organizations to achieve their missions and leverages the voices of millions of individuals and families living with genetic conditions.

The Genetics Department at North Carolina State University is one of six “basic science” departments in the College of Agriculture and Life Sciences.  We enjoy a unique blend of basic and applied research opportunities as demonstrated by the composite image. 

The Genetics Society was founded by William Bateson in 1919 and is one of the oldest “learned societies” devoted to Genetics in the world. Its membership of over 2000 consists of most of the UK’s active geneticists, including academics, researchers and students.

The Centre for Genetics Education is dedicated to providing current and relevant genetics information to individuals and family members affected by genetic conditions and the professionals who work with them.

The Tech Museum of Innovation gratefully acknowledges the following principal sponsors for their contribution and support to Genetics: Technology with a Twist.

• Science Education Partnership Award (SEPA) from the NCRR, NIH
• Agilent Technologies
• Genentech Foundation for Biomedical Sciences and Genentech, Inc.
• Susan and John Diekman
• Kaiser Permanente
• Roche
• Barbara and John Glynn
• Chiron Foundation
• Elo TouchSystems, Inc.

The Department currently has 57 postgraduate students. The great majority are taking a three-year PhD, a few are taking a one-year MPhil and one or two are taking a Certificate of Post Graduate Education. Applications for all three are made at the same time and in the same way. Please note that this Department does not offer Masters Degrees.

Department of Genetics at Stanford University School of Medicine provides opportunities for graduate study in all major areas of modern genetics, including identification and analysis of human disease genes, molecular evolution, gene therapy, statistical genetics, application of model organisms to problems in biology and medicine, and computational and experimental approaches to genome biology.

The Department of Genetics is a large, interdisciplinary group of faculty performing basic laboratory research and clinical research, and providing clinical care. Several laboratories are actively engaged in human genetics, cloning genes linked with disease, developing DNA probes and other diagnostic techniques, or studying the epidemiology of inherited disorders. Other laboratories are applying molecular genetic techniques to model organisms to study basic biological processes.