Department of Molecular Biology & Genetics
Members of the Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics focus on a wide variety of research areas, including gene expression and regulation, the cell cycle, signal transduction, developmental biology, microbial pathogenesis, membrane-less organelles, protein synthesis, and vascular biology. Three faculty members are Howard Hughes Medical Institute investigators. Former department director Carol Greider received the 2009 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for her discovery of telomerase. Former faculty members Hamilton Smith and the late Daniel Nathans received the 1978 Nobel Prize in Physiology or Medicine for their discovery and use of site-specific restriction enzymes. Faculty participate in multiple School of Medicine graduate programs.
Director
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Jeff Coller, PhD
- Bloomberg Distinguished Professor of RNA Biology and Therapeutics
- Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Brendan P. Cormack, PhD
- Director, Infectious Disease, Translational Science Intersessions
- Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics
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Geraldine Seydoux, PhD
- Huntington Sheldon Professor in Medical Discovery
- Professor of Molecular Biology and Genetics