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Department of Genetics

Genetics is the future and the past. The history and the promise of every organism is written in its DNA.

Meet the people of the Genetics Department

Welcome to the Department of Genetics

Genetics is the future and the past. The history and the promise of every organism is written in its DNA.

Geneticists are leading one of the major scientific revolutions of humankind, delving into the distant past and providing an unprecedented understanding of the biological world.

Our department offers a supportive and unique training environment across the full spectrum of genetics, bridging the disciplines of molecular genetics, development, genomics, and evolutionary biology.

The Department of Genetics is in UGA's Franklin College of Arts and Sciences.

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Dr. Rozario won an Award from the Hypothesis Fund!From the Fund:Harnessing the power of transgenics to understand how tapeworms regenerate Can we understand how tapeworm stem cells regulate growth and regeneration by manipulating their genomes?
Pengpeng Bi, assistant professor in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences’ genetics department and Center for Molecular Medicine, has contributed to understanding the molecular mechanisms of muscle development and regeneration.
Margot Popecki is a Ph.D. candidate in the Department of Genetics in the Franklin College of Arts and Sciences studying the evolution of light signaling in fireflies. Her major professors are John Wares and Kathrin Stranger-Hall.

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Robert I. Williams Term Professor, Biology (University of Pennsylvania)

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Clinical Geneticist, (University of Wisconsin-Madison)

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