Genetics/Developmental Biology Program

This program is led by Marc LaLande, Ph.D. There are eight doctorally prepared scientist engaged in basic research and clinical service throughout the Genomics and Molecular Cores. The Gene Targeting and Transgenic Facility is focused on the development of mouse models of human disease. Departmental faculty also supervises an institutional Genomics core comprised of a cDNA microarray core facility and a Molecular Core. The microarray core facility provides access to a state-of-the-art technology for gene expression profiling, a powerful tool for simultaneous monitoring of the expression levels for very large sets of genes. The Molecular Core offers full service automated DNA sequencing.