Genetics

Genetics

genes • gene editing • heredity• evolution • genetic variability • phenotypic variability • horizontal gene transfer • meiosis • recombination • epigenetics • DNA repair and replication • chromosome segregation • cell division • gene regulation • development • aging • pathogenesis • cancer • disease

Michael T. Laub
Faculty Spotlight

Michael T. Laub

Professor of Biology; Co-Chair, Biology Diversity, Equity, and Inclusion (DEI) Faculty Committee; Member, DEI Council; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute

Michael T. Laub explores how bacterial cells process information and regulate their own growth and proliferation, as well as how these information-processing capabilities have evolved.

Uncovering the mysteries of methylation in plants

3 Questions: Kristin Knouse on the liver’s regenerative capabilities

CRISPR-based approach reveals Achilles’ heels of a common herpesvirus

New CRISPR-based screening method improves gene editors

So-called “junk” DNA plays a key role in speciation

Rewiring cell division to make eggs and sperm

A “tail” of two RNA regulatory systems

The proteins that package DNA to fit inside cells have another role: tuning gene expression