Genetics And Genomics

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Analysis of the structure, function and activity of the genome 

The field of genetics and genomics studies vital processes required for the maintenance, inheritance and expression of the genetic material, including transcriptional and post-transcriptional regulation of gene expression, segregation and recombination of genetic material, as well as CRISPR-mediated genome-editing tools to modify genomes. GDCB department has expertise in a number of these areas, most notably in genetic studies with model systems (e.g. Arabidopsis, maize, yeast, drosophila, zebrafish, and mouse), developing genome-editing tools, the experimental analysis of gene expression, and the analysis of genomic data using bioinformatics and computational biology approaches.