University Catalog 2024-2025

Functional Genomics (PhD)

Degree Requirements

Genomic Sciences Core12
Special Topics (Intro Bioinformatics)
Functional Genomics
Molecular Genetics
Macromolecular Synthesis and Regulation
Special Topics (Genomics Journal Club ) 1
Professionalism and Ethics
Functional Genomics Core11
Statistical Methods For Researchers I
Cellular and Developmental Genetics
Molecular Biology Of the Cell
Population and Quantitative Genetics
Special Topics (Genomics Journal Club) 1
Elective Courses9
Functional Genomics Category I Electives will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee 2
Research and Additional Electives40
"Research and Additional Electives" will be determined in conjunction with the academic committee
Total Hours72
1

PP 810 Special Topics: Genomics Journal Club must be taken multiple times to meet the required core hours.

2

Functional Genomic Category I Electives cannot be chosen from ST 590, CSC 530, ST 512, ST 501, or ST 502. However, these courses can be taken as additional electives beyond the minimum 36 credit requirement.

Faculty

Full Professors

  • Kenneth B. Adler
  • Jose Miguel Alonso
  • Prema Arasu
  • Christopher M. Ashwell
  • David M. Bird
  • Russell J. Borski
  • Rebecca S. Boston
  • Matthew Breen
  • Edward Bealmear Breitschwerdt
  • Dennis T. Brown
  • James W. Brown
  • Ignazio Carbone
  • Margaret E. Daub
  • Gregg A. Dean
  • Ralph A. Dean
  • Ralph E. Dewey
  • Charlotte E. Farin
  • Robert Graham Franks
  • Frederick J. Fuller
  • John E. Gadsby
  • Troy Ghashghaei
  • John R. Godwin
  • Major M. Goodman
  • Amy Michele Grunden
  • Linda Kay Hanley-Bowdoin
  • Jason M. Haugh
  • James B. Holland
  • Jonathan M. Horowitz
  • Sophia Kathariou
  • Robert M. Kelly
  • Matthew D. Koci
  • Bailian Li
  • Jonathan S. Lindsey
  • Hsiao-Ching Liu
  • Steven Lommel
  • James W. Mahaffey
  • Earl S. Maxwell
  • Steven Edward McKeand
  • Melissa Schuster Merrill
  • Eric S. Miller
  • Paul Edward Mozdziak
  • David C. Muddiman
  • Jack Odle
  • Charles H. Opperman
  • James N. Petitte
  • Robert M. Petters
  • Jorge A. Piedrahita
  • Brian J. Reich
  • Jean B. Ristaino
  • Dorith Rotenberg
  • Maria C. Sagui
  • Heike Inge Ada Sederoff
  • Barbara Sherry
  • Robert Charles Smart
  • William F. Thompson
  • Ross W. Whetten
  • Anna Whitfield
  • Brian M. Wiegmann
  • Qiuyun Xiang
  • Deyu Xie
  • Jeffrey A. Yoder

Associate Professors

  • Nicolas E. Buchler
  • Michael B. Goshe
  • Steffen Heber
  • David S. Lalush
  • Ivana Mali
  • Flora Meilleur
  • Jonathan W. Olson
  • Lina Quesada
  • Marcelo Rodriguez-Puebla
  • Michael L. Sikes

Assistant Professors

  • Caitlin S. Heil
  • Ruben Rellan Alvarez
  • Benjamin John Callahan
  • Ilenys Muniz Perez Diaz
  • Brian Diekman
  • Joseph Gage
  • Manuel Kleiner
  • Kurt Marsden
  • Santosh Kumar Mishra
  • David Alan Rasmussen
  • Christina Zakas

Practice/Research/Teaching Professor

  • Patricia A Estes

Emeritus Faculty

  • Henry Van Amerson
  • William Reid Atchley
  • James W. Brown
  • Vincent L. C. Chiang
  • Steven D. Clouse
  • Stephanie E. Curtis
  • Barry Goldfarb
  • Cynthia L. Hemenway
  • Todd Robert Klaenhammer
  • David H. Ley
  • James W. Moyer
  • Paul E. Orndorff
  • Ron Ross Sederoff
  • Wayne Tompkins
  • Paul L Wollenzien

Adjunct Faculty

  • Robert R. Anholt
  • Trudy F. MacKay