Primary Faculty
Leadership
Antonio Giraldez, PhD
Chair
Fergus F. Wallace Professor of Genetics
Chair, Genetics
Research Interests
Developmental Biology; Gene Expression Regulation, Developmental; Computational Biology; Genomics; Systems Biology; Autism Spectrum Disorder; RNA Recognition Motif
Valerie Reinke, PhD
Vice Chair
Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Genetics; Germ Cells; Stem Cells; Developmental Biology; Caenorhabditis elegans; Genomics; Epigenomics
Caroline Hendry, PhD
Scientific Manager and Advisor to the Chair and Associate Research Scientist
Primary Faculty
Allen Bale, MD
Professor of Genetics
Director, DNA Diagnostic Lab
Research Interests
Congenital Abnormalities; DNA; Fanconi Syndrome; Genetics; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia; Neoplastic Syndromes, Hereditary; Skin Neoplasms
Kaya Bilguvar, MD
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Associate Director, Yale Center for Genome Analysis
Research Interests
Cerebrovascular Disorders; Migraine Disorders; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Malformations of Cortical Development
Sidi Chen, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Biomedical Engineering; Cell Transformation, Neoplastic; Genetics; Immunity; Neoplasm Metastasis; Stem Cells; Bioengineering; Synthetic Biology; CRISPR-Cas Systems
Lynn Cooley, PhD
Dean of the Graduate School of Arts and Sciences; C. N. H. Long Professor of Genetics and Professor of Cell Biology and of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology
Dean, Graduate School of Arts and Sciences
Research Interests
Biology; Cell Biology; Drosophila; Genetics; Actin Cytoskeleton; Molecular Biology; Oogenesis
Daniel DiMaio, MD, PhD
Waldemar Von Zedtwitz Professor of Genetics and Professor of Molecular Biophysics and Biochemistry and of Therapeutic Radiology
Deputy Director, Yale Cancer Center
Research Interests
DNA Virus Infections; Membrane Lipids; Neoplasms; Peptides; Proteins; Tumor Virus Infections; Virus Diseases; Polyomaviridae; Papillomaviridae
Valentina Greco, PhD
Carolyn Walch Slayman Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Cell Biology; Dermatology; Genetics; Neoplasms by Histologic Type; Regeneration; Stem Cells; Stem Cell Niche
Marc Hammarlund, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience
Director of Graduate Studies, Genetics
Research Interests
Axons; Cell Biology; Nerve Regeneration; Gene Expression; Caenorhabditis elegans
Arthur Horwich, MD
Sterling Professor of Genetics and Professor of Pediatrics
Investigator HHMI
Research Interests
Amyotrophic Lateral Sclerosis; Genetics; Motor Neurons; Neurosciences; Pediatrics; Superoxide Dismutase; Protein Folding; Neurodegenerative Diseases
Smita Krishnaswamy, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Computer Science
Research Interests
Genetics; Computational Biology; Single-Cell Analysis
Monkol Lek, PhD
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Genetics; Genetics, Medical; Neuromuscular Diseases; Genomics
Bluma Lesch, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Fertility; Embryonic and Fetal Development; Gene Expression Regulation; Germ Cells; Infertility; Paternal Age; Reproduction; Evolution, Molecular; Heredity; Chromatin Assembly and Disassembly; DNA Packaging; Mice; Cellular Reprogramming
Peining Li, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Chromosome Aberrations; Cytogenetics; Genetics
Janghoo Lim, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics and Neuroscience
Member, Program in Cellular Neuroscience, Neurodegeneration and Repair (CNNR)
Research Interests
Mental Disorders; Developmental Disabilities; Neuromuscular Diseases; Motor Neuron Disease; Neurodegenerative Diseases; Spinocerebellar Ataxias
Jun Lu, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Cell Differentiation; Hematologic Diseases; Hematopoiesis; Neoplasms; Cell Lineage
Shrikant Mane, PhD
Professor of Genetics
Director, MBB Keck Biotech laboratory
Director, Yale Center for Genome Analysis
Michael F. Murray, MD, FACMG, FACP
Director for Clinical Operations in the Center for Genomic Health
Research Interests
Genome; Precision Medicine; Population Health
Mandar Deepak Muzumdar, MD
Assistant Professor
Research Interests
Adaptation, Biological; Carcinoma, Non-Small-Cell Lung; Obesity; Oncogenes; Precancerous Conditions; Genes, Tumor Suppressor; MAP Kinase Signaling System; Carcinoma, Pancreatic Ductal; Animals, Genetically Modified; Cell Proliferation
Stefania Nicoli, PhD
Associate Professor Term
Research Interests
Blood-Brain Barrier; Cardiovascular System; Neurons; Zebrafish; MicroRNAs
James Noonan, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics and of Neuroscience
Member, Kavli Institute for Neuroscience
Research Interests
Biological Evolution; Embryonic and Fetal Development; Genetics; Genomics; Epigenomics; Neurodevelopmental Disorders
In-Hyun Park, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics and Associate Professor in the Child Study Center
Yale Stem Cell Center
Research Interests
Cells; Central Nervous System Diseases; Nervous System; Stem Cells; Pluripotent Stem Cells; Embryonic Stem Cells; Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells; Neural Stem Cells; Psychiatry and Psychology
Curt Scharfe, MD, PhD, FACMG
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Automation; Biotechnology; Cystic Fibrosis; DNA; DNA Virus Infections; Heart Defects, Congenital; Infant, Newborn, Diseases; Information Science; Metabolism, Inborn Errors; Prenatal Diagnosis; Genomics; Molecular Diagnostic Techniques; Mitochondrial Diseases; Proteomics; Microarray Analysis; High-Throughput Nucleotide Sequencing
Michele Spencer-Manzon, MD
Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Pediatrics
Pediatric Genomics Discovery Program
Zhaoxia Sun, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Genetics; Kidney; Polycystic Kidney Diseases; Congenital, Hereditary, and Neonatal Diseases and Abnormalities; Zebrafish
Sherman Weissman, MD
Sterling Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Genetics; Globins; Histocompatibility; Lymphocytes; Stem Cells; Transcription Factors; Chromosome Structures
Andrew Xiao, PhD
Associate Professor of Genetics
Research Interests
Chromatin; DNA Damage; Genetics; Histones; Neural Crest; Stem Cells; Cellular Reprogramming
Hui Zhang, PhD, MD
Assistant Professor of Genetics and of Pediatrics
Co-Director, DNA Diagnostic Lab, Genetics
