Overview| Course of Study | Research Focus Areas| Curriculum Details
Thesis research in MGGB laboratories includes high-throughput DNA sequencing and bioinformatic analysis, genetic knockouts and mutation, and a combination of post-genomic approaches to address problems of fundamental biological importance. These include mechanisms of DNA replication and cell division, DNA repair and mutation, gene regulation and development.
The goals are to gain insight into the prevention and treatment of numerous maladies including microbial pathogenesis, muscular dystrophies and skeletal diseases, blood based cancers, diseases of the cardiovascular system, tumor genetics, and neurodegenerative diseases.
Faculty mentors in this track are leaders in their respective research areas and reside in various departments in the School of Medicine and Dental School, the Institute for Genomic Sciences (IGS), the Institute of Human Virology (IHV), and the joint University System of Maryland’s Marine and Environmental Technology Institute.
Please address inquiries to:
Professor Shiladitya DasSarma
Director, Molecular Genetics, Genomics, and Bioinformatics Track
Graduate Program in Molecular Medicine
dassarma@umbi.umd.edu