Graduate Studies in Genetics
University of Kansas-Lawrence

The Genetics Program at the University of Kansas offers graduate students an integrated and multidisciplinary training in Genetics focused on research. In pursuit of the Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degree, students have the opportunity to interact with a diverse faculty who utilize modern molecular and mathematical approaches to address many different questions in modern genetics:

Molecular and Developmental Genetics

-Molecular genetics of cells and organisms (prokaryotic, eukaryotic, and viral).
-Gene expression.
-Signal transduction.
-Molecular mechanisms of organismal development.
-Neurogenetics and behavioral genetics.
-Molecular genetics of cancer and other diseases.
-Genomics
-Bioinformatics.

Evolutionary and Ecological Genetics

-Population and conservation genetics.
-Molecular and genetic analysis of complex phenotypes.
-Quantitative trait loci mapping.
-Molecular systematics.
-Gene expression in ecological and evolutionary contexts.
-Evolutionary and ecological genomics.
-Molecular evolution.

Human Genetics

-Familial studies of human variation.
-Genetics of human populations.
-Molecular genetics and epidemiology of human disease.

For more information or to request an application, please contact John Connolly, , the Genetics Program.