Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge explained

Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
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Purpose:	Research and teaching in Genetics
Leader Title:	Head of Department
Leader Name:	Steve Russell
Parent Organization:	University of Cambridge

The Department of Genetics is a department of the University of Cambridge that conducts research and teaching in genetics.^[1]

Research

, the department has 83 researchers over 27 research groups, studying functional genomics, systems biology, developmental biology, cell biology, epigenetic inheritance, microbial genetics and evolution and population genetics.^[2]

Notable academic staff

• Anne Ferguson-Smith,^{[3] [4]} Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics, Head of the Department
• Richard Durbin FRS, Honorary Professor of Computational genomics, Senior Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute^[5]
• Julie Ahringer FMedSci, Professor of Genetics and Genomics, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, and Director of the Gurdon Institute
• David Glover FRS FRSE, Wellcome Investigator in the Department of Genetics, formerly Balfour Professor of Genetics

, the department also has 50-65 graduate students and about 30 Part II Tripos undergraduate students.^[6]

Emeritus and alumni

Notable alumni of the department include:

• Reginald Punnett, inventor of the Punnett Square
• Michael Ashburner, gene ontologist and co-founder of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI)
• Ronald Fisher, statistical geneticist, who has been described as “a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science”.

Notes and References

1. Web site: Department of Genetics. 2018-10-09.
2. Web site: Department of Genetics - Research Groups. 3 June 2013. 2018-10-09.
3. Web site: https://web.archive.org/web/20170505140041/https://royalsociety.org/people/anne-ferguson-smith-13389/. 2017-05-05. Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith FMedSci FRS. royalsociety.org. London. Anon. 2017.
4. Web site: Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith FRS FMedSci. Anon. 2012. acmedsci.ac.uk. Academy of Medical Sciences. London. https://web.archive.org/web/20160801024519/https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/professor-anne-ferguson-smith. 2016-08-01.
5. Web site: Dr Richard Durbin – Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute . 2012-02-28. dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20120228004358/http://www.sanger.ac.uk/research/faculty/rdurbin/.
6. Web site: Department of Genetics - Department. 13 May 2013. 2018-10-09.