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 Welcome to the Department of Genetics, one of the ten basic science departments within the Sue Golding Graduate Division of the Albert Einstein College of Medicine. The Department is on an exciting trajectory of renewed growth and development after having been without a chair for the last several years. Based on its academic excellence in areas varying from genetics of nematode behavior to the molecular basis of human disease, the Department is poised to enter new, exciting areas of genetics research made possible by revolutionary changes in our tools to study genes and their function in an integrated manner in various organisms. Two new divisions, the Division of Translational Genetics and the Division of Computational Genetics, directed by Bernice Morrow and John Greally, respectively, were added to a Division of Molecular Genetics under the leadership of Nick Baker. Our laboratory space in the Ullmann building is being renovated and beautiful new facilities in the Price Center have become available. New faculty are currently being recruited with a focus on human disease genetics with ample attention to strengthening the Department’s technology base. Indeed, two next-generation sequencers will come on line soon and new faculty, i.e., technology innovators, are actively being recruited to develop new genomics tools to accelerate Einstein’s basic and clinical research. Our already strong suite of core genomics technology services will be re-organized and expanded, providing our researchers with the cutting-edge tools for making new, fundamental discoveries in genetics. Increased emphasis on epigenetic regulation has led to a new Center for Epigenomics, directed by John Greally, which focuses on understanding how the normal epigenome becomes dysregulated in human disease. By taking an integrated approach, both within the Department and across other departments, with a strong interdisciplinary focus and a re-emphasis on clinical applicability, the new Department of Genetics should become a new frontier and a driver of basic and translational research at Einstein. Enjoy your tour of our web site!
- Jan Vijg, Ph.D., Chairman A Brief History of the Department
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Three out of the five Challenge Grants that were awarded to Einstein researchers through the American Recovery and Reinvestment Act are members of the Department of Genetics. Congratulations to Drs. Beulow, Prelich, and Spivack for meeting the Challenge. |
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New faculty positions available |
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The Department of Genetics, Division of Computational Genetics and the Center for Epigenomics at Einstein have a number of tenure-track faculty positions available at Assistant, Associate, or Full Professor levels. Click here for more information. |
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 The Department of Genetics is pleased to welcome its newest faculty member, Dr. Julie Secombe. Julie was a post-doc with Dr. Robert Eisenman at the Fred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center in Seattle, where she devised a screen to identify effectors and/or regulators of myc function in Drosophila. Julie's current efforts are concentrated on Lid, which encodes a histone demethylase, and other interesting proteins that emerged from her screen. Welcome, Julie!. |
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