Human Genetics | Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program

The intellectual exchange between human genetics and biomedical science has produced some of the most important and fruitful scientific discoveries of the past 50 years. The advances in human genetics and genomics made possible by the Human Genome Project and its aftermath have revolutionized the way scientific investigation is carried out in the areas of human disease and its animal models. In addition, the elucidation of the genetic contribution to literally thousands of human diseases has provided innumerable fundamental insights into normal biological function.

Many laboratories at UCSF use genetic approaches to untangle problems as diverse as infertility, cancer, adverse drug reactions, asthma, autism, birth defects, neurological diseases, obesity, diabetes and many others. Our faculty are leaders in the development of cutting-edge genome technologies including microarrays, comparative genome hybridization (CGH), whole-genome sequencing, population genetics, genetic epidemiology and computational genomics. They also use model organisms to discover and explore fundamental pathways that can lead to human disease.

All entering BMS Students take a core Genetics course (BMS 255) and can opt to take a seminar course BMS270 entitled Disease Discovery through the Lens of Genetics offered every other spring. Through the UCSF Institute for Human Genetics, students can interact with numerous genetic-oriented faculty and attend monthly genetic and genomic technology seminars.

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Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

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Gene regulation and human disease

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Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

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Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

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Molecular characterization and precision treatment of solid cancers.

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Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

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We study hypermutation, drug sensitization and oncogene network alterations in patients in order to improve precision medicine therapies for hormone-related and genitourinary cancers.

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Tissue / Organ Biology & Endocrinology

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Genetics approaches to study of the biology of the liver in health and disease

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Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

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Signaling control of craniofacial development and congenital disease

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Dr. Butte builds and applies tools that convert more than 400 trillion points of molecular, clinical, and epidemiological data into diagnostics, therapeutics, and new insights into disease.

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Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

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DNA Repair Mechanisms and Human Disease

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Cancer Biology & Cell Signaling

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I am a medical oncologist with a specific interest in the genomics of cancer.

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Developmental & Stem Cell Biology

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We seek to understand how the organization of the nucleus is established, specialized across cell types, and maintained over time to influence cellular identity.

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Human Genetics | Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program