Message from the Chair of Genetics

Genetics as a scientific discipline has grown into an essential part of every medical school’s curriculum. Revolutionary advances in molecular genetics, from the identification of DNA as the carrier of the hereditary information to the complete sequence of the human genome and the current emergence of multi-omics as a tool in both basic research and clinical practice.

At Einstein, scholars are offered the exciting opportunity to study genetics from invertebrate model organisms, which have been critical for almost everything we know about the basic mechanisms of human development, disease and aging, to translational and clinical research with our partners at Montefiore Medical Center for the benefit of clinical practice and disease management.

Faculty in the department, with their students, have provided major contributions to the genetic underpinnings of such diverse processes as neuronal structure and function, heart development, elimination of sub-optimally functioning cells and the mechanisms of aging. Please, take a look at their accomplishments, their current research interests and the opportunities of working with them, to contribute to the next breakthroughs in genetics.