Departamento de Genética

Bienvenido al Departamento de Genética, uno de los ocho departamentos de ciencias básicas de la División de Posgrado Sue Golding del Colegio de Medicina Albert Einstein. Gracias a su excelencia académica en áreas que abarcan desde la genética del comportamiento de los nematodos hasta las bases moleculares de las enfermedades humanas, el Departamento se ha adentrado en nuevas y emocionantes áreas de investigación genética, posibles gracias a los avances revolucionarios en nuestras herramientas para estudiar los genes y su función de forma integrada en diversos organismos. Mediante un enfoque integrado, tanto dentro del Departamento como entre otros, con un fuerte enfoque interdisciplinario y un énfasis en la aplicabilidad clínica, el Departamento de Genética impulsa la investigación básica y traslacional en Einstein.

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 are-emphasis on clinical applicability, the Department of Genetics is becoming a driver of basic and translational research at Einstein.