Department of Genetics

Genetics at Cambridge


Welcome to the [new] website of the Department of Genetics at the University of Cambridge.

Please click on the links below, or on the tabs in the bar above on all pages, to find out about the research undertaken in the Department, about Undergraduate and Graduate degrees, and for vacancies.

The image featured here was created by Kim Jensen of the Watt Lab, and was recently used on the cover of Cell Stem Cell [Related paper DOI 10.1016/j.stem.2009.04.014] - it also appears in the current issue of Research Horizons, in which Prof. Watt and others investigate the role of stem cells in cancer.

Problems with this site?

This website has only been [re]launched within the last few days, so please try the site index if you cannot find the information you need from the menu or tabs. Problems should be reported to Christine Alexander

News

Professor Alfonso Martinez Arias has been appointed the new Director of the Physics of Medicine Initiative. See our news page >>

Students in the Department have recently won both the iGEM [International Genetically Engineered Machine] Competition and the BBSRC Biotechnology Young Entrepreneurs Scheme. See our news page >>