Groups in the Department
These pages describe the research undertaken in each group and are maintained by the groups themselves. They include all group leaders, and some visitors and others who are also research-active in the Department.
See end of this list for contact details for different buildings. All Department members may also be contacted via the main building.
There is also a brief introduction to the subject specialisms represented in the Department on our research by subject area page.
Group Leader |
Research Title |
Building |
Julie Ahringer |
Gurdon |
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Kate Baker |
Main | |
Michael Boemo | Pathology | |
Alex Cagan | Comparative Somatic Evolutionary Genomics | Main |
Erik Clark | Embryo Patterning | Main |
Rosana Collepardo |
Maxwell |
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Richard Durbin |
Main |
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Christine Farr |
Main |
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Anne Ferguson-Smith |
Epigenetic control of developmental processes and genome function |
Main |
Marco Geymonat |
Cell polarity, spindle orientation and cell cycle progression in yeast |
Main |
Ben Hall |
Computational modelling of cancer and aging | UCL |
Antoine Hocher |
Molecular Innovations in Microbial Interactions and Chromatin |
Main |
Charlotte Houldcroft |
Main |
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Michael Imbeault |
Transposable Elements and the Evolution of Gene Regulatory Networks |
Main |
Frank Jiggins |
Main |
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Felipe Karam-Teixeira |
Main |
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Liria Masuda-Nakagawa |
Main |
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Gos Micklem |
Main |
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Eric Miska |
Biochemistry |
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Edwige Moyroud |
Sainsbury |
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Cahir O'Kane |
Main |
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Alberto Rosello-Diez | PDN | |
Steve Russell |
Main |
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Henrik Salje |
Main |
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Ritwick Sawarkar |
MRC Toxicology |
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Aylwyn Scally |
Main |
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Marisa Segal |
Cell Cycle Control of Spindle Morphogenesis in S. cerevisiae |
Main |
Daniel St Johnston |
Gurdon |
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Ben Steventon |
Main |
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David Summers |
Main |
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Renske Vroomans |
Sainsbury |
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John Welch |
Main |
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Ash Zarkan |
The role of biofilms and persisters in bacterial infections | Main |
[All Department members may be contacted via the main building]
Main buildingBuilding addresses
Address : Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge, Downing Street, Cambridge CB2 3EH, United Kingdom
Phone: 01223 333999
Email: info@gen.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.gen.cam.ac.uk/
Wellcome Trust / Cancer Research UK Gurdon Institute
Address: Henry Wellcome Building of Cancer and Developmental Biology, University of Cambridge, Tennis Court Road, Cambridge CB2 1QN, United Kingdom
Phone: 01223 334088
Email: info@gurdon.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.gurdon.cam.ac.uk
The Sainsbury Laboratory
Address: Bateman Street, Cambridge, CB2 1LR
Phone: 01223 761100
Email: enquiries@slcu.cam.ac.uk
Website: www.slcu.cam.ac.uk
Maxwell Centre / Cavendish Laboratory
Address: Cavendish Laboratory, JJ Thompson Avenue, Cambridge, CB3 0HE
Phone: 01223 747330
Email: reception@maxwell.cam.ac.uk
Website: https://www.maxwell.cam.ac.uk