Research Groups

Groups in the Department

These pages describe the research undertaken in each group. 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 LeaderResearch TitleBuilding
Julie AhringerThe Control of Chromatin Structure and FunctionGurdon
Adrian Baez-OrtegaBivalve Transmissible Neoplasia GroupZoology
Kate BakerApplied Microbial GenomicsMain
Michael BoemoComputational Biology of DNA Replication and RepairPathology
Alex CaganComparative Somatic Evolutionary GenomicsMain
Erik ClarkEmbryo PatterningMain
Rosana CollepardoComputational Physics of ChromatinMaxwell
Richard DurbinEvolutionary and Computational GenomicsMain
Christine FarrChromosome BiologyMain
Anne Ferguson-SmithEpigenetic control of developmental processes and genome functionMain
Gamze GürsoyComputational Biology and BioinformaticsCMS
Antoine HocherMolecular Innovations in Microbial Interactions and ChromatinMain
Charlotte HouldcroftVirus GenomicsMain
Frank JigginsHost-Parasite Evolution and GeneticsMain
Felipe Karam-TeixeiraMolecular Mechanisms Controlling Germline Stem Cell BiologyMain
Heather MachadoLymphocyte somatic evolution in ageing and diseasePathology
Gos MicklemBioinformatics and GenomicsMain
Edwige MoyroudDevelopment and Evolution of Petal PatterningSainsbury
Cahir O'KaneDrosophila Neuronal Cell BiologyMain
Alberto Rosello-DiezAdaptive Regulation of Organ SizePDN
Maria RostovskayaMolecular control of cell fate decisions during early human developmentGurdon
Steve RussellDrosophila GenomicsMain
Henrik SaljeInfectious disease dynamicsMain
Ritwick SawarkarChromatin control of environmental stress responseMRC Toxicology
Aylwyn ScallyEvolutionary GenomicsMain
Marisa SegalCell Cycle Control of Spindle Morphogenesis in S. cerevisiaeMain
Daniel St JohnstonmRNA Localisation and the Origin of Polarity in DrosophilaGurdon
Ben SteventonLaboratory of Comparative Developmental DynamicsMain
Renske VroomansComputational evolution of development in plantsSainsbury
John WelchMolecular EvolutionMain
Eske Willerslev Main
Ash ZarkanThe role of biofilms and persisters in bacterial infectionsMain


Main Building 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