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| Welcome to the Department of Genetics and Developmental Biology at UCHC |
Created in 1998, the Department offers new and exciting opportunities for research and graduate education. The department now consists of one hundred and thirty individuals including the Chair, faculty, fellows, technicians, administrative staff and graduate students. The Department occupies two floors of the Academic Research Building and laboratory space in adjacent buildings. All faculty members are actively contributing to research and education within the Schools of Medicine and Dental Medicine. The Department is also the academic home of the Division of Human Genetics. The Division provides clinical and laboratory genetics services to the northern CT region, and in some instances, throughout the state. Our faculty’s research interests include RNA processing, genetic control of cell growth and differentiation, skeletal development, signal transduction, as well as genetic and epigenetic mechanisms of gene regulation. As of June 30, 2006, the Department’s external funding (direct and indirect) totaled over $7.5 Million. In order to fulfill our departmental objectives, we will continue to increase external funding for our current research programs, enhance the national and international reputation of our faculty and their research, and continue the recruitment of outstanding faculty members with new and complementary areas of research expertise. Departmental faculty are playing a key role in the formation of a University of Connecticut Institute for Stem Cell Research. |
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WHAT'S NEW... |
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Dr. Graveley's paper featured! |
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The arthropod Dscam genes utilize mutually exclusive splicing of large clusters of variable exons to generate tens of thousands of receptors that function in the nervous and immune systems. Work from the Graveley lab now gives insight into regulation of Dscam exon choice. Specifically they have found that the RNA binding protein hrp36 functions to repress inclusion of multiple alternative exons in these events. This work was published in the December 2007 issue of Nature Structure and Molecular Biology and featured on the cover. In addition, it was highlighted in the Editors Choice section of the December 21st issue of Science. |
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| Cover of Nature Structural & Molecular Biology |