Faculty
tenure track
Justin A. Bosch
Assistant professor
Cell Signaling; Genetics; Development; Inter-organ communication; Drosophila; CRISPR; plasma proteomics; AlphaFold; human missense variants
jabosch@genetics.utah.eduMario Capecchi
Professor; H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair
Microglia; Anxiety; Chronic anxiety disorder; Obsessive-compulsive spectrum disorder (OCSD); Compulsive grooming; Neuropsychiatric disorders
mario.capecchi@genetics.utah.eduClement Y. Chow
Associate Professor
Rare disease; Modifier genes; Drug repurposing; Precision medicine
cchow@genetics.utah.eduNels Elde
Professor; Investigator, Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Evolutionary genetics; Host-pathogen interactions; Virus discovery; Molecular evolution
nelde@genetics.utah.eduMarina Venero Galanternik
Assistant Professor
Meninges; zebrafish; developmental and vascular biology; meningeal cells; neuroanatomy; perivascular meningeal cells; lymphatic system; lymphatic vessels; meningeal layers; high-resolution microscopy
marina.venero@genetics.utah.eduDavid Jonah Grunwald
Professor
Maintenance of embryo stem cells; Transcription pausing; Calcium mobilization in tissue patterning; Genome editing; Genetics of osteoarthritis
grunwald@genetics.utah.eduLynn B. Jorde
Professor and Chair
Disease-gene identification; Population genetics
lbj@genetics.utah.eduGabrielle Kardon
Professor; H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair.
Muscle development, regeneration, and disease; Effects of viral infection on muscle structure and function
gkardon@genetics.utah.eduKristen Kwan
Associate Professor
Eye morphogenesis, Zebrafish imaging, Extracellular matrix signaling
kmkwan@genetics.utah.eduEllen Leffler
Assistant Professor
Human and non-human primate evolutionary genomics; Infectious disease.
leffler@genetics.utah.eduAnthea Letsou
Professor
Drosophila embryonic development; Cell signaling; Morphogenesis; Trainee education
aletsou@genetics.utah.eduGabor Marth
Professor; Co-Director, Utah Center for Genetic Discovery; H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair
DNA sequence variations; Computational algorithms; Comprehensive web tool system
gmarth@genetics.utah.eduMark Metzstein
Associate Professor
Graduate and medical student education; Graduate student mentoring; Genetics
markm@genetics.utah.eduCharles Murtaugh
Associate Professor
Pancreatic cancer; Differentiation; Signaling; Gene regulation
murtaugh@genetics.utah.eduAaron Quinlan
Professor; Associate Director, Utah Center for Genetic Discovery
Human genome interpretation; Application of genomics to clinical care; Chromosome stability and somatic genome evolution; Algorithm and genomics software development; Cancer genetics; Nucleotide repeat disorders; Population genomics; Genetics of complex cisease
aquinlan@genetics.utah.eduGillian Stanfield
Associate Professor
Genetics; Graduate student mentoring; Undergraduate Medical Education; Pathways to Medical School
gillians@genetics.utah.eduLouisa A. Stark
Professor; H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair; Associate Director, Genetic Science Learning Center
Science and health educational materials development and research; Community engagement
louisa.stark@utah.eduRobert Weiss
Professor
Inherited neuromuscular disorders; Modifier genes; Pedigree studies
bob.weiss@genetics.utah.eduMark Yandell
Professor; H.A. and Edna Benning Presidential Endowed Chair; Director, Eccles Institute Bioinformatics program; Technical Director, Utah Genome Project; Co-Director, USTAR Center for Genetic Discovery
Computational biology; Human population genetics; Image processing; Computer-assisted bioinformatics; Comparative genomics
myandell@genetics.utah.eduXiaoxu Yang
Assistant Professor
Mosaicism, Bioinformatics, Human Genetics
xiaoxu.yang@genetics.utah.edu