Overview
Genetics is a thriving research community at Newcastle University that includes researchers in various locations, such as the Life Science Centre, who work alongside many clinical, commercial and educational organisations. Our research encompasses a range of topics in stem cell biology, human and medical genetics, genomics and precision medicine.
We offer supervision for MPhil, PhD and MD in a variety of areas including:
- cancer genetics and genome instability
- cardiovascular genetics and development
- genomics and precision medicine
- complex disease and quantitative genetics
- developmental genetics
- gene expression and regulation in normal development and disease
- genetics of neurological disorders
- kidney genetics and development
- mitochondrial disease
- neuromuscular genetics
- stem cell biology
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