微生物遗传学哲学博士

遗传学代表解剖生物学机制的一套统一工具。但更重要的是，该学科为理解生物系统和生物变异提供了一个概念框架。结果，遗传分析在诸如发育生物学，神经科学和进化生物学等各个领域继续发挥着重要作用，而遗传学研究是医学发展的关键。我们的教员就一系列遗传学问题进行协作，其中许多人利用一种精英模型遗传系统（秀丽隐杆线虫，果蝇，斑马鱼，小鼠等）中的遗传分析能力。该小组目前的研究兴趣包括基因表达的调控，神经发育，形态发生，复杂性状遗传学和人类病原体遗传学。堪萨斯大学在分子生物科学系设有出色且广泛代表的微生物研究计划。微生物学小
Genetics represents a unified set of tools to dissect biological mechanisms. But more importantly the discipline provides a conceptual framework for understanding biological systems and organismal variation. As a result, genetic analysis continues to have an essential role in fields as diverse as developmental biology, neuroscience, and evolutionary biology, and genetics research is key to advances in medicine. Our faculty collaborate on an array of problems in genetics, with many exploiting the power of genetic analysis in one of the elite model genetic systems (C. elegans, Drosophila, zebrafish, mice and others). Current research interests in the group include the regulation of gene expression, neural development, morphogenesis, complex trait genetics, and the genetics of human pathogens. The University of Kansas has an excellent and broadly represented Microbiology research program in the Molecular Biosciences Department. The microbiology group is a dynamic community of scholars and distinguished investigators engaged in research at the forefront of areas including immunology, bacterial pathogenesis and genetics, virology, and fungal secondary metabolites. Microbiology researchers have access to numerous stellar core facilities (including the microscopy and imaging, biomolecular NMR, protein production, protein structure/crystallography, high throughput screening, mass spectrometry, and genome sequencing cores) and state-of-the-art equipment. Microbiology research activities are strongly supported by public and private funding sources, notably the NSF and NIH. In addition, Microbiology researchers have close ties with microbiologists in several other departments at KU-Lawrence as well as the KU Medical Center, and have much cross-disciplinary collaboration within KU (e.g. School of Pharmacy, Department of Chemistry and Center for Bioinformatics) and around the world. Our Microbiology PhD graduates have a high rate of job placement in industry and academics both locally and nationally. The Microbiology degree track offers a challenging, stimulating and nurturing environment for PhD students. Microbiology Faculty are committed to providing exceptional scientific training through mentoring in the laboratory, classwork and teaching opportunities. Graduate-level classwork covers Pathogenic Microbiology, Immunology, Virology and Microbial Genetics.