Faculty
(in alphabetical order)

Anne M. Bowcock, Ph.D.
Professor, Genetics, Pediatrics, Internal Medicine
Co-Director, Division of Human Genetics
James M. Cheverud, Ph.D.
Professor, Anatomy and Neurobiology, Anthropology, Biology, Genetics
C. Robert Cloninger, M.D.
Wallace Renard Professor, Psychiatry, Professor, Psychology, Genetics
Jonathan D. Gitlin, M.D.
Helene B. Roberson Professor, Pediatrics, Professor, Genetics
Alison Goate, Ph.D.
Samuel and Mae S. Ludwig Professor of Genetics in Psychiatry, Psychiatry, Genetics
Paul J. Goodfellow, Ph.D.
Professor, Surgery, Obstetrics and Gynecology, Genetics
David H. Gutmann, M.D., Ph.D.
Donald O. Schnuck Family Chair in Neurology, Professor, Neurology, Genetics
Andrew C. Heath, D. Phil.
Spencer T. Olin Professor of Psychology, Psychiatry
Associate Professor, Psychology, Genetics
Michael Lovett, Ph.D.
Professor, Genetics, Pediatrics
Co-Director Division of Human Genetics
Rosalind J. Neuman, Ph.D.
Research Associate Professor of Mathematics in Psychiatry, Genetics
Janet S. Rader, M.D.
Professor, Obstetrics and Gynecology
Associate Professor, Genetics
D.C. Rao, Ph.D.
Professor and Director, Division of Biostatistics
Professor, Psychiatry, Genetics
John Rice, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry, Mathematics, Genetics
Nancy L. Saccone, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Genetics
Steven Scholnick, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Otolaryngology, Genetics
Alan Shiels, Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences, Genetics
Brian K. Suarez, Ph.D.
Professor, Psychiatry, Genetics
Alan Templeton, Ph.D.
Charles Rebstock Professor of Biology
Professor, Genetics
Richard D. Todd, Ph.D., M.D.
Blanche F. Ittleson Professor, Psychiatry
Professor, Genetics
Michael Tomasson, M.D.
Assistant Professor, Internal Medicine, Genetics
Zsolt Urban, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Genetics
Michael P. Whyte, M.D.
Professor, Medicine, Pediatrics, Genetics
Associate Professor, Division of Biostatistics

Contact Information

Department of Genetics
Division of Human Genetics
Campus Box 8232
4566 Scott Avenue
St. Louis, MO 63110

Phone: (314) 747-3261
FAX: (314) 747-2489



Division of Human Genetics


Welcome to the Division of Human Genetics. We are a division within the Department of Genetics in Washington University School of Medicine. The division is jointly directed by Dr. Anne Bowcock and Dr. Michael Lovett. The division's faculty come from diverse scientific disciplines and several different academic departments. Their research interests cover most areas of contemporary human and mammalian genetics. Specific research interests can be accessed by clicking on the names in the column to the left.

Core facilities within the division include:

  • Genotyping Core, which uses the Sequenom mass array spectrometry system for high performance SNP genotyping. This core is available for use by Washington University investigators. Please click here if you wish to find out more about this facility.
  • Custom microarray facility. We do not normally solicit outside microarray projects, but refer parties to a much larger facility at the Washington University Genome Sequencing Center. However, if you are interested in our custom transcription factor microarray, click here or see this PDF file.
  • Fluorescence in situ hybridization (FISH) imaging facility for the detection and molecular cloning of chromosomal rearrangements. This facility is also normally for use only by investigators within the division.

The Division also runs a Human Genetics Journal Club. If you would like more information on this please contact makin@hg.wustl.edu.

Links to specific laboratory web sites

Dr. Bowcock: Molecular genetic analyses of simple and complex human disease.

Dr. Cheverud: Evolutionary quantitative genetics and morphology

Dr. Gitlin: Biochemical and molecular basis of metalloprotein biosynthesis

Dr. Goate: Molecular genetics of neuropsychiatric diseases, in particular Alzheimer's disease and alcohol dependence

Dr. Gutmann: Familial tumor predisposition syndromes

Dr. Lovett: Genome technology development with a focus on human genetic disease. Systems biology with a particular focus upon identifying pathways in the development and regeneration of inner ear hair cells. The molecular genetics of hearing loss and craniofacial development.

Dr. Urban: Inherited diseases of the elastic fiber system.



Seminars

Division of Human Genetics

Dept. of Genetics Listings, Spring 2008
DBBS Seminar Listings

Courses/Programs

Quantitative Human and Statistical Genetics Program
Molecular Genetics Program
Bio5285 Fundamentals of Mammalian Genetics
Dept. of Genetics Courses
GEMS (Genetic Epidemiology Masters of Science)
DBBS Graduate Programs

Resources

SNP Genotyping Core
GSC Services (Microarray, Sequencing)
GeneChip Core (Biomedical Informatics Core)

Links

Dept. of Genetics
GSC (Genome Sequencing Center)
Division of Biostatistics
Center for Genome Sciences

Division News

April 4, 2008
Researchers uncover new genetic links to psoriasis

June 11, 2007
Scientists identify first gene linked to scoliosis

March 15, 2007
Modern technology reveals mummy's past
(AP report)
St. Louis Science Center unveils child mummy (St. Louis Post-Dispatch)

Feb. 9, 2005
Hypertension in African Americans linked to two genomic regions

Jan. 6, 2005
New Method Simplifies Search for Genetic Changes Associated with Disease

Sept. 2, 2004
Gene Linked to Both Alcoholism and Depression

Nov.9 2003
Ten-Year Study Leads Researchers to Psoriasis Genes

May 22, 2003
Inner Ear of Chicken Yields Clues to Human Deafness and Balance Disorders

Dec.5 2000
Researchers Find A Genetic Cause of Type 1 Diabetes and Autoimmunity

Useful Links for Division Members


Databases

NCBI

Pubmed

Hapmap Home

Ensembl Genome Server

GeneCards

UCSC Genome Browser
Genome Browser Mirror
Human Genome Browser
Mouse Genome Browser
Chicken Genome Browser
UCSC Proteome Gateway

BioBase e.g., TRANSFAC

SOURCE

NETAFFX

Pfam (Sanger)

Sequence Analysis Tools
NCBI BLAST
BLAT
UCSC In-Silico PCR
GenScan
RepeatMasker
Primer3
zPicture and rVista
TFSEARCH

Local Resources
GeneChip Core Login
FP_TDI SNP login
Local linkage programs
Local humgen accounts
COGENE
WUMS Research Core Facilities
Bernard Becker Medical Library
Washington University Phone Book
Environmental Health & Safety
HIPAA

Additional Resources
ASHG (American Society of Human Genetics)
Broad Institute (MIT)
Jackson Labs
Marshfield Center for Medical Genetics
Linkage programs listing (Rockefeller)
GenLink (not updated)
TIGR
MSDS (Material Safety Data Sheets)
IDT (custom DNA synthesis)

Lab Protocols
protocol-online.org
Donis-Keller Lab Manual

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