Department of Genetics, University of Cambridge
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| purpose = Research and teaching in Genetics
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| leader_title = Head of Department
| leader_name = Steve Russell
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The Department of Genetics is a department of the University of Cambridge that conducts research and teaching in genetics.{{cite web
|url= https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk
|title= Department of Genetics
|access-date= 2018-10-09
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Research
{{As of|2017}}, the department has 83 researchers over 27 research groups, studying functional genomics, systems biology, developmental biology, cell biology, epigenetic inheritance, microbial genetics and evolution and population genetics.{{cite web
|url= https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/research-groups
|title= Department of Genetics - Research Groups
|date= 3 June 2013
|access-date= 2018-10-09
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Notable academic staff
- Anne Ferguson-Smith {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS|FMedSci}},{{cite web|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170505140041/https://royalsociety.org/people/anne-ferguson-smith-13389/|archive-date=2017-05-05|url=https://royalsociety.org/people/anne-ferguson-smith-13389/|publisher=royalsociety.org|location=London|author=Anon|year=2017|title=Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith FMedSci FRS}}{{cite web|url=https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/professor-anne-ferguson-smith|title=Professor Anne Ferguson-Smith FRS FMedSci|author=Anon|year=2012|website=acmedsci.ac.uk|publisher=Academy of Medical Sciences|location=London|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160801024519/https://acmedsci.ac.uk/fellows/fellows-directory/ordinary-fellows/professor-anne-ferguson-smith|archive-date=2016-08-01}} Arthur Balfour Professor of Genetics, formerly Head of the Department
- Richard Durbin FRS, Honorary Professor of Computational genomics, Senior Group Leader at the Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute{{cite web |url=http://www.sanger.ac.uk/research/faculty/rdurbin/ |title=Dr Richard Durbin – Wellcome Trust Sanger Institute |archive-date=2012-02-28|url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120228004358/http://www.sanger.ac.uk/research/faculty/rdurbin/}}
- Julie Ahringer FMedSci, Professor of Genetics and Genomics, Wellcome Trust Senior Research Fellow, and Director of the Gurdon Institute
- David Glover FRS FRSE, Wellcome Investigator in the Department of Genetics, formerly Balfour Professor of Genetics
{{As of|2017}}, the department also has 50-65 graduate students and about 30 Part II Tripos undergraduate students.{{cite web
|url= https://www.gen.cam.ac.uk/department
|title= Department of Genetics - Department
|date= 13 May 2013
|access-date= 2018-10-09
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Emeritus and alumni
Notable alumni of the department include:
- Reginald Punnett {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}}, inventor of the Punnett Square
- Michael Ashburner {{post-nominals|country=GBR|FRS}}, gene ontologist and co-founder of the European Bioinformatics Institute (EBI){{Who's Who | title=Ashburner, Prof. Michael | author=Anon| id = U5810 | year = 2014 |doi=10.1093/ww/9780199540884.013.U5810| edition = online Oxford University Press}}
- Ronald Fisher, statistical geneticist, who has been described as “a genius who almost single-handedly created the foundations for modern statistical science”.
References
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