Schools for Mol Bio + Genetics MD/PhD

[deleted819639]

Hello everyone,

I am (re)building my school list for this year's app, and I am looking for medical schools with strong Mol Bio + Genetics graduate programs. I know about the big players (Stanford, Harvard, Baylor, JHU, Penn) and PIs in my specific field, but I am looking for programs that I may have missed to round out my list.

Thank you!

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[rtn1]

Literally every school has PI’s in molecular bio and genetics...

 

[deleted819639]

@rtn1 I understand; keyword "strong." Looking to hear about up and coming programs or a non T10/T20 schools with interesting genetics research.

 

[gbwillner]

WashU is pretty strong.

 

[inode]

Strong Mol Bio + Genetics is extremely broad. Those are two very broad fields so it's hard to recommend programs that would be a good fit for you.

And other top 10 schools (UCLA, UCSF, Cornell/Tri-I, etc.) certainly have very strong research in mol bio and/or genetics. Also, UCSD is a very good one. But it depends on what specifically you're interested in. Applying and interviewing is sometimes the best way to see for yourself whether a school's research is "strong" for your particular interests.

 

[Ludwig2000]

I always thought UCSC, as home of the Genome Browser, might have access to some pretty sweet analytical tools and a lot of data for correlating things across levels of gene expression (e.g tissue specific chromatin maps and relation to transcription factor binding). I’ll admit it’s been a while since I’ve played around on genome browser but I always felt like there were big possibilities there.

 

[inode]

UCSC does not have a medical school (doing a postdoc in David Haussler's lab would be pretty cool though!)

 

[Ludwig2000]

Ah, shows what I know. I’m a lifelong east coaster. Agree about the post doc though

 

[Naruhodo]

University of Washington, University of Utah, UPenn, Columbia (to round out the excellent suggestions of UCSF, UCSD, UCLA, Cornell/Tri-I, and WashU) and all the programs that you originally listed. Other strong contenders to consider based on your preferences: Mayo, Vanderbilt, Emory, OHSU, Iowa, UC Irvine, Mt Sinai, Colorado, UChicago, Duke, UNC Chapel Hill