PhD in Genetics and Molecular Biology in Charlotte United States | University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill

Genetics serves as both a scientific field (exploring inheritance) and a methodological framework (altering genes or genetic material). Modern genetic research predominantly involves molecular-level investigations through RNA, DNA, or whole genome manipulation. Our department excels in both model organism genetics and genomic studies.

The Genetics and Molecular Biology program is an interdisciplinary Ph.D. initiative, uniting approximately 80 faculty and students across all basic science departments in the School of Medicine, the Biology Department in the College of Arts and Sciences, and research labs in the Schools of Dentistry and Pharmacy. Though research topics vary, they share a unifying focus: employing genetic, genomic, and molecular techniques to investigate diverse biological questions. Research areas span mouse models of human diseases, replication and recombination mechanisms, epigenetic regulation, and developmental genetics.