Welcome!
Welcome to the Genetics Graduate Program at the University of New Hampshire. The interdepartmental Genetics Graduate Program offers Master of Science (M.S.) and Doctor of Philosophy (Ph.D.) degrees in Genetics. Undergraduate students can earn a minor in Genetics.
The Graduate Program in Genetics involves faculty from the departments of Animal and Nutritional Sciences, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology, Microbiology, Plant Biology, and Zoology. The diverse and dynamic research activities of the faculty include molecular and microbial genetics, ecological and evolutionary genetics, and genetic manipulation of economically important plants, animals and microorganisms. Established and emerging eukaryotic model systems include the nematode Caenorhabditis elegans, the plant Arabidopsis thaliana, the budding yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae, as well as diploid strawberry Fragaria vesca, the aquatic invertebrate Daphnia pulex, and many others. Microbial species under investigation include pathogens such as Burkholderia cepacia and Photorhabdus spp. and the symbionts Frankia spp. and Vibrio fischeri.
Current graduate students are engaged in both laboratory- and field-based research projects that provide training in such areas as high-throughput genomic and metagenomic analyses, development of bioinformatic tools, gene cloning, plant hybridization and breeding, population diversity sampling, genetic transformation of microbes and plants, whole genome sequencing and annotation, mutant analysis, and functional analysis of gene expression.
The links on this website provide more details about the courses that we offer, faculty research interests, and requirements for graduate admission and degree completion. For further information, contact genetics.dept@unh.edu.
