Genetics Research
Genetics play a major role in disease development and these biomedical sciences faculty are working to help improve quality of life for Georgians through genetics research.
Funding Organizations
- National Institutes of Health
Cancer Research Faculty
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Pamela Cook, PhD
Macon
Dr. Cook’s research focuses on retrotransposons, also known as mobile or junk DNA, which make up a significant proportion of the human genome.
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Jong-Hyuk Lee, PhD
Savannah
Dr. Lee’s lab focuses on unravelling the causal factors of epigenetic histone modification alterations
during normal aging and in premature aging disorders.
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