Genetic Variation and Disease
Research Area
Biological Chemistry faculty use classical genetics approaches as well as high-throughput genomic and computational techniques to study the role of DNA sequence variation in differences among individuals, including disease risk.
![Genetic variation and disease](/sites/g/files/oketem431/files/styles/portrait_360x540/public/media/images/Genetic-Variation-and-Disease.jpg?h=ac60aa07&itok=dlsvfHM8)
Researchers
![Keriann Backus](/sites/g/files/oketem431/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Keriann-backus_1_0.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=Kdpeyf8z)
![Jason Ernst](/sites/g/files/oketem431/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Ernst_9118-copy-400x400.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=WzHixS3l)
![Leonid Kruglyak](/sites/g/files/oketem431/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Leonid_Kruglyak.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=yJ3AbBdy)
![Debora Sobreira](/sites/g/files/oketem431/files/styles/small_square_250px/public/media/images/Debora-Sobreira-scaled-e1674068726874-400x400.jpg?h=d72ff27f&itok=7mtjD1KD)