# Genetics

**Source**: https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/areas-of-research/genetics/
**Parent**: https://biology.mit.edu/

genes • gene editing • heredity• evolution • genetic variability • phenotypic variability • horizontal gene transfer • meiosis • recombination • epigenetics • DNA repair and replication • chromosome segregation • cell division • gene regulation • development • aging • pathogenesis • cancer • disease

## [Faculty](https://biology.mit.edu/faculty-and-research/faculty/?research-area%5B%5D=genetics)

#### [David Bartel](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-bartel/)

#### [Iain M. Cheeseman](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/iain-m-cheeseman/)

#### [Olivia Corradin](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/olivia-corradin/)

#### [Gerald R. Fink](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/gerald-r-fink/)

#### [Mary Gehring](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/mary-gehring/)

#### [Alan D. Grossman](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/alan-d-grossman/)

#### [Leonard P. Guarente](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/leonard-p-guarente/)

#### [Michael T. Hemann](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/michael-t-hemann/)

#### [H. Robert Horvitz](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/h-robert-horvitz/)

#### [David Housman](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-housman/)

#### [Siniša Hrvatin](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/sinisa-hrvatin/)

#### [Tyler Jacks](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/tyler-jacks/)

#### [Matthew G. Jones](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/matthew-jones/)

#### [Chris A. Kaiser](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/chris-a-kaiser/)

#### [Kristin Knouse](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/kristin-knouse/)

#### [Eric S. Lander](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/eric-s-lander/)

#### [Michael T. Laub](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/michael-t-laub/)

#### [Ruth Lehmann](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/ruth-lehmann/)

#### [Daniel Lew](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/daniel-lew/)

#### [Pulin Li](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/pulin-li/)

#### [Troy Littleton](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/troy-littleton/)

#### [David C. Page](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/david-c-page/)

#### [Peter Reddien](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/peter-reddien/)

#### [Francisco J. Sánchez-Rivera](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/francisco-j-sanchez-rivera/)

#### [Graham C. Walker](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/graham-c-walker/)

#### [Yukiko Yamashita](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/yukiko-yamashita/)

*Faculty Spotlight*

### [Leonard P. Guarente](https://biology.mit.edu/profile/leonard-p-guarente/)

*Novartis Professor of Biology*

Leonard P. Guarente looks at mammal, mouse, and human brains to understand the genetic underpinning of aging and age-related diseases like Alzheimer’s.