Molecular Genetics

Molecular Genetics: Introduction

Faculty Affiliation

Medicine

Degree Programs

Genetic Counselling

MSc

Medical Genomics

MHSc

Molecular Genetics

MSc and PhD

Combined Degree Programs

MD / PhD

Collaborative Specializations

The following collaborative specializations are available to students in participating degree programs as listed below:

Developmental Biology
- Molecular Genetics, MSc, PhD
Genome Biology and Bioinformatics
- Molecular Genetics, PhD
Next-Generation Precision Medicine
- Molecular Genetics, PhD

Overview

The Department of Molecular Genetics is administered from the Medical Sciences Building and has nearly 100 faculty members whose labs are located within the Medical Sciences Building, the MaRS Centre, the Donnelly Centre, the Hospital for Sick Children, Mount Sinai Hospital, and the Ontario Institute for Cancer Research.

Faculty members run a variety of research programs in diverse areas such as genetic models of development and disease; molecular medicine and human genetics; cellular and molecular structure and function; molecular microbiology and infectious disease; computational and systems biology; functional genomics and proteomics.

Contact and Address

Web: www.moleculargenetics.utoronto.ca
Email: graduate.coordinator@utoronto.ca
Telephone: (416) 978-8359
Fax: (416) 978-6885

Department of Molecular Genetics
University of Toronto
Medical Sciences Building
Room 4398, 1 King's College Circle
Toronto, Ontario M5S 1A8
Canada

Molecular Genetics: Graduate Faculty

Full Members

Andrews, Brenda Jean - BSc, PhD

Andrulis, Irene - BA, PhD

Aubin, Jane - BSc, PhD

Awadalla, Philip - PhD

Babaian, Artem - PhD

Bader, Gary - BSc, PhD

Blencowe, Benjamin - BSc, PhD

Boone, Charlie - BSc, PhD

Boulianne, Gabrielle - BSc, PhD

Brill, Julie - PhD

Brown, Martha - BSc, MSc, PhD

Brumell, John - BSc, PhD

Campos, Eric - PhD

Ciruna, Brian - BSc, PhD

Claycomb, Julie - BA, BS, PhD

Cochrane, Alan - BSc, PhD

Collins, Rick - BSc, PhD

Costain, Greg - MD, MSD, ScD

Cowen, Leah - BSc, PhD

Culotti, Joseph - PhD

Davidson, Alan Richard - BSc, PhD

Delgado Olguin, Paul - BSc, PhD

Dennis, James - PhD

Derry, Brent - BSc, MSc, PhD

Dick, John - PhD

Dirks, Peter Benjamin - MD, PhD

Durocher, Daniel - PhD

Edwards, Aled - BSc, PhD

Egan, Sean - PhD

Ellis, James - PhD

Ensminger, Alexander - BS, PhD

Ernst, Oliver - PhD

Frappier, Lori - PhD (Graduate Coordinator)

Fraser, Andrew - BSc

Funnell, Barbara - PhD

Gallie, Brenda - MD

Gillis, Jesse - BSc, MSc, PhD

Gingras, Anne-Claude - BSc, PhD

Gray-Owen, Scott - BS, PhD

Greenblatt, Jack - BSc, PhD

Hayes, Madeline - PhD

Hopyan, Sevan - BSc, MD, PhD

Huang, Xi - PhD

Hughes, Timothy - BSE, BMus, PhD (Chair and Graduate Chair)

Hui, Chi-Chung - PhD

Hurd, Thomas Ryan - BSc, PhD

Joshi-Sukhwal, Sadhna - BSc, MSc, PhD, DSc

Kafri, Ran - BSc, MSc, PhD

Kalish, Brian - MD

Kaplan, David - BA, PhD

Kay, Lewis - PhD

Kim, Philip - BS, PhD

Krause, Henry - BSc, PhD

Lavoie, Brigitte - PhD

Li, Yun - PhD

Lipshitz, Howard - PhD

Liu, Jun - PhD

Maass, Philipp - PhD

Meneghini, Marc - BSc, PhD

Miller, Freda - BSc, PhD

Moffat, Jason - BSc, PhD

Montenegro Burke, Rafa - MSD

Moran, Michael - BSc, PhD

Muffat, Julien - PhD

Navarre, William - BSc, PhD

Okamoto, Kenichi - BS, MA, PhD

Osborne, Lucy - PhD

Park, Jeehye - PhD

Parkinson, John - BS, PhD

Pearson, Christopher - PhD

Pelletier, Laurence - BSc, MSc, PhD

Protze, Stephanie - PhD

Ramalho-Santos, Miguel - PhD

Reimand, Juri - MSc, PhD

Rini, James - BSc, PhD

Rommens, Johanna - BSc, PhD

Rossant, Janet - PhD

Roth, Frederick - PhD

Roy, Peter John - BSc, PhD

Rozen-Gagnon, Kathryn - BA

Scherer, Stephen - PhD

Schramek, Daniel - PhD

Scott, Ian - BSc, PhD

Segall, Jacqueline - BSc, PhD

Sicheri, Frank - BSc, PhD

Smibert, Craig - BSc, PhD

Sondheimer, Neal John - MD, PhD

Spence, Andrew - BSc, PhD

Stagljar, Igor - BS, PhD

Stein, Lincoln - BA, MD, PhD

Steipe, Boris - MD, PhD

Tyers, Michael - PhD

Van Der Kooy, Derek - BSc, MA, PhD

Wilde, Andrew Rhys - BSc, PhD

Wilson, Michael - BSc, PhD

Wrana, Jeff - PhD

Zhang, Zhaolei - BS, PhD

Zhen, Mei - PhD

Members Emeriti

Becker, Andrew - MD, PhD

Carver, Jeremy - BA, PhD

Sadowski, Paul - MD, PhD

Siminovitch, Louis - BSc, BSc, PhD

Associate Members

Babul-Hirji, Riyana - BSc, MSc

Care, Melanie - BSc, MSc

Carroll, Johanna - BA, PhD

Chitayat, David - MD

Cytrynbaum, Cheryl - MSc

Druker, Harriet - MSc

Dupuis, Lucie - MSc

Graham, Tracy - MSc

Hedges, Stephanie - MSc

Hill, Jessica - BSc, MSc, PhD

Hoang, Ny - MSc

Injeyan, Marie - MSc

Kaiser, Amy - BA

Klatt, Regan - BSc, MSc

Lemmens, Trudo - LLM, DCL, Dr. William M. Scholl Chair in Health Law and Policy

Liston, Eriskay - BA, MSc

Lorentz, Justin - MSc

Malcolmson, Janet - MSc

Martin, Nicole - BSc, MS

McCuaig, Jeanna - MS

Mendoza, Roberto - MD

Miron, Ioana - MSc

Murphy, Jillian - BSc, MSc

Myles Reid, Diane - BSc, MSc

Owens, Gillian - MSc

Piccinin, Carolyn - MSc

Quercia, Nada - BS, MSc

Randall-Armel, Susan - MS

Semotiuk, Kara - BSc

Shugar, Andrea - BSc, MS

Shuman, Cheryl - MSc

Silver, Rachel - BSc, MSc

Staines, Andrea - MSc

Steele, Leslie - BSc, MSc

Steiner, Martina - PhD

Styles, Erin - BSc, PhD

Uster, Tamarah - BSc, MS

Watkins, Nicholas - MSc

Watts-Dickens, Abby - MSc

Weksberg, Rosanna - MD, PhD

Yoon, Grace - MD

Molecular Genetics: Genetic Counselling MSc Courses

Required Courses

Course Code	Course Title
MSC2010Y	Molecular Medicine in Human Genetic Disease
MMG1120Y⁺	Clinical Rotations I
MMG1122Y	Issues in Genetic Counselling I
MMG1124Y	Principles of Effective Counselling
MMG1126Y	Clinical Issues in Pregnancy and Child Development
MMG1128Y	Risk Calculation and Research Methodology
MMG1130Y	Tutorial in Molecular Genetics
MMG1132H	Laboratory Skills
MMG1220Y	Clinical Rotations II
MMG1222Y	Issues in Genetic Counselling II
MMG1224Y	Advanced Principles of Effective Counselling
MMG1226Y	Concepts in Clinical Genetics
MMG1228Y	Independent Research Project
MMG1230H	Cancer Genetic Counselling

⁺ Extended course. For academic reasons, coursework is extended into session following academic session in which course is offered.

Molecular Genetics: Medical Genomics MHSc Courses

Required Courses

Course Code	Course Title
MMG3001Y (2.0 FCEs)	Advanced Human Genetics
MMG3002Y	Biological Statistics
MMG3003Y (2.0 FCEs)	Genomics Methodologies
MMG3004Y	Communication of Genetic Information
MMG3005Y	Ethical and Legal Implications of Genomics

Required Elective (choose one)

Course Code	Course Title
MMG3007Y	Clinical Practicum in Medical Genomics (Credit/No Credit)
MMG3008Y	Practicum in Modern Genomics (Credit/No Credit)

Modular Courses (choose any four, 0.25 FCE each)

Course Code	Course Title
MMG3201H	Medical Genomics Graduate Professional Development
MMG3202H	Next-Generation Sequencing — Data Generation Laboratory
MMG3203H	Next-Generation Sequencing — Data Analysis and Interpretation (prerequisite: MMG3003Y or equivalent)
MMG3204H	Practical Applications of Genome Interpretation (prerequisite: MMG3003Y or equivalent)
MMG3205H	Research Topics in Medical Genomics

Molecular Genetics: Molecular Genetics MSc, PhD Courses

Course Code	Course Title
JBB1425H (0.5 FCE)	Structural Biology: Principles and Practice
JBB2025H (0.5 FCE)	Protein Crystallography
JDB1024Y (1.0 FCE)	Topics in Developmental Biology
JDB1025H (0.5 FCE)	Developmental Biology
JDB1026Y (1.0 FCE)	Student Seminars in Developmental Biology
MMG1001H (0.5 FCE)	Foundational Genetic Approaches I
MMG1003H (0.25 FCE)	First Year Colloquium
MMG1004H (0.25 FCE)	A Practical Course in Programming for Biologists
MMG1111H (0.0 FCE)	Graduate Seminars I (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1112H (0.0 FCE)	Graduate Seminars II (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1113H (0.25 FCE)	MSc Presentation Skills
MMG1114H (0.25 FCE)	MSc Presentation
MMG1115H (0.5 FCE)	PhD Presentation
MMG1301H (0.25 FCE)	Developmental Neurobiology
MMG1302H (0.25 FCE)	Advanced Imaging: Techniques and Application in Biological Systems (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1303H (0.25 FCE)	Cell Cycle and Growth Control (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1304H (0.25 FCE)	Bacterial Pathogens
MMG1305H (0.25 FCE)	Comparative and Population Genomics (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1306H (0.25 FCE)	Epigenetics and Transcriptional Control (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1307H (0.25 FCE)	Fungal Drug Resistance, Development, and Disease (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1308H (0.25 FCE)	Human Genome Analysis (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1309H (0.25 FCE)	Virus Host Interactions (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1315H (0.25 FCE)	Gene and Protein Evolution (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1316H (0.25 FCE)	Cancer Genetics (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1317H (0.25 FCE)	Special Topics in Advanced Cancer Proteomics (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1318H (0.25 FCE)	Cytoskeletal Dynamics (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1319H (0.25 FCE)	Genomics of Infectious Diseases
MMG1320H (0.25 FCE)	Genome Duplication, Repair, and Transmission (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1321H (0.25 FCE)	Eukaryotic Signaling (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1322H (0.25 FCE)	Protozoan Pathogens (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1323H (0.25 FCE)	Signalling Networks in Development, Regeneration, and Disease (Credit/No Credit)
MMG1324H (0.25 FCE)	Mitochondrial Genetics in Health and Disease
MMG1325H (0.25 FCE)	Molecular Mechanisms of Mood and Mind (M4)
MMG1326H (0.25 FCE)	Post‐Transcriptional Regulatory Mechanisms
MMG1327H (0.25 FCE)	Microbiomes in Health and Disease
MMG1331H (0.25 FCE)	Stem Cells II
MMG1333H (0.25 FCE)	Virus Replication
MMG1344H (0.25 FCE)	Foundational Computational Biology I (exclusion: MMG1004H)
MMG1345H (0.25 FCE)	Foundational Computational Biology II (exclusion: MMG1004H)
MMG1425H (0.5 FCE)	Signal Transduction and Cell Cycle Regulation