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The PhD Program in Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology (MGDB) is one of the six degree-granting programs offered to students entering the Interdisciplinary Biomedical Graduate Program in the School of Medicine and this program provides an exceptionally exciting and vigorous academic environment for modern biomedical research. The MGDB program brings together faculty in both basic and applied sciences, including researchers from the School of Medicine, the University of Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, the Magee-Womens Research Institute and the Department of Biological Sciences. MGDB research is at the cutting edge of many emerging fields, including developmental and reproductive biology, stem cell biology, proteomics, computational biology and genomics. Our work has direct relevance to acute injury, congenital disorders, cancer, diabetes, muscular dystrophy and other genetic diseases. The faculty members in the Molecular Genetics and Developmental Biology program have diverse research interests and are exploring questions that address fundamental and critical issues in biology and medicine. Faculty research interests can be broadly divided into five major areas: Developmental and Stem Cell Biology, DNA Replication and Repair, Gene Regulation and Signal Transduction, Oncogenes and Tumor Suppressor Genes, and Protein Structure and Molecular Dynamics.