The broad focus of the Alt lab is the elucidation of mechanisms that generate antigen receptor diversity in the Immune system and mechanisms that maintain... Read more about Frederick W. Alt
Bullard Professor of Neurogenetics in the Department of Genetics
My laboratory is focused on understanding nervous system disease using molecular genetic strategies, beginning with human patients and proceeding through...
The vertebrate immune system is capable of specifically recognizing and responding to an enormous number of antigens. The interaction with antigen is...
I do theoretical and experimental work in human population genetics and genomics. The field is moving quickly right now thanks to new genomic technologies...
Why do we grow old? Why does aging cause disease? Can we slow aging or even reverse it? These are some of the greatest unsolved questions in biology....
Our laboratory studies how chromosome behavior and positioning influence genome function and evolution, with implications for gene regulation, genome...
