Supporting interdisciplinary collaboration.

With faculty-driven interest, the GGA sponsors multiple university-wide Research Interest Groups (RIGs) that are designed to foster cross-cutting interdisciplinary research. RIGs meet regularly to share research interests and exchange ideas. Products from RIGs include mini-symposiums or workshops, new collaborations, and collaborative grant proposals. RIG events are open to faculty, staff, postdocs, and graduate students.

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INTRINSyC (Initiative for Translational, Integrative and Synthetic) Plant Biology

Synergizes and builds on the current strengths of existing biology faculty in various traditionally isolated disciplines of Plant Sciences, Computer Science, and Engineering.

Evolutionary Genetics

Interested in gene and genome evolution, comparative genomics, and modeling evolution.

Genetics and Genomics Education

Interested in advancing education and pedagogy in genetics and genomics.

Genetics and Genomics of Plant and Animal Breeding

Interested in DNA marker discovery, genotyping technologies, genome-wide association studies, genomic selection, and mapping genes for marker-aided selection in plant and animal breeding.

Genes and Society

Fosters interdisciplinary collaboration among geneticists, social scientists, ethicists, and science communicators to address the societal implications of genetic research.

Genetic/Genome Engineering and Emerging Technologies

Interested in showcasing cutting-edge genome engineering, transgenics, biotechnology and synthetic biology.

Genetic Pest Management

Developing novel pest management approaches through genetic engineering of pest species to decrease their densities and/or decrease their ability to transmit pathogens.

Microbiome

Interested in analysis and engineering of plant, animal and insect microbiomes, as well as the complex microbial communities in soil and water environments.

Neurogenetics

Bridging the fields of genetics and neuroscience at NCSU to better understand the genetic basis of the nervous system—including its molecules, cells, and systems—and animal behavior.

Quantitative and Computational Developmental Biology

Dedicated to interdisciplinary research at the interface of biology, genetics, biochemistry, physics, mathematics, and engineering, using model organisms that span the evolutionary tree of life.

Structural Genomics and Chromatin

Explores computational and experimental methods to understand the 3D structures and dynamics of biomolecules important for genome function, as well as their misregulation and relationship to diseases.