CBMG

The Center for Biomedical Genomics is an applied research center in the Life Sciences division of George Mason University's College of Arts and Sciences. The Center conducts research in functional genomics.

Functional genomics is an emerging field that focuses on the structure, function, and interaction of genes, gene families, genetic pathways, and whole genomes. By utilizing accumulated genetic data, it seeks to address many current issues at the interface between medicine and biology, such as the analysis of gene expression in human cancer cells with DNA microarrays, or drug development and screening in cell cultures.

Some of the key research initiatives currently underway at the Center include:

• Functional genomics of development and differentiation;
• Gene regulation;
• Studies in geno-toxicology;
• Development of new genomics based diagnostic tools; and
• Cancer genomics.

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