遗传学研究生课程成立于1980年，是一个跨机构计划，结合了石溪大学，冷泉港实验室和布鲁克海文国家实验室的遗传学优势。遗传学计划拥有近100名教职员工，其专业知识涵盖从经典动物，植物和微生物模型系统的基础研究到行为，癌症和其他人类疾病的前沿研究。学生享受到极好的培训机会，这些机会反映了遗传学在现代生物学和生物医学研究中日益扩大的作用。例如，与带有模型生物的传统诱变筛选一起，基因组学的迅速发展正在产生大量的信息，这反过来又揭示了各种生命形式的遗传电路及其之间的关系。传统方法和新方法收集的数据都强调了遗传学在描
The Graduate Program in Genetics was founded in 1980 as an inter-institutional program, combining the strengths in genetics at Stony Brook University, Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, and Brookhaven National Laboratory. With nearly 100 faculty, the Genetics Program encompasses expertise that ranges from fundamental studies on classical animal, plant, and microbial model systems to cutting-edge research on behavior, cancer, and other human diseases. Students enjoy superb opportunities for training that reflect the ever-expanding role of genetics in modern biological and biomedical research. For instance, alongside traditional mutagenic screens with model organisms, the rapidly growing discipline of genomics is producing an explosion of information, which in turn is revealing the genetic circuitry of and relationships among all forms of life. Data gathered by both traditional and new methodologies underscore the central importance of genetics in delineating the connection among genes, their biological functions, and the evolutionary processes that shape life on earth. Genetics also gives practical insights into how defects in genes contribute to disease, as well as how gene products and genetic engineering can be used to improve the human condition.