Welcome to the Department of Molecular Genetics and Genome Sciences is forging a bold new path in biomedical research. As one of the newest basic science departments at OU Health Sciences, we are dedicated to exploring the fundamental building blocks of life and transforming that knowledge into real-world solutions that improve human health.

Under the leadership of Dr. Jun Li, a nationally recognized genome scientist and computational biologist from the University of Michigan Medical School, we are building an exceptional community of scientists who examine how genetic variations and epigenetic regulation drive development, function, and disease. We envision that our research will span the full spectrum of contemporary genome sciences, from cancer genetics to AI-powered drug discovery, from single-cell sequencing to integration of large-scale biological data suing advanced computational methods.