GENYX Department

The GENYX department counts host teams located on all the research sites of the Université Paris Cité: institut Pasteur, institut Cochin, Bichat, Imagine, BFA, Epigénétique Destin Cellulaire, institut Jacques Monod etc.

116 HDRs are part of this department, supervising 71 PhD students in 2025.

Research topics are very diverse, with the key words being :

Heritability and mutations
– Heredity, Mutations
– Population genetics, Evolutionary genetics

Genetics and disease
– Genetic diseases, Medical genetics
– Rare diseases
– Molecular mechanisms of genetic transmission and mutation
– Immunodeficiencies

Molecular structures and tools
– DNA, RNA, Epigenetics
– CRISPR, Sequencing

Applications and experimental models
– Gene therapy, Pharmacogenomics
– Functional genetics, Animal models
– Genetic biotechnology