Dr. William Mcginnis

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Biography

Bill McGinnis received his Ph.D. from the University of California, Berkeley in 1982. He was a Jane Coffin Childs postdoctoral fellow at the University of Basel before joining the faculty at Yale University from 1984 to 1995. His research focuses on understanding the regulation of transcription patterns of Hox genes in animal embryos, particularly in Drosophila. His lab has developed methods to detect transcriptional activation patterns in individual nuclei and to identify genetic components involved in the wound response pathway that controls epidermal regeneration in Drosophila. Dr. McGinnis has received several awards, including the Searle Scholar Award, the Presidential Young Investigator Award, and the Dreyfuss Teacher/Scholar Award. In 2010, he was elected to the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Research Interests

Gene Regulation Hox Genes Transcriptional Activation Epidermal Regeneration Drosophila Genetics

Requirements for University of California, San Diego

Doctorate Program
Requirements
GPA Requirement
Required:3
TOEFL
Total
Required:85
IELTS
Overall
Required:7
Duolingo
Overall Score
Required:120
Overall
Required:120
Prerequisites
Bachelor's degree in physical, biological, or earth sciences, mathematics, or engineering. Differential and integral calculus. One year of calculus-based physics with laboratory. One year of chemistry with laboratory.
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Specialization Notes

Administered by the Scripps Institution of Oceanography. Curricular groups include Climate-Ocean-Atmosphere (COAP), Geosciences (GEO), and Ocean Biosciences (OBP).