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Yoav Gilad is a professor in the Biological Sciences Division at the University of Chicago, specializing in medicine, genetics, and biology. His research focuses on genetic regulatory differences in humans and their close evolutionary relatives. He aims to identify the genetic basis for human-specific traits and the genetic variations that contribute to disease susceptibility in humans as compared to primates. Gilad has a Ph.D. in Molecular Genetics from the Weizmann Institute of Science and has made significant contributions to the field through his research on gene regulation and response to environmental factors. His lab is actively involved in studying how oxygen-induced stress affects gene regulation in human brain organoids and other biological systems.
Department of Philosophy