Nature Genetics publishes the very highest quality research in genetics. It encompasses genetic and functional genomic studies on human and plant traits and on other model organisms. Current emphasis is on the genetic basis for common and complex diseases and on the functional mechanism, architecture and evolution of gene networks, studied by experimental perturbation.

Integrative genetic topics comprise, but are not limited to:

    Genes in the pathology of human disease
    Molecular analysis of simple and complex genetic traits
    Cancer genetics
    Agricultural genomics
    Developmental genetics
    Regulatory variation in gene expression
    Strategies and technologies for extracting function from genomic data
    Pharmacological genomics
    Genome evolution

Chief Editor: Catherine Potenski
Catherine Potenski (ORCiD) obtained her Ph.D. from the Microbiology program at New York University School of Medicine in Irina Derkatch's laboratory where she studied Q/N-rich protein aggregates and prions in the yeast model system. For her postdoctoral work, Catherine joined Hannah Klein's laboratory where she studied mechanisms of ribonucleotide-induced DNA damage in yeast. She joined the Nature Genetics team in 2015.
c.potenski@us.nature.com
Senior Editor: Tiago Faial
Tiago Faial (ORCiD) obtained his Ph.D. from the Stem Cell and Developmental Biology program at the University of Cambridge under the supervision of Jim Smith and Roger Pedersen, where he studied gene regulatory networks and signaling cascades that underpin mesoderm differentiation. For his postdoctoral work, Tiago joined Joanna Wysocka's laboratory at Stanford University where he studied the dynamics of epigenetic landscapes in pluripotency. He joined the Nature Genetics team in 2015.
tiago.faial@us.nature.com
Senior Editor: Wei Li
Wei Li (ORCiD) obtained her Ph.D. in Genetics and Genomics from Shanghai Institutes for Biological Sciences, Chinese Academy of Sciences in Bin Han’s plant genomics and multi-omics research group. For her postdoctoral work, Wei moved to The Rockefeller University and then Weill Cornell Medical College of Cornell University at Anthony A. Sauve’s laboratory to study signaling networks in mammalian metabolic diseases such as diabetes. She joined the Nature Genetics team in 2017.
wei.li@nature.com
Senior Editor: Kyle Vogan
Kyle Vogan (ORCiD) obtained his Ph.D. from McGill University under the supervision of Philippe Gros, using the classical mouse mutants Splotch and Loop-tail to study the genetics of neural tube closure. For his postdoctoral work, he joined Cliff Tabin at Harvard Medical School where he studied the developmental mechanisms underlying vertebrate left-right axis specification. He joined the journal in 2003.
k.vogan@us.nature.com