The Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development has the responsibility for administration of the MCDB&G Graduate Program. This department provides a majority of funding for first-year students in the program, and a majority of program faculty are associated with this unit.

Faculty in the MCDB&G program represent the following departments:

College of Biological Sciences (Dean, Robert Elde)

Department of Biochemistry, Molecular Biology and Biophysics (Head, David A. Bernlohr)
Department of Ecology, Evolution and Behavior (Head, Robert W. Sterner)
Department of Genetics, Cell Biology and Development (Head, Brian Van Ness)
Department of Plant Biology ( Head, Kate Vandenbosch)

School of Medicine (Dean, Alfred Michael)

Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathology (Head, Leo Furcht)
Department of Medicine (Chair, Jonathan Ravdin)
Department of Microbiology (Head, Ashley Haase)
Department of Neurology (Head, S. Charles Shultz)
Department of Neuroscience (Head, Tim Ebner)
Department of Ophthalmology (Head, Jay Krachmer)
Department of Pediatrics (Interim Head, James H. Moller)
Department of Physiology (Head, Robert Miller)
Department of Surgery (Head, David Dunn)

School of Dentistry (Dean, Peter J Polverini)

Department of Oral Sciences (Interim Department Chair,William Douglas )
Department of Preventive Sciences (Chair, Leslie V. Martens)

College of Veterinary Medicine ( Dean, Jeffery Klausner)
Department of Veterinary Pathobiology (Chair, Trevor Ames)
College of Agriculture, Food, & Environmental Sciences (Dean, Charles Muscoplat)
Department of Agronomy and Plant Genetics (Head, Burle Gengenbach)

Faculty in the MCDB&G program are members of the following institutes/centers:

Biological Process Technology Institute (Director, Kenneth Valentas)
Biomedical Engineering Center (Director, Leo Furcht)
Cancer Center
Developmental Biology Center (Director, Michael O'Connor)
Institute of Human Genetics (Director, Harry Orr)
Plant Molecular Genetics Institute (Director, Neil Olszewski)