190 Frelinghuysen Road, Busch Campus 
		  Piscataway, NJ 08854-8020 
		  Telephone: 848-445-3425; Fax: 732-445-5735 
		
				https://www.waksman.rutgers.edu
				
		
		  Joachim Messing, Director 
		
				
		
		The Waksman Institute of
Microbiology (WIM) is an internationally recognized center of excellence in
molecular genetics. Fifteen laboratories, arranged around three groups
(microbial, plant, and animal developmental genetics) and outfitted with
state-of-the-art equipment, provide graduate students the opportunity to learn
the latest techniques in molecular genetics. In addition, WIM houses the Fermentation and Genomics Core Facilities to provide infrastructure
to the larger research community. Research has enabled the members of the institute to push the frontiers of scientific knowledge to new levels from
better nutrition to drug-resistance of infectious diseases, from cancer to
birth defects.