Dr. Clarissa Parker and Dr. Abraham Palmer’s article accepted for publication in Frontiers in Genetics
The article, “Dark matter: are mice the solution to missing heritability?,” has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Genetics. The article can be found here.
Palmer Lab Travels to Rome for IBANGS Meeting
Dr. Greta Sokoloff’s article accepted for publication in Genes, Brain and Behavior
Dr. Greta Sokoloff’s paper “Anxiety and fear in a cross of C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice: mapping overlapping and independent QTL for related traits” has been accepted for publication in Genes, Brain and Behavior. The article can be found here.
Dr. Clarissa Parker wins travel fellowship to Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion
Dr. Clarissa Parker won a travel fellowship that allowed her to attend the Wisconsin Symposium on Emotion where she presented a poster titled “Genome-wide association for fear-conditioning in an advanced intercross mouse line: The benefits of recombination”.
Palmer Lab’s Research Highlighted in Blog Post
A blog entry titled “The Genetics of Normal” by Robert Mitchum has been published on Science Life. The entry describes the Palmer Lab’s past and future interests in research on the genetic basis for traits such as impulsivity.
Dr. Abraham Palmer comments on GWAS about caffeine consumption in Science Magazine
Dr. Palmer’s comments about Cornelis et al, 2011 in PLoS Genetics can be read here. Abraham Palmer is also quoted here on the same topic. A similar article on the topic has been recently published.
Amy Hart wins IBANGS Outstanding Graduate Student Travel Award
Amy Hart has been honored by IBANGS and will give a 30 minute presentation at the annual meeting in Rome, Italy.