New version of QTLRel released
The newest version 0.2-11 in now available on CRAN. This software is being used by numerous labs to address problems of relatedness, which can confound QTL mapping.
Former undergraduate honors student Kaitlin Samocha is co-second author on Nature paper
Kaitlin, who is now a graduate student in Mark Daly’s lab, was co-second author on one of the three Nature papers on sporadic cases of Autism that came out today.
Margaret Distler’s paper accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Investigation
Margaret’s paper, “Glyoxalase 1 increases anxiety by reducing GABAA receptor agonist,” has been accepted for publication in the Journal of Clinical Investigation. This paper had been under review at various journals for more than a year. It was finally accepted the day before Margaret defended her thesis! Congratulations, Margaret!
Dr. Abraham Palmer is President-Elect for IBANGS
Results of the election were announced today, Abraham will become president-elect at the 2012 meeting in Boulder, and will then be president beginning at the 2013 meeting to be held in Leuven, Belgium. Finally, he will serve as past-president starting at the 2014 meeting. More information about IBANGS can be found here.
Dr. Abraham Palmer appointed to External Advisory Board for INIAStress
Dr. Abraham Palmer will serve as an external advisor to the NIAAA funded consortium entitled “Integrative Neurosciences Initiative on Alcoholism: Stress, Anxiety and Excessive Drinking”. Further information can be found on their website.
Dr. Abraham Palmer gives seminar at Seattle Children’s Research Institute
The talk was titled “Behavioral genetics of complex behavioral traits in mice: gene identification and mechanistic studies”
Dr. Abraham Palmer and Natalia Gonzales attend Genes & Behavior Gordon Research Conference in Galveston, Texas.
This years meeting was titled “Decoding sequenced genomes” and featured talks on behavioral genetics across a range of different organisms. Abraham served as a discussant and Natalia presented a poster and won a travel fellowship.
Naomi Gorfinkle wins Top Prize in Biology at Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium
The lab is very proud of undergraduate Naomi Gorfinkle. Her poster was selected by the judges as the best poster on a biological topic at the Chicago Area Undergraduate Research Symposium.
Amy Hart, Clarissa Parker, Natalia Gonzales and Camron Bryant all receive travel awards!
The annual Genes, Brain & Behavior meeting will be held in Boulder, CO and is the official meeting for the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS). Travel awards are supported by a grant from NIAAA, NICHD and NIDA (2R13AA016249).
