admin A workshop on advanced methods in statistical genetics will be held in Boulder, Colorado, March 2nd to 6th, 2015. This workshop is intended for advanced students of statistical genetics who are interested in genome-wide association studies (GWAS). The local host is Dr. John K. Hewitt, Institute for Behavioral Genetics, University of Colorado. Dr. Benjamin Neale, … Read more…
Rats have a long and storied history as an important animal model for research, especially in the study of behavior. The University of Chicago has particularly strong historical ties to this field. John B. Watson, PhD 1903, considered the father of behaviorism — a philosophy that psychology should be based on observation and experiment to … Read more…
The journal GENETICS highlights articles on the study of multiparental populations in its current issue. As the limitations of two-parent cross designs have become obvious, geneticists are struggling with analysis of experimental populations that have more than two segregating alleles. The articles in the MPP collection, along with their data and transparent methods, should stimulate discussion and, … Read more…
Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, England Rat Genomics and Models 1-4 December 2014 The abstract deadline of 20 October is now approaching for the 9th Rat Genomics and Models conference. This meeting will focus on the use of the rat (Rattus norvegicus) as a model for studying the aetiology of complex diseases in humans, including … Read more…
Registration is now open and abstracts are currently being accepted for the upcoming 2014 Rat Genomics and Models meeting in Hinxton, UK: Rat Genomics and Models 1-4 December 2014 Wellcome Trust Genome Campus, Hinxton, Cambridge, UK Abstract and Bursary Deadline: 20 October | Registration Deadline: 3 November The 9th Rat Genomics and Models conference will focus on … Read more…
The Program Committee is now soliciting proposals for symposia and satellites for the next Annual Meeting of the International Behavioral Neuroscience Society to be held at the Fairmont Empress Hotel, Victoria, British Columbia, Canada, June 2-7, 2015. The deadline for priority consideration of symposium proposals is October 17, 2014. Program highlights include: Keynote Speaker: George … Read more…
Call for symposium proposals for 17th Annual Genes, Brain and Behavior meeting in Uppsala, Sweden May 19-22, 2015 Further information is available here: http://www.ibangs.org/assets/documents/callforsymposiumproposals.pdf
National Center of Excellence (P50) grant from NIDA awarded to Abraham Palmer The grant is titled “Integrated GWAS of complex behavioral and gene expression traits in outbred rats” and involved collaborators from University of Michigan (Terry Robinson and Shelly Flagel, SUNY Buffalo (Jerry Richards, Paul Meyer and Joe Lucke), University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center … Read more…