
IBG
@ibg_cuboulder
The Institute for Behavioral Genetics (IBG) at University of Colorado Boulder focuses on genetics of behavior, psychopathology, brain function, and more.
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http://www.colorado.edu/ibg/ 25-01-2015 02:32:17
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🚨Preprint from IBG postdoc Isabelle Foote examining the genetic architecture of frailty using Genomic SEM. Analyses reveal seven factors of frailty with unique genetic associations, clinical correlates, and biological pathways. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

🧬New preprint from IBG graduate student Sophie Breunig examining genetic links between immune-mediated and psychiatric factors. Findings reveal unique psychiatric links for factors defined by autoimmune vs autoinflammatory diseases. medrxiv.org/content/10.110…

🚨 New preprint from IBG graduate student Luke Schaffer (he/him) that examines the genetic signal in autism spectrum disorder (ASD) that is unique of ADHD. Findings reveal clinical correlates, genes, and biological pathways unique to ASD. ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/P…




Link below for a postdoc position for an NIH project evaluating whether music engagement is protective for adolescent substance. The project is led by @dan_gustavson and focuses on twin/family and polygenic score analyses of existing longitudinal datasets. jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…

🚨IBG is hiring for a Tenure Track Assistant Professor! Candidates should have a background in neurogenetics, high-content genomics, experience with iPSC-derived neurons and glia and neural organoids, and expertise in neurodegeneration. More details here: jobs.colorado.edu/jobs/JobDetail…


🚨Check out this recent paper 📰 from Lydia Rader, tor wager, and Naomi Friedman that finds that chronic pain in young adults is related to updating working memory deficits and and that the relationship appears genetic 🧬journals.lww.com/pain/fulltext/…

📰 New paper out in Nature senior-authored by IBG director Matt Keller describing the scientific value of family-based sampling in biobanks. This includes estimating direct genetic effects 🧬 that have causal interpretation. nature.com/articles/s4158…


You've heard of DNA, but what about GNA? New preprint from Jackson Thorp and IBG member Andrew Grotzinger that introduces Genomic Network Analysis (GNA), an open-source multivariate tool for performing network analysis using GWAS summary statistics medrxiv.org/content/10.110…
