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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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🚨📰Check out new CEO magazine interview with Senior Vice Chancellor for Research and Innovation Massimo Ruzzene on his vision for “research to real-world impact” at CU Boulder and the ways our campus reflects a flagship research university: www.theceomagazine.com/business/exe...

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🚨📰New paper from IBG Member Dr. Chandra Reynolds and collaborators that finds prolonged sitting impacts heart health and aging in the Colorado Adoption/Twin Study of Lifespan behavioral development and cognitive aging (CATSLife), even in young adults: journals.plos.org/plosone/arti...

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Check out this University of Colorado newsletter that describes work being done by IBG faculty member @dangustavson.bsky.social using the VETSA twin dataset to examine genetic and environmental influences on cognitive decline. www.colorado.edu/asmagazine/2...

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📰 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. www.nature.com/articles/s41...

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🚨Check out this new molecular autism article first-authored by IBG graduate student @lukas-schaffer.bsky.social that examines the genetic signal unique to autism spectrum disorder when removing genetic overlap with ADHD. pmc.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/articles/PMC...

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🚨Check out this recent paper 📰 from IBG graduate student Lydia Rader that finds chronic pain in young adults is related to updating working memory deficits and and that the relationship appears genetic 🧬https://journals.lww.com/pain/fulltext/9900/chronic_pain_is_specifically_associated_with.675.aspx

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🚨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/JobDeta...

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IBG is taking applications for our next Director of Finance and Administration. This position coordinates and supervises the administrative, financial, and research activities of the Institute. Applications are due by October 13, 2024. For more information, please see link below: t.co/UgfpXXpNz4

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

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