Digging for genes that affect behavior
NIH Director's Wednesday Afternoon Lecture Series
Understanding which genes affect behavior, and how the resultant proteins work in the brain, remains a major challenge in biology. To address this goal, we are capitalizing on natural variation in behavior within and between species of wild mice. In this talk, Dr. Hoekstra will focus on an innate behavior, burrowing, which produces an intriguing and complex animal architecture. Dr. Hoekstra will present data from both he lab and the field that allow us a first glimpse into the genetics and neurobiology of behavioral evolution.For more information go tohttps://oir.nih.gov/wa...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 8, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
Germs, genes, and host defense
Cisca Wijmenga has a long standing interest in understanding the molecular basis of the host immune system and how genetic variation leads to dysregulation of a proper immune response. She is particular interested in diseases associated such an imbalance, in particular celiac disease (a common autoimmune disorder) and candidiasis (a common infectious agent causing sepsis) . Her research group focusing on the regulatory networks of immune cells and their perturbation by genetic variation or physiological stressors like infectious agents or dietary gluten. To this end she founded a functional genomics cohort (LIfeLines Deep)...
Source: Videocast - All Events - November 7, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Biostatistics Workshop on Recent Advances and Challenges in Statistical Methods (Day 2)
This workshop has two main objectives: (a) to assess recent developments in statistical methods relevant to NHLBI studies; (b) to identify the major challenges and important issues related to these statistical and analytical methods. Given the rapid development of new technology and the growing need to analyze massive and complex ( “ big ” )data, this workshop will especially focus on novel statistical models, computational issues for large data sets, and efficient and effective study designs. This workshop will bring together leading experts in biostatistics and big data, clinical trials, statistical genetics, statist...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
NHLBI Biostatistics Workshop on Recent Advances and Challenges in Statistical Methods (Day 1)
This workshop has two main objectives: (a) to assess recent developments in statistical methods relevant to NHLBI studies; (b) to identify the major challenges and important issues related to these statistical and analytical methods. Given the rapid development of new technology and the growing need to analyze massive and complex ( “ big ” )data, this workshop will especially focus on novel statistical models, computational issues for large data sets, and efficient and effective study designs. This workshop will bring together leading experts in biostatistics and big data, clinical trials, statistical genetics, statist...
Source: Videocast - All Events - September 21, 2016 Category: Journals (General) Tags: Upcoming Events Source Type: video
"Green" electronic materials produced with synthetic biology.
Scientists at UMass Amherst report in the current issue of Small that they have genetically designed a new strain of bacteria that spins out extremely thin and highly conductive wires made up solely of non-toxic, natural amino acids.This is an NSF Multimedia Gallery item. (Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery)
Source: NSF Multimedia Gallery - September 13, 2016 Category: Science Source Type: video
