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Institute for Behavioral Genetics, 50 Years of Excellence, 1967-2017

Breaking ground: Jerry McClearn, Kurt Schlesinger, and Jim Wilson.

IBG Staff and Students

IBG Research Day

At the end of each year IBG hosts a mini-conference where students and trainees present their original research. Afterwards, we celebrate!

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Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience

Multiple laboratories use neuroscience and molecular genetic approaches to understand behavior in animals.

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fMRI, Executive Function, and Genes

Studies of executive function look at the genetic basis of brain regions involved in decision making

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Featured Research at IBG

COTWINS

COTwins: Colorado Twin Study

A social media study with Colorado twins ages 14-17.

Nicotinic Receptors

Nicotinic Receptors

A study on DNA regions involved with nicotine dependence.

Twin Studies

CATSLife

Colorado Adoption & Twin Study of Lifecourse Development.

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fMRI Studies

Several Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies are underway.

News

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Ketamine prevents anxiety in female rats

Feb. 26, 2018

Recent IBG graduate Sam Dolzani has published an article showing that low doses of ketamine impart resilience to future stressors in female rats. Previous research has only demonstrated this effect in male rats.Read more »

Olduvai wheel of fortune and misfortune.

Genomic trade-offs: are autism and schizophrenia the steep price of the human brain?

Feb. 5, 2018

IBG faculty fellow James Sikela and Veronica Searles Quick have published a paper in Human Genetics which investigates the hypothesis that the same genes which gave rise to human's exceptional cognitive capacity also have a downside. They show evidence that the Olduvai protein domain family is involved in this trade-off.Read more »

ABCD study featured on the NBC Today Show

Jan. 31, 2018

The ABCD study, which IBG is collaborating on, was featured in a story on the NBC Today Show. The segment discusses the purpose and design of the study.Read more »

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What are memories made of?

Jan. 24, 2018

New research on AKT from the Hoeffer Lab.Read more »

Interview with John Hewitt on marijuana study

Oct. 27, 2017

John Hewitt appeared in an interview on the NIDA grant to study recreational marijuana use.Read more »

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Study Participant Information

Research Participants

Are you participating in a research study at the Institute for Behavioral Genetics? Follow this link to find out more information about your project.

All Publications by IBG Affiliates and Fellows

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Publications at PubMed

Most recent publications by IBG affiliates and fellows

Etiology of Stability and Growth of Internalizing and Externalizing Behavior Problems Across Childhood and Adolescence.

NCBI: db=pubmed; Term=(Bachtell RK[Author]OR Boardman JD[Author]OR Breed MD[Author]OR Collins AC[Author]OR Coors M[Author]OR Crowley TJ[Author]OR DeFries JC[Author]OR Deitrich RA[Author]OR Ehringer MA[Author]OR Friedman NP[Author]OR Hewitt JK[Author]OR Hoeffer C[Author]OR Hopfer C[Author]OR Johnson TE[Author]OR Keller MC[Author]OR Krauter KS[Author]OR Link CD[Author]OR McQueen MB[Author]OR Olson RK[Author]OR Pennington BF[Author]OR Radcliffe RA[Author]OR Rhee SH[Author]OR Sikela JM[Author]OR Stallings MC[Author]OR Stitzel JA[Author]OR Tabakoff B[Author]OR Wehner JM[Author]OR Willcutt EG[Author][Author]) OR (Institute for Behavioral Genetics[Affiliation] AND University of Colorado[Affiliation])

Awards & Honors

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Director John Hewitt receives the 2016 James Shields Award for Lifetime Contributions to Twin Research

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Tom Johnson receives the 2016 Outstanding Career Achievement Award of the International Dose Response Society

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