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

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

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!

Who We Are & What We Do

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Molecular Genetics and Neuroscience

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

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: Colorado Twin Study

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

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Nicotinic Receptors

A study on DNA regions involved with nicotine dependence.

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CATSLife

Colorado Adoption & Twin Study of Lifecourse Development.

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fMRI Studies

Several Functional magnetic resonance imaging studies are underway.

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News

2008 James Shields Award to Greg Carey

Prof. Greg Carey , an IBG Faculty Fellow, received the James Shields Award for outstanding contributions to twin research. This award is conferred by the Behavior Genetics Association and the International Society for Twin Studies in honor of James Shields, a pioneering researcher in human behavior genetics. The award recognizes...

NRSA pre-doctoral fellowship to Jen Wilking

Jen Wilking, a graduate student in Jerry Stitzel' s lab, has been awarded a NRSA pre-doctoral fellowship from the National Institute on Drug Abuse.

Research Grant Awards to Mike Stallings and Matt McQueen

Mike Stallings and Matt McQueen have been awarded research grants from the CU-Boulder Vice Chancellor for Research's Innovative Seed Grant Program. This competitive program was instituted "to involve new initiatives and take investigators in creative, and sometimes high-risk/reward directions; and, have tangible payoffs in terms of future funding, scholarly or...