Hannah Landecker – Eating and Aging
Hannah Landecker will be giving a keynote lecture entitled “Eating and Aging” at the workshop “The History of Biogerontology” hosted by the Center for Biology & Society at Arizona State…
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Life scientists use novel technique to produce genetic map for African Americans
UCLA life scientists and colleagues have produced one of the first high-resolution genetic maps for African American populations. A genetic map reveals the precise locations across the genome where DNA…
2011 | Eric Vilain et al. – UCLA Scientists Accurately Predict Age Using Just Saliva Sample
ISG Director Eric Vilain has been featured in several news reports about his latest publication, “Epigenetic Predictor of Age“. He and other UCLA scientists Sven Bocklandt, Wen Lin, Mary Sehl,…
Genome Maps Solve Medical Mystery For CA Twins
Whole-genome sequencing has enabled doctors to provide a pair of 14-year-old twins, Alexis and Noah Beery, with a simple, highly effective treatment for a rare condition called DRD, or dopa-responsive dystonia. The tale…
ISG Postdoc Sharlene Santana accepted to NSF summer workshop
ISG Postdoctoral Scholar Sharlene Santana has been accepted to participate in the Faculty Institutes for Reforming Science Teaching (FIRST) workshop for Postdoctoral Fellows, sponsored by the National Science Foundation (NSF)….
ISG Faculty Stefan Timmermans named Chair of Dept of Sociology
Professor Stefan Timmermans has accepted the position of Chair of the UCLA Department of Sociology. He will officially assume the position July 1, 2011. He is currently Vice Chair of…