Cody’s First Task
Using Genetics to Enhance Meat Yield From Pigs
At Myora farm, near Mt Gambier in South Australia, Jeff Braun breeds over 30,000 pigs…
Supreme Court Rules DNA Can be Taken After Arrest
The U.S. Supreme Court ruled Monday that police can routinely take DNA samples from people…
Genetics of the White Tiger
“The white tiger, an elusive Bengal tiger (Panthera tigris tigris) variant with white fur and…
Scientists Eliminate Schizophrenia Symptoms in Mice
Targeting expression of NRG1, which makes a protein important for brain development, may hold promise…
Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook Receives 2013 Chancellor's Award for Postdoctoral Research
We are thrilled to announce that ISG Postdoctoral Fellow, Jennifer Hahn-Holbrook has received the 2013 Chancellor’s Award…
Interview with Joey Wetmore (HB&S '13)
Joey Wetmore interned with the UCLA Multiple Sclerosis Achievement Center (MSAC) as part of his…
Chinese project probes the genetics of genius
The US adolescents who signed up for the Study of Mathematically Precocious Youth (SMPY) in…
Genome of Tibetan Antelope Sequenced
An international team of genetic scientists has completed the genomic sequence of the Tibetan antelope…
The Medievalist and the Microbiologist: How Plague and Leprosy Have Opened Up New Perspectives on the History of Health
[Plenary Lecture given on *May 27, 2012* at the Canadian Society for the History of Medicine…
2013 | Hannah Landecker + Aaron Panofsky – From Social Structure to Gene Regulation, and Back: A Critical…
ISG professors Dr. Hannah Landecker and Dr. Aaron Panofsky have published a paper titled “From Social Structure to…
European Society of Human Genetics Urges Caution Over Use of New Genetic Sequencing Techniques
The use of genome-wide analysis (GWA), where the entirety of an individual’s DNA is examined…
Developmental Genetics of Space and Time
Albert Erives, associate professor in the University of Iowa Department of Biology, and his graduate…