To determine whether maternal plasma cell–free DNA sequencing can effectively identify trisomy 18 and 13, an interantional group of scientists collaborated and found that among high-risk pregnancies, sequencing circulating cell–free DNA detects nearly all cases of Down syndrome, trisomy 18, and trisomy 13, at a low false-positive rate. This can potentially reduce invasive diagnostic procedures and related fetal losses by…
ISG Associate Director, Dr. Jessica Lynch Alfaro, was interviewed by the NY Times about her recently published article on capuchin monkey anointing– or fur rubbing– as part of a science story on chemical defense in mammals. The science story, “Warm and Furry, but They Pack a Toxic Punch” appeared on the NY Times website on January 30, 2012 and in the printed…
ISG postdoc Dr. Sharlene Santana, in collaboration with ISG Associate Director Dr. Jessica Lynch Alfaro and ISG Associate Dr. Michael Alfaro, has published a new paper entitled “Adaptive evolution of facial colour patterns in Neotropical primates“. Abstract The rich diversity of primate faces has interested naturalists for over a century. Researchers have long proposed that social behaviours have shaped the evolution…
ISG Graduate Affiliate, Laura Foster, has published a paper in the Columbia Journal of Gender and Law titled “Situating Feminism, Patent Law, and the Public Domain”. It can be viewed here and on her bio page.
ISG professor Dr. Hannah Landecker‘s paper “Food as exposure: Nutritional epigenetics and the new metabolism” is now available to read online at Biosocieties
ISG Assistant Professor Dr. Aaron L. Panofsky has published new paper entitled “Field Analysis and Interdisciplinary Science: Scientific Capital Exchange in Behavior Genetics“. Abstract: This paper uses Pierre Bourdieu’s field theory to develop tools for analyzing interdisciplinary scientific fields. Interdisciplinary fields are scientific spaces where no single form of scientific capital has a monopoly and therefore multiple forms of scientific capital constitute…