ISG’s Associate Director, Jessica Lynch Alfaro is a co-author on a Molecular Phylogenetics and Evolution article, “Pleistocene diversification of living squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.) inferred from complete mitochondrial genome sequences“. The article discusses the very recent divergence of squirrel monkeys, as inferred by complete mitochondrial genome sequences. Abstract: In order to enhance our understanding of the evolutionary history of squirrel monkeys (Saimiri spp.), we…
We are very pleased to announce that UCLA Postdoctoral Scholars Drs. Jennifer Smith and Lindsay Smith have each been awarded funds by the UCLA Diversity Program for Innovative Courses in Undergraduate Education. Each of them will receive $10,000 toward the direct costs associated with their selected course, with any remaining balance awarded as a researched stipend. Dr. Jennifer Smith was…
In a 2-1 decision, a panel of the U.S. court of appeals in Washington overturned a judge’s order that would have blocked federal financing of stem cell research. The judges ruled that opponents are not likely to succeed in their lawsuit to stop the government funding. The panel reversed an opinion issued last August by U.S. District Judge Royce Lamberth,…
ISG Director Dr. Eric Vilain commented in an Associated Press article about new rules established by the International Association of Athletic Federations concerning the privacy of athletes whose gender is called into question. USA Today has the story.
ISG’s new majors in Human Biology and Society were recently featured in the Daily Bruin: Planned human biology and society major straddles the divide between North and South Campus
ISG Director, Dr. Eric Vilain, has been named as the 2011 recipient of the prestigious Mead Johnson Award for outstanding achievements in Pediatrics. Given since 1939, the award, which honors outstanding scientific achievement in pediatrics, includes a $15,000 honorarium, a plaque, and travel expenses to enable the recipient to present a review of research accomplishments at the 2011 Pediatric Academic…