Institute for Behavioral Genetics First Friday Talks & Colloquium

Spring 2007

Min Han  
Ph.D., Investigator and Professor, HHMI and Department of MCD Biology, University of Colorado, Boulder, Colorado. 
“Genetic Redundancy and Tumor Suppressor Functions in C. Elegans”

Kwang-Youn Albert Kim  
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pediatrics, University of Iowa, Iowa City, Iowa.
“Unraveling Complex Diseases by Identifying Gene-Gene Interactions”
(Candidate for Behavioral/Mathematical Genetics Position)

Tiejun Tong  
Ph.D., Postdoctoral Associate Division of Biostatistics, Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, Connecticut. 
“Minimax Estimation of Means with Applications to Microarray Data Analysis”  (Candidate for Behavioral/Mathematical Genetics Position)

Wei Min Chen  (Ph.D., Postdoctoral Fellow, Center for Statistical Analysis, Department of Biostatistics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan). 
“Efficient Use of Family Data in Genome-Wide Association Scans” 
(Candidate for Behavioral/Mathematical Genetics Position)

Terence P. Thornberry  & Pamela K. Porter
Dr. Thornberry, Director, Problem Behavior Program, Institute of Behavioral Science and Professor, Department of Sociology, University of Colorado, Boulder; and Pamela K. Porter (Research Coordinator, Rochester Youth Development Study, Institute of Behavioral Science, University of Colorado, Boulder).        
“Overview of the Rochester Intergenerational Study”

Laura Jean Bierut  
M.D., Associate Professor, Washington University School of Medicine, Department of Psychiatry, St. Louis, Missouri. 
“Genetic Risk Factors for Nicotine Dependence”

IBG 40th Anniversary, Jeanne Wehner’s Retirement and Poster Day Celebration
Celebrating IBG’s 40th Anniversary, Honoring Professor Jeanne Wehner’s Retirement, Welcoming new Faculty and Trainees, and sharing posters summarizing recent research and results.