ICNG Seminar: "Wrangling Dimensional Neuropsychiatric Phenotypes for Genome-Wide Analyses"
2021-09-30 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Robert Bilder, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry & Biobehavioral Genetics
UCLA

NBG Journal Club: A human forebrain organoid model of fragile X syndrome exhibits altered neurogenesis and highlights new treatment strategies
2021-10-05 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: A human forebrain organoid model of fragile X syndrome exhibits altered neurogenesis and highlights new treatment strategies
Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1038/s41593-021-00913-6
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Cerebellar Ataxia: Strategies for Improving Genomic Diagnosis of Neurodegenerative Disease"
2021-10-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Brent Fogel, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Neurology
UCLA

NBG Journal Club: Prognostic value of polygenic risk scores for adults with psychosis
2021-10-19 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Prognostic value of polygenic risk scores for adults with psychosis
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41591-021-01475-7
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

NBG Journal Club: Spatially mapped single-cell chromatin accessibility
2021-11-02 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Spatially mapped single-cell chromatin accessibility
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-021-21515-7.pdf
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Understanding Neural Stem Cell Fate Specification in the Developing Human Brain"
2021-11-04 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Aparna Bhaduri, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Biological Chemistry
UCLA

NBG Journal Club: Early-life inflammation promotes depressive symptoms in adolescence via microglial engulfment of dendritic spines
2021-11-16 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Early-life inflammation promotes depressive symptoms in adolescence via microglial engulfment of dendritic spines
Article Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S089662732100427X?via%3Dihub
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Coordination of escape and spatial navigation circuits orchestrates versatile flight from threats"
2021-11-18 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Avishek Adhikari, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor of Behavioral Neuroscience
Department of Psychology
UCLA

ICNG Seminar: "Myogenesis: What's neural got to do with it?"
2021-12-02 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
April Pyle, Ph.D.
Professor and Vice Chair
Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics (MIMG)
UCLA George and Nouhad Ayoub Centennial Chair for Life Science Innovation
UCLA

Call for 2022 Postdoc Applications
2022-01-18 - 2022-03-18 | CA
The Training Program in Neurobehavioral Genetics, directed by Drs. Roel Ophoff and Carrie Bearden, is accepting applications for Postdoctoral Trainees. Earliest funding is expected to begin 5/1/2022. In keeping with the program’s goals, preference will be given to applicants who are trained in psychiatry, neurology, or psychology, although we also seek outstanding applicants with other backgrounds. Proposed projects must have relevance to neurobehavioral genetics. Please see 1st attachment for program details. A trainee’s appointment is contingent upon their mentor’s commitment to providing supplemental funding for Year 1 of the program and supplementary/full funding for Year 2.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: FRIDAY, MARCH 18, 2022, 5 PM (PDT)
VIEW APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

NBG Journal Club: Polygenic risk for depression, anxiety and neuroticism are associated with the severity and rate of change in depressive symptoms across adolescence
2022-01-18 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Polygenic risk for depression, anxiety and neuroticism are associated with the severity and rate of change in depressive symptoms across adolescence
Article Link: https://acamh.onlinelibrary.wiley.com/doi/epdf/10.1111/jcpp.13422
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

NBG Journal Club: Coding of social novelty in the hippocampal CA2 region and its disruption and rescue in a 22q11.2 microdeletion mouse model
2022-02-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Coding of social novelty in the hippocampal CA2 region and its disruption and rescue in a 22q11.2 microdeletion mouse model
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-020-00720-5
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Analysis of Genomic Copy Number Variation and Their Interaction With Polygenic Risk Scores Across Psychiatric Disorders"
2022-02-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Marieke Klein, PhD
Postdoctoral Researcher
Department of Psychiatry
UCSD

NBG Journal Club: Demographic history mediates the effect of stratification on polygenic scores
2022-02-15 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Demographic history mediates the effect of stratification on polygenic scores
Article Link: https://elifesciences.org/articles/61548
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "The ubiquity of pleiotropy in neuroimaging phenotypes"
2022-02-17 12:00 - 13:00 | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Chun Chieh Fan, PhD
Assistant Adjunct Professor
Radiology
UCSD

NBG Journal Club: A comprehensive map of genetic relationships among diagnostic categories based on 48.6 million relative pairs from the Danish genealogy
2022-03-01 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: A comprehensive map of genetic relationships among diagnostic categories based on 48.6 million relative pairs from the Danish genealogy
Article Link: https://www.pnas.org/content/119/6/e2118688119
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Neural mechanisms mediating social attachment in health and disease"
2022-03-03 12:00 - 13:00 | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Devanand S. Manoli, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Psychiatry
Weill Institute for Neurosciences
UCSF

NBG Journal Club: Make war not love: The neural substrate underlying a state-dependent switch in female social behavior
2022-03-29 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Make war not love: The neural substrate underlying a state-dependent switch in female social behavior
Article Link: https://www.sciencedirect.com/science/article/pii/S0896627321009958
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Lysosome regulationand lipid signaling in Alzheimer’s disease"
2022-03-31 12:00 - 13:00 | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Hui Zheng, PhD
Professor & Huffington Foundation
Endowed Chair in Aging
Director, Huffington Center on Aging
Baylor College of Medicine

NBG Journal Club: Modeling assortative mating and genetic similarities between partners, siblings, and in-laws
2022-04-12 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Modeling assortative mating and genetic similarities between partners, siblings, and in-laws
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-022-28774-y
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Towards holistic imaging and rapid phenotyping of complex biological systems"
2022-04-14 12:00 - 13:00 | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Kwanghun Chung, PhD
Department of Chemical Engineering
Institute for Medical Engineering and Science (IMES)
Picower Institute for Learning and Memory
MIT

NBG Journal Club: Large-scale deep multi-layer analysis of Alzheimer's disease brain reveals strong proteomic disease-related changes not observed at the RNA level
2022-04-26 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic:Large-scale deep multi-layer analysis of Alzheimer’s disease brain reveals strong proteomic disease-related changes not observed at the RNA level
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-021-00999-y
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

NBG Journal Club: Exome sequencing of individuals with Huntington’s disease implicates FAN1 nuclease activity in slowing CAG expansion and disease onset
2022-05-10 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Exome sequencing of individuals with Huntington’s disease implicates FAN1 nuclease activity in slowing CAG expansion and disease onset
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41593-022-01033-5
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

NBG Journal Club: Transcriptional and imaging-genetic association of cortical interneurons, brain function, and schizophrenia risk
2022-05-24 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Transcriptional and imaging-genetic association of cortical interneurons, brain function, and schizophrenia risk
Article Link: https://scholar.harvard.edu/files/tge/files/transcriptional_and_imaging-genetic_association_of_cortical_interneurons_brain_function_and_schizophrenia_risk.pdf
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

Trainee Research Talk: Investigation of mitochondrial dysfunction mechanisms in Rett syndrome neurons
2022-06-07 17:00 - 17:30 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
In lieu of our typical Journal Club meeting, we will have a predoctoral trainee present on the research they have been conducting under the Training Program in Neurobehavioral Genetics.

Research Topic: Investigation of mitochondrial dysfunction mechanisms in Rett syndrome neurons
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Power and specificity in genetic studies on Major Depressive Disorder using biobank data"
2022-06-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Na Cai, PhD
Principal Investigator
Helmholtz Pioneer Campus
Helmholtz Zentrum München

Fall 2022 Call for Predoc Applications
2022-06-23 - 2022-08-01 | CA
The Training Program in Neurobehavioral Genetics, directed by Drs. Roel Ophoff and Carrie Bearden, is accepting applications for Predoctoral Trainees. Earliest funding is expected to begin 9/1/2022. Proposed projects must have relevance to neurobehavioral genetics. A trainee’s appointment is contingent upon their mentor’s commitment to providing supplemental funding for Years 1 and 2 of the program.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: MONDAY, AUGUST 1, 2022, 5 PM (PT)
CLICK HERE TO VIEW APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

NBG Journal Club: Causal effects on complex traits are similar across segments of different continental ancestries within admixed individual
2022-09-27 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Causal effects on complex traits are similar across segments of different continental ancestries within admixed individual
Article Link: https://doi.org/10.1101/2022.08.16.22278868
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

NBG Journal Club: Treating early postnatal circuit defect delays Huntington’s disease onset and pathology in mice
2022-10-11 17:00 - 18:00 | Virtual (Zoom) : https://uclahs.zoom.us/j/2970582103
Discussion Topic: Causal effects on complex traits are similar across segments of different continental ancestries within admixed individual
Article Link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.abq5011
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Elucidating the genetic architecture of the cortex and links to psychiatric disorders through genetically-informed brain atlases"
2022-10-13 12:00 - 13:00 | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Carolina Makowski, PhD
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Radiology
UCSD
