Call for 2022-23 Postdoc Applications
2022-10-27 - 2023-01-31 | CA
The Training Program in Neurobehavioral Genetics, directed by Drs. Roel Ophoff and Carrie Bearden, is now accepting applications for Postdoctoral Fellows. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until Tuesday, January 31, 2023, 5 PM (PT). Per NIH Grants Policy 11.3.2.6, candidates must be U.S citizens or permanent residents of the U.S.
FINAL APPLICATION DEADLINE: TUESDAY, JANUARY 31, 2023, 5 PM (PT)
VIEW APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

NBG Journal Club: Genetic studies of accelerometer-based sleep measures yield new insights into human sleep behaviour.
2023-01-10 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Genetic studies of accelerometer-based sleep measures yield new insights into human sleep behaviour.
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41467-019-09576-1
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

NBG Journal Club: Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classes
2023-01-24 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Autism genes converge on asynchronous development of shared neuron classes
Article Link: https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC8852827/
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Psychiatric Polygenes: Discovery and Description with an aim to Deployment (all in Denmark)"
2023-01-26 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Andrew Schork, PhD
Research Leader
Mental Health Services
Institute of Biological Psychiatry (IBP)

NBG Journal Club: A biomarker-authenticated model of schizophrenia implicating NPTX2 loss of function
2023-02-07 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic:A biomarker-authenticated model of schizophrenia implicating NPTX2 loss of function
Article Link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/sciadv.abf6935
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Swab-Seq: COVID-19 Testing Leveraging Computational Genomics and Genomics Technology"
2023-02-09 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Moss Auditorium, A2-342 Marion Davies Children's Center, 805 Tiverton Ave, Los Angeles, 90024
Eleazar Eskin, PhD
Professor and Chair
Dept of Computational Medicine
Professor
Depts of Computer Science and Human Genetics
UCLA

ICNG Seminar: "CRISPR Genome Editing in the Central Nervous System and Beyond"
2023-02-23 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Erik Sontheimer, PhD
Pillar Chair in Biomedical Research
Professor and Vice Chair, RNA Therapeutics Institute
UMass Chan Medical School

NBG Journal Club: Brainstem ADCYAP1+ neurons control multiple aspects of sickness behaviour
2023-03-07 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic:Brainstem ADCYAP1+ neurons control multiple aspects of sickness behaviour
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-022-05161-7
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Biological insights into bipolar disorder from GWAS and beyond"
2023-03-09 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Illumination Room, UCLA Luskin Conference Center, 425 Westwood Plaza, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Niamh Mullins, PhD
Assistant Professor
Depts. of Psychiatry, Genetics and Genomic Sciences
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

ICNG Seminar: "Neuropsychiatric Genetics of African Populations (NeuroGAP): A Multi-country Research and Training Program"
2023-03-23 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Bizu Gelaye, PhD, MPH
Associate Professor, Dept of Epidemiology
Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health
Associate Professor, Dept of Psychiatry
Harvard Medical School

NBG Journal Club: Psychedelics promote neuroplasticity through the activation of intracellular 5-HT2A receptors
2023-04-04 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Psychedelics promote neuroplasticity through the activation of intracellular 5-HT2A receptors
Article Link: https://www.science.org/doi/10.1126/science.adf0435
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "ENIGMA, Big Data & the Human Brain: Worldwide Neuroimaging and Genetics of 30 Brain Diseases in 100,000 Individuals from 45 Countries"
2023-04-06 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Paul Thompson, PhD
Professor
Depts. of Neurology, Psychiatry, Engineering, Radiology & Ophthalmology
Imaging Genetics Center
Stevens Institute for Neuroimaging & Informatics
University of Southern California (USC)

NBG Journal Club: Novel Alzheimer Disease Risk Loci and Pathways in African American Individuals Using the African Genome Resources Panel
2023-04-18 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic:Novel Alzheimer Disease Risk Loci and Pathways in African American Individuals Using the African Genome Resources Panel
Article Link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamaneurology/fullarticle/2771828
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

NBG Journal Club: Mapping of clonal lineages across developmental stages in human neural differentiation
2023-05-02 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Mapping of clonal lineages across developmental stages in human neural differentiation
Article Link: https://www.cell.com/cell-stem-cell/fulltext/S1934-5909(23)00044-9
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

Seminar: "THE MAMMALIAN METHYLATION CONSORTIUM: DATA AND MODELING APPROACHES"
2023-05-03 15:30 UTC | CHS 33-105
Steve Horvath, Ph.D.
Professor
Human Genetics and Biostatistics
UCLA

NBG Journal Club: Neural Mechanism of Prosocial Comforting Behavior
2023-05-16 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Neural Mechanism of Prosocial Comforting Behavior
Article Link: N/A
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Epigenomic and chromosomal architectural reconfiguration in developing human frontal cortex and hippocampus"
2023-05-18 12:00 - 13:00 (America/Los_Angeles) | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Chongyuan Luo, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Human Genetics
UCLA

NBG Journal Club: Neuroimmune transcriptome changes in patient brains of psychiatric and neurological disorders
2023-05-30 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Neuroimmune transcriptome changes in patient brains of psychiatric and neurological disorders
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41380-022-01854-7.pdf
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Mechanisms of human cortical development and neuropsychiatric disease."
2023-06-01 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Luis de la Torre-Ubieta, PhD
Department of Psychiatry and Biobehavioral Sciences
Intellectual and Developmental Disabilities Research Center
Broad Center of Regenerative Medicine and Stem Cell Research
David Geffen School of Medicine
UCLA

ICNG Seminar: "How to Build Sustainable Research and Training Collaboration: Perspectives from a LIMIC Country (Ethiopia)"
2023-06-15 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Solomon Teferra, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Addis Ababa University
Ethiopia

ICNG Seminar: "Interneurons, Circuits, Behavior in Fragile X mice"
2023-10-05 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Carlos Portera-Cailliau, MD, PhD
Professor
Departments of Neurology & Neurobiology
UCLA

ICNG Seminar: "Progress in Precision Psychiatry"
2023-10-17 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
William Meyerson, MD, PhD
Resident Physician
Psychiatry
Duke University

NBG Journal Club: Assembloid CRISPR screens reveal impact of disease genes in human neurodevelopment
2023-10-17 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Assembloid CRISPR screens reveal impact of disease genes in human neurodevelopment
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41586-023-06564-w
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Accelerated accumbens social representational drift in a model of autism"
2023-10-19 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Peyman Golshani, MD
Professor-in-Residence
Neurology
UCLA

NBG Journal Club: BrainGENIE: The Brain Gene Expression and Network Imputation Engine
2023-11-14 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: BrainGENIE: The Brain Gene Expression and Network Imputation Engine
Article Link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2811397
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

Call for 2023-24 Postdoc Applications
2023-11-15 - 2024-02-29 | CA
The Training Program in Neurobehavioral Genetics, directed by Drs. Roel Ophoff and Carrie Bearden, is now accepting applications for Postdoctoral Fellows. Applications will be accepted on a rolling basis until Thursday, February 29, 2024, 5 PM (PT). Per NIH Grants Policy 11.3.2.6, candidates must be U.S citizens or permanent residents of the U.S. Per UCLA Appointment Criteria and must not have exceeded 4 years of postdoctoral experience (at UCLA and at other institutions, combined) at the time of application.
APPLICATION DEADLINE: THURSDAY, FEBRUARY 29, 2024, 5 PM (PT)
VIEW APPLICATION REQUIREMENTS

ICNG Seminar: "(Machine) Learning to Tell The Time: Integrating molecular and wearable device data to model circadian rhythms"
2023-11-16 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Rosemary Braun, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Molecular Biosciences
Northwestern University

NBG Journal Club: Shared Genetic Risk in the Association of Screen Time With Psychiatric Problems in Children
2023-11-28 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Shared Genetic Risk in the Association of Screen Time With Psychiatric Problems in Children
Article Link: https://jamanetwork.com/journals/jamanetworkopen/article-abstract/2811397
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu

ICNG Seminar: "Breaking Barriers in human genetics research: Novel mechanisms and Diversity efforts"
2023-11-30 12:00 - 13:00 UTC | Gonda (Goldschmeid) Center, Room 1357, 695 Charles E Young Dr, Los Angeles, CA, 90095, United States
Janitza L. Montalvo-Ortiz, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Psychiatry
Division of Human Genetics
Yale School of Medicine

NBG Journal Club: Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain
2024-01-16 17:00 - 18:00 UTC | Virtual (Zoom)
Discussion Topic: Genetic correlates of social stratification in Great Britain
Article Link: https://www.nature.com/articles/s41562-019-0757-5
Zoom URL: Provided upon request from CNGT32@mednet.ucla.edu
