UCLA Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics

Call for 2022 Postdoc Applications
2022-01-18 - 2022-03-18
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)
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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 UTC | 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
