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IBG assistant professor Andrew Grotzinger is lead author on a Nature paper showing that psychiatric disorders have a high gentic overlap

Jeff Lessem — Thu, 11 Dec 2025 21:13:02 +0000

IBG assistant professor Andrew Grotzinger is lead author on a Nature paper showing that psychiatric disorders have a high gentic overlap Jeff Lessem Thu, 12/11/2025 - 14:13

IBG and Psychology and Neuroscience assistant professor Andrew Grotzinger is lead author on a Nature paper looking at the commonality in genetics of psychiatric disorders. The study covers 14 disorders with over 1 million subjects, and finds that the majority of the genetic variance of the individual disorders comes from 238 pleiotropic loci. The disorders show a high level of polygenic overlap, and very few disorder specific loci.

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IBG Professor Charles Hoeffer appointed RIO faculty fellow

Jeff Lessem — Mon, 08 Dec 2025 19:00:01 +0000

IBG Professor Charles Hoeffer appointed RIO faculty fellow Jeff Lessem Mon, 12/08/2025 - 12:00

IBG Associate Professor Charles Hoeffer has been appointed a Research & Innovation Office faculty fellow for 2026. The RIO faculty fellow program is designed to give faculty the tools to be interdisciplinary and creative leaders, and increase the impact of 91��ý as a research and teaching institution.

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IBG Asst. Research Professor Dan Gustavson given honorable mention as post-doc mentor of the year

Jeff Lessem — Fri, 19 Sep 2025 20:56:06 +0000

IBG Asst. Research Professor Dan Gustavson given honorable mention as post-doc mentor of the year Jeff Lessem Fri, 09/19/2025 - 14:56

As part of National Postdoc Appreciation Week, the Office of Postdoctoral Affairs has selected IBG Assistant Research Professor Dan Gustavson for honorable mention in the category of outstanding postdoc mentors of the year at CU.

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Molas lab article on GABAergic neuron function related to threat response

Jeff Lessem — Fri, 08 Aug 2025 15:04:21 +0000

Molas lab article on GABAergic neuron function related to threat response Jeff Lessem Fri, 08/08/2025 - 09:04

IBG graduate student Elora Williams is first author on a paper from Professor Sussanna Molas's lab in the journal Molecular Psychiatry which examines the role in mice of GABAergic neurons in the dysregulation of threat response when threats lack real danger.

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Dan Gustavson talks about cognitive skills on the ABC Health Report podcast

Jeff Lessem — Thu, 12 Jun 2025 20:55:57 +0000

Dan Gustavson talks about cognitive skills on the ABC Health Report podcast Jeff Lessem Thu, 06/12/2025 - 14:55

IBG assistant research professor Dan Gustavson was interviewed on the ABC Radio National Health Report podcast about predicting adult cognitive skills from childhood genetic and environmental influences.

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Ryan Bruellman, student of Chandra Reynolds, published a paper on the consequences of prolonged sitting

Jeff Lessem — Wed, 11 Dec 2024 21:56:55 +0000

Ryan Bruellman, student of Chandra Reynolds, published a paper on the consequences of prolonged sitting Jeff Lessem Wed, 12/11/2024 - 14:56

Ryan Bruellman, IBG faculty member Chandra Reynolds' student at the University of California Riverside, is first author on a paper using IBG's CATSLIFE data which suggests that prolonged sitting decreases heart and metabolic health even in young people. These findings have received national press attention and will be featured on an episode of NPR's Science Friday.

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Nature paper from IBG's Matthew Keller on family-based samplings for biobanks

Jeff Lessem — Mon, 28 Oct 2024 18:54:57 +0000

Nature paper from IBG's Matthew Keller on family-based samplings for biobanks Jeff Lessem Mon, 10/28/2024 - 12:54

A new paper published in Nature with Matthew Keller as senior author explores the potential of family-based sampling for future biobanks, emphasizing its advantages in uncovering causal relationships and minimizing confounding factors in genetic research. The study highlights how this complementary approach could provide novel insights into health and disease, complementing the successes of traditional population-based biobanks.

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Lukas Schaffer, IBG graduate student, wins BGA award for best student oral presentation

Anonymous — Mon, 08 Jul 2024 17:30:04 +0000

Lukas Schaffer, IBG graduate student, wins BGA award for best student oral presentation Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 07/08/2024 - 11:30

At the 2024 BGA meeting in London, UK, Lukas Schaffer won the Outstanding Associate Member Oral Presentation Award for his talk titled "Genetic Pathways for Autism Spectrum Disorder Unique of ADHD at Multiple Levels of Biological Analysis."

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Naomi Friedman selected as outstanding faculty mentor

Jeff Lessem — Wed, 08 May 2024 20:49:08 +0000

Naomi Friedman selected as outstanding faculty mentor Jeff Lessem Wed, 05/08/2024 - 14:49

Naomi Friedman has been recognized as one of 2024's outstanding graduate student mentors by the Graduate School.

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Lydia Rader, IBG grad student, wins Sean Hudson Leadership Award

Anonymous — Mon, 15 Apr 2024 19:53:29 +0000

Lydia Rader, IBG grad student, wins Sean Hudson Leadership Award Anonymous (not verified) Mon, 04/15/2024 - 13:53

Lydia Rader is a graduate student in the behavioral, psychiatric, and statistical genetics program. Lydia has shown tremendous leadership both within and outside of the program. Locally, Lydia has been a research award reviewer for the Institute of Cognitive Science as well as recently selected as a Co-Senator between the graduate and professional student government and the 91��ý student government. Outside of our program, for multiple years Lydia has been working with an award-winning creative education and outreach organization called Knowing Neurons. This organization involves scientists across multiple countries to make learning Neuroscience and Psychology accessible. As part of Knowing Neurons, she has organized local outreach events for low socioeconomic status high school and undergraduate students. Lydia also works with Project Short, which offers pro-bono pre-grad mentoring to graduate students who face barriers to PhD applications. Further, Lydia works with the National Science Policy Network leadership committee for Science Diplomacy and helps facilitate networking events in the aim of bringing communities of early-career scientists together to apply their expertise to international policy. The committee found her contributions to the home and larger communities outstanding. Congratulations, Lydia!

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