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Sandra and Lisa finished their Master theses
Sandra and Lisa, both turned their projects into very interesting and well-conducted Masters theses. Sandra worked on the “Evolutionary comparison of KAP1 binding sites between humans and chimpanzees” and Lisa on the “Functional characterization of ZNF542 and ZEB2 in primates”. … Continue reading
Our paper on the evolution of gene regulatory factors is accepted
Our review paper on “The role of gene regulatory factors in the evolutionary history of humans” is accepted for publication in a special issue on Human Evolution of the journal Current Opinion in Genetics & Development. In our manuscript we … Continue reading
Received funding for our speciation research
The Volkswagen Foundation awarded us funding for our collaborative work on Chromosomal Speciation within their framework “Support for Europe”. In our project “Genomic architecture of speciation: the role of chromosomal rearrangements” Rui Faria’s and our group will use Next Generation … Continue reading
Rohit won the Best Poster prize
Rohit won the prize for the best poster at the Next Generation Sequencing Conference (NGS) 2014 in Barcelona. His hand-drawn poster shows his work on the lacerta genome. Congrats to an awesome poster!
Funding for lncRNA evolution project
We got our grant proposal on “Long Non-Coding RNAs in Primate Brain Evolution” awarded. It is funded within the framework of the SPP 1738 “Emerging Roles of Non-coding RNAs in Nervous System Development, Plasticity and Disease”.
Sabina finished her Masters Thesis
Sabina finished her thesis on the “Role of random monoallelically expressed genes in the development of Alzheimer’s disease”. Congratulations to an excellent thesis work!
Programming for Evolutionary Biology 2014
Our school on Programming for Evolutionary Biology will take place again in Spring 2014! It’s the perfect opportunity to learn programming and the analysis of Next Generation Sequencing data in two and a half weeks. Check out our website. Applications … Continue reading
Stefano’s talk at the SMBE meeting 2013
Stefano presented his work at the annual meeting of the Society for Molecular Biology and Evolution in Chicago in July 2013. The title of his talk was “Evolution of a Co-expression Network Involved in Primate Brain Functions and Cognitive Abilities”.
Interview for MDR-Info
Our Programming for Evolutionary Biology course sparked interest in the German news service. The radio station MDR-Info did an interview with me, which was broadcasted on April 3rd 2013. In the interview I describe the content and philosophy of the … Continue reading
SMBE Symposium: “Evolution of behavior: Comparative genomics and transcriptomics”
Chris Balakrishnan and me are organizing a symposium on “Evolution of behavior: Comparative genomics and transcriptomics” for the SMBE meeting this year. We invited three excellent speakers: David Clayton, Todd Preuss, and Suzy Renn The Meeting will take place in Chicago … Continue reading