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Institute for Behavioral Genetics

The Institute for Behavioral Genetics (IBG) is an organized research unit of the University of Colorado Boulder Graduate School dedicated to conducting and facilitating research on the genetic and environmental bases of individual differences in behavior.

Founded in 1967, IBG was the first institute in the world dedicated to research in behavioral genetics, and remains one of the top research facilities for research in behavioral genetics, psychiatric genetics, statistical genetics, and animal genetics. It is home to one of the nation's largest DNA repositories for research on human behavior, as well as housing a wide array of behaviorally and genetically defined lines of selected, recombinant inbred, transgenic, and knockout-gene mice. The human research currently conducted at IBG includes large-scale family, twin, and adoption studies of drug-related behaviors, cognitive abilities, personality, learning disabilities and psychopathology. The detection, localization, and identification of individual quantitative trait loci via association methods on whole-genome SNP and whole genome sequencing data is also a high priority. Laboratory animals are used to study behaviors associated with psychopathology and with alcohol abuse and nicotine dependance. For these studies, a large number of different strains and genetically selected stocks of mice are maintained in the IBG specific-pathogen-free mouse laboratory.

IBG provides training opportunities for graduate students in affiliated programs at the University of Colorado Boulder and University of Colorado at Denver. IBG receives funding from several federal agencies, principally through the National Institutes of Health, as well as a broad spectrum of Associations, Foundations and Programs. In total, 32 faculty fellows, 32 postdoctoral fellows, 21 graduate students, 58 research personnel, and 13 administrative and animal laboratory staff members work at IBG. Notable past and current faculty fellows of IBG include John DeFries, David Fulker, Lon Cardon, John Hewitt, and Steven Vandenberg.

Data collection and analysis is ongoing for several internationally renowned studies including:

• The Colorado Adoption Project
• The Colorado Twin Registry
• The Colorado Learning Disabilities Research Center

Research Institutes

CU Boulder's research mission is supported by multiple research institutes within the University system. Each research institute supports faculty from multiple academic departments, allowing institutes to conduct truly multidisciplinary research. CU-Boulder's 11 research institutes account for more than half of all sponsored research dollars at the university. With more than 900 researchers, students and supporting staff, the institutes make a major contribution to the university's research and education missions as well as the local and area economy.

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