by alexismorgan | Jun 14, 2018 | News
June 14, 2018 | UCSC News | By Tim Stephens The Pew Charitable Trusts has named Angela Brooks, assistant professor of biomolecular engineering at UC Santa Cruz, a Pew Scholar in the Biomedical Sciences. Brooks will receive a $300,000 award over four years to support...
by alexismorgan | May 31, 2018 | News
Three genes that appeared during our early evolution probably increased the number of neurons in our heads—but at a cost. ED YONG | The Atlantic 5/31/18 It started with some blobs of brain-like tissue, growing in a dish. Frank Jacobs, then at the University of...
by alexismorgan | May 31, 2018 | News
By Reuters | May 31, 2018 WASHINGTON — Scientists have pinpointed three genes that may have played a pivotal role in an important milestone in human evolution: the striking increase in brain size that facilitated cognitive advances that helped define what it means to...
by alexismorgan | May 31, 2018 | Publications
Ian T Fiddes1, Gerrald A Lodewijk2, Meghan M Mooring1, Colleen M Bosworth1, Adam D Ewing1, Gary L Mantalas1, Adam M Novak1, Anouk van den Bout2, Alex Bishara3, Jimi L Rosenkrantz1, Ryan Lorig-Roach1, Andrew R Field1, Maximillian Haeussler1, Lotte Russo2,Aparna...
by alexismorgan | May 31, 2018 | Publications
Ian T. Fiddes1, 15, Gerrald A. Lodewijk2, 15, Meghan Mooring1, Colleen M. Bosworth1, Adam D. Ewing1, 16, Gary L. Mantalas1, 3, Adam M. Novak1, Anouk van den Bout2, Alex Bishara4, Jimi L. Rosenkrantz1, 5, Ryan Lorig-Roach1, Andrew R. Field1, 3, Maximilian Haeussler1,...