Liz Cirulli, Duke University

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Event Details
  • Date/Time:
    • Thursday March 5, 2015 - Friday March 6, 2015
      10:00 am - 9:59 am
  • Location: Georgia Tech, Klaus Advanced Computing Building, 1116W
  • Phone: (404) 894-3700
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  • Fee(s):
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Contact

If you have questions about logistics or would like to set up an appointment with the speaker, please contact the School of Biology's administrative office at bio-admin@biology.gatech.edu.

Summaries

Summary Sentence: Liz Cirulli, Duke University

Full Summary: Exploring the genetics of normal human cognitive variationWhile extensive efforts continue to be made to understand the genetics of human diseases, there has been much less serious effort dedicated to understanding the genetic bases of traits comprising everyday differences among healthy individuals, many of which are of great interest biologically and have the potential to further our understanding of diseases. We have administered a standard cognitive battery to more than 2,200 healthy volunteers and assessed more than 600 participants for their night visual acuity, face recognition ability, time perception, contagious yawn susceptibility, and auditory pitch discrimination; these are all traits that are relevant to disease, fairly easy to measure and involve neuronal processes. We are exploring different genetic methods to identify variants influencing these traits, including GWAS, targeted genotyping and sequencing, and complete genome and exome sequencing. Our work provides a novel viewpoint into the biology underlying human diseases and the genetic architecture of human traits.

Exploring the genetics of normal human cognitive variation

Additional Information

In Campus Calendar
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Groups

School of Biological Sciences

Invited Audience
Undergraduate students, Faculty/Staff, Public, Graduate students
Categories
Seminar/Lecture/Colloquium
Keywords
Greg Gibson, Liz Cirulli, School of Biology Seminar
Status
  • Created By: Jasmine Martin
  • Workflow Status: Published
  • Created On: Jan 21, 2015 - 4:41am
  • Last Updated: Apr 13, 2017 - 5:20pm