Illinois Biology and Politics Summer Institute

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IRA H. CARMEN Political Science	Ira Carmen The author of Politics in the laboratory: The Constitution of Human Genomics (2004) which characterizes the emerging Genetics and Politics subfield for political science. He is the organizer of the IBPSI.
Stephanie Ceman Cell and Developmental Biology	Stephanie Ceman Studies the molecular basis of learning and memory by using the Fragile X mental retardation protein as a model system.
Martha Gillette Molecular and Integrative Physiology	Martha Gillette Tracks the neural bases of behavior by probing mechanisms that pattern circadian rhythms emanating from the clock found in the hypothalamus.
John R. Hibbing Political Science	John Hibbing, University of Nebraska Cofounder of the Genetics and Politics subfield in his discipline. He has specialized in culling from twin-studies data the linkages between heritability and political attitudes.
Justin Rhodes Psychology	Justin Rhodes Research on the neural and genetic precursor’s human motivation and is particularly interested in tracking how these antecedents interact with environmental factors to explain phenotypic repertoires.
GENE E. ROBINSON Entomology and Scociogenomics	Gene Robinson Co-principal Investigator on NSF grant underwriting the creation of the IBPSI, is the leading architect of the sociogenomics paradigm for synthesizing the social behaviors of sundry species. He is a member of the National Academy of Science.

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