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James Noonan, PhD, who has made novel contributions to the fields of human evolutionary genetics and neurodevelopment, was recently appointed the Albert E. Kent Professor of Genetics and Professor of Neuroscience, effective immediately.
- April 14, 2020
The Swiss-based NOMIS Foundation is making a large five-year award for research into what makes the human brain unique. The research will be a collaboration between the laboratories of James P. Noonan, PhD, associate professor of genetics and of neuroscience at Yale School of Medicine, and Franck Polleux, PhD, professor of neuroscience at Columbia University and a member of that school’s Zuckerman Institute. Their combined mission is to understand the brain and mind.
- December 15, 2019
Announcing: Kavli Workshop on "Current Perspectives on the Generation and Analysis of Complex Data in Neuroscience," Wednesday, January 8, 2020 - 1 to 5 PM in Hope 216
- May 28, 2019
Two Yale Department of Genetics students were recently awarded the National Science Foundation Graduate Research Fellowship. Myles Alderman from the Xiao lab and Mark Noble from the Noonan lab have been recognized by the fellowship program for their contributions and aspirations in both scientific innovation and education.
- May 24, 2017
The Kavli Institute for Neuroscience granted three Innovative Research Awards to interdisciplinary research teams at the Yale School of Medicine.
- July 20, 2015
A larger head size — or macrocephaly — is seen in many children with severe autism spectrum disorder (ASD). A new stem cell study of these children by Yale School of Medicine researchers could help predict ASD and may lead to new drug targets for autism treatment.
- July 08, 2015Source: OncLive
An overview of cancer research from Yale Cancer Center and patient care from Smilow Cancer Hospital at Yale-New Haven from OncLive.
- December 30, 2011Source: Genomeweb
Jim was profiled in GenomeWeb’s 6th Annual Young Investigators
- December 20, 2011Source: PBS
Earth teems with a staggering variety of animals, including 9,000 kinds of birds, 28,000 types of fish, and more than 350,000 species of beetles. What explains this explosion of living creatures—1.4 million different species discovered so far, with perhaps another 50 million to go? The source of life's endless forms was a profound mystery until Charles Darwin brought forth his revolutionary idea of natural selection. Bu