Dear WIN friends,
I am happy to inform you that the IQuadrivium society is now considered the 10th WIN member society!
IQuadrivium members, welcome to our WIN family!
Evangelos Katsioulis
Dear friends,
I just posted a literature overview about the current evidence on genes associated with intelligence. Information about the SNAP25 gene, specific chromosome positions, related SNPs, SNPedia and PubMed links are posted on:
Evangelos Katsioulis
Dear CIVIQ, HELLIQ and OLYMPIQ societies members,
The elections process for your societies Councils has started!
Any society member could demonstrate his/her interest for any officer position of his/her society Council. You can either post a simple initial statement of candidacy on your relevant Society web or in the Society boards hosted at the main WIN boards.
Each Society Council synthesis requires a President, Vice-President, Membership Officer, and Internet Officer.
The nominations will be closed by 15 February 2010. The election process will then be open for all society members registered in the main WIN boards members, who have been granted permissions to access the dedicated to the respective society boards (ie. registered members, who had their membership status confirmed). The election process will be closed by 1st March 2010.
WIN Executive Committee will followingly confirm and announce the results.
In case that there are any enquiries about the whole nomination and election process, you could either use this area of our website to post your questions or directly contact Evangelos Katsioulis.
Looking forward to meeting our candidates!
Evangelos Katsioulis
Dear WIN members,
Due to some maintenance work, WIN boards have been reset. We are sorry about this inconveniency. Any so far WIN boards registered members need to re-initiate the registration process. The boards will be back online and fully functioning by the 31 December 2009.
Once more, my apologies for the inconvenience.
Evangelos Katsioulis
Dear WIN friends,
I am happy to inform you that the Infinity International Society (IIS) is now considered the newest WIN member society!
IIS members, Welcome to our WIN family!
Evangelos Katsioulis
Dear WIN friends,
The new WIN boards based on new and secure software are now online.
You can vist the boards following the link:
You need to register a nickname using an email account. Permissions to any WIN member society board should only be granted upon official confirmation of one’s current membership in the respective society.
Enjoy your time with us!
The GrIQ
Evangelos Katsioulis
Dear WIN friends,
On behalf of all WIN officers, my warmest wishes for a much better and happier new year!
Evangelos Katsioulis
Dear WIN members,
I have received the following study proposal from Dr Schwartz. Anyone interested in participating in that project could contact directly Dr Schwartz or Cindy Skinner.
Evangelos Katsioulis
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Study of Individuals with High Intellectual Ability
Purpose: Researchers have been attempting to identify quantitative trait loci (QTLs) for intelligence and cognitive impairment. Although progress has been slow, some gene defects have been identified in individuals with cognitive impairment. However, it has been difficult to identify QTLs which can be replicated in subsequent studies. Some of the difficulty may reside in the populations utilized for the studies. Almost none has endeavored to study a cohort of individuals with high intellectual ability (HIA), those whose IQ is above 2 SD the mean (>130). Just as studies of individuals with cognitive impairment have led to an understanding of brain development and function, studies of individuals with high intellectual ability should be able to provide valuable insight into these areas.
Outline of Study: The proposed study of individuals with HIA will be conducted by researchers at the Greenwood Genetic Center. The study will apply current molecular and genetic technologies to ascertain variations in a person’s genome. These variations will consist of either single nucleotide polymorphisms (SNPs) or copy number variants (CNVs; deletion or duplication of genetic material). Across the cohort of HIA individuals, an attempt will be made to identify SNP or CNV associations of significance.
Material Needed: Individuals interested in participating in the study would need to provide the following:
- Signed consent for participating in the study.
- Responses to a questionnaire which would provide us with some necessary demographic (age, sex, race, IQ, etc.) and clinical (medicines, behavioral characteristics, handedness, etc.) information.
- DNA and RNA obtained using Oragene saliva kits provided by us.
Privacy: For the purpose of the cohort analysis, samples will be anonymized. However, if an individual desires to have individual information provided to them, this can be arranged.
Other notes: Besides individuals, we are interested in enrolling families which have multiple HIA individuals. Such families would provide an invaluable resource for genetic studies of intellectual function which cannot be undertaken in a study of a large number of unrelated HIA individuals.
This is a research project. Therefore, results will not be immediately available and final analysis of all the findings will likely take more than 2 years. Additionally, some of the analysis will be undertaken by scientists in collaboration with researchers at the Greenwood Genetic Center. It is hoped that funding for the study will be provided by NIH (National Institute of Health, US) and/or other private/public sources.
Contact: Individuals with IQ ≥130 or families with multiple members having an IQ ≥ 130 who are interested in participating in our study should contact:
Dr. Charles Schwartz, Principal Investigator
Greenwood Genetic Center
113 Gregor Mendel Circle
Greenwood, SC 29646
864-941-8140
or
Cindy Skinner, RN, Sample Coordinator
Greenwood Genetic Center
113 Gregor Mendel Circle
Greenwood, SC 29646
864-941-8115
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Dear WIN friends,
I am in the happy position to inform you that the new CIVIQ and OLYMPIQ societies blog-based webs are now online. You can visit the new webs following the links:
CIVIQ Society: http://CIV.IQsociety.org
OLYMPIQ Society: http://OLYMP.IQsociety.org
Looking forward to hearing your comments!
Evangelos
Dear friends,
In the context of the total WIN transformation, I suggest to update the WIN logo too.
Instead of the old WIN logotype, which follows
I suggest the following new logo
Looking forward to hearing your comments
TheGrIQ