June 23, 2009
"There is a functional developmental parallel between the way a bird learns to sing and a human learns to speak," said David Clayton, a professor of neuroscience and cell and developmental biology at the University of Illinois who led the group that proposed and organized the genome sequencing effort. Photo by L. Brian Stauffer

Professor of Cell and Developmental Biology David Clayton has been appointed a Fellow of the Canadian Institute for Advanced Research. As a member of the Experience-Based Brain and Biological Development Program, he will work with a distinguished collective of international researchers to consider how early social experiences change neural, endocrine, and immunological systems.

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