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Review article co-authored by Dr. Abraham Palmer published in Neuropharmacology

The review article, “Pavlovian fear memory circuits and phenotype models of PTSD,” has been published in Neuropharmacology. Dr. Palmer is a co-author along with Luke Johnson, Jennifer McGuire, and Rachel Lazarus.

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Abraham Palmer July 27, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Article co-authored by Dr. Clarissa Parker, Dr. Riyan Cheng, and Dr. Abraham Palmer published in Mammalian Genome

The article, “Fine-mapping alleles for body weight in LG/J × SM/J F2 and F34 advanced intercross lines,” has been published in Mammalian Genome. Dr. Clarissa Parker, Dr. Riyan Cheng, and Dr. Abraham Palmer are co-authors along with Greta Sokoloff, Jackie E. Lim, Andrew D. Skol, and Mark Abney.

This paper was a team effort to use body weight data that we’d collected as part of the methamphetamine studies. Since these animals had been selected for divergent body size prior to inbreeding, we figured there would be a number of relevant alleles.

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Abraham Palmer July 27, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Article co-authored by Dr. Riyan Cheng and Dr. Abraham Palmer accepted for publication in BMC Genetics

The article, “QTLRel: an R Package for Genome-wide Association Studies in which Relatedness is a Concern,” has been accepted for publication in BMC Genetics. Dr. Riyan Cheng and Dr. Abraham Palmer are co-authors along with Mark Abney.

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Abraham Palmer July 15, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Dr. Camron Bryant wins American College of Neuropsychopharmacology (ACNP) Travel Award

Congratulations, Camron!

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Abraham Palmer July 14, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Dr. Riyan Cheng and Dr. Abraham Palmer’s article accepted for publication in Mammalian Genome

The article, “Genetic determinants for intramuscular fat content and water-holding capacity in mice selected for high muscle mass,” has been accepted for publication in Mammalian Genome. Dr. Riyan Cheng and Dr. Abraham Palmer are co-authors along with Stefan Kärst, Armin Schmitt, Hyuna Yang, Fernando Pardo Manuel de Villena, and Gudrun Brockmann.

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Abraham Palmer July 6, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Dr. Abraham Palmer gives plenary lecture at Center for Contextual Genetics and Prevention Science

The talk was called “Using Intermediate Phenotypes to Bridge the Gap Between Human and Mouse Genetics” and was part of symposium titled “Unraveling Genetic Influences on Substance Misuse: The Intermediate Phenotype”. Details can be found here.

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Abraham Palmer June 27, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Competitive renewal of NIDA R01 funded

This is the first R01 that I’ve ever had to renew, luckily I got it on the first try! The grant was funded by NIDA and is titled “Systems genetic analysis of methamphetamine’s motivational effects in a mouse AIL” and includes more than $1.4 in direct costs from 2011-2016.

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Abraham Palmer June 14, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Article co-authored by Dr. Greta Sokoloff and Dr. Abraham Palmer accepted for publication in Genome Research

The article, “Genetic analysis in the Collaborative Cross breeding population: Heritability, genetic correlation and QTL mapping,” has been accepted for publication in Genome Research. Dr. Greta Sokoloff and Dr. Abraham Palmer are co-authors are along with Vivek Philip, Cheryl Ackert-Bicknell, Martin Striz, Lisa Branstetter, Melissa Beckmann, Jason Spence, Barbara Jackson, Leslie Galloway, Paul Barker, Ann Wymore, Patricia Hunsicker, David Durtschi, Ginger Shaw, Sarah Shinpock, Kenneth Manly, Darla Miller, Kevin Donohue, Cymbeline Culiat, Gary Churchill, William Lariviere, Bruce O’Hara, Brynn Voy, and Elissa Chesler.

After a long review process, Dr. Greta Sokoloff

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Abraham Palmer June 8, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Diane Trahanas hired as Palmer Lab’s new technician

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Abraham Palmer June 8, 2011 Palmer Lab News

Dr. Clarissa Parker and Dr. Abraham Palmer’s article accepted for publication in Frontiers in Genetics

The article, “Dark matter: are mice the solution to missing heritability?,” has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Genetics. The article can be found here.

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Abraham Palmer June 1, 2011 Palmer Lab News
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Abraham Palmer, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research,
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego

Director,
NIDA Center of Excellence for Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders in Outbred Rats ________________________

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PhD, Biomedical Sciences

University of California San Diego, 1999

BA, Biology
University of Chicago, 1992

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BRF-2 | Floor 3-A: Dry Lab
Room 3A24: Abraham Palmer
Room 3A32: Oksana Polesskaya,
Thiago Sanches
3A07-D/E: Benjamin Johnson,
Zachary Tatom, Jonah Pacis
3A07-M: Apurva Chitre

BRF-2 | Floor 3: Wet Lab
Room 3217: Bays FF-JJ
  • Bay FF: Nina Suzuki
  • Bay GG: Montana Lara, Mohammad Sadegi
  • Bay HH: Denghui Chen, Gracie Ang
  • Bay II: Riyan Cheng, Rudy Avila
  • Bay JJ: Ivy Xi

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    • Pilot grant with Yale/NIDA Neuroproteomics Center awarded to Dr. Daniel Munro
    • Manuscript published in Bioengineering
    • Manuscript accepted in Nature Communications
    • Dr. Palmer gives talk for Rat Genome meeting
    • Manuscript accepted in Psychopharmacology
    • Manuscript accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior
    • Montana Lara receives IMGS travel scholarship
    • Article published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
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