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Abraham Palmer and Amelie Baud speak with Sweetwater High School students

April 6, 2018Abraham Palmer

Drs. Abraham Palmer and Amelie Baud presented their research on psychiatric genetics to approximately 40 high school students on Friday April 6th at UCSD. Many of the students are taking AP Psychology or AP Economics courses. They were visiting the

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Article by Dr. Amanda Barkley-Levenson accepted for publication in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research

March 5, 2018Abraham Palmer

The article, “Glyoxalase (GLO1) inhibition or genetic overexpression does not alter ethanol’s locomotor effects: implications for GLO1 as a therapeutic target in alcohol use disorders,” was written by Amanda Barkley-Levenson and accepted for publication in Alcoholism: Clinical and Experimental Research.

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The Globe and Mail highlights Abraham Palmer’s research on loneliness

January 25, 2018Abraham Palmer

A recent article by Wency Leung at The Globe and Mail discusses why loneliness is so bad for the human body. The article is titled “Why is loneliness so toxic? Scientists are exploring what it does to the human body,” and highlights

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Palmer Lab Research Highlighted as One of the Top Advancements & Breakthroughs by BBR Foundation Grantees in 2017

January 3, 2018Abraham Palmer

The Brain & Behavior Research Foundation presented the Palmer Lab with honors for one of the Top Advancements & Breakthroughs by Foundation Grantees in 2017. This list illustrates some of the major research achievements by BBRF grantees over the past

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Article by Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Roige is published in Nature Neuroscience and gains media attention

December 12, 2017Abraham Palmer

The article, “Genome-wide association study of delay discounting in 23,217 adult research participants of European ancestry” written by Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Roige, was published in Nature Neuroscience. The recently published article has garnered significant attention in various news and social media

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Article by Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Roige accepted for publication in Genes, Brain and Behavior

November 7, 2017Abraham Palmer

The article written by Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Roige entitled “The genetics of human personality” was accepted for publication in Genes, Brain and Behavior. Abraham Palmer is a co-author on the paper. Congratulations, Sandra!

Dr. Yu-yu Ren deadlifts 340kg for a new American record & unofficial world record at 83kg

October 13, 2017Abraham Palmer

Congratulations to Yu-yu for setting a new American record and unofficially breaking a world record in weight lifting! He deadlifted 340kg, which is 15kg over the current world record. Check out the article about him here!  

Article by Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Roige accepted for publication in Addiction Biology

September 26, 2017Abraham Palmer

The article written by Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Roige entitled “Genome-wide association study of Alcohol Use Disorder Identification Test (AUDIT) scores in 20,328 research participants of European ancestry” was accepted for publication in Addiction Biology. Abraham Palmer is a co-author on the

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Dr. Amelie Baud joins the Palmer Lab!

September 22, 2017Abraham Palmer

Dr. Amelie Baud has joined the Palmer Lab! She is a Sir Henry Wellcome postdoctoral fellow at EMBL – EBI in the UK and Visiting Scholar at UCSD. Amelie’s research focuses on understanding how genetic variants in an individual can

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Grad student Alex Gileta finally makes the move to San Diego!

September 18, 2017Abraham Palmer

Graduate student Alex Gileta finally reunites with the Palmer lab in sunny San Diego. After a year and a half apart (studying at the University of Chicago), he decided he just couldn’t live without us and will be here until

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Abraham Palmer, Ph.D.

Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research, Department of Psychiatry

Ph.D., Biomedical Sciences, University of California San Diego, 1999

A.B., Biology, The University of Chicago, 1992

Mail Code: 0667
Biomedical Research Facility II (BRF2); 3A24
9500 Gilman Drive
La Jolla, CA 92093-0667

Email: aapalmer@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-2093
Twitter: @AbePalmer

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