Riyan and Abe’s article: ”A Simulation Study of Permutation, Bootstrap and Gene Dropping for Assessing Statistical Significance in the Case of Unequal Relatedness” has been accepted for publication in genetics.
Abraham Palmer and Clarissa Parker travel to ACNP in Hollywood, Florida
Clarissa received a prestigious travel award; Abraham was accompanied by Stephanie Dulawa, his wife (they are both Associate Members) and Ariela, his 3 year old daughter. It was Ariela’s 3rd time at ACNP, meaning that she is among the few people
Amy Hart’s article: “Candidate gene studies of a promising intermediate phenotype: failure to replicate” accepted for publication in Neuropsychopharmacology
Amy’s article: “Candidate gene studies of a promising intermediate phenotype: failure to replicate” has been accepted for publication in Neuropsychopharmacology. You can find the full article here.
Margaret Distler’s article about the gene Csmd1 accepted for publication in PLoSOne
Margaret and Abe’s article: “ Assessment of behaviors modeling aspects of schizophrenia in Csmd1 mutant mice” has been accepted for publication on PLOS ONE.
Camron Bryant leaves for Boston
Camron leaves the lab to start his new job in Boston. He will be assuming the position of Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.
Margaret Distler & Abraham Palmer’s review of Glo1 and MG accepted for publication in Frontiers in Genetics
Margaret and Abe’s review article: “Role of Glyoxalase 1 (Glo1) and methylglyoxal (MG) in behavior: recent advances and mechanistic insights” has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics. You can find the article here.
Clarissa Parker presents talk at World Congress on Psychiatric Genetics 2012 in Hamburg, Germany
Clarissa’s presentation was on “Comparing genome-wide association results for fear conditioning in two advanced intercross mouse lines: Implications for gene identification in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in humans” . Clarissa was accompanied to the World Congress by fellow lab members Amy Hart
Nature article about fear learning includes quote from Abraham Palmer
An article by Virginia Hughes discussing post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) mentions Abraham Palmer’s work. You can find the full article here.
Camron Bryant accepts position at Boston University
Camron Bryant, Research Associate in the Palmer Lab, has officially accepted an offer for an Assistant Professor position at Boston University School of Medicine in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics. There, Camron will complete the R00 phase of
Hyde Park is featured by American Airlines
An article by Stephen J. Lyons in American Airline’s in-flight magazine highlights the wonders of living in Hyde Park . You can read the full article here.














