Brittany Leger presents poster at annual Judd Symposium

Abraham Palmer Events & Meetings, Palmer Lab News

Palmer Lab member and UC San Diego Biomedical Sciences graduate student Brittany Leger presented a research poster at the 19th Annual Lewis L. Judd Young Investigators Research Symposium on April 25, 2024.

Brittany's poster, titled "Rare and Common Variants for Alcohol Consumption Identify Overlapping Gene Networks," showcased the findings of a forthcoming publication in Alcohol: Clinical and Experimental Research: ”Rare and Common Variants Associated with Alcohol Consumption Identify a Conserved Molecular Network” (authors include Brittany S Leger, John J Meredith , Trey Ideker, Sandra Sanchez-Roige, and Abraham A Palmer).

[Palmer Lab member Brittany Leger (right)]

Dr. Palmer attended the Judd symposium in support of Brittany and his UC San Diego colleagues from the Department of Psychiatry (DOP), including the keynote speaker, Marsida Kallupi.

[from left]: UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry:
Greg Light, Abraham Palmer, and Jeff Daskalakis
[from left]: Giordano de Guglielmo, Marsida Kallupi, Angelica Martinez, and Palmer Lab member, Michelle Doyle
DOP Chair, Jeff Daskalakis opened the symposium
2024 Judd Symposium keynote speaker, Marsida Kallupi:
"Deciphering Addiction Vulnerability: RATTACA, a Novel Genomic Approach to Predict Cocaine Use Disorder Susceptibility in Rats."