13
October
Dr. Arya Massarat joins the Palmer Lab
Arya Massarat joined the Palmer Lab in September 2026 as a Postdoctoral Scholar.
Welcome, Arya!
October
06
October
Jonah joins the Palmer Lab after completing rotation!
Jonah Pacis began a rotation in the Palmer Lab in Spring 2026, and he has now been advanced to full lab member!
Congratulations, Jonah!
08
September
Lawrence Xu begins rotation in the Palmer Lab
Yixuan (Lawrence) Xu joined the Palmer Lab in August 2026 as a rotation student in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology PhD program.
Welcome, Lawrence!
24
August
Kalyani Cauwenberghs joins the Palmer Lab
Kalyani joined the Palmer Lab in August 2026 as a Data Processes Information Systems Analyst with the Bioinformatics team.
Welcome, Kalyani!
12
June
Pilot grant with Yale/NIDA Neuroproteomics Center awarded to Dr. Daniel Munro
Dr. Daniel Munro, Assistant Project Scientist at Palmer Lab, was awarded a Pilot Grant for his project titled “Mapping Protein Quantitative Trait Loci in the Heterogeneous Stock Rat Brain to Identify Causal Genes at Substance Use Disorder GWAS Loci.”
Congratulations!
11
May
Dr. Palmer gives talk for Rat Genome meeting
Dr. Palmer gave a talk titled “The surprise appearance of an XY female, characterizing a spontaneous mutation in the HS rat colony” during the monthly Rat Genome meeting organized by Hao Chen (on behalf of the International Rat Omics Consortium (IROC).
…fertile XY females, and XXY and XYY individuals that were part of a multigenerational pedigree…
01
April
Jonah Pacis begins rotation in the Palmer Lab
Jonah joined the Palmer Lab in March 2026 as a rotation student in the Bioinformatics and Systems Biology PhD program.
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February
23andMe blog article features Drs. Palmer and Sanchez-Roige
Drs. Abraham Palmer and Sandra Sanchez-Roige were featured in a recent article on the 23andMe blog!
The article, “A Decade of Discovery: Unraveling the Genetics of Behavior with 23andMe and UCSD,” celebrates the partnership between 23andMe, Dr. Abraham Palmer, and Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Roige, and lists the numerous research papers they have collaborated on in the past decade.
Check it out!
21
January
Dr. Montana Lara is a featured GSA Early Career Scientist
Palmer Lab postdoc Dr. Montana Lara was featured in a recent article on the Genetics Society of America (GSA) blog!
The article, “Early Career Leadership Spotlight: Montana Kay Lara,” explores Montana’s research and career interests.
Check it out!
05
January
Jai Ramchandra begins rotation in the Palmer Lab
Jai is a rotating first year PhD student from the UCSD Biomedical Sciences Graduate Program who joined the Palmer Lab in January 2026.
Welcome, Jai!
