Jean is currently rotating in the Palmer Lab for Spring 2024 (April-June) as a student in the Bioinformatics and System Biology (BISB) graduate program.

On March 19, 2024, Drs. Palmer and Sanchez-Roige presented their talk,”Ten years of collaboration with 23andMe: what we’ve learned about behavioral genetics and where we are going,” at 23andMe headquarters in Sunnyvale, CA.

The manuscript titled “A phenome-wide association and mendelian randomisation study of alcohol use variants in a diverse cohort comprising over 3 million individuals” was accepted for publication in eBioMedicine.

Authors include current and past Palmer Lab members Abraham A Palmer & Sandra Sanchez-Roige.

Update: the authors were featured in a related article, “A Deep Dive Into the Genetics of Alcohol Consumption” — (UC San Diego Today, 4/5/24)

The manuscript titled “A revamped rat reference genome improves the discovery of genetic diversity in laboratory rats” was accepted for publication in the April 2024 issue of Cell Genomics.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Daniel Munro, Denghui Chen, Apurva Chitre, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham Palmer.

Congratulations!

(Update, 3/26/24: new links available)

Dr. Palmer gave a talk for UCLA’s Integrative Center for Neurobehavioral Genetics (ICNG) Seminar Series, titled “Genetic approaches to understanding substance use disorder and other behaviors: integrative studies using humans and rats.”

The manuscript titled “Environmental enrichment promotes adaptive responding during tests of behavioral regulation in male heterogeneous stock rats” was accepted in Scientific Reports.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Apurva Chitre, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham A. Palmer.

Congratulations!

Gracie joined the Palmer Lab in January 2024, working as a Data Processes Information Systems Analyst with the Bioinformatics team. She graduated from San Diego State University with a master’s degree in Bioinformatics.

Welcome, Gracie!

Anjali is currently rotating in the Palmer Lab for Winter 2024 (January-March) as a student in the Bioinformatics and System Biology (BISB) graduate program.

…we are pleased to celebrate the 100th generation of HS Rats!

Palmer Lab has marked this momentous occasion with festivities at a few recent events.

Lab members and guests enjoyed another beautiful La Jolla sunset together at the annual Palmer Lab holiday party and white elephant gift exchange on December 15, 2023.

Note that the UC San Diego campus will be closed from December 25, 2023 through January 2, 2024.