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By identifying genes that influence behavior we hope to obtain fundamental mechanistic insights into the molecular basis of both health and disease. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENES AND BEHAVIOR Learn more

Manuscript accepted in Genome Research

Abraham Palmer is an author on the manuscript titled “A Novel Quantitative Trait Locus Implicates Msh3 in the Propensity for Genome-wide Short Tandem Repeat Expansions in Mice,” which was recently accepted for publication in Genome Research.

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Abraham Palmer April 27, 2023 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Scientific Reports

The manuscript titled “Reward Maximization Assessed Using a Sequential Patch Depletion Task in a Large Sample of Heterogeneous Stock Rats” was accepted in Scientific Reports.

Scientific Reports, volume 13, article number: 7027 (2023)

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Abraham Palmer April 25, 2023 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Cell Reports

The manuscript “Genome-wide Association Studies of Human and Rat BMI Converge on Synapse, Epigenome, and Hormone Signaling Networks” has been provisionally accepted for publication as a research article at Cell Reports.

Published: Cell Reports, 2023, August 29, Volume 42, Issue 8, 112873

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Abraham Palmer April 24, 2023 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Translational Psychiatry

The manuscript titled “CADM2 is Implicated in Impulsive Personality and Numerous Other Traits by Genome- and Phenome-wide Association Studies in Humans and Mice” was accepted in Translational Psychiatry.

Published in Translational Psychiatry: 12 May 2023

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Abraham Palmer April 17, 2023 Publications

Manuscript accepted in BioData Mining

The manuscript titled “Automated Quantitative Trait Locus Analysis (AutoQTL)” was accepted in BioData Mining.

Published in BioData Mining: 10 April 2023

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Abraham Palmer April 10, 2023 Publications

Dr. Benjamin Johnson joins the Palmer Lab

Ben Johnson joined the Bioinformatics team at Palmer Lab in March 2023. He received a PhD in Evolutionary Biology from Cornell University with concentrations in Ecological Genetics, Population Biology, Systematics, and Physiological Ecology.
Welcome, Ben!

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Abraham Palmer March 14, 2023 Palmer Lab News

Manuscript accepted in GENETICS

The manuscript titled “An exponential increase in QTL detection with an increased sample size” was accepted in GENETICS.

Genetics, Volume 224, Issue 2, June 2023, iyad054

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Abraham Palmer March 13, 2023 Publications

R01 grant awarded with Dr. Abraham Palmer as a co-investigator

A new R01 grant from the National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism (NIAAA) was awarded to Dr. Giordano de Guglielmo, with Dr. Abraham Palmer as co-investigator. The 5-year grant is titled “Identification of Genetic Variants that Influence Compulsive Alcohol Intake in Outbred Rats” and will start March 10, 2023 and end on February 29, 2028.

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Abraham Palmer March 10, 2023 Funding & Grants

Manuscript accepted in Neuropsychopharmacology

The manuscript titled “Shared Genetic Architecture between Attention-Deficit/Hyperactivity Disorder and Lifespan” was accepted in Neuropsychopharmacology. Authors include Laura Vilar-Ribó, Sandra Sanchez-Roige, and Abraham Palmer.

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Abraham Palmer February 21, 2023 Publications
Geisel Library

Palmer Lab Collections live on UC San Diego Library Digital Collections

Palmer Lab is pleased to announce our two entries in Digital Collections:

– Abraham A. Palmer Lab Research Data Collection
– The Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats Database (C-GORD)

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Abraham Palmer February 18, 2023 Publications
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  • RatGenes.org
    • RATTACA
    • GWAS datasets
  • RatGTEx.org | Expression data portal (gene expression, eQTL, sQTL)
  • POMS | opioidmedicationsurvey.org (Prescription Opioid Medication Survey study)

Abraham Palmer, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research,
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego

Director,
NIDA Center of Excellence for Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders in Outbred Rats ________________________

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3147 Biomedical Sciences Way

La Jolla, CA 92093-0667
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Phone: (858) 534-2093
Twitter: @AbePalmer

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PhD, Biomedical Sciences

University of California San Diego, 1999

BA, Biology
University of Chicago, 1992

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BRF-2 | Floor 3-A: Dry Lab
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Room 3A32: Oksana Polesskaya,
Thiago Sanches
3A07-D/E: Benjamin Johnson,
Zachary Tatom, Jonah Pacis
3A07-M: Apurva Chitre

BRF-2 | Floor 3: Wet Lab
Room 3217: Bays FF-JJ
  • Bay FF: Nina Suzuki
  • Bay GG: Montana Lara, Mohammad Sadegi
  • Bay HH: Denghui Chen, Gracie Ang
  • Bay II: Riyan Cheng, Rudy Avila
  • Bay JJ: Ivy Xi

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    • Manuscript accepted in Nature Communications
    • Dr. Palmer gives talk for Rat Genome meeting
    • Manuscript accepted in Psychopharmacology
    • Manuscript accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior
    • Montana Lara receives IMGS travel scholarship
    • Article published in Frontiers in Behavioral Neuroscience
    • Jonah Pacis begins rotation in the Palmer Lab
    • Dr. Palmer gives 2026 Mark Gold Lecture at Washington University in St. Louis
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