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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 Nature Genetics

Dr. Palmer is a co-author on the manuscript titled “The Farm Animal Genotype-Tissue Expression (FarmGTex) Project,” which was accepted in Nature Genetics.

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Abraham Palmer January 28, 2025 Publications

Manuscript accepted in PLOS Genetics

The manuscript titled “RatXcan: A framework for cross-species integration of genome-wide association and gene expression data” was accepted in PLOS Genetics.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members: Sabrina Mi, Apurva S. Chitre, Daniel Munro, Denghui Chen, Riyan Cheng, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham A. Palmer.

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Abraham Palmer January 21, 2025 Publications

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

A new R01 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA) was awarded to Dr. Sandra Sanchez-Roige, with Dr. Abraham Palmer as co-investigator.

The 5-year grant is titled “Multi-ancestry, multivariate genome-wide association analysis of opioid-related traits in half a million individuals” and it will start January 15, 2025 and end on November 30, 2029.

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Abraham Palmer January 15, 2025 Funding & Grants

Manuscript accepted in Psychiatry Research

The manuscript titled “Genomic structural equation modeling of reward-related traits: Exploring the genetic factor structure and its relationship with psychopathology” was accepted in Psychiatry Research.

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Abraham Palmer December 19, 2024 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology

The manuscript titled “Delay discounting data in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study: Modeling and analysis considerations” was accepted in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.

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Abraham Palmer December 17, 2024 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Molecular Psychiatry

The manuscript titled “Genome-wide association study reveals multiple loci for nociception and opioid consumption behaviors associated with heroin vulnerability in outbred rats” was accepted in Molecular Psychiatry.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Apurva Chitre, Khai-Minh Nguyen, Denghui Chen, Benjamin Johnson, Thiago Missfeldt Sanches, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham Palmer.

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Abraham Palmer December 10, 2024 Publications

Manuscript accepted in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics

The manuscript titled “A Cost-effective, High-throughput, Highly Accurate Genotyping Method for Outbred Populations” was accepted in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Denghui Chen, Apurva Chitre, Khai-Minh Nguyen, Benjamin Johnson, Thiago Sanches, Riyan Cheng, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham Palmer.

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Abraham Palmer December 3, 2024 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Biological Psychiatry

The manuscript titled “Multi-omic network analysis identifies dysregulated neurobiological pathways in opioid addiction” was accepted in Biological Psychiatry.

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Abraham Palmer November 21, 2024 Publications

Palmer Lab members present posters at ASHG meeting in Denver

Dr. Palmer and two members of the Palmer Lab attended the annual American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) meeting in Denver, Colorado, November 5-9, 2024.

Brittany Leger and Sabrina Mi each presented a poster at the meeting.

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Abraham Palmer November 12, 2024 Palmer Lab News

P30 Center announced in UC San Diego Today

Our recently-funded NIDA P30 Center grant was announced in the campus publication UC San Diego Today.

The article is titled “UC San Diego Awarded $8 Million to Uncover Genetic Foundations of Substance Use Disorders.”

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Abraham Palmer November 8, 2024 Awards, P30 NIDA Center of Excellence, Palmer Lab News
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    Visit our other websites for more information on:
  • RATTACA...visit RatGenes
  • Expression data portal (gene expression, eQTL, sQTL)...visit RatGTEx
  • GWAS datasets...visit C-GORD

Abraham Palmer, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research,
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego
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Palmer Lab
University of California San Diego
Israni Biomedical Research Facility (BRF-2)
3147 Biomedical Sciences Way

La Jolla, CA 92093-0667
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Email: aap@ucsd.edu
Phone: (858) 534-2093
Twitter: @AbePalmer

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Curriculum Vitae

PhD, Biomedical Sciences
University of California San Diego, 1999

BA, Biology
University of Chicago, 1992

Director, NIDA National Center of Excellence for GWAS in Outbred Rats

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BRF-2 | Floor 3-A: Dry Lab
Room 3A24: Abraham Palmer
Room 3A32: Oksana Polesskaya,
Thiago Sanches, Elaine Keung
3A07-D/E: Benjamin Johnson,
Gavrila Ang, Zachary Tatom
3A07-M: Apurva Chitre

BRF-2 | Floor 3: Wet Lab
Room 3217: Bays FF-JJ
  • Bay FF: Rudy Avila
  • Bay GG: Montana Lara
  • Bay HH: Brittany Leger,
    Denghui Chen
  • Bay II: Riyan Cheng
  • Bay JJ: Nina Suzuki

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