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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

NIDA National Center of Excellence (P50) grant from NIDA awarded to Abraham Palmer

The grant is titled “Integrated GWAS of complex behavioral and gene expression traits in outbred rats” and involved collaborators from University of Michigan (Terry Robbinson and Shelly Flagel, SUNY Buffalo (Jerry Richards, Paul Meyer and Joe Lucke), University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center (Hao Chen) and Medical College of Wisconsin (Leah Solberg Woods).

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Abraham Palmer June 16, 2014 Funding & Grants, P50 NIDA Center of Excellence

Article by Laura Sittig, Camila Barrios Camacho, and Abraham Palmer accepted for publication in Mammalian Genome

The article, “Phenotypic instability between the near isogenic substrains BALB/cJ and BALB/cByJ” was accepted for publication in Mammalian Genome.

The authors include Laura J. Sittig, Choongwon Jeong, Emily Tixier, Joe Davis, Camila M. Barrios Camacho, and Abraham A. Palmer.

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Abraham Palmer June 16, 2014 Publications

Camila Barrios Camacho Presented at the 9th Annual PREP Symposium!

Camila’s talk was titled “The diabetic brain: identifying the epistatic effects of the Akita mouse mutant allele (Ins2C96Y ) on physiological and behavioral phenotypes in a panel of F1 mice”

Click here for more information about the PREP program

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Abraham Palmer June 5, 2014 Talks & Conferences

Natalia Gonzales Recieves 2014 Statistical Genetics Diversity Fellowship

Two predoctoral student fellowships are awarded annually.  The fellowships will cover all expenses for registration, travel, and lodging for the 2014 Statistical Genetics Short Course at UCLA. These fellowships are supported by NIH grants from the National Institute Of General Medical Sciences (GM103774).

Click here for info about the 2014 Statistical Genetics Short Course

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Abraham Palmer June 4, 2014 Funding & Grants

Dr. Abraham Palmer presents at the workshop on wild mouse biology at the Max Plank Institute in Plon, Germany

His talk was titled “GWAS and eQTL in outbred laboratory mice.”

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Abraham Palmer May 27, 2014 Talks & Conferences

Natalia Gonzales Wins Best Poster Award at the Complex Trait Consortium Conference in Berlin, Germany!

Natalia Gonzales & Dr. Abraham Palmer attended the Complex Trait Consortium 13th Annual Meeting that was held in Berlin, Germany from May 19-22, 2014.  Natalia also wins Best Poster Award!

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Abraham Palmer May 23, 2014 Awards

Celine St. Pierre Finishes her Undergraduate Thesis!

Her undergraduate thesis is titled “Mapping of anxiety-like traits in an advanced intercross line of mice.”

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Abraham Palmer May 22, 2014 Palmer Lab News

Dr. Palmer discusses heritability of personality and psychiatric diseases on the Groks Science Radio Show

The Groks Science Show is a weekly science radio program and podcast produced in Chicago, IL and Tokyo, Japan. The show broadcasts on radio stations across the country, internationally, and can also be heard as a podcast.

Dr. Abraham Palmer discusses psychiatric genetics–heritability of personality and psychiatric diseases, and his latest study on the genetics of amphetamine response.

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Abraham Palmer May 15, 2014 Interviews

Palmer Lab Attends IBANGS 2014 in Chicago

The 16th Annual Meeting of the International Behavioural and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS) was held in Chicago from May 10-13.

Camron Bryant, Clarissa Parker and Laura Sittig gave talks.

Alex Gileta, Natalia Gonzales, Kat Johnston McMurray and Celine St. Pierre presented posters.

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Abraham Palmer May 15, 2014 Talks & Conferences

Article by Natalia Gonzales & Abraham Palmer accepted for publication in Mammalian Genome

The article “Fine mapping QTLs in advanced interbred lines and other outbred populations,” has been accepted for publication in Mammalian Genome.

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Abraham Palmer April 25, 2014 Publications
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Related Websites:

    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

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

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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ORCiD: 0000-0003-3634-0747
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PhD, Biomedical Sciences

University of California San Diego, 1999

BA, Biology
University of Chicago, 1992

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La Jolla, CA 92093

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9500 Gilman Drive
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    Mohammad Sadegi
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    Rudy Avila
  • Bay JJ: Ivy Xi

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    • Visit us at the RATTACA booth at SfN 2025!
    • Palmer Lab attends CTC 2025 in Barcelona, Spain
    • Manuscript accepted in Nature Communications
    • Manuscript accepted in Addiction Neuroscience
    • U01 grant awarded with Dr. Abraham Palmer as MPI
    • R01 grant awarded with Dr. Abraham Palmer as a co-investigator
    • Dr. Brittany Leger successfully defends her thesis!
    • Dr. Palmer gives talk at the NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross-Cutting Research Meeting
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