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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

Zachary Tatom joins the Palmer Lab

Zachary Tatom joined the Palmer Lab as a postdoctoral scholar in October 2024 after receiving his PhD in human and molecular genetics from Virginia Commonwealth University in Richmond, Virginia.

Welcome, Zachary!

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Abraham Palmer October 1, 2024 Palmer Lab News

Manuscript accepted in BioData Mining

The manuscript titled ”PAGER: A Novel Genotype Encoding Strategy for Modeling Deviations from Additivity in Complex Trait Association Studies” was accepted in BioData Mining.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Apurva S. Chitre and Abraham A. Palmer.

Congratulations!

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Abraham Palmer September 30, 2024 Palmer Lab News, Publications

Dr. Palmer gives talk at UC Irvine

Dr. Palmer was invited to give a talk at the University of California Irvine (UCI) for the Department of Neurobiology and Behavior’s ICAN seminar series, titled “Genetic approaches to understanding substance use disorders and other psychiatric and behavioral traits using humans and rodents,” held on campus at UCI on September 17, 2024.

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Abraham Palmer September 18, 2024 Palmer Lab News, Talks & Conferences

Manuscript Accepted in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics

The manuscript titled ”Y and Mitochondrial Chromosomes in the Heterogeneous Stock Rat Population” was accepted in G3 Genes|Genomes|Genetics.

Authors include recent and current Palmer Lab members: Faith Okamoto, Apurva S Chitre, Thiago Missfeldt Sanches, Denghui Chen, Daniel Munro, Benjamin B Johnson, Khai-Minh H Nguyen, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham A Palmer.

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Abraham Palmer September 11, 2024 Palmer Lab News, Publications

Joel Leal accepts Assistant Professor position at Lincoln University of Missouri

Joel will work on understanding the genetic architecture of complex phenotypes using sheep as animal models.

Congratulations, Joel!

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Abraham Palmer September 10, 2024 Palmer Lab News

10th Annual P50/P30 Center Retreat

The 10th Annual P50/P30 Retreat was held on Friday, September 6, 2024 at the University of California San Diego.

Thank you to all who attended in person and remotely! We hope you found the talks and discussions informative and made connections with new HS rats/GWAS colleagues.

Presenters, talk recordings, and photos are available on the P50/P30 Center website. (ratgenes.org)

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Abraham Palmer September 9, 2024 Events & Meetings, Palmer Lab News

Dr. Palmer attends GRC 2024 in Maine

Dr. Palmer was invited to present at the third Gordon Research Conference (GRC) in Newry, Maine on August 18-23, 2024.

He gave a talk titled “Studying Intermediate Phenotypes to Elucidate the Genetic Basis of Substance Use Disorders” during the concurrent Neurobiology of Drug Addiction meeting.

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Abraham Palmer August 27, 2024 Events & Meetings, Talks & Conferences

NIDA P30 Grant Awarded

The NIDA Core Center of Excellence grant titled, “Center for Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders in Outbred Rats,” has been awarded to Drs. Abraham Palmer, Pejman Mohammadi, Oksana Polesskaya, and Leah Solberg Woods. 

Congratulations!

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Abraham Palmer August 23, 2024 Funding & Grants, P30 NIDA Center of Excellence, Palmer Lab News

Rudy Avila joins the Palmer Lab

Rudy started at the Palmer Lab as a Lab Assistant in August 2024.

Prior, he obtained a BS in Molecular and Cellular Biology from Johns Hopkins University.

Welcome, Rudy!

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Abraham Palmer August 16, 2024 Palmer Lab News

Manuscript accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior

The manuscript titled ”Genome-wide association study of delay discounting in Heterogenous Stock rats” was accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior.

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

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Abraham Palmer July 18, 2024 Palmer Lab News, Publications
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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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Israni Biomedical Research Facility
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La Jolla, CA 92093

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Palmer Lab
9500 Gilman Drive
Mail Code: 0667
La Jolla, CA 92093-0667

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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,
Gracie Ang, Zachary Tatom
3A07-M: Apurva Chitre

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

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