Margaret and Abe’s article: “Assessment of behaviors modeling aspects of schizophrenia in Csmd1 mutant mice” has been accepted for publication on PLOS ONE.

Camron leaves the lab to start his new job in Boston. He will be assuming the position of Assistant Professor at Boston University School of Medicine in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.

Margaret and Abe’s review article: “Role of Glyoxalase 1 (Glo1) and methylglyoxal (MG) in behavior: recent advances and mechanistic insights” has been accepted for publication in Frontiers in Behavioral and Psychiatric Genetics. You can find the article here.

Clarissa’s presentation was on  “Comparing genome-wide association results for fear conditioning in two advanced intercross mouse lines: Implications for gene identification in Post-traumatic Stress Disorder in humans” . Clarissa was accompanied to the World Congress by fellow lab members Amy Hart and Abraham Palmer.

An article by Virginia Hughes discussing  post-traumatic stress disorder (PTSD) mentions Dr. Abraham Palmer’s work. You can find the full article here.

Camron Bryant, Research Associate in the Palmer Lab, has officially accepted an offer for an Assistant Professor position at Boston University School of Medicine in the Department of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics.  There, Camron will complete the R00 phase of his K99/R00 award, “Genetic Basis of Opioid Reward and Aversion.”  Congratulations to Camron!

An article by Stephen J. Lyons in American Airline’s in-flight magazine highlights the wonders of living in Hyde Park . You can read the full article here.

Congratulations to Amy Hart, the recipient of a Graduate Student Affairs Travel Fund. Amy will be using her travel award to attend the World Congress of Psychiatric Genetics  in Hamburg, Germany this October. Her presentation is entitled “Small candidate gene studies of the acute response to amphetamine fail to replicate”.

This is the third year that Abraham has been co-director of the course. Amy and Clarissa received tuition wavers.

Clarissa’s presentation “Comparing genome-wide association results for fear conditioning in two advanced intercross mouse lines: Implications for gene identification in Posttraumatic Stress Disorder in humans” will be on October 17, 2012.