Dr. Abraham Palmer visited collaborators at Medical College of Milwaukee (Leah Solberg) and University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee (Alexander Arnold). He gave a talk called “There and back again: integrated use of forward and reverse genetics to study behavioral and physiological traits in mice (and soon rats!)”
He also dropped his 1977 VW Bus off with trusted VW mechanic Jake Henes of Riverwest Auto.
The article: “Mice selectively bred for High and Low fear behavior show differences in the number of pMAPK (p44/42 ERK) expressing neurons in lateral amygdala following Pavlovian fear conditioning” has been accepted for publication in Neurobiology of Learning and Memory. Clarissa and Abe were among the coauthors of the paper.
In an article written by Megan Carlson and published in Medill Reports (a journal by the Medill School of Journalism – Northwestern University), Clarissa discuses post-traumatic stress disorder and how it is manifested through fear learning. You can read the entire article here.
The Palmer Lab traveled to the CTC2013 meeting in Madison Wisconsin. Natalia Gonzales’ abstract was selected for a talk. In addition Amy Hart, Carissa Parker, Laura Sittig and Shyam Gopalakrishnan presented posters. Dr. Abraham Palmer was part of a discussion panel on the last day.
In an article by Brady Dennis published in the Daily Herald, Dr. Palmer commented on the increasing use of caffeine in food products. ” The food merely acts as a different delivery vehicle for the drug, he said, and it is a lot harder to scarf down half a dozen Wired Waffles than it is to drink several cups of Starbucks coffee.” You can read the full article here.
In addition to speaking in the symposium, Abraham also officially became president of IBANGS for a one year term. Next year’s meeting will be held in Chicago from May 9-12.
The review article: “Rats are the smart choice: Rationale for a renewed focus on rats in behavioral genetics” has been accepted for publication in Neuropharmacology. The list of coauthors also include Hao Chen, Shelly B. Flagel, Aron M. Geurts, Jerry B. Richards, Terry E. Robinson and Leah C. Solberg Woods.
Amy presented her poster “SNPs associated with stronger positive subjective response to d-amphetamine are significantly enriched for SNPs that increase risk for schizophrenia and ADHD.” The scientific retreat was held at the University of Chicago and featured presentations from the University of Chicago, Northwestern, Harvard, University of Illinois at Chicago, University of Haifa (Israel), Columbia and Stanford.
Dr. Abraham Palmer was a speaker at a seminar organized by the Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology at the University of Kansas Medical Center. His presentation was entitled “Discovering genes that influence behavior and the challenge of elucidating their mechanism.” Doug Wright was the host of the seminar.
