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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

Dr. Palmer is a co-investigator on NIH/NIDCD grant

Dr. Palmer is a co-investigator on an NIH/HIDCD grant received by Dr. Rick Friendman, entitled “The genetics of functional decline in the aging vestibular system: A GWAS and gene expression analysis in aging mice and humans.” This project seeks to identify and study the genetic basis of age-related hearing impairment.

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Abraham Palmer August 19, 2021 Awards, Funding & Grants

Clara Ortez joins the Palmer Lab

Clara Ortez joined the Palmer Lab in August of 2021, she recently graduated from UC San Diego with a B.S. in Cognitive Science specialization Neuroscience, during which she interned at the George Lab studying behavioral components of drug use. She’s from the Bay Area but loves San Diego weather and beaches, where you can find her reading a good book!

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Abraham Palmer August 16, 2021 Palmer Lab News

Brittany Leger accepted into the UCSD Genetic Training Program

This program provides a rich training environment which includes several activities allowing for interaction among faculty and other students. Furthermore, fiscal support is provided from their NIGMS training grant.

Congrats, Brittany!

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Abraham Palmer July 16, 2021 Uncategorized

Dr. Oksana Polesskaya presents at the International Zebrafish Conference.

Dr. Polesskaya presented a poster titled “High-throughput genotyping of zebrafish enables GWAS in outbred EKW population” at the 16th International Zebrafish Conference (IZFC).  Coauthors from the Palmer lab includes Dr. Riyan Cheng, Apurva Chitre, Bonnie Lin, Khai-Minh Nguyen, and Dr. Abraham Palmer. This poster presents a cost-effective and high-throughput genotyping method that the Palmer lab has developed in support of a GWAS in zebrafish in order to study the genetic underpinning of complex traits related to anxiety behavior. This method is applied to genotyping large quantities of zebrafish which enables

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Abraham Palmer July 7, 2021 Palmer Lab News, Talks & Conferences

Article accepted for publication in Genes, Brain and Behavior

The article, “Functional validation of a finding from a mouse genome-wide association study demonstrates that Azi2 influences the acute locomotor simulant response to methamphetamine”, has been accepted for publication in Genes, Brain, and Behavior. This article discusses the potential mechanisms of Azi2 and its role in methamphetamine sensitivity. Dr. Abraham Palmer, Dr. Amanda Barkley-Levenson, Xinzhu Zhou and several others co-authored this article. Congratulations!

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Abraham Palmer June 25, 2021 Palmer Lab News, Publications

Zeljana Babic joins the Palmer Lab

Zeljana grew up in continental Serbia, Europe. She lived in Dubai and London, before she moved to the States for school. Mesmerized by all things brain-related, she first double majored in Neuroscience and Psychology, and then received her Master’s degree in Neurobiology – all at UC San Diego. In her spare time, she is a travel junkie, a student pilot, an avid watcher of Grey’s Anatomy, and the main resource for her kindergartener’s incessant questioning of the Universe.

Welcome, Zeljana!

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Abraham Palmer June 23, 2021 Palmer Lab News

Alan Lin joins the Palmer Lab

Alan Lin joined the Palmer Lab in June 2021 as a REHU summer student. He is a rising senior at Williams College majoring in Biology and Statistics, and he hopes to use both fields to pursue a career in bioinformatics/biostatistics. In his free time, Alan enjoys being outdoors, playing tennis, and listening to music.

The Research Experiences for High School and Undergraduate Students (REHU) program (ratgenes.org/education/rehu/) that is funded by the NIDA Center for Genetic Studies of Drug Abuse in Outbred Rats where Dr. Palmer is the PI. REHU program provides

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Abraham Palmer June 23, 2021 Palmer Lab News

Sammy Myakishev-Rempel joins the Palmer Lab

Sammy Myakishev-Rempel joined the Palmer Lab in June 2021 as a REHU student. Sammy graduated from UC High School with strong skills in computer science. She is hoping to gain experience from working in an academic lab and developing programming skills on multiple platforms. Her hobbies include sewing, paper-crafting, learning Japanese, and electronics.

The Research Experiences for High School and Undergraduate Students (REHU) program (ratgenes.org/education/rehu/) that is funded by the NIDA Center for Genetic Studies of Drug Abuse in Outbred Rats where Dr. Palmer is the PI. REHU program provides high

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Abraham Palmer June 23, 2021 Palmer Lab News

Brittany Leger joins the Palmer Lab

Brittany Leger joined the Palmer lab in June 2021 as a PhD student in the Biomedical Sciences program at UCSD. She graduated from the University of Pittsburgh in 2017 with a BS in Molecular Biology, then joined Massachusetts General Hospital in the labs of Dr. Richa Saxena and Dr. James Walker. Brittany is interested in developing methods to integrate genetic data from animal model studies and human studies to reveal underlying mechanisms behind neuropsychiatric behavior. Outside of lab, Brittany enjoys hiking, figure drawing, and is currently learning to longboard.

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Abraham Palmer June 23, 2021 Palmer Lab News

Beverly Peng joins the Palmer Lab

Beverly Peng joined the Palmer lab in June 2021 as a new UCSD Bioengineering graduate  specializing in Bioinformatics. She is from Sacramento but loves the San Diego weather more. Her hobbies include painting, video editing, and learning Japanese. She is very excited get started and can’t wait to make some memories.

Welcome, Beverly!

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Abraham Palmer June 22, 2021 Palmer Lab News
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Abraham Palmer, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research, Department of Psychiatry

PhD, Biomedical Sciences,
University of California San Diego, 1999

BA, Biology,
The University of Chicago, 1992

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