The manuscript titled “Genomic structural equation modeling of reward-related traits: Exploring the genetic factor structure and its relationship with psychopathology” was accepted in Psychiatry Research.

The manuscript titled “Delay discounting data in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development (ABCD) study: Modeling and analysis considerations” was accepted in Experimental and Clinical Psychopharmacology.

The manuscript titled “Genome-wide association study reveals multiple loci for nociception and opioid consumption behaviors associated with heroin vulnerability in outbred rats” was accepted in Molecular Psychiatry.

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

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The manuscript titled “A Cost-effective, High-throughput, Highly Accurate Genotyping Method for Outbred Populations” was accepted in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Denghui Chen, Apurva Chitre, Khai-Minh Nguyen, Benjamin Johnson, Thiago Sanches, Riyan Cheng, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham Palmer.

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The manuscript titled “Multi-omic network analysis identifies dysregulated neurobiological pathways in opioid addiction” was accepted in Biological Psychiatry.

Dr. Palmer and two members of the Palmer Lab attended the annual American Society of Human Genetics (ASHG) meeting in Denver, Colorado, November 5-9, 2024.

Brittany Leger and Sabrina Mi each presented a poster at the meeting.

Our recently-funded NIDA P30 Center grant was announced in the campus publication UC San Diego Today.

The article is titled “UC San Diego Awarded $8 Million to Uncover Genetic Foundations of Substance Use Disorders.”

The manuscript titled “Large-scale characterization of cocaine addiction-like behaviors reveals that escalation of intake, aversion-resistant responding, and breaking-points are highly correlated measures of the same construct” was published in eLife.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Apurva Chitre, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham Palmer.

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Gracie Ang, Dr. Benjamin Johnson, April Jones, Elaine Keung, Dr. Daniel Munro, and Dr. Thiago Missfeldt Sanches have been selected as 2024 STAR Award Recipients in recognition of and appreciation for their outstanding service and enduring contribution to the advancement of the psychiatry department’s teaching, research, clinical and public service missions.

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The Palmer Lab ran a booth at Neuroscience 2024 in Chicago featuring our RATTACA project.

The conference was held at the McCormick Place Convention Center from October 5-9, 2024.