Media coverage, interviews, and invited lectures about the Palmer Lab's research are listed below.
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Media Coverage & Interviews
UC San Diego Awarded $8 Million to Uncover Genetic Foundations of Substance Use Disorders
UC San Diego Today
October 28, 2024
Is coffee good or bad for you? ♫♫
CBS 8 San Diego
July 22, 2024
Is Coffee Good for You or Bad for You?
UC San Diego Today
June 18, 2024
A Deep Dive Into the Genetics of Alcohol Consumption
UC San Diego Today
April 5, 2024
Massive Study Links Nearly 600 Genomic Regions to Self-Regulating Behaviors
UC San Diego Health
August 26, 2021
Distinguished Investigator Award Seminar
International Behavioral and Neural Genetics Society (IBANGS)
May 15th, 2021
From GWAS to gene: What are the essential analyses and how do we bring them together using heterogeneous stock rats?
NIDA OSGA Webinar Series
February 26, 2021
Interview about a new GWAS for risk tolerance
Good Morning Sand Diego (KUSI)
January 22, 2019
What Does It Take To Beat Addiction ♫♫
“Spit,” an iHeartRadio podcast
November 14, 2018
What Role Genes Play for Marijuana Use
Marijuana.com interview
September 10, 2018
Interview about DNAdvance ♫♫
Beckman Coulter, Life Sciences
Summer 2018
Let's get personal
Stone Brewing, Taste of Science festival in San Diego
April 26, 2018
Why is loneliness so toxic?
The Globe and Mail
January 25, 2018
A Faster Antidepressant ♫♫
UCSD-TV
May 25, 2017
Faster than Prozac
Drug Development News
May 17, 2017
More powerful than Prozac? UC researchers target brain enzyme in mice.
The Sacramento Bee
April 03, 2017
Mouse Study Identifies New Method for Treating Depression
UC San Diego Health
March 21, 2017
Search for better way to fight depression
The CW6
March 21, 2017
Do These Genes Make Me Lonely? ♫♫
Inside Higher Ed
November 29, 2016
UCSD Named World’s 15th Best University by U.S. News and World Report
UC San Diego News Center
October 25, 2016
La soledad y los avances de la ciencia sobre sus aspectos hereditarios ♫♫
Voces RCN Radio
October 11, 2016
The Genetics of Loneliness ♫♫
KSWB Fox 5 (San Diego)
October 01, 2016
¿Los genes de la soledad?
Genética Médica
September 27, 2016
You Can Inherit Loneliness
Huffington Post
September 23, 2016
Feeling lonely? It could be in your DNA
Yahoo
September 23, 2016
Genetic Background Limits Generalizability of Genotype-Phenotype Relationships
F1000Prime
September 21, 2016
Your Genes Might be the Reason for Your Loneliness, Study Suggests
Nature World News
September 21, 2016
Should Single Strains Suffice? ♫♫
Neuron/Cell Press Video Abstracts
September 09, 2016
Getting Ahead with GWAS
DDNews
August 2016
Novel Technique Could Help Discover Genes Linked to Complex Traits in Any Animal Model
Health Medicine Network
July 06, 2016
Complex Mouse Behaviors Linked to Genes that Influence Them
Bioscience Technology
July 05, 2016
New Technique Helps Link Complex Mouse Behaviors to Genes that Influence Them
Science Daily
July 04, 2016
New Technique Helps Link Complex Mouse Behaviors to the Genes that Influence Them
UC San Diego Health Newsroom
July 04, 2016
Delayed Discounting & Impulsivity ♫♫
KSL NewsRadio: The Browsers
December 19, 2015
Are You Impulsive? Blame Your Genes
Neuroscience News
December 8, 2015
Neuroscience at a turning point
Medicine on the Midway
Spring 2015
Amgen's Icelandic DNA Quest
Bloomberg Business
March 25, 2015
NIH Proceeds with Caution on Sex Balance in Biomedical Studies
Scientific American
October 28, 2014
NGS and GWAS are Driving Advancements in Psychiatric Genetics Research
Illumina iCommunity Newsletter
October 2014
University of Chicago Establishes National Center to Study Genetics of Drug Abuse in Rats
Science Life
October 9, 2014
Health Researchers Will Get $10.1 Million to Counter Gender Bias in Studies
The New York Times
September 23, 2014
Fighting Gender Bias in Research
Science Life
September 23, 2014
Your Genes, Your Brain ♫♫
Groks Science Radio Show
May 7, 2014
Genetic Predisposition to Liking Amphetamine Reduces Risk of Schizophrenia and ADHD
Science Life
April 8, 2014
Enjoy the Feeling of Adderall? You May Be Less Likely to Develop ADHD
Popular Science
April 7, 2014
Liking Amphetamine Linked to Reduced Risk of Mental Disorders
The Scientist
April 7, 2014
Gene May Link to Post-Traumatic Stress Disorder, Researchers Say
Medill Reports
June 5, 2013
Slew of New Caffeinated Food Products Has FDA Jittery
The Washington Post
June 1, 2013
If Caffeine Can Boost the Memory of Bees, Can It Help Us, Too? ♫♫
National Public Radio: All Things Considered
March 7, 2013
What You Should Know About Caffeine ♫♫
Minnesota Public Radio: News
December 19, 2012
Not Just for Coffee Anymore: The Rise of Caffeinated Foods ♫♫
National Public Radio: All Things Considered
December 17, 2012
Stress: The Roots of Resilience
Nature: News Feature
October 10, 2012
Old Gene Has New Role in Anxiety, Researchers Say
Medill Reports
June 6, 2012
A New Model for Anxiety ...and More
Science Life
May 15, 2012
Mystery Gene Reveals New Mechanism for Anxiety Disorders
Science Daily
May 15, 2012
The Genetics of Normal
Science Life
April 11, 2011
Caffeine Fiend? Could Be a Gene Thing (or Two)
Science News
April 6, 2011
A Meeting of the Minds of Mice
Environmental Health Perspectives
July 2006
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Lectures & Talks
February 26, 2021
Biological insights from genetic associations: application of model systems ♫♫
Pathways to Therapeutics
April 30, 2020
Genetic Basis of Substance use Disorders ♫♫
UCSD Department of Psychiatry 50th Anniversary Symposium
April 5, 2019
Chalk Talk: What is the most important question you work on? ♫♫
Big Ideas Generator - Spring Kickoff
May 14, 2014
Reversing Genetics (Again) ♫♫
Psychiatric Genomics Consortium
November 8, 2013
Using Intermediate Phenotypes to Bridge the Gap Between Human and Mouse Genetics ♫♫
Center for Contextual Genetics and Prevention Science 2nd Annual Symposium
June 23 - 24, 2011
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