Manuscript accepted in Molecular Psychiatry

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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: Brittany N. Kuhn, Nazzareno Cannella, Apurva S. Chitre, Khai-Minh H. Nguyen, Katarina Cohen, Denghui Chen, Beverly Peng, Kendra S. Ziegler, Bonnie Lin, Benjamin B. Johnson, Thiago Missfeldt Sanches, Ayteria D. Crow, Veronica Lunerti, Arkobrato Gupta, Eric Dereschewitz, Laura Soverchia, Jordan L. Hopkins, Analyse T. Roberts, Massimo Ubaldi, Sarah Abdulmalek, Analia Kinen, Gary Hardiman, Dongjun Chung, Oksana Polesskaya, Leah C. Solberg Woods, Roberto Ciccocioppo, Peter W. Kalivas, and Abraham A. Palmer

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Manuscript Accepted in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics

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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: Denghui Chen, Apurva Chitre, Khai-Minh Nguyen, Katarina Cohen, Beverly Peng, Kendra Ziegler, Faith Okamoto, Bonnie Lin, Benjamin Johnson, Thiago Sanches, Riyan Cheng, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham Palmer.

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Manuscript published in eLife

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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: Giordano de Guglielmo, Lieselot LG Carrette, Marsida Kallupi, Molly Brennan, Brent Boomhower, Lisa Maturin, Dana Conlisk, Sharona Sedighim, Lani Tieu, McKenzie J Fannon, Angelica R Martinez, Nathan Velarde, Dyar Othman, Ben Sichel, Jarryd Ramborger, Justin Lau, Jenni Kononoff, Adam Kimbrough, Sierra Simpson, Lauren C Smith, Kokila Shankar, Selene Bonnet-Zahedi, Elizabeth A Sneddon, Alicia Avelar, Sonja L Plasil, Joseph Mosquera, Caitlin Crook, Lucas Chun, Ashley Vang, Kristel K Milan, Paul Schweitzer, Bonnie Lin, Beverly Peng, Apurva Chitre, Oksana Polesskaya, Leah C Solberg Woods, Abraham A Palmer, and Olivier George.

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P30 Center announced in UC San Diego Today

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Our recently-funded NIDA P30 Center grant was announced in an article for 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,” published on October 28, 2024.

2024 pilot grants awarded

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Congratulations to the 2024 Pilot Grants recipients:

Olivier George, PhD (University California – San Diego).
Project: Role of Ces1 genes in cocaine metabolism and SUD.

Samantha Ayoub, PhD (University California – San Diego).
Project: Testing the impact of acute, chronic, and withdrawal of THC & CBD on sensorimotor gating in HS rats.

Marsida Kallupi, PhD (University California – San Diego).
Project: Investigating Synaptic Mechanisms of Addiction Vulnerability Using RATTACA Rats