Upcoming Meetings
P30 Center Meetings for PIs and other researchers interested in HS rats model to discuss progress and share data
Retreats
12th Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center of Excellence for Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders in Outbred Rats
Please save the date:
Date: Thursday, January 14, 2027 (the day after the ACNP annual meeting in San Diego)
Time: 9:00am – 5:00pm, Pacific Time
Location: Israni Biomedical Research Facility (BRF-2), UC San Diego — and on Zoom
- 3147 Biomedical Sciences Way, La Jolla, CA, 92093
- Hybrid meeting– satellite/remote viewing pods encouraged! Details forthcoming
Questions? Please send us a message!
Retreat hosts:
Abraham Palmer, PhD – aap@ucsd.edu
Oksana Polesskaya, PhD – opolesskaya@ucsd.edu
April Jones – akjones@ucsd.edu
Past Retreats
| Retreat Web Page | NIDA Center | Date | Location / Format | |
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 | 11th Annual Retreat for the Center for Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders in Outbred Rats | P30 | November 20, 2025 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA (Israni Biomedical Research Facility, Room 5A03) [hybrid online] |
 | 10th Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats | P30 | September 6, 2024 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA (Israni Biomedical Research Facility, Room 5A03) [hybrid online] |
 | 9th Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats | P50 | October 27, 2023 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA (Israni Biomedical Research Facility, Room 5A03) [hybrid online] |
| 8th Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats | P50 | November 17, 2022 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA (Medical Education and Telemedicine Building, Upper Auditorium) [hybrid online] |
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| 7th Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats | P50 | November 4-5, 2021 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA (Biomedical Research Facility II, Room 1104) [hybrid online] |
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 | 6th Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in HS Rats | P50 | November 2-3, 2020 | (online) |
| 5th Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats | P50 | June 12, 2019 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA (Biomedical Research Facility II, Room 1102) |
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| 4th Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats | P50 | June 15, 2018 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA (Biomedical Research Facility II, Room 5A03) |
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 | 3rd Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats | P50 | February 6, 2017 | UC San Diego, La Jolla, CA (15th Floor at Seventh College, Tower West, Building 1) |
 | 2nd Annual Retreat for the NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats | P50 | October 16-17, 2015 | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (CIE Skydeck at Harper Court building) |
 | NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats: First Annual Retreat | P50 | September 17, 2014 | University of Chicago, Chicago, IL (Quadrangle Club) |
Past P30 Meetings
P30 Meetings for PIs and other researchers interested in HS rats model to discuss progress and share data:
- Schedule for 2024
- (monthly/quarterly meetings for 2026: not yet planned)
Other Past Meetings
| Meeting (hosted by this Center) | Date | Location |
|---|---|---|
| 18th Annual Meeting of the Complex Trait Consortium (CTC) | September 1, 2021 | (online) |
| 17th Annual Meeting of the Complex Trait Community (CTC) | June 8-11, 2019 | San Diego, CA |
| NIDA Genetics Consortium Meeting | June 16, 2018 | San Diego, CA |
| Rat Genetics and Genomics for Psychiatric Disorders and Addiction Workshop | June 29, 2015 | Chicago, IL |
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