2025 pilot grants awarded
Congratulations to the 2025 Pilot Grants recipients: Caitlin A. Orsini, PhD (University of Texas at Austin).Project: Examination of behavioral vulnerability factors that confer risk to synthetic opioid use.
Oksana Polesskaya
2024 pilot grants awarded
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
100th generation of HS rats is born!
The 100th generation of HS rats have begun to be born on Nov 8, 2023
2023 pilot grants awarded
Congratulations to the 2023 Pilot Grants recipient: Paul Meyer, PhD (University at Buffalo).Project: “The effects of teneurin-4 c-terminal associated peptide (TCAP-4) on addiction-related behaviors”.
RATTACA booth at SFN2022
The Palmer lab will be running a booth at Society of Neuroscience (SFN) 2022. This convention will be held at the San Diego Convention Center from Nov 12 – Nov 16th . Our booth is located in Hall B, (Booth #3229), and will be featuring our new Rattaca project. We hope to see you there!