Oksana Polesskaya
• NIDA Genetics Consortium Meeting will be held at UCSD Campus on June 16
NIDA Genetics Consortium Meeting June 16, 2018 – UCSD Campus
• REHU-2018 accepts applications
The P50 Genes & Addiction NIDA Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats is offering a Research Experiences for High School and Undergraduate Students (REHU) program this summer. Details are here.
• 2017 pilot grants awarded
Congratulations to the 2017 Pilot Grants recipients: Francesca Telese (University of California – San Diego). “Epigenetic mapping of complex traits in outbred rats”. Amelie Baud (EMBL-EBI). “Causal relationships between genetics, gut microbiota composition and drug abuse-related behaviours of NIH HS rats, and influence of cage mates”. Terry E. Robinson (University of Michigan). “Intermittent Access self-administration procedure (IntA) effect … Read more…
• Center for Microbiome Innovation provided seed funds for P50 to study gene-microbiome interaction
The P50 Center’s proposal, titled “Genome-wide mapping of gene-microbiome interaction: implication in behavior”, has been selected for funding by the UC San Diego’s Center for Microbiome Innovation. The purpose of these seed grants is to jump start microbiome research in San Diego and spark new research collaborations.