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The 100th generation of HS rats have begun to be born on Nov 8, 2023

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”.

Congratulations to the 2022 Pilot Grants recipients: Philip Boone, MD, PhD (Massachusetts General Hospital).Project: “Generating a rat model of Cadm2 intronic recursive splice site deletion”. Brittany Kuhn, PhD (Medical University of South Carolina).Project: “NAcc D1/D2-MSN functional plasticity and morphology in heroin vulnerable and resilient rats”. Marsida Kallupi, PhD (University of California – San Diego).Project: “Characterization of addiction-like behaviors … Read more…

Christopher King started on a T32 training grant (Research Training on Alcohol Etiology and Treatment: T32AA007583) with the University at Buffalo Clinical and Research Institute on Addictions. The training grant focuses on alcohol use etiology and mechanisms in humans and preclinical settings. Program details Congratulations to Chris!

 “Two Novel Biobanks Offer Investigatory Targets for Cocaine and Oxycodone Addiction,” features Olivier George, PhD. UC Health – UC San DiegoTwo Novel Biobanks Offer Investigatory Targets for Cocaine and Oxycodone AddictionResearchers have created to novel biobanks of diverse tissues from animals to further explore the biological bases and consequences of addiction to cocaine and oxycodone. News-Medical.netNew … Read more…

Dr. Oksana Polesskaya has been promoted to Assistant Research Scientist. The appointment will begin on July 1st, 2020. The new title will allow Dr. Polesskaya to receive independent research funding from NIH and other agencies.

Congratulations to the 2020 Pilot Grants recipients: Francesca Telese, PhD (University of California – San Diego).Project: “Creating the dataset for TWAS in HS rats”. Paul Meyer, PhD (University at Buffalo).Project: “Genetic substrates of heroin’s motivational effects”. Giordano DeGuglielmo, PhD (University of California – San Diego).Project: “Characterization of addiction-like behaviors in alcohol-dependent rats”. Olivia Osborn, PhD (University of California – … Read more…

COVID-19 pandemic affected projects and programs performed by this Center as follows: 1) The Research Projects 1-3 have been temporarily shut down, because phenotyping work is not conducive to social distancing.2) The Research Project 4 is ongoing; bioinformaticians are working from homes. 3) The HS rats colony (Breeding Core) is being maintained/preserved, and expected to … Read more…

Dr. Suzanne Mitchel is featured in the article about Equity Research Program of the Oregon Health & Science University. Dr. Mitchel is the Principal Investigator for the U01DA046077, ” Identification of Genetic Features of Delay Discounting Using a Heterogeneous Stock Rat Model “

“Opioid Dependence Found to Permanently Change Brains of Rats,” features Giordano de Guglielmo, PharmD, PhD, and Marsida Kallupi, PharmD, PhDSee also Science Blog, ScienceDaily, The Medical News, Daily Hunt, Business Standard, Sify and Medical Xpress