Khai Minh Nguyen joined Palmer Lab

Khai Nguyen joined the Palmer Lab in December 2019 as a laboratory assistant. He graduated from UCI with a Bachelor of Science in Biological Sciences. He enjoys the research aspect of genetics in medicine and wishes to enter the medical field in the future. He likes adventuring, cycling, hiking, and road trips. Welcome, Khai! Updated:

• Palmer lab is hiring!

An entry-level staff position is open to perform routine sequence analyses, genotyping and genetic analyses. https://jobs.ucsd.edu/bulletin/job.aspx?jobnum_in=102462

• 2019 pilot grants awarded

Congratulations to the 2019 Pilot Grants recipients: Francesca Telese, PhD (University of California – San Diego). Project: “Studying cell type-specific gene expression in the addicted brain of HS rats”. Jonathan Sebat, PhD (University of California – San Diego). Project: “Structural variation in HS rat genome”. Hao Chen, PhD (University of Tennessee Health Science Center). Project: … Read more…

• Colton Sleister (P50 REHU 2015 fellow) wins the prestigious Barry Goldwater Scholarship

Congratulations to Colton Sleister for winning Barry Goldwater Scholarship! The Barry Goldwater Scholarship and Excellence in Education Foundation was established by Congress in 1986 to serve as a living memorial to honor the lifetime work of Senator Barry Goldwater, who served his country for 56 years as a soldier and statesman, including 30 years in the … Read more…

• Phenotyping is completed!

The last batch of rats has been tested for behaviors in January 2019. Now phenpotyping s completed; total number of rats is 5,786 (this number includes TN breeders, naive rats for RNA samples and rats used for pilot on the role of enrichment).

• Monica Jablonski received R01 from the NEI for glaucoma research in HS rats

Dr. Monica Jablonski (Department of Ophthalmology in the College of Medicine at the University of Tennessee Health Science Center) received R01EY021200 from the National Eye Institute to study glaucoma-related traits in HS rats, titled “Genetic Modulators of Glaucoma.” Dr. Jablonski has been collaborating with the P50 Center; she received eyes from HS rats. This grant … Read more…