Suzanne Mitchell received U01DA046077, to work with HS rats, in collaboration with Dr. Palmer. The title is ““IDENTIFICATION OF GENETIC FEATURES OF DELAY DISCOUNTING USING A HETEROGENEOUS STOCK RAT MODEL”
Bahati Nkera, the summer intern in Suzanne Mitchel lab (OSHU) received an award for his poster presentation” The Genetics of Delay Discounting: Using and Adjusting-Amount Procedure in GPM6B Knockout Rats”. Congratulations!
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…
The National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NHLBI) has awarded the Medical College of Wisconsin an R24 Resource grant to make ~200 genetically modified rat strains over the next five years. These models will be of interest and value to the mission of the NHLBI. The NHLBI promotes the prevention and treatment of heart, lung, … Read more…
The Cellular Biology of Addiction Course that is organized by the Cold Spring Harbor Meeting and Courses program will take place in Gonville & Caius College, University of Cambridge, UK, July 31 – August 7, 2016. Application Deadline: April 30, 2016 Instructors: David Belin, Antonello Bonci, Christopher Evans, Brigitte Kieffer Speakers: Benjamin Boutrel, Jeff Dalley, Karen Ersche, … Read more…