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…
Project Number: 1 U01 DA 045300 Dates: 4/1/18 – 3/31/23 Source: NIH/NIDA Title: The Genetic Basis of Opioid Dependence Vulnerablility in a Rodent Model Goal Statement: This project will employ advanced behavioral models and an integrated high throughput genomics approach to examine outbred rats for vulnerability or resistance to the development of compulsive opiate self-administration. … Read more…
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…