(formerly the NIDA P50 Center for GWAS in Outbred Rats / Center for Genetic Studies of Drug Abuse in Outbred Rats: P50DA037844)
*new Retreat name/new P30 Center—same Retreat tradition!

Friday, September, 6, 2024

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UC San Diego
3147 Biomedical Sciences Wy.
La Jolla, CA 92093

Israni Biomedical Research Facility (“BRF-2”)

See address note and campus map below [jump to maps]

Presentation room and Breakfast reception:
Floor 5, Room 5A03

Lunch, and Research posters:
Floor 1, Room 1104 and adjoining patio

Retreat hosts:

Abraham Palmer, PhD – [email protected] – invitation to attend the Retreat (either in-person or remotely)

Oksana Polesskaya, PhD – [email protected] – Retreat talks and research poster information

April Jones – [email protected] – general Retreat information, hotel, reimbursements, Zoom/remote support

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Agenda

Pacific Time.

[See also: 2023 Retreat talks]

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8:00 – 9:00am
Breakfast reception
Floor 5, Room 5A03

Continental breakfast, RATTACA gear, and lanyard name badges will be available in Room 5A03.

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9:00 – 10:15am
Session 1; Overview of Service Cores
Floor 5, Room 5A03

• Abraham Palmer (UCSD, via Zoom):
  • Overview, Core A, and RATTACA [video recording]
• Leah Solberg Woods (Wake Forest University, via Zoom):
  • Core B [video recording]
• Pejman Mohammadi (University of Washington, Seattle):
  • Core C [video recording]
• Oksana Polesskaya (UCSD):
  • Pilot Core and REHU [video recording]

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10:15 – 10:45am
Break

Refreshments in 5A03 and restrooms available nearby.

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10:45am – 12:00pm
Open Discussion 1 and group photo
Floor 5, Room 5A03

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12:00 – 1:00pm
Lunch and research poster presentations
Floor 1, Room 1104 and adjoining patio

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12:15 – 1:00pm
External Advisory Board (EAB) meeting
Room 3A04 (and via Zoom)

The EAB Meeting will be held in person (BRF-2, room 3A04) and remotely via a private Zoom invitation.

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1:00 – 2:30pm
Session 2 Talks
Floor 5, Room 5A03

• 1:00-1:15pm: Jonathan Gewirtz (Arizona State University)
  • Long reads for a short talk: Incorporating methylomics into rat models of opioid addiction vulnerability
• 1:15-1:30pm: Francesca Telese (UCSD)
  • Decoding multiomic networks of addiction using HS rats
• 1:30-1:45pm: Hao Chen (University of Tennessee Health Science Center)
  • 3D Genomic Interactions Identify Candidate Genes from HS GWAS
• 1:45-2:00pm: Denghui Chen (UCSD, Palmer Lab)
  • Complex variants in HS rats
• 2:00-2:15pm: Giordano de Guglielmo (UCSD)
  • Exploring Genetic Influences on Alcohol Use Disorder: A Comprehensive Study of Addiction-Like Behaviors in Heterogeneous Stock Rats
• 2:15-2:30pm: Hae Kyung Im (University of Chicago)
  • Update on A Framework for Translating Polygenic Findings Related to Alcohol Use Disorder Across Species

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2:30 – 3:00pm
Break

Refreshments in 5A03 and restrooms available nearby.

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3:00 – 4:30pm
Session 3 Talks
Floor 5, Room 5A03

• 3:00-3:15pm: Brittany Kuhn (Medical University of South Carolina)
  • Neuroplastic and genetic basis of opioid use vulnerability and resiliency
• 3:15-3:30pm: Paul Meyer (State University of New York at Buffalo)
  • Genetic Substrates of Cue-Reactivity
• 3:30-3:45pm: Thomas Jhou (University of Maryland)
  • Genetics of aversive learning in addiction
• 3:45-4:00pm: Marsida Kallupi (UCSD)
  • GABAergic Modulation as a Key Predictor of Addiction Severity in the Central Amygdala of RATTACA Rats: A Comparative Study with Glutamate
• 4:00-4:15pm: Matthew Lattal (Oregon Health Science University)
  • Rat Autoshaping & Trauma: Testing A Comorbid Approach
• 4:15-4:30pm: Montana Lara (UCSD, Palmer Lab)
  • No rat left behind: Insights into GWAS for cocaine use in HS rats

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4:30 – 5:30pm
Open Discussion 2
Floor 5, Room 5A03

Discussion and closing.

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Dinner

5:45pm
Shuttle (or personal) transportation to the beach

• Shuttle bus pick-up will be at the front entrance of BRF-2; departs at 5:45pm

6:00pm
Sunset picnic dinner at the beach

• Join us for a casual pizza picnic at the beach (catering by Pizza Taproom, La Jolla)
• Sunset will be at 7:05pm, Pacific Time
• See maps and details below

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Hotel

Center PIs and External Advisory Board members may stay at our preferred hotel for 2024, Sheraton La Jolla. (September 5 and 6, 2024).

Please contact April Jones ([email protected]) if you have any questions or if you wish to reserve a room with our group rate at the Sheraton La Jolla.

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UC San Diego campus map

UC San Diego address note: do not use the main campus address (9500 Gilman Dr.) when mapping/using rideshare—it will not lead you to the BRF-2 building. You must manually enter the BRF-2 address:

Israni Biomedical Research Facility/”BRF-2″ drop-off:
3147 Biomedical Sciences Wy., La Jolla, CA 92093

Visitor Parking available at the South Parking Structure and the Gilman Parking Structure. Please use the Park Mobile app or a payment station inside the structures.

• South Parking Structure: 3101 Biomedical Sciences Wy., La Jolla, CA 92093
• Gilman Parking Structure: 9375 Russell Ln., La Jolla, CA 92093

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UCSD/Scripps Pier area – Sunset Picnic Dinner at the Beach

We’ll have a UCSD Triton Transit charter shuttle bus that can take up to 30 passengers to the beach (and return service to BRF-2 after sunset).

At 6:00pm, we’ll meet for our pizza picnic on the lawn (near Scripps Seaside Forum; note that we will not use the Forum venue, but it’s a good landmark for rideshare!)

Grab some pizza from our tables and mingle on the lawn, or head down the stairs to the sand! Sunset will be at 7:05pm (Pacific Time).

There is no public parking in the immediate area; consider rideshare or walking in a group (~40-minute walk).

Drop-off/pick-up address (use for rideshare):
Scripps Seaside Forum
8610 Kennel Way (formerly Discovery Way)
La Jolla, CA 92037

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Photo Gallery – Retreat 2024

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Updated September 18, 2024