• MCW Gene Editing Rat Resource Center announced 6th round of applications for genetically modified rats. Deadline is Sept 16, 2016

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…

• Cellular Biology of Addiction course by CSH is open for applications

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…

• Research paper from Project 3 is accepted for publication in Psychopharmacology

The article, “Premature responding is associated with approach to a food cue in male and female heterogeneous stock rats”, was accepted for publication in Psychopharmacology. Authors include Christopher King, Abraham Palmer, Leah Solberg Woods, Larry Hawk, Jerry Richards, and Paul Meyer. This study is part of Research Project 3 (“Association between behavioral regulation and cocaine … Read more…

• HS Rats Pilot Projects 2016

Pilot Studies in HS Outbred Rats Supporting Drug Abuse Research Center of Excellence The NIDA center for GWAS in outbred rats (P50DA037844) focuses on quantitative genetic studies of a range of psychologically complex drug abuse-related phenotypes in outbred rats. In order to broaden the impact of this center and to promote rat genetics studies we … Read more…