Manuscript Accepted in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics

The manuscript titled “A Cost-effective, High-throughput, Highly Accurate Genotyping Method for Outbred Populations” was accepted in G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics.

Authors: Denghui Chen, Apurva Chitre, Khai-Minh Nguyen, Katarina Cohen, Beverly Peng, Kendra Ziegler, Faith Okamoto, Bonnie Lin, Benjamin Johnson, Thiago Sanches, Riyan Cheng, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham Palmer.

Congratulations!

G3: Genes|Genomes|Genetics, 2024 Dec 13 [Volume 15, Issue 2, February 2025, jkae291]

DOI: 10.1093/g3journal/jkae291

Manuscript published in eLife

The manuscript titled “Large-scale characterization of cocaine addiction-like behaviors reveals that escalation of intake, aversion-resistant responding, and breaking-points are highly correlated measures of the same construct” was published in eLife.

Authors: Giordano de Guglielmo, Lieselot LG Carrette, Marsida Kallupi, Molly Brennan, Brent Boomhower, Lisa Maturin, Dana Conlisk, Sharona Sedighim, Lani Tieu, McKenzie J Fannon, Angelica R Martinez, Nathan Velarde, Dyar Othman, Ben Sichel, Jarryd Ramborger, Justin Lau, Jenni Kononoff, Adam Kimbrough, Sierra Simpson, Lauren C Smith, Kokila Shankar, Selene Bonnet-Zahedi, Elizabeth A Sneddon, Alicia Avelar, Sonja L Plasil, Joseph Mosquera, Caitlin Crook, Lucas Chun, Ashley Vang, Kristel K Milan, Paul Schweitzer, Bonnie Lin, Beverly Peng, Apurva Chitre, Oksana Polesskaya, Leah C Solberg Woods, Abraham A Palmer, and Olivier George.

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P30 Center announced in UC San Diego Today

Our recently-funded NIDA P30 Center grant was announced in an article for the campus publication UC San Diego Today. The article is titled “UC San Diego Awarded $8 Million to Uncover Genetic Foundations of Substance Use Disorders,” published on October 28, 2024.

2024 pilot grants awarded

Congratulations to the 2024 Pilot Grants recipients:

Olivier George, PhD (University California – San Diego).
Project: Role of Ces1 genes in cocaine metabolism and SUD.

Samantha Ayoub, PhD (University California – San Diego).
Project: Testing the impact of acute, chronic, and withdrawal of THC & CBD on sensorimotor gating in HS rats.

Marsida Kallupi, PhD (University California – San Diego).
Project: Investigating Synaptic Mechanisms of Addiction Vulnerability Using RATTACA Rats