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By identifying genes that influence behavior we hope to obtain fundamental mechanistic insights into the molecular basis of both health and disease. RELATIONSHIP BETWEEN GENES AND BEHAVIOR Learn more

Dr. Palmer gives talk for Kansas State University

Dr. Palmer was invited to give a talk for the Kansas State University Department of Anatomy and Physiology Spring Seminar Series on April 8, 2025.

His talk, “Using genetic approaches to understand addiction-related traits,” was presented remotely.

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Abraham Palmer April 9, 2025 Talks & Conferences

Dr. Abraham Palmer will continue as Vice Chair of Basic Science Research in the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry

We are pleased to announce that after a department-wide search, Dr. Abraham Palmer has been selected to continue as Vice Chair of Basic Science Research in the UC San Diego Department of Psychiatry.

Dr. Palmer commenced the role of Vice Chair of Basic Science Research in 2016.

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Abraham Palmer April 2, 2025 Palmer Lab News

Manuscript published in Nature Genetics

Dr. Palmer is a co-author on the review article titled “Psychiatric Genetics in the Diverse Landscape of Latin American Populations,” which was published in Nature Genetics.

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Abraham Palmer April 2, 2025 Publications

Dr. Abraham Palmer receives 2025 Department of Pharmacology Distinguished Alumni Award

The award presentation took place during the  weekly Department of Pharmacology Seminar Series and included Dr. Palmer’s Distinguished Alumni Lecture, “Understanding addiction through the lens of genetics.”

Congratulations, Dr. Palmer!

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Abraham Palmer April 1, 2025 Awards, Talks & Conferences

Denghui Chen receives NIH/NIDA F31 predoctoral fellowship!

Denghui Chen received an F31 Predoctoral Individual National Research Service Award from the NIH & NIDA for his project titled “Unraveling the Role of Tandem Repeats and Structural Variants in Addiction-Related Behaviors Using Heterogeneous Stock Rats.”

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Abraham Palmer April 1, 2025 Funding & Grants

Manuscript accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior

Dr. Palmer is a co-author on the manuscript titled “Genetic Propensity for Delay Discounting and Educational Attainment in Adults are Associated with Delay Discounting in Preadolescents: Findings from the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study” was accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior.

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Abraham Palmer March 21, 2025 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science

Dr. Palmer is a co-author on the manuscript titled “Sex-specific Concordance of Striatal Transcriptional Signatures of Opioid Addiction in Human and Rodent Brains” was accepted in Biological Psychiatry: Global Open Science.

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Abraham Palmer February 28, 2025 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Psychopharmacology

The manuscript titled “Dissociation of intake and incentive sensitization during intermittent- and continuous-access heroin self-administration in rats” was accepted in Psychopharmacology.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Oksana Polesskaya and Abraham Palmer.

Congratulations!

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Abraham Palmer February 13, 2025 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior

The manuscript titled “Genomic Loci Influencing Cue-Reactivity in Heterogeneous Stock Rats” was accepted in Genes, Brain and Behavior.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Apurva Chitre, Thiago Sanches, Riyan Cheng, Oksana Polesskaya, and Abraham Palmer.

Congratulations!

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Abraham Palmer February 12, 2025 Publications

Manuscript accepted in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience

The manuscript titled “Hippocampal RNA-Seq in a F2 Cross of bHR/bLR rats 1 Bioenergetic-Related Gene Expression in the Hippocampus Predicts Internalizing vs. Externalizing Behavior in an Animal Model of Temperament” was accepted in Frontiers in Molecular Neuroscience for the Brain Disease Mechanisms section.

Authors include current Palmer Lab members Daniel Munro, Apurva Chitre, and Abraham Palmer.

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Abraham Palmer February 10, 2025 Publications
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Abraham Palmer, PhD

Professor & Vice Chair for Basic Research,
Department of Psychiatry
University of California San Diego

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NIDA Center of Excellence for Genetics, Genomics, and Epigenetics of Substance Use Disorders in Outbred Rats ________________________

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PhD, Biomedical Sciences

University of California San Diego, 1999

BA, Biology
University of Chicago, 1992

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Zachary Tatom, Elaine Keung
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  • Bay GG: Montana Lara, Mohammad Sadegi
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