NIAAA-funded P50 Specialized Alcohol Research Center
Cross-Species Investigation of Gene Networks For Ethanol-Related Behaviors
Michael Miles
Novel gene networks modulating progressive ethanol consumption in DO mice
Mike Grotewiel
Genetic analysis of ethanol-related behavior in Drosophila
Jill Bettinger and Andrew Davies
Molecular mechanisms of acute ethanol behaviors in C. elegans
Danielle Dick and Fazil Aliev
Human studies to identify genes and characterize risk pathways involved in alcohol related outcomes
Todd Webb, Roseann E. Peterson, Robert M. Kirkpatrick, Kenneth S. Kendler, Michael C. Neale and Brien Riley
Genetic architecture of alcohol use disorder using cross-trait genetic correlations and public next-generation sequencing studies
Michael Miles and Kenneth Kendler
Administrative Core
Silviu-Alin Bacanu, Brien Riley, B. Todd Webb and Mikhail Dozmorov
Bioinformatics and Analysis Core
Jennifer T. Wolstenholme and Joel Schlosburg
Rodent Behavioral Core
2024 Call for Pilot Project proposals
Current and Past Pilot Projects
James Bjork and Alexis Edwards
The role of neurocognition in polygenic risk for alcohol use disorder and comorbidities
Joel Schlosburg
Dissection of the Acute and Dependent Responses to Ethanol in Rats Lacking Fatty Acid Amide Hydrolase
Amy Lasek
Interactions between the chromatin remodeling protein SMARCA4 and the transcription factor STAT3 in gene expression and ethanol consumption
Brien Riley
Establishing protocols for ethanol treatment of induced pluripotent stem cell (iPSC) derived dopaminergic and glutamatergic neurons
Maren Smith
Novel transcriptomic studies on DO mice liver tissue following intermittent ethanol access consumption
Jennifer Wolstenholme
Testing gut-liver-brain axis using fecal microbiota transplant in mice
Roxann Roberson-Nay
Investigating the relationship between alcohol consumption rates and neuron-enriched exosomal microRNA
Michael Miles
Expansion of RNA-Seq studies of DO mice undergoing intermittent ethanol access
Peter Hamilton
Identification of the transcripts affected by dysregulating the nucleus accumbens KRAB-domain containing zinc finger proteins in the ethanol- exposed brain
Vladimir Vladimirov
Virginia Commonwealth University
M. Scott Bowers
Virginia Commonwealth University
Darlene Brunzell
Virginia Commonwealth University
Nigel S. Atkinson, Ph.D.
University of Texas at Austin
John C. Crabbe, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
Alison Goate, D.Phil.
Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
Victor Hesselbrock
University of Connecticut
Robert Williams
University of Tennessee Health Science Center