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CURRENT LAB FUNDING

Carney Innovation Award with collaborator Dr. Alex Fleischmann (Brown Neuroscience)

Cross-species gene regulatory networks underlying addictive behaviors

Center for Nervous System Function COBRE Pilot Award

Principle Investigator: Dr. John Hernandez

Mentors: Dr. Karla Kaun, collaborator Dr. Carolina Haass-Koffler (Brown Psychiatry and Human Behavior)

Circuit and transcriptional profiles underlying stress effects on alcohol use in Drosophila

NIAAA R01AA031702 with collaborators Dr. Kate O'Connor-Giles (Brown Neuroscience) and Dr. Emmanuel Perisse (IGF Montpellier)

Circuit and molecular mechanisms through which alcohol influences natural reward

NSF-BSF Collaborative Research 2420654 with collaborators Dr. Sarah Certel (University of Montana) and Dr. Galit Shohat-Ophir (Bar Ilan University)

State-dependent properties of co-transmitting neurons

NIDA R01DA058947 with collaborators Dr. Kate O'Connor-Giles (Brown Neuroscience) and Dr. Erica Larschan (Brown MCB)

Gene regulation in memory circuits as a consequence of polysubstance use

CURRENT TRAINEE FUNDING

Marygrace Trousdell

Student in the Brown University Advanced Predoctoral Interdisciplinary Training Program (T32) in Computational, Cognitive and Systems Neuroscience (IcON) (T32MH115895)

Led by Dr. Michael Frank and Dr. Stephanie Jones in the Carney Institute for Brain Science

Project title: Gene Regulation in the Drosophila Mushroom Body and Predicted Neuronal Activity

Sam Stea

Student in the Brown University Predoctoral Training Program (T32) Biological Data Science Training Program (T32GM128596)

Led by Dr. Sohini Ramchandran, Dr. Bjorn Sandstede, Dr. Eliezer Upfal and Dr. Zhijin Wu in the Center for Computational Molecular Biology

PAST LAB FUNDING

NIGMS R01GM115510 with collaborators Dr. Sarah Certel (University of Montana) and Dr. Steve Stowers (Montana State University)

Function of dual neurotransmitter usage in aggression

NIAAA R01AA024434

Notch dependent microcircuit regulation of alcohol reward memory

Hubert & Richard Hanlon Trust Grant Award with collaborators Dr. Carolina Haass-Koffler, Dr. Tara White and Dr. John McGeary

The stress factor: Understanding the role of norepinephrine in Alcohol Use Disorder.

Brown University Seed funding

Establishing a Drosophila model for opioid self-administration

Brown University Salomon Award

Molecules for Need and Want

NIDA CEBRA R21DA042622

Whole-brain mapping of opiate sensitive circuits in Drosophila

Carney Institute Innovation Award with collaborator Kate O'Connor-Giles

Understanding contributions of alternative splicing to appetitive memory

BIBS and NPNI New Frontier Pilot Award with collaborator John McGeary

The role of Microfibrillar Associated Protein 2 (MFAP2) and Notch 1 in alcohol cravings

United States - Israel Binational Science Foundation

Start Up Grant 2015005 with collaborator Moshe Parnas

Dopamine microcircuits for reward

BIBS Center for Nervous System Function COBRE

Project Leader Award P20GM103645 (NIGMS)

Microcircuits for reward driven decisions in Drosophila

Smith Family Award for Excellence in Biomedical Research

Neuro-molecular mechanisms of alcoholism

Thanks to the Richard and Susan Family Foundation, Newton, MA for this award!

Rhode Island Foundation Medical Research Fund 20144133

Neuronal mechanisms underlying rewarding memories of alcohol intoxication

RI-INBRE Early Career Development Award P20GM103430 (NIGMS)

The role of Notch signaling in alcohol reward memory

Brown University Seed funding with collaborator Gilad Barnea

Establishing a technique for studying the neural circuits underlying alcohol responses in flies

Warren Alpert Research Fund

PAST TRAINEE FUNDING

Dr. Lewis Sherer

Fellow on the Brown University Training Program in the Molecular Biology of Aging (5T32AG041688)

Led by Dr. John Sedivy from the Brown University Center for the Biology of Aging

Project title: The impacts of aging on cotransmission in the brain

Dr. Rebecca Oramas

Brown University Dean's Postdoctoral Diversity Fellowship in Biology and Medicine

Tariq Brown

NIAAA NRSA F31AA030219

Alcohol-induced alternative splicing in Drosophila memory circuits

Dr. John Hernandez

NIAAA NRSA F32AA029595

Open bar assay: A novel operant paradigm for examining motivated response and substance abuse in Drosophila melanogaster