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Donghyung Lee, Ph.D.
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Featured ArticleOctober 20, 2020Bringing hope and understanding to people with addiction
During a recent JAXtaposition event, JAX professor Elissa Chesler shared how her studies of behavioral traits in mice are contributing to her ultimate research goal of improving outcomes for people with addiction. -
Press ReleaseJuly 10, 2019How do sleep and social interaction affect addiction?
Innovative AI technology captures mouse sleep and social behaviors for the study of their influence on drug intake and addiction. -
Press ReleaseOctober 02, 2018Addiction: The microbiome link
The National Institute on Drug Abuse has made a $4M grant to JAX scientists to explore the roles of the microbiome and genetics in substance use disorders. -
Research HighlightApril 17, 2018How does genetics influence drug addiction?
Postdoctoral Associate Price Dickson, Ph.D., is working to discover the genetic underpinnings that make individuals susceptible or resistant to addiction in the face of chronic stress.
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Search MagazineApril 14, 2020Preventing overdose deaths
Making better rescue treatments by finding the genetic variations that raise the risk of deadly opioid overdose. -
Search MagazineMay 22, 2019JAX scientists speak out on the crisis of opioid addiction
JAX scientists are intensifying their efforts to shed light on the genetic and neurobiological causes of addiction, along with the impact of environmental influences. -
Blog PostApril 19, 2018How to Refresh Your Mutant or Transgenic Mouse Strains
Maintaining experimental mouse colonies is a lot like juggling. There are a lot of balls that you have to keep in the air all the time. You need to evaluate the breeding performance, adjust the colony size to match required production, genotype the mice, and then plan and execute your experiments. It is easy to have concerns about genetic drift far down on your list of priorities. However, for mutant or transgenic mouse strains on inbred backgrounds dealing with potential genetic drift needs to be a priority. -
Press ReleaseFebruary 01, 2018Reproducible results toward ending addiction
New funding and partnerships are helping JAX’s Molly Bogue accelerate progress in addiction research.