Dr. Gregg Homanics Appointed as Associate Editor of Genes, Brain and Behavior
This journal was launched in 2002 with the aim of publishing top quality research in behavioral and neural genetics in their broadest sense.
Research News
Gregory Rompala Receives NIAAA Grant to Study Effects of Drinking Alcohol across Generations
The National Research Service Award predoctoral fellowship will provide up to three years of funding for a project entitled “Epigenetic Mechanisms of Intergenerational Alcohol Drinking Behavior.”
Dr. Gregg Homanics Receives Medical Student Research Mentoring Merit Award
Gregg E. Homanics, PhD, received the Medical Student Research Mentoring Merit Award from the University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine at their 2016 Scholars Day on April 6, 2016, at the O'Hara Student Center.
Dr. Gregg Homanics Quoted in Article on Today Show's Website
Gregg E. Homanics, PhD, was interviewed about his research on paternal alcohol exposure in an article on how fathers’ pre-pregnancy behavior affects their offspring posted on the Today Show’s website.
Gregory Rompala Presents at Gordon Conference on Alcohol & the Nervous System
Greg was invited to present the poster "Paternal Chronic Variable Stress Reduces Ethanol Drinking Behavior Selectively in Male Offspring.”
Research by Drs. Yan Xu and Pei Tang on Anesthesia Percolation Model Featured in the News
The study theorizes that the process of consciousness and loss of consciousness under anesthesia can be likened to the flow of water through coffee grounds.
Xu and Tang Research Team Shows the Brain May Retain Cellular Memory of Odors Introduced Under Anesthesia
“Cellular Registration without Behavioral Recall of Olfactory Sensory Input under General Anesthesia” reveals new findings that suggest the brain receives and registers sensory information at the cellular level while anesthetized without behavioral reporting of the same information after recovering from anesthesia.
Work by Drs. Tang and Xu Published and Selected as Feature Image in Nature Communications
In their paper, the authors show that acetylcholine is a competitive antagonist for ELIC, the pentameric ligand-gated ion channel from the bacteria Erwinia chrysanthemi.
Paper by Xu Research Team Published and Selected for BBA Biomembranes Journal Cover
“NMR structure and dynamics of a designed water-soluble transmembrane domain of nicotinic acetylcholine receptor” was published as the cover story in the March issue of Biochimica et Biophysica Acta Biomembranes.
Research by Dr. Yan Xu, et al. on Glycene Receptors and Cannabis-induced Pain Relief Published in Nature Chemical Biology
Nature Chemical Biology has a 2009 ISI impact factor of 16.058, making it the leading primary research journal not only in chemical biology, but also across related chemical sciences.