{"id":188244,"date":"2022-07-27T09:24:36","date_gmt":"2022-07-27T13:24:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/?p=188244"},"modified":"2022-09-16T10:21:53","modified_gmt":"2022-09-16T14:21:53","slug":"student-news-from-sartor-lab-summer-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/today.uconn.edu\/2022\/07\/student-news-from-sartor-lab-summer-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Student News from Sartor Lab – Summer 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

Congratulations to the following students working in the Sartor Lab<\/a> this summer:<\/p>\n

\"Christopher<\/a>
Christopher Babigan<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Christopher J.\u00a0 Babigian<\/strong> (Ph.D.\u00a0 ’25 Behavioral Neuroscience) received the CT Institute for the Brain and Cognitive Sciences IBACS Graduate Summer Fellowship<\/a><\/u>.<\/p>\n

Research focus:<\/strong> Novel epigenetic treatments for cocaine addiction<\/p>\n

Description: “For this IBACS summer fellowship, I will continue to work on my research project focused on epigenetic mechanisms of substance use disorder. In addition to my research, I will attend the IBACS sponsored grant writing workshop in order to prepare my NRSA application for submission.”<\/p>\n

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\"Suzannah<\/a>
Suzannah De Almeida<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Suzannah De Almeida <\/strong>(’22 BS Honors Molecular Cell Biology and University Scholar) won 1st place in the ASPET\u00a0<\/a>neuropharmacology poster competition and 2nd place in the Dolores C. Shockley* competition. De Almeida also won the ABRCMS Neuroscience Presentation Award<\/p>\n

Research focus:<\/strong> “My undergraduate research aimed to identify a role for Bromodomain and extra terminal domains (BET) proteins in animal models of Opioid Use Disorder. More specifically, I investigated mechanisms involved in oxycodone- induced withdrawal-like behaviors.”<\/p>\n

Winning Posters:<\/strong><\/p>\n

American Society of Pharmacology and Experimental Therapeutics (ASPET) Annual Conference 2022<\/em><\/p>\n

Poster: BET Proteins as Novel Epigenetic Targets for the Treatment of Opioid Use Disorder (April 6, 2022)<\/p>\n

Annual Biomedical Research Conference for Minority Students (ABRCMS) Annual Conference 2021<\/em><\/p>\n

Poster: The Potential Therapeutic Role of BET Bromodomains in Opioid Use Disorder (November 13, 2021)<\/p>\n

*The Dolores C. Shockley Poster Award was established by ASPET in 2010 to honor Dr. Dolores C. Shockley*, the first African American woman to earn a PhD in pharmacology and first appointed to chair a pharmacology department in the U.S. The award aims to promote diversity in pharmacology.<\/p>\n

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\"Caryssa<\/a>
Caryssa Drinkuth<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n

Caryssa Drinkuth <\/strong>(’22 B.S., Molecular and Cell Biology) received the Summer Undergraduate Research Fund (SURF) Award 2022.<\/a><\/u><\/p>\n

Research focus:<\/strong> Epigenetic-Based Therapeutics for Opioid Use Disorder<\/p>\n

\u201cFor my SURF project, I will continue to investigate the role of Bromodomain and extra-terminal (BET) proteins in opioid use disorder. Specifically, I will look at BET protein expression and withdrawal-like behaviors in mice following repeated oxycodone exposure.\u201d<\/p>\n

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\"Jack<\/a><\/p>\n

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Jack O’Connell<\/strong> (’24, B.S. Biology, B.S. Psychology, Eastern Connecticut State University), received a summer 2022 Research Experiences for Undergraduates<\/a> (REU) scholarship.<\/p>\n

Research focus:<\/strong> Epigenetic mechanisms in fentanyl use<\/p>\n

“For my project, I will identify novel roles for histone methylation readers in animal models of opioid use. Specifically, I will quantify changes in chromodomain protein expression within the rat brain following different schedules of fentanyl self-administration.”<\/p>\n

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