Genetics Program Faculty Receive Grant Awards

Congratulations to our Genetics Program Faculty on their recent Grant Awards! 

 
Trudy Mackay and Robert Anholt received a five-year $2,484,110 grant from the National Institute on Drug Abuse to study the genetics of cocaine and methamphetamine sensitivity in Drosophila.
 

Albert Keung received a five year $2,280,000 Avenir Award for Genetics or Epigenetics of Substance Abuse Disorders (DP1) from the NIH Director’s Pioneer Award to study epigenetic mechanisms of addiction and substance abuse disorders.