Dr. Huiping Zhang Funded R01 Grant

Identifying Brain Epitranscriptomic Changes Associated with Alcohol Use Disorder Huiping Zhang, PhD Award Number: 1R01AA029758-01 Chronic alcohol consumption may result in methyl-adenosine modification of brain RNAs, thus altering the stability and expression of brain RNAs involved in reward or addiction-related pathways. This R01 project will (1) identify differentially methylated and expressed messenger RNAs (mRNAs) in […]

Dr. Huiping Zhang Recieved 2022 Wing Tat Lee Award

Congratulation to Dr. Huiping Zhang who has recieved the 2022 Wing Tat Lee Award Dr. Zhang will collaborate with Ying Liu, PhD, associate professor of genetics at Soochow University, to study the genetic mechanism of 22q11.2 deletion syndrome (22q11.DS), which is a disorder characterized by heart abnormalities, recurrent infections and distinctive facial features. They will […]

Dr. Jun receives a new subaward agreement from the University of Southern California

Dr. Gyungah Jun has recently received a subaward agreement from the University of Southern California for a U01 award, titled “Ultrascale Machine Learning to Empower Discovery in Alzheimer’s Disease Biobanks.” For this grant, Dr. Jun will serve as a PI for the Genome Guided Drug Discovery Core and will contribute her expertise regarding aspects of […]

Dr. Huiping Zhang receives BU CTSI grant to study the epigenetic mechanism of cocaine use disorders (CUDs)

Dr. Huiping Zhang receives BU CTSI grant to study the epigenetic mechanism of cocaine use disorders (CUDs). He and his collaborator Dr. Vidhya Kumaresan will investigate cocaine use/withdrawal induced microRNA (one type of epigenetic markers) expression alterations in the brain’s reward circuit (e.g., the nucleus accumbens) using a translational rat model of incubated drug craving […]