LAB NEWS
Publications & Grants
Cell Reports March 8th 2022
Figure contributed by Coni Hoerndli
Noncanonical genomic imprinting in the monoamine system determines naturalistic foraging and brain-adrenal axis functions
“The revelation that maternal and paternal alleles of the same gene along the brain-adrenal axis could have disparate, or possibly even antagonistic, phenotypic consequences on behavior is an intriguing observation,” says the paper’s first author, Paul Bonthuis, […]
Dopa decarboxylase is a genetic hub of parental control over offspring behavior
Dopa decarboxylase (Ddc) is a genetic hub of parental control over offspring behavior
Hop on over to bioRxiv to see Dr. Bonthuis’ 2020 paper on how Ddc, a monoaminergic regulator, is influenced by parentage and in turn effects social behavior. He found maternal and paternal Ddc alleles control distinct behavioral sequences. Additionally, Ddc exhibits dominant expression of the maternal […]
Awards
Lab Members Recognized at the 2026 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinlogy Annual Meeting
Lab Members Recognized at the 2026 Society for Behavioral Neuroendocrinology Annual Meeting
Congratulations to our lab members for their outstanding […]
Researchers Receive $2.7M NIH Grant to Investigate Effects of Phthalate Exposure on Neurodevelopment and Autism
January 8,2026
NIH has awarded $2.7 million to University of Illinois researchers Howard Gritton, Paul Bonthuis, and […]
April 2025- Erin O’Leary Publishes Review for Epigenomics
Proud of Erin for the expansive knowledge it takes to concisely write a review on the current and past […]
Summer 2024 -Sarah Kim Awarded Woese Research Scholar
Congrats to Sarah Kim for winning the Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar Grant. Over the summer she will carry […]
May 2024 – Ann-Farah Usman- Awarded Outstanding Oral Presentation:
Ann-Farah Usman presented on Noncanonical Genomic Imprinting of tyrosine hydroxylase (Th) in the Nervous System Affects Social Behaviors at the […]
What We Research
Genomic Imprinting in Circuits for Social Behavior
We aim to understand how genes, epigenetic regulation of gene expression, and hormone signaling in the brain interact to regulate social behaviors.
Who We Are
Meet the members of the Bonthuis Lab!