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<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>bonthuis<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-06-30T10:36:22-05:00<\/span>Cell Reports March 8th 2022<\/a><\/h4>
Figure contributed by Coni Hoerndli<\/a><\/pre>\n
Noncanonical genomic imprinting in the monoamine system determines naturalistic foraging and brain-adrenal axis functions<\/h2>\n
See press release.<\/a><\/p>\n
\u201cThe 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,\u201d says the paper\u2019s first author,\u00a0Paul Bonthuis, [\u2026]<\/a><\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>
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<\/a><\/li><\/ul><\/div>Noelle James<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-06-30T10:18:10-05:00<\/span>Dopa decarboxylase is a genetic hub of parental control over offspring behavior<\/a><\/h4>
Dopa decarboxylase (Ddc<\/em>) is a genetic hub of parental control over offspring behavior<\/h4>\n
Hop on over to bioRxiv<\/a> to see Dr. Bonthuis\u2019 2020 paper on how Ddc<\/em>, a monoaminergic regulator, is influenced by parentage and in turn effects social behavior. He found maternal and paternal\u00a0Ddc<\/em> alleles control distinct behavioral sequences. Additionally, Ddc<\/em> exhibits dominant expression of the maternal<\/strong> [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article><\/section><\/div>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>Awards<\/p><\/h1><\/span>
<\/div><\/div><\/div>bonthuis<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-06-25T14:32:46-05:00<\/span>Summer 2024 -Sarah Kim Awarded Woese Research Scholar<\/a><\/h4>
Congrats to Sarah Kim for winning the Carl R. Woese Undergraduate Research Scholar Grant. Over the summer she will carry [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>
bonthuis<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-06-30T11:28:04-05:00<\/span>May 2024 – Ann-Farah Usman- Awarded Outstanding Oral Presentation:<\/a><\/h4>
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Ann-Farah Usman presented on Noncanonical Genomic Imprinting of tyrosine hydroxylase (Th) in the Nervous System Affects Social Behaviors at the [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>
bonthuis<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-06-25T14:33:13-05:00<\/span>Erin O’Leary Wins Poster Award<\/a><\/h4>
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Congratulations to Erin O\u2019Leary<\/strong>, Neuroscience Graduate Student, who won an award of [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>bonthuis<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-06-30T10:47:07-05:00<\/span>Highest Distinction for Sam Rahman<\/a><\/h4>
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Congratulations to Sam Rahman<\/strong> who was awarded the Highest Distinction<\/em> for [\u2026]<\/p>\n<\/div><\/article>bonthuis<\/a><\/span><\/span>2025-06-30T10:58:49-05:00<\/span>Mouse Foraging Behavior Shaped by Opposite-Sex Parent\u2019s Genes<\/a><\/h4>
\u201cA study in mice finds that for certain genes, one parent\u2019s allele can dominate expression and shape behavior\u2014and which parent\u2019s [\u2026]\n<\/h2><\/div><\/article><\/section>
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