20th Annual Lewis L. Judd Symposium at UCSD

Excited to share highlights from the Judd Symposium at UCSD San Diego! Our entire lab team shone bright—every student presented fantastic posters on our latest research.

1. Enhancing Addiction Severity Prediction by Modulating GABAergic Activity in the Central Amygdala of RATTACA Rats: Wendy Lou, Ran Qiao, Michelle R Doyle, Benjamin Johnson, Giordano de Guglielmo, Abraham A Palmer, Marsida Kallupi

2. Neuromodulation of Nucleus Accumbens Shell via Deep Brain Stimulation: Impacts on Nicotine Vapor Withdrawal Symptoms in Rats. Shambhavi Tyagi, Adam Shi, Xiuhan Li, Caitlin Crook, Angelica R. Martinez, Marsida Kallupi

3. Corticotrophin-Releasing Hormone Binding Protein in the Basolateral Amygdala: Divergent Roles in Cocaine and Opioid Addiction like behaviors. Sara Rahman, Courtney P. Wood, Arnav Gurha, Caitlin Crook, Angelica Martinez, Selen Dirik, Cloe Moreno, Anirudh Vaiyapuri, Avraham Libster, Francesca Telese, Giordano de Guglielmo

4. Precision Medicine for AUD: P2X4 Receptor Modulation Reduces Alcohol Consumption in Genetically Heterogeneous Rats. Paola Campo; Michelle R. Doyle, Ran Qiao, Thiago Sanches, Abraham Palmer, Marsida Kallupi, Giordano de Guglielmo

5. Cannabidiol’s Neuroprotective Effects in Mitigating Withdrawal and Relapse Behaviors in a Rodent Model of Nicotine Vapor Dependence. Maddy S. Sist, Adam Shi, Selen Dirik, Xiuhan Li, Caitlin Crook, Giordano de Guglielmo, Marsida Kallupi.

6. Perinatal Fentanyl Exposure: Neurobehavioral Impairments and Molecular Mechanisms in a Rat Model of Neonatal Opioid Withdrawal Syndrome (NOWS). Gregory M. R. Cook, Courtney P. Wood, Yeji Shin, Maria G. Balaguer, Selen Dirik, Bryan A. Montoya, Gabrielle M. Palermo, Parsa K. Naghshineh, Francesca Telese, Giordano de Guglielmo

7. Exploring the Therapeutic Potential of Nociceptin/Orphanin FQ-NOP Receptor Pathway in Opioid Use Disorder Treatment. Gabrielle M. Palerm, Maria G. Balagur, Paola Campo, Nurulain Zaveri, Gregory M.R. Cook, Junjie Lin, Marsida Kallupi, Giordano de Guglielmo1

8. Cannabidiol Mitigates Alcohol Dependence and Withdrawal Through Neuroprotective Effects in the Basolateral Amygdala and Striatum. Bryan Montoya, Selen Dirik, Michelle Doyle, Courtney Wood, Angelica Martinez, McKenzie Fannon, Maria Balaguer, Gregory Cook, Gabrielle Palermo, Junjie Lin, Madelyn Sist, Parsa Naghshineh, Zihang Lan, Sara Rahman, Paul Schweitzer, Marsida Kallupi, Giordano de Guglielmo

9. Partial agonism at Nicotinic α3β4 receptor mitigates addiction-like behaviors in ethanol dependent rats. Anirudh Vaiyapuri; Michelle R. Doyle, Paola Campo, Ran Qiao, Angelica R. Martinez, Selen Dirik, Courtney P. Wood, Daniel Munro, Benjamin J. Johnson, NurulainT. Zaveri, Abraham A. Palmer, Marsida Kallupi, Giordano de Guglielmo.

Also, Dr. Giordano de Guglielmo, delivered a talk by the title: “Precision Medicine for Alcohol Use Disorder: Targeting α3 β4 nAChRs in Vulnerable Phenotypes”
Huge thanks to hosts Marsida Kallupi, Gregory Light, and Jennifer Hickey-Hinojosa for organizing such a vibrant event.