Dougherty Lab publishes a new paper in Scientific Reports

The Dougherty Lab recently had a paper published in Scientific Reports, “CNS microRNA profiles: a database for cell type enriched microRNA expression across the mouse central nervous system.” Yating Liu, a programmer in the lab, is an author on the paper,...

Dougherty Lab welcomes new members

The Dougherty Lab recently welcomed new members including Rachael, a senior graduate student who will be working with Kayla Nygaard, a graduate student in the lab; Chayla, a first year PhD rotation student working with Bernie Mulvey, a graduate student in the lab;...

Dougherty Lab presents at Society for Neuroscience annual meeting

The Dougherty Lab recently presented at the annual Society for Neuroscience meeting in Chicago. Dr. Susan Maloney, Instructor in Psychiatry and a member of the Dougherty Lab, presented on modeling social motivation in the mouse and the role of Shank3B and the oxytocin...

Dougherty Lab awarded grant for fetal opioid exposure project

The Dougherty Lab was recently awarded a pilot grant from the Center for Clinical Pharmacology for its project, “A new model to understand the developmental deficits associated with fetal exposure to opioids.” Principal Investigators are Ream Al-Hasani,...

Joe Dougherty and Robi Mitra awarded NIH grant

Dr. Joseph Dougherty and Dr. Robi Mitra were recently awarded an NIH grant. The award for the project, “Parallel Analysis of Transcription and Protein-DNA Interactions in Single CNS Cells,” supports Dougherty and Mitra’s work at Washington University...