Webinar #16 – Introduction to the Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel: A renewable rat panel for genetic studies of addiction-related traits

Friday, April 23rd at 10am PDT/ 11am MDT/ 12pm CDT/ 1pm EDT
1-hour presentation followed by 30 minutes of discussion

Goals of this webinar:

The Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel (HRDP) is an inbred panel of rats that included two recombinant inbred panels and a panel of classic inbred strains.

  • To describe hybrid diversity panels, in particular the HRDP, including advantages and disadvantages when studying the role of genetics is substance use disorders, e.g., renewable genomes and the accumulation of behavioral and physiological phenotypes and high throughput omics data.
  • To outline current resources and resources that are being generated.
  • To demonstrate the utility of a renewable genetically diverse rodent population when exploring the interaction between genetics, drug exposure, and behavior.

Presented by:
Hao Chen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology, Addiction Science, and Toxicology
University of Tennessee Health Science Center

Dr. Laura Saba
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences
University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Link to course material

Webinar flyer (pdf)