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D.<\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW144525750 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW144525750 BCX0\"><strong>Affiliation:<\/strong> University of Puerto Rico, Rio Piedras Campus Biology Department<span class=\"EOP SCXW212334626 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/span><span class=\"EOP SCXW144525750 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/p><p><span class=\"TextRun SCXW141185285 BCX0\" lang=\"EN-US\" xml:lang=\"EN-US\" data-contrast=\"none\"><span class=\"NormalTextRun SCXW141185285 BCX0\"><strong>Project title:<\/strong><em> Investigating a potential neural circuit involved in alcohol tolerance development in D. melanogaster<span class=\"EOP SCXW144341534 BCX0\" data-ccp-props=\"{}\">\u00a0<\/span><\/em><\/span><\/span><\/p><p><strong>Project Description:<\/strong> Tolerance development of alcohol has been implicated in alcohol use disorder (AUD). Certain aspects of epigenetic changes and physiology involved in alcohol tolerance have been evaluated, but identification of a specific circuit involved in this process has yet to be identified. I am interested in characterizing a potential circuit involved in the development of tolerance using D. melanogaster as a model.<\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-df59263 elementor-widget elementor-widget-spacer\" data-id=\"df59263\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"spacer.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer\">\n\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-spacer-inner\"><\/div>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-364f627 elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"364f627\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><strong>Published work and presentations<\/strong><\/p>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-0adf39c elementor-widget-divider--view-line elementor-widget elementor-widget-divider\" data-id=\"0adf39c\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"divider.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-divider\">\n\t\t\t<span class=\"elementor-divider-separator\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/span>\n\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-element elementor-element-6fad52a elementor-widget elementor-widget-text-editor\" data-id=\"6fad52a\" data-element_type=\"widget\" data-e-type=\"widget\" data-widget_type=\"text-editor.default\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"elementor-widget-container\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<p><b><span data-contrast=\"none\">Published Paper<\/span><\/b><span data-contrast=\"none\">:<\/span><\/p><p>Dorkenwald, S., Matsliah, A., Sterling, A.R. et al. Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain. Nature 634, 124\u2013138 (2024). https:\/\/doi.org\/10.1038\/s41586-024- 07558-y [Member of FlyWire Consortium: Figueroa-Santiago, F.]<\/p><p>Dorkenwald, S., Matsliah, A., Sterling, A.R. et al. Neuronal wiring diagram of an adult brain. 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