March 11, 2026: Dr. Sartor receives the UConn School of Pharmacy and Pharmaceutical Sciences Faculty Research Advising Award

February 26, 2026: Afshin Seyednejad receives the Rosenberg & Cohen Fellowship Award. Congrats!

February 17, 2026: Mike Lehane receives the Ruth L. Kirschstein National Research Service Award (NRSA). Congrats!

February 5, 2026: Afshin Seyednejad receives the ASPET student travel award. Congrats!

January 12, 2026: New publication! Cocaine-Induced Changes in the BRD4 Interactome Identifies Casein Kinase 1 Epsilon as a Therapeutic Target.

January 8, 2026: New publication! The Selective Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal Domain (BET) Inhibitor RVX-208 Reduces Cocaine-Seeking Behaviour and Alters Proteomic Pathways in the Nucleus Accumbens.

November 17, 2025: The Sciolino and Sartor labs received an IBACS seed grant to study cell type-specific mechanisms in opioid dependence.

November 3, 2025: Check out the UConn Today article on Kayla Barca's AFPE Gateway Award.

October 3, 2025:  New publication!  The effects of low-dose ketamine and (2R,6R)-Hydroxynorketamine on affective behaviors associated with protracted oxycodone withdrawal

August 5, 2025: The Zhang and Sartor labs received a grant from NSF to develop wireless implantable sensors for opioid monitoring in the brain.

June 30, 2025: The Sartor and Li labs received a grant from the UConn Research Excellence Program to study novel formulations for the treatment of substance use disorders. 

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