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Anne Elizabeth West
Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
west@neuro.duke.edu
Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710
Bryan Research Building, 311 Research Drive Room 301D, Durham, NC 27710
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Selected Grants
Neurobiology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2024 - 2029
Duke-NCCU Interdisciplinary Postdoctoral Training Program in Child Psychiatric and Neurodevelopmental Conditions Program (DN-IPT)
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Preceptor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2024 - 2029
Chromatin dysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2024 - 2029
Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2024 - 2029
Roles for uniquely human enhancers in brain development and Wnt signaling
Research
Collaborator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2023 - 2027
Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences ·
2022 - 2027
Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Preceptor ·
Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences ·
2022 - 2027
Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2001 - 2027
Chromatin regulation of BDNF in cocaine craving
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2024 - 2026
Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2021 - 2026
Summer Scholars in Genome Sciences & Medicine
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Significant Contributor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2017 - 2026
Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Preceptor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2025
Genetic and Genomics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2025
Orchestration of synaptic gene regulation by H3K27me3-dependent modulation of chromatin architecture
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative ·
2023 - 2025
Combating obesity via cell-specific pharmacology of dopamine neurons
Fellowship
Co-Mentor ·
Awarded by American Heart Association ·
2023 - 2024
Noncoding regulation of gene transcription in human neurons
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation ·
2021 - 2024
Enhancer-mediated Bdnf Regulation
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke ·
2022 - 2024
Psychostimulant-Induced Plasticity of Nucleus Accumbens Interneurons
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2019 - 2024
Epitranscriptomic Regulation of Synaptic Responses to Drugs of Abuse
Research
Collaborating Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2018 - 2024
Using epigenome editing of transcriptional enhancers to regulate adult visual cortical plasticity
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2022 - 2024
Functional and Mechanistic Dissection of GPCR Endosomal Signaling Dynamics
Fellowship
Collaborator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2022 - 2023
IRES Track 1 IRTG Engaged in Dissecting and Reengineering the Regulatory Genome
Research
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2019 - 2023
Chromatin Mechanisms of Neuronal Maturation
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2017 - 2023
Modulation of the Perineuronal Net Protein Brevican in the Nucleus Accumbens, and its Impact on Addiction-like Behavior
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2022
Medical Scientist Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1997 - 2022
The Role of the Lysine-Specific Histone Demethylase 6b, Kdm6b In Synapse Maturation
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2019 - 2022
In Vivo Epigenome Editing with CRISPR-Based Histone Acetyltransferase Transgenic Mice
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2016 - 2022
Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2005 - 2021
Epigenome Editing Technologies to Control Diverse Biological Functions
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by Allen Institute for Brain Science ·
2017 - 2021
HARDAC-M: Enabling memory-intensive computation for genomics
Equipment
Major User ·
Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center ·
2020 - 2021
Epigenomic modulation of psychostimulant-inducible Fosb in the nucleus accumbens
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2020 - 2021
Genetics Training Grant
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1979 - 2020
Pharmacological Sciences Training Program
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Participating Faculty Member ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1975 - 2020
Organization and Function of Cellular Structure
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Mentor ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1975 - 2020
Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Training Faculty ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
1992 - 2018
Regulation of Cocaine Reward and Reinforcement by MeCP2
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2013 - 2017
Genome-Wide Mapping of Enhancer Elements for Neuronal Differentiation Genes
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2013 - 2016
Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience
Inst. Training Prgm or CME
Training Faculty ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2005 - 2016
Amphetamine-Induced Transcriptional Plasticity in Striatal GABAergic Interneurons
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2012 - 2015
Regulation of response to chronic antidepressant treatment by MeCP2
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2012 - 2014
Development of a Platform for Imaging Activity-Dependent Transcription in Neurons
Research
Co Investigator ·
Awarded by National Science Foundation ·
2011 - 2013
Behavioral and Synaptic Consequences of MeCP2 Phosphorylation
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2010 - 2011
Epigenetic regulation of transcriptional repression by drugs of abuse
Research
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2006 - 2011
A role for the epigenetic factor MeCP2 in neural response to psychostimulants
Fellowship
Principal Investigator ·
Awarded by National Institutes of Health ·
2008 - 2010
