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Anne Elizabeth West

Professor of Neurobiology
Neurobiology
Box 3209, Durham, NC 27710
Bryan Research Building, 311 Research Drive Room 301D, Durham, NC 27710

Selected Grants


Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · 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 CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Chromatin dysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Roles for uniquely human enhancers in brain development and Wnt signaling

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027

Neurobiology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · 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 CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Chromatin dysregulation in neurodevelopmental disorders

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Duke University Psychiatry Physician-Scientist Residency Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2029

Roles for uniquely human enhancers in brain development and Wnt signaling

ResearchCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2023 - 2027

Duke Preparing Research Scholars in Biomedical Sciences- Post-Baccalaureate Research Education Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institute of General Medical Sciences · 2022 - 2027

Training Program in Developmental and Stem Cell Biology

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2001 - 2027

Chromatin regulation of BDNF in cocaine craving

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2024 - 2026

Cell and Molecular Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2021 - 2026

Summer Scholars in Genome Sciences & Medicine

Inst. Training Prgm or CMESignificant Contributor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2017 - 2026

Pharmacological Sciences Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEPreceptor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Genetic and Genomics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2025

Orchestration of synaptic gene regulation by H3K27me3-dependent modulation of chromatin architecture

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Simons Foundation Autism Research Initiative · 2023 - 2025

Combating obesity via cell-specific pharmacology of dopamine neurons

FellowshipCo-Mentor · Awarded by American Heart Association · 2023 - 2024

Noncoding regulation of gene transcription in human neurons

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by Ruth K. Broad Biomedical Research Foundation · 2021 - 2024

Enhancer-mediated Bdnf Regulation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institute of Neurological Disorders and Stroke · 2022 - 2024

Psychostimulant-Induced Plasticity of Nucleus Accumbens Interneurons

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2024

Epitranscriptomic Regulation of Synaptic Responses to Drugs of Abuse

ResearchCollaborating Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2018 - 2024

Using epigenome editing of transcriptional enhancers to regulate adult visual cortical plasticity

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2024

Functional and Mechanistic Dissection of GPCR Endosomal Signaling Dynamics

FellowshipCollaborator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2022 - 2023

IRES Track 1 IRTG Engaged in Dissecting and Reengineering the Regulatory Genome

ResearchMentor · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2019 - 2023

Chromatin Mechanisms of Neuronal Maturation

ResearchPrincipal 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

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2022

Medical Scientist Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1997 - 2022

The Role of the Lysine-Specific Histone Demethylase 6b, Kdm6b In Synapse Maturation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2019 - 2022

In Vivo Epigenome Editing with CRISPR-Based Histone Acetyltransferase Transgenic Mice

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2016 - 2022

Bioinformatics and Computational Biology Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2021

Epigenome Editing Technologies to Control Diverse Biological Functions

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by Allen Institute for Brain Science · 2017 - 2021

HARDAC-M: Enabling memory-intensive computation for genomics

EquipmentMajor User · Awarded by North Carolina Biotechnology Center · 2020 - 2021

Epigenomic modulation of psychostimulant-inducible Fosb in the nucleus accumbens

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2020 - 2021

Genetics Training Grant

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1979 - 2020

Organization and Function of Cellular Structure

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEMentor · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Pharmacological Sciences Training Program

Inst. Training Prgm or CMEParticipating Faculty Member · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1975 - 2020

Basic predoctoral training in neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 1992 - 2018

Regulation of Cocaine Reward and Reinforcement by MeCP2

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2017

Genome-Wide Mapping of Enhancer Elements for Neuronal Differentiation Genes

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2013 - 2016

Training in Fundamental &Translational Neuroscience

Inst. Training Prgm or CMETraining Faculty · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2005 - 2016

Amphetamine-Induced Transcriptional Plasticity in Striatal GABAergic Interneurons

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2015

Regulation of response to chronic antidepressant treatment by MeCP2

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2012 - 2014

Development of a Platform for Imaging Activity-Dependent Transcription in Neurons

ResearchCo Investigator · Awarded by National Science Foundation · 2011 - 2013

Behavioral and Synaptic Consequences of MeCP2 Phosphorylation

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2010 - 2011

Epigenetic regulation of transcriptional repression by drugs of abuse

ResearchPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2006 - 2011

A role for the epigenetic factor MeCP2 in neural response to psychostimulants

FellowshipPrincipal Investigator · Awarded by National Institutes of Health · 2008 - 2010