On October 16, 2025 we spoke with Sara Swinford-Jackson about effects of parental drug self-administration on motivated drug taking in offspring in rodents. Sarah discussed the approach taken to remove genetic and environmental contributions to isolate the epigenetic contribution, and to identify the biological mechanism.

Guest

Sarah Swinford-Jackson, Assistant professor of Behavioral and Cellular Neuroscience in the Department of Psychological and Brain Sciences, Texas A&M University.

Participating:

Matt Wanat, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UT San Antonio.

Alexey Soshnev, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UT San Antonio.

Ashley Miller, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UT San Antonio.

Host:

Charles Wilson, Department of Neuroscience, Developmental and Regenerative Biology, UT San Antonio.

Thanks to James Tepper for original music