Benjamin C. Reiner
Research Assistant Professor of Psychiatry
Department: Psychiatry
Contact information
TRL Building, 125 S. 31st St.
Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Department of Psychiatry
Perelman School of Medicine
University of Pennsylvania
Philadelphia, PA 19104
Office: 2155730278
Publications
Education:
BS (Biology, minor Chemistry)
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2007.
PhD (Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience)
University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2015.
BS (Biology, minor Chemistry)
University of Nebraska at Omaha, 2007.
PhD (Pharmacology and Experimental Neuroscience)
University of Nebraska Medical Center, 2015.
Post-Graduate Training
Postdoctoral Fellowship, Neurogenetics, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2016-2020.
Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2020-2022.
Permanent linkPostdoctoral Fellowship, Neurogenetics, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2016-2020.
Research Associate, Department of Psychiatry, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, 2020-2022.
Selected Publications
SN Chehimi, RC Crist, BC Reiner: Unraveling Psychiatric Disorders through Neural Single-Cell Transcriptomics Approaches. Genes 14(3), March 2023.T Borner, BC Reiner, RC Crist, CD Furst, SA Doebley, JG Halas, M Ai, RJ Samms, BC De Jonghe, MR Hayes: GIP receptor agonism blocks chemotherapy-induced nausea and vomiting. Molecular Metabolism 2023.
W Ma, MC Oliveira-Nunes, K Xu, A Kossenkov, BC Reiner, RC Crist, J Hayden, Q Chen: Type I interferon response in astrocytes promotes brain metastasis by enhancing monocytic myeloid cell recruitment. Nature Communications 2023.
MJ Sanchez-Navarro, T Borner, BC Reiner, RC Crist, WK Samson, GLC Yosten, L Stein, MR Hayes: GPR-160 Receptor Signaling in the Dorsal Vagal Complex of Male Rats Modulates Meal Microstructure and CART-Mediated Hypophagia. Nutrients 2023.
Y Zhang, JB Nathan, A Moreno, R Merkel, MW Kahng, MR Hayes, BC Reiner, RC Crist, HD Schmidt: Calcitonin receptor signaling in nucleus accumbens D1R-and D2R-expressing medium spiny neurons bidirectionally alters opioid taking in male rats. Neuropsychopharmacology 2023.
AE Weller, TN Ferraro, GA Doyle, BC Reiner, RC Crist, WH Berrettini: Single Nucleus Transcriptome Data from Alzheimer’s Disease Mouse Models Yield New Insight into Pathophysiology. Journal of Alzheimer's Disease October 2022.
Zheng Y, Reiner BC, Liu J, Xu L, Xiong H: Methamphetamine augments HIV-1 gp120 inhibition of synaptic transmission and plasticity in rat hippocampal slices: Implications for methamphetamine exacerbation of HIV-associated neurocognitive disorders. Neurobiology of Disease 15(168): 105712, 2022.
Benjamin C Reiner, Yafang Zhang, Lauren M Stein, Emilie Dávila Perea, Gabriella Arauco-Shapiro, Jennifer Ben Nathan, Kael Ragnini, Matthew R Hayes, Thomas N Ferraro, Wade H Berrettini, Heath D Schmidt, Richard C Crist: Single nucleus transcriptomic analysis of rat nucleus accumbens reveals cell type-specific patterns of gene expression associated with volitional morphine intake. Translational Psychiatry 12(1), 2022.
Reiner BC, Crist RC, Borner T, Doyle RP, Hayes MR, and De Jonghe BC: Single nuclei RNA sequencing of the rat AP and NTS following GDF15 treatment. Molecular metabolism 56, 2022.
Weller AD, Crist RC, Reiner BC, Doyle GA, Berrettini WH: Neonatal Opioid Withdraw Syndrome (NOWS): A Transgenerational Echo of the Opioid Crisis. Cold Spring Harbor Prespective in Medicine 11(3): a039669, 2021.