Annabelle Flores-Bonilla, PhD Addiction Neuroscientist and Alcohol Researcher

Research

I am an addiction neuroscientist with experience researching the effects of alcohol binge drinking on the maturation of oligodendroglial lineage cells and the circuits that undergo myelination during adolescent development. Currently serving as a Postdoctoral Research Associate in the Roberto Laboratory at The Scripps Research Institute, in San Diego, CA.

As a neuroscientist, I am interested in the neurobiology of resilience. My aim is to understand the cellular and neurocircuit adaptations in response to stress and addiction.

Keywords: Resilience, Alcohol, Stress, Addiction, Neuropeptides, Negative affect

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Publications

*Akli and *Flores-Bonilla et al., 2026. BioRxiv and submitted for publication. Adolescent drinking causes a loss of aspartoacylase-expressing oligodendrocytes and hypomyelination of anterior cingulate and corpus callosum axons in male mice, but not females. *Authors contributed equally.

Flores-Bonilla et al., 2021. Shortening time for access to alcohol drives up front-loading behavior, bringing consumption in male rats to the level of females. Biology of Sex Differences.

Flores-Bonilla and Richardson, 2020. Sex Differences in Neurobiology of Alcohol Use Disorder.(2020). Alcohol Research Current Reviews.

News

April 28, 2026 - Defended PhD and became a Postdoctoral Research Associate at The Scripps Research Institute

September 28, 2025 - Defended Prospectus and Expected PhD defense in Spring 2026

March 5, 2025 - Abstract accepted at Research Society on Alcohol

August 1, 2024 - Awarded the SFN Trainee Professional Development Award

March 6, 2024 - Presentation at Neuroscience and Behavior Seminar Series

September 21, 2023 - Neuroscience PhD candidate