IBANGS Annual Meeting 2025:
Genes, Brain and Behavior
May 19-22, 2025 | Shangri-La Resort, Yanuca Island, Fiji
Conference Agenda
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Program Overview |
Date: Tuesday, 20/May/2025 | |
8:00am - 10:00am |
Symposium 1: Weaving Together the Strands: Cross-Species Insights into the Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms of Early Adversity Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira Chair: Tracy Bale Translational methods to capture PTSD-related phenotypes in humans with trauma and PTSD Wayne State University Mechanisms linking early adversity experience with fear and sensory system programming University of Colorado Anschutz ADHD and the Hidden Complexity Behind Contrasting Environments University of São Paulo Epigenetic Impact of Trauma and Cocaine Use Disorder: Evidence from a Human Cohort Aarhus University |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Tea/E-Poster Session 1 Location: Veranda Operant set-shifting in mouse lines selectively bred for ethanol preference Oregon Health & Science University Investigating the Role of Drosophila Dorsal Paired Medial (DPM) Neurons in Alcohol-Reward Memory. Bryant University |
10:30am - 11:30am |
Keynote Address: Professor Barry Dickson Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Timothy Bredy Wired for sex: How the mating instinct is programmed into a fly’s brain Queensland Brain Institute |
11:30am - 12:00pm |
Data Blitz 1 Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: André Lucas Silva Borges Effects of Chronic Unpredictable Stress on Dopamine: Stimulated Release, Half-life, and Auto receptor functioning in C57BL/6J and DBA2/J mice. University of Memphis Differential striatal gene expression profiles underlying the propensity for depressionlike behaviour in a mouse model of vertical sleeve University of Melbourne A possible mechanism to link HTR1B genotype with the callous-unemotional phenotype. University of Sydney The role of context dependant cis-regulatory elements in disease: an intronic region of BDNF gene involved in the modulation of mood and anxiety. University of Aberdeen Effects of chronic ethanol exposure on proteolytic processing of the perineuronal net protein brevican and role for brevican in aversion-resistant ethanol consumption Virginia Commonwealth University Overexpression of OTX2 in Human Neural Cells Links Depression Risk Genes Krembil Research Institute Knockout of the Histone Chaperone Anp32e Alters H2A.Z Distribution, Gene Expression, and Adult Behavior University of Ottawa Genetic Influences on the Metabolism of Orally Administered Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in the Mouse University of Colorado Boulder Endocannabinoids system and alcohol effects across lifespan William Paterson University |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Location: Veranda |
1:00pm - 3:00pm |
Open |
3:00pm - 5:00pm |
Symposium 2: RNA Modifications: Implications for Brain Function and Behavior Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Ina Anreiter Epitranscriptomic regulation of feeding behaviour in Drosophila Melanogaster University of Toronto Deciphering the roles of m6A and YTHDF proteins in synaptic function and plasticity Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval CircRNA-derived micropeptides at the synapse: a new mechanism of plasticity and memory? University of Queensland RNA modulation in brain disorders City of Hope |
5:00pm - 5:30pm |
Tea/E-Poster Session 2 Location: Veranda E-Poster: Differential striatal gene expression profiles underlying the propensity for depressionlike behaviour in a mouse model of vertical sleeve University of Melbourne E-Poster: Endocannabinoids system and alcohol effects across lifespan William Paterson University |
5:30pm - 6:30pm |
Selected Talks 1 Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Andrew Mcewan GWAS of Neuroimaging Derived Subtypes of Alcohol Use Disorder Washington University School of Medicine Genetic basis of paclitaxel-induced mechanical and cold hypersensitivity in a C57BL/6 reduced complexity cross Boston University Phenomic Characterization of C. elegans orthologs of Parkinson’s Disease-Associated Genes University of British Columbia A female-specific role for cortical Eph receptors in depression University of Guelph |
6:30pm - 7:00pm |
Data Blitz 2 Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Olivia Wiliams The autism-linked gene ap2s1 modulates acoustically-evoked habituation learning and behavior selection by regulating excitatory drive on hindbrain command neurons Haverford College Immp2l gene knockdown in mice increases stimulus-driven instrumental behaviour but does not alter goal-directed learning in a model of Tourette syndrome and autism spectrum disorder University of New South Wales Do genetic predictors of poor mental health capture biological or environmental factors in humans? University of Essex Distinct prefrontal cortex neuronal ensembles bidirectionally regulate heroin seeking University of Alabama at Birmingham A Novel Approach for Targeting Brain Long Non-Coding RNA to Influence Behaviour University of New South Wales Effects of chemogenetic activation of hypothalamic oxytocin neurons on alcohol self-administration in male and female mice Medical University of South Carolina A Single-Cell Atlas of Gene Expression and Chromatin Accessibility in the Rat Nucleus Accumbens Reveals Molecular Signatures of Oxycodone Addiction University of California San Diego State-dependent properties of co-transmitting neurons Brown University LAGS+ an LAGS- two new mouse models based on bidirectional genetic selection to identify death-induced genes in epilepsy Université de Rennes INSERM 2. Activity-based anorexia (ABA) in rats: How reward value “drives the wheel” Monash Univesity |
7:00pm - 10:00pm |
Dinner/Resort Restaurants Location: Dinner Resort Restaurants |
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