Conference Agenda

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Program Overview
Date: Tuesday, 20/May/2025
8:00am
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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

Tanja Jovanovic

Wayne State University



Mechanisms linking early adversity experience with fear and sensory system programming

Tracy Bale

University of Colorado Anschutz



ADHD and the Hidden Complexity Behind Contrasting Environments

Diego Rovaris

University of São Paulo



Epigenetic Impact of Trauma and Cocaine Use Disorder: Evidence from a Human Cohort

Rodrigo Grassi-Oliveira

Aarhus University

10:00am
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10:30am
Tea/E-Poster Session 1
Location: Veranda
 

Operant set-shifting in mouse lines selectively bred for ethanol preference

Cheryl Reed

Oregon Health & Science University



Investigating the Role of Drosophila Dorsal Paired Medial (DPM) Neurons in Alcohol-Reward Memory.

Kristin Scalpen

Bryant University

10:30am
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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

Barry Dickson

Queensland Brain Institute

11:30am
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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.

Melloni Cook

University of Memphis



Differential striatal gene expression profiles underlying the propensity for depressionlike behaviour in a mouse model of vertical sleeve

Renee Papaluca

University of Melbourne



A possible mechanism to link HTR1B genotype with the callous-unemotional phenotype.

Caroline Moul

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.

Andrew Mcewan

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

Jonathas Almeida

Virginia Commonwealth University



Overexpression of OTX2 in Human Neural Cells Links Depression Risk Genes

Cathy Barr

Krembil Research Institute



Knockout of the Histone Chaperone Anp32e Alters H2A.Z Distribution, Gene Expression, and Adult Behavior

Sandra Youssef

University of Ottawa



Genetic Influences on the Metabolism of Orally Administered Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in the Mouse

Winona Booher

University of Colorado Boulder



Endocannabinoids system and alcohol effects across lifespan

Emmanuel Onaivi

William Paterson University

12:00pm
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1:00pm
Lunch
Location: Veranda
1:00pm
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3:00pm
Open
3:00pm
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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

Ina Anreiter

University of Toronto



Deciphering the roles of m6A and YTHDF proteins in synaptic function and plasticity

Mathieu Flamand

Centre de Recherche du CHU de Québec - Université Laval



CircRNA-derived micropeptides at the synapse: a new mechanism of plasticity and memory?

Tim Bredy

University of Queensland



RNA modulation in brain disorders

Yanhong Shi

City of Hope

5:00pm
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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

Renee Papaluca

University of Melbourne



E-Poster: Endocannabinoids system and alcohol effects across lifespan

Emmanuel Ovaivi

William Paterson University

5:30pm
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6:30pm
Selected Talks 1
Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre
Chair: Andrew Mcewan
 

GWAS of Neuroimaging Derived Subtypes of Alcohol Use Disorder

Alexander Hatoum

Washington University School of Medicine



Genetic basis of paclitaxel-induced mechanical and cold hypersensitivity in a C57BL/6 reduced complexity cross

Will Lynch

Boston University



Phenomic Characterization of C. elegans orthologs of Parkinson’s Disease-Associated Genes

Catharine Rankin

University of British Columbia



A female-specific role for cortical Eph receptors in depression

Melissa Perreault

University of Guelph

6:30pm
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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

Roshan Jain

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

Teri Furlong

University of New South Wales



Do genetic predictors of poor mental health capture biological or environmental factors in humans?

Anna Dearman

University of Essex



Distinct prefrontal cortex neuronal ensembles bidirectionally regulate heroin seeking

Jamie Peters

University of Alabama at Birmingham



A Novel Approach for Targeting Brain Long Non-Coding RNA to Influence Behaviour

Kelly Clemens

University of New South Wales



Effects of chemogenetic activation of hypothalamic oxytocin neurons on alcohol self-administration in male and female mice

Sam Gottlieb

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

Francesca Telese

University of California San Diego



State-dependent properties of co-transmitting neurons

Lewis Sherer

Brown University



LAGS+ an LAGS- two new mouse models based on bidirectional genetic selection to identify death-induced genes in epilepsy

Benoit Martin

Université de Rennes INSERM



2. Activity-based anorexia (ABA) in rats: How reward value “drives the wheel”

Kaixin Huang

Monash Univesity

7:00pm
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10:00pm
Dinner/Resort Restaurants
Location: Dinner Resort Restaurants

 
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