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: Wednesday, 21/May/2025 | |
8:00am - 10:00am |
Symposium 3: Mechanisms underlying individual variation in motivated behavior Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Karla Kaun Inter-individual differences in Drosophila are shaped by sex, motivational states and physiology. Bar-Ilan University Cross-species paradigm for understanding differences in punishment avoidance UNSW Sydney Responding on a progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement correlates with nucleus accumbens core dopamine transmission in a genetically diverse inbred mouse panel Binghamton University Mechanisms for individual variation in alcohol self-administration in Drosophila Brown University |
10:00am - 10:30am |
Tea/E-Poster Session 3 Location: Veranda E-Poster: Genetic Influences on the Metabolism of Orally Administered Δ9-Tetrahydrocannabinol in the Mouse University of Colorado Boulder |
10:30am - 11:30am |
Early Career Achievement Award Lecture: Caroline Ménard Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Kelly Clemens |
11:30am - 12:00pm |
Data Blitz 3 Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Sonali Reisinger Acute and chronic psilocybin in mouse models of psychiatric disorders University of Melbourne Toward an understanding of the therapeutically relevant mechanisms of psilocybin for treating anorexia nervosa Monash University CNS-wide engraftment of Human Monocytes, but not Microglia, induces a chronic proinflammatory state associated with demyelination, astrogliosis, synapse loss, and behavioral dysfunction University of California Irvine Specific regulation of extracellular matrix hyaluronan in distinct brain regions following spatial learning. University of Bristol AKT2 modulates astrocytic nicotine responses in vivo University of Colorado Boulder Multiomic Quantification of Strain and Sex Differences in the Acute Behavioral Response to High-dose Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC). University of Tennessee Health Science Center Maternal immune activation and raloxifene treatment differentially alter neurotransmitter-related transcripts in the dorsal striatum of adult rats Neuroscience Research Australia Associations between genetic influences for distinct aspects of impulsivity and early substance use initiation in the ABCD Study Washington University in Saint Louis |
12:00pm - 1:00pm |
Lunch Location: Veranda |
1:00pm - 3:00pm |
Open |
3:00pm - 5:00pm |
Symposium 4: Molecular Switches of Addiction: Unraveling the Role of RNA Splicing in Substance Use Disorders Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Amy Lasek Functional consequences of alternative splicing in polysubstance use Southern Illinois University Edwardsville Chromatin-mediated alternative splicing in cocaine behavior University of Pennsylvania 2. Molecular Mechanisms of Alcohol Withdrawal: The Emerging Role of the RNA-Binding Protein PCBP1 Virginia Commonwealth University Elevated intron retention implicates neuroinflammation in brains of individuals with alcohol use disorder Indiana University |
5:00pm - 5:30pm |
Tea / E-poster Session 4 Location: Veranda E-Poster: CNS-wide engraftment of Human Monocytes, but not Microglia, induces a chronic proinflammatory state associated with demyelination, astrogliosis, synapse loss, and behavioral dysfunction University of California Irvine E-Poster: AKT2 modulates astrocytic nicotine responses in vivo University of Colorado Boulder |
5:30pm - 6:30pm |
Selected Talks 2 Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Renee Papaluca Selective breeding and gut bacteria: enhanced active tameness in mice by administration of Limosilactobacillus reuteri National Institute of Genetics Seahorse vision: Regional retinal specialisations support small prey capture University of Queensland The Role of Novel Histone Modifications in Sleep Regulation Texas A&M University Fut2 genotype alters ethanol consumption, conditioned place preference, and gut microbiota composition in mice University of New Mexico |
6:30pm - 7:00pm |
Data Blitz 4 Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Jonathas Almeida Developing a model to understand individuality in motivated response in Drosophila Brown University Impact of Repeated Binge Alcohol Consumption on Nucleus Accumbens Splicing University of New Mexico The Pedagogy of Neuroscience Research: Bridging Theory with Accessible Practice for Undergraduate Student Success University of Toronto Neonatal opioid withdrawal traits in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice: Implications for genetic mapping in BXD recombinant inbred strains Northeastern University Modelling cognitive and psychiatric behavioural traits in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis type I Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health Phenotypic and Genotypic Relationships Among Addiction-Related Traits in Heterogeneous Stock Rats University at Buffalo Anxiety- and depression-like behavior in Slc39a8 deficient mice University of New Mexico PKA instructs Drosophila Clock protein in regulating circadian transcription, mediating transcriptional synchrony in the circadian neuronal network. University of Alberta Sex-specific differences in cortical gene expression, neuronal oscillatory function, and behaviour following prenatal valproic acid exposure University of Guelph Alcohol Conditioned Place Preference and Alcohol Consumption in Dpp6 Knockout Mice. University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center |
7:00pm - 10:00pm |
Dinner/Resort Restaurants Location: Dinner Resort Restaurants |
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