Conference Agenda

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Program Overview
Date: Wednesday, 21/May/2025
8:00am
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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.

Galit Shohat-Ophir

Bar-Ilan University



Cross-species paradigm for understanding differences in punishment avoidance

Philip Jean-Richard-dit-Bressel

UNSW Sydney



Responding on a progressive ratio schedule of reinforcement correlates with nucleus accumbens core dopamine transmission in a genetically diverse inbred mouse panel

J. David Jentsch

Binghamton University



Mechanisms for individual variation in alcohol self-administration in Drosophila

Karla Kaun

Brown University

10:00am
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10:30am
Tea/E-Poster Session 3
Location: Veranda
 

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

Winona Booher

University of Colorado Boulder

10:30am
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11:30am
Early Career Achievement Award Lecture: Caroline Ménard
Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre
Chair: Kelly Clemens
11:30am
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12:00pm
Data Blitz 3
Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre
Chair: Sonali Reisinger
 

Acute and chronic psilocybin in mouse models of psychiatric disorders

Thibault Renoir

University of Melbourne



Toward an understanding of the therapeutically relevant mechanisms of psilocybin for treating anorexia nervosa

Claire Foldi

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

Hayk Davtyan

University of California Irvine



Specific regulation of extracellular matrix hyaluronan in distinct brain regions following spatial learning.

Karen Mifsud

University of Bristol



AKT2 modulates astrocytic nicotine responses in vivo

Charles Hoeffer

University of Colorado Boulder



Multiomic Quantification of Strain and Sex Differences in the Acute Behavioral Response to High-dose Delta-9-Tetrahydrocannabinol (THC).

Megan Mulligan

University of Tennessee Health Science Center



Maternal immune activation and raloxifene treatment differentially alter neurotransmitter-related transcripts in the dorsal striatum of adult rats

Priscila Costa

Neuroscience Research Australia



Associations between genetic influences for distinct aspects of impulsivity and early substance use initiation in the ABCD Study

Ethan Kinstler

Washington University in Saint Louis

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 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

Emily Petruccelli

Southern Illinois University Edwardsville



Chromatin-mediated alternative splicing in cocaine behavior

Elizabeth Heller

University of Pennsylvania



2. Molecular Mechanisms of Alcohol Withdrawal: The Emerging Role of the RNA-Binding Protein PCBP1

Luana Carvalho

Virginia Commonwealth University



Elevated intron retention implicates neuroinflammation in brains of individuals with alcohol use disorder

Yunlong Liu

Indiana University

5:00pm
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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

Hayk Davtyan

University of California Irvine



E-Poster: AKT2 modulates astrocytic nicotine responses in vivo

Charles Hoeffer

University of Colorado Boulder

5:30pm
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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

Tsuyoshi Koide

National Institute of Genetics



Seahorse vision: Regional retinal specialisations support small prey capture

Stephanie Heyworth

University of Queensland



The Role of Novel Histone Modifications in Sleep Regulation

Wanhe Li

Texas A&M University



Fut2 genotype alters ethanol consumption, conditioned place preference, and gut microbiota composition in mice

Amanda Barkley-Levenson

University of New Mexico

6:30pm
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7:00pm
Data Blitz 4
Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre
Chair: Jonathas Almeida
 

Developing a model to understand individuality in motivated response in Drosophila

John Hernandez

Brown University



Impact of Repeated Binge Alcohol Consumption on Nucleus Accumbens Splicing

David Linsenbardt

University of New Mexico



The Pedagogy of Neuroscience Research: Bridging Theory with Accessible Practice for Undergraduate Student Success

Colleen Dockstader

University of Toronto



Neonatal opioid withdrawal traits in C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice: Implications for genetic mapping in BXD recombinant inbred strains

Camron Bryant

Northeastern University



Modelling cognitive and psychiatric behavioural traits in a mouse model of Neurofibromatosis type I

Sonali Reisinger

Florey Institute of Neuroscience and Mental Health



Phenotypic and Genotypic Relationships Among Addiction-Related Traits in Heterogeneous Stock Rats

Paul Meyer

University at Buffalo



Anxiety- and depression-like behavior in Slc39a8 deficient mice

André Lucas S. Borges

University of New Mexico



PKA instructs Drosophila Clock protein in regulating circadian transcription, mediating transcriptional synchrony in the circadian neuronal network.

Deniz Top

University of Alberta



Sex-specific differences in cortical gene expression, neuronal oscillatory function, and behaviour following prenatal valproic acid exposure

Olivia Williams

University of Guelph



Alcohol Conditioned Place Preference and Alcohol Consumption in Dpp6 Knockout Mice.

Maribel Hernández

University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center

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

 
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