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8:00am 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 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 Early Career Achievement Award Lecture: Caroline Ménard Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Kelly Clemens
11:30am 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 Lunch Location: Veranda
1:00pm Open
3:00pm 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 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 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 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 Dinner/Resort Restaurants Location: Dinner Resort Restaurants
