Conference Agenda

Power Play: Enduring Impacts of Adolescent Social Behavior

Margaret McCarthy

University of Maryland

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

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

Wired for sex: How the mating instinct is programmed into a fly’s brain

Barry Dickson

Queensland Brain Institute

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

Winona Booher

University of Colorado Boulder

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

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

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

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

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

Bergmann glia suppress Purkinje cell firing via interneurons

Sang Jeong Kim

Seoul National University College of Medicine

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

Camron Bryant

Northeastern University

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

Paul Meyer

University at Buffalo

rbfox1 loss of function in zebrafish leads to dysregulation in bdnf/trkb2 and pac1a expression resulting in HPI axis hyperactivation, altered stress response and allostatic overload

Adele Leggieri

Queen Mary University of London

Genetic and cellular sources of individual difference in goal-directed learning

Alanna Carey

Boston University

Assessing Migraine Intensity Using Machine Vision Empowered Ethology

Jacob Beierle

The Jackson Laboratory

High fat diet alters behavior and hippocampal gene expression in mice

Melissa Totten

Salem College

A biological basis for binge eating as 'self-medication'

Morgan James

Monash Univesity

Gut-brain mechanisms underlying disordered eating and mental health impacts of bariatric surgery

Robyn Brown

University of Melbourne

1. A genetic signature of resistance to activity-based anorexia in corticostriatal projection neurons

Kaixin Huang

Monash Univesity

Characterizing the Genetic Relationship between Binge Eating and Internalizing and Externalizing Disorders

Maia Choi

Rutgers University

Intergenerational Effects Of Chronic Alcohol Exposure On The Mammalian Transcriptome

Sean Farris

University of Pittsburgh

The role of gut microbiota on inter-breeder differences of aggression in ICR male mice

Aki Takahashi

University of Tsukuba

Genetic mapping of tame behavior in a cross population of Japanese indigenous chickens

Tatsuhiko Goto

Obihiro University of Agriculture and Veterinary Medicine