Conference Agenda
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11:00am - 12:00pm
Executive Committee Meeting
12:00pm - 1:00pm
Lunch Location: Veranda
12:00pm - 4:30pm
Trainee Workshop: Networking for Success in Science Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Kristin Scaplen Join us for an opportunity to introduce yourself and your science and network amongst your peers before the start of the meeting. In “Networking for Success in Science”, trainees will have a chance to practice their scientific elevator pitches during a two-minute lightning talk followed by informal small group discussions to facilitate crossdisciplinary interactions and open windows for potential collaborations. End the workshop with an energetic round of speed mentoring where you can cycle through multiple five-minute Q&A conversations with established IBANGS members and mentors in the field.
5:00pm - 6:00pm
Presidential Address: Professor Margaret McCarthy Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Megan Mulligan
Power Play: Enduring Impacts of Adolescent Social Behavior
Margaret McCarthy
University of Maryland
6:00pm - 8:30pm
Welcome Reception Location: Lagoon Lawn / Beach Entertainment: Fire Dance Performance
Hors d'oeuvres & Refreshments
8:00am - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 1:00pm
Lunch Location: Veranda
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Open
3:00pm - 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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 10:00pm
Dinner/Resort Restaurants Location: Dinner Resort Restaurants
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.
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 - 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 - 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
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 - 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
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 - 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 - 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 - 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 - 10:00pm
Dinner/Resort Restaurants Location: Dinner Resort Restaurants
8:30am - 9:30am
Distinguished Investigator Award Lecture: Professor Hee-Sup Shin Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Megan Mulligan
9:30am - 10:00am
Tea / E-poster Session 5 Location: Veranda
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
10:00am - 12:00pm
Outstanding Travel Awardees Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Amy Lasek
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
12:00pm - 1:00pm
IBANGS Business Meeting/Lunch Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre
1:00pm - 3:00pm
Symposium 5: Moving the needle on eating disorders: novel neurogenetic and behavioral genetic insights Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Claire Foldi Chair: Morgan H James
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
3:00pm - 3:30pm
Tea Location: Veranda
3:30pm - 5:00pm
Selected Talks 3 Location: Ratu Makutu Event Centre Chair: Lewis Sherer
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
6:00pm - 8:00pm
Closing Banquet Location: Lagoon/Beach Entertainment: Meke Performance
6:30am - 10:00am
Breakfast & Checkout