IBANGS Annual Meeting 2026:
Genes, Brain and Behavior
June 8-11, 2026
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Conference Agenda
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Characterization of Dpp6 effects on ethanol consumption, reward, and locomotor behavior
University of New Mexico
Dopaminergic targets of neonicotinoid action
University of Oxford
Clusterin gene as a modulator of nicotine reward and astrocyte morphology
University of Colorado Boulder
GWAS of aversion-based learning behaviors in Heterogeneous Stock Rats identifies novel associations for punishment resistance, cocaine avoidance, and locomotor activity
Virginia Commonwealth University
Behavioral State Space Modeling Reveals Hidden Structure in Spontaneous Pain and Analgesia
University of Pennsylvania
Genotype-dependent behavioral signatures of opioid withdrawal revealed by automated behavioral quantification
Jackson Laboratory
Mapping the landscape of social behavior
Harvard University
Decoding neuronal regulation of aggression across sexes using Drosophila
Southern Methodist University
Long noncoding RNAs form R-loops to shape emotional experience–induced behavioral adaptation
Medical University of South Carolina
Nucleus accumbens Drd3 medium spiny neuron abundance is associated with opioid in-take in outbred rats
University of California, San Diego
A single cocaine exposure rewires the 3D genome structure of midbrain dopamine neurons
Johns Hopkins
Re-engineering brain transcription factors connects transposable elements and neuroimmune response to cocaine-use
Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine
Brain pathways for vocal learning and spoken language
Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockerfeller University
Poster 2: Behavioral and Transcriptome Effects of a Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1 Null Mutation on an Isogenic C57BL/6J Genetic Background
Oregon Health & Science University
Poster 4: Regulation of binge ethanol consumption and prefrontal cortex glutamate neurotransmission and glutamate transporter expression by STAT3 in astrocytes
Virginia Commonwealth University
Poster 6: Studying the role of Orb2 in encoding drive buildup in NPF neurons
Bar Ilan University
Poster 8: Systems Genetics of Fentanyl Addiction in the Collaborative Cross
Marshall University
Poster 10: A Systems-Level Map of THC-Induced Brain Signaling Reveals Divergent Genetic and Sex-Dependent Pathways
University of Tennessee, Health Science Center
Poster 12: Multidimensional phenotyping reveals strain-dependent variability in opioid-induced mechanical allodynia following oxycodone self-administration
University of Colorado Boulder
Poster 14: Adolescent Social Instability Stress Alters Anxiety and Nicotine Sensitivity in Two C57BL/6 Substrains
Pennsylvania State University
Poster 16: Sex and strain differences in the behavioral and brain transcriptional response to repeated delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) exposure.
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Poster 18: Brain transcriptomic profiles of risk for binge-like drinking and selected phenotype preservation for female and male inbred High Drinking in the Dark mice lines
Oregon Health & Science University
Poster 20: Sex-Specific Effects of Malat1 and Neuroinflammation in Alcohol Consumption
University of Pittsburgh