IBANGS Annual Meeting 2026:
Genes, Brain and Behavior
June 8-11, 2026
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Conference Agenda
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Daily Overview |
| 8:00am - 8:30am |
Registration |
| 8:30am - 10:00am |
Outstanding Travel Awardee Presentations Chair: Cheryl Reed 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 |
| 10:00am - 10:30am |
Break (coffee and science bingo cards) |
| 10:30am - 12:30pm |
Symposium 1: Encoding and Decoding Behavior: Computer Vision for Genetic and Neural Analysis Chair: Jacob Beierle Chair: Gregory Corder 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 |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm |
Lunch: (Scientific interest microcommunities) |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm |
Symposium 2: From Sequence to Structure: Decoding the Gene Regulatory Grammar of Addiction Chair: Francesca Telese 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 |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm |
Break (QR questions on funding and A&I) |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm |
Plenary 2: Keynote Address (Professor Erich Jarvis) Chair: Sean Farris Brain pathways for vocal learning and spoken language Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Rockerfeller University |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
Posters A: Poster Session A 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 Poster 22: Viral-mediated knockdown of muscarinic M4 receptors exacerbates anxiety- and ethanol-related behaviors in male and female mice Ajman University Poster 24: Ethanol preference and intake is reduced by a cross-species healthy fecal microbiome transplantation in female, but not male mice Virginia Commonwealth University Poster 26: SqueakPose Studio: An end-to-end platform for pose estimation and real-time edge-AI deployment National Institute of Health Poster 28: A Drosophila model for nicotine reward Brown University Poster 30: Characterizing grimace behavior and microglia morphology in a mouse model of chronic alcohol withdrawal-induced pain University of Pittsburgh Poster 32: Parabrachial Nucleus Neurons are Sensitized to Mechanical Stimuli during Alcohol Withdrawal University of Pittsburgh Poster 34: Slc39a8 deficiency and ethanol: effects on locomotion, anxiety-like behaviors, and reward sensitivity in mice University of New Mexico Poster 36: Regulation of ULK4 expression by the inverted allele of CHRFAM7A in the neuronal and immune tissue State University of New York at Buffalo Poster 38: Unveiling Novel Histone Modifications in Drosophila Sleep Texas A&M University Poster 40: The Effect of Teneruin-4 on Cue-Reactivity University at Buffalo Poster 42: Knockout of mTORC1 modulator, GPR155, reduces ethanol AA University of Maryland Poster 44: Adolescent restraint stress increases adult morphine consumption in a sex- and strain-dependent manner Pennsylvania State University Poster 46: Hindbrain Circuits Underlying Short-Interval Prepulse Inhibition: Implications for Sensorimotor Gating and Neuropsychiatric Disorders National Institute of Health Poster 48: Manipulation of the autism-related gene, neuroligin 3, reveals a shared genetic basis for social behaviour and aging Western University Poster 50: Natural Variation in Olfactory Attraction among C. elegans Wild Strains. University at Buffalo |