IBANGS Annual Meeting 2026:
Genes, Brain and Behavior
June 8-11, 2026
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Conference Agenda
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From perception to valence: Fox neurons assign state-dependent valence to nutrient taste cues in Drosophila
University of Delaware
Specialized enhancer activity associated with convergent evolution of vocal learning
Carnegie Melon University
In vivo brain imaging and ex vivo permeability assays support a BBB mechanism underlying increased brain oxymorphone levels in Zhx2 knockout females following oxycodone administration
Northeastern University
Genomic associations with 24-hour food and fluid intake in heterogeneous stock rats
University at Buffalo
Dissecting the strain and sex specific connectome signatures of unanesthetized C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice using magnetic resonance imaging
Penn State University
Using a Connectome to Identify Motivational Neurons for Specific Conflict Resolution
University of Utah
Initial QTL Mapping of Oral Oxycodone Self-Administration in the Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel
University of Tennessee Health Science Center
Genetic and neurobiological correlates of opioid use disorder vulnerability and resiliency using a rat model
Baylor University
Voluntary oxycodone self-administration reveals genetic variation in analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia in rats
University of Colorado Boulder
Sex-specific Concordance of Striatal Transcriptional Signatures of Opioid Addiction in Human and Rodent Brains
University of Pittsburgh
A Co-Transmitting Neuron Regulates Aggression Through Pre- and Postsynaptic Mechanisms
Brown University
Experience-Dependent Co-Transmission Shapes Thermosensory Navigation
Yale School of Medicine
Sex-specific mechanisms of dopamine neuron resilience across species
University of Pittsburgh
Separating glutamatergic and dopaminergic subtypes in motivated behavior
University of Colorado Boulder
Binary partitioning of human brain organization due to divergent human cytoskeletal evolution
SUNY at Buffalo
Dissecting Human Brain Development and Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Single-Cell and Spatial 3D-Multiomics
University of California San Diego
Poster 1: 5-HTR2 serotonin receptor subtypes bidirectionally modulate acoustically-evoked behavior selection in zebrafish
Haverford College
Poster 3: A non-additive polygenic genetic architecture underlies the divergence of male courtship song type in Drosophila
University of Pennsylvania
Poster 5: Modeling Behavior in Modern Day Neuroscience: Statistical Inference Using Generalized Linear (Mixed) Models.
University of Maryland, Baltimore County
Poster 7: A novel task to evaluate episodic-like memory changes with aging across the lifespan in marmosets
University of Pittsburgh
Poster 9:Combining Machine Learning and Multiplexed, In Situ Profiling to Engineer Cell Type and Behavioral Specificity
Carnegie Melon University
Poster 11: Sex-Specific Effects of Malat1 and Neuroinflammation in Alcohol Consumption
University of Pittsburgh
Poster 13: Variation in Mushroom Body Morphology in Cocaine Preferring Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel Lines
Clemson University
Poster 15. Primary human macrophages as an ex vivo model for human-specific neuroinflammation
State university of New York at Buffalo
Poster 17: Inverted CHRFAM7A Allele Enhances Microtubule Dynamics via ULK4 Dependent Mechanisms in the Human Brain
University at Buffalo
Poster 19: Blue light-induced oxidative stress alters dopaminergic function in Drosophila melanogaster
California State University, Fresno