IBANGS Annual Meeting 2026:
Genes, Brain and Behavior
June 8-11, 2026
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Conference Agenda
Overview and details of the sessions of this conference. Please select a date or location to show only sessions at that day or location. Please select a single session for detailed view (with abstracts and downloads if available).
|
Daily Overview | |
| Location: Assembly Room/Kurtzman Room |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
Posters A: Poster Session A Location: Assembly Room/Kurtzman Room 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: Characterizing the Impact of Astrocyte Molecular Rhythms in the Nucleus Accumbens on Alcohol Drinking and Reward, Social, and Locomotor Behaviors 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 Teneurin-4 on Cue-Reactivity University at Buffalo Poster 42: Knockout of mTORC1 modulator, GPR155, reduces ethanol preference in socially-housed female mice 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 Poster 52: Integrative Multi-Ancestry Genomic and Neuroimaging Analysis of ADHD-Related Behavioral Phenotypes in Children: Interaction-Based GWAS Linking Genetic Variation, Brain Structure, and Symptom Severity University at Buffalo |
| 4:00pm - 5:00pm |
Plenary 3: Plenary 3: Early Career Achievement Award Lecture (Assoc.Professor Chongyuan Luo) Location: Assembly Room/Kurtzman Room Chair: Francesca Telese Dissecting Human Brain Development and Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Single-Cell and Spatial 3D-Multiomics University of California San Diego |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm |
Posters B: Poster Session B Location: Assembly Room/Kurtzman Room 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 Poster 21: Evaluation of sleep and circadian traits as risk factors for substance use disorders University of Pittsburgh Poster 23: Meta analytical behavioral metrics to enhance motor phenotype reliability The Jackson Laboratory Poster 25: Characterizing chronic alcohol withdrawal-induced pain: cold hypersensitivity and neuronal hyperexcitability across two models of alcohol dependence University of Pittsburgh Poster 27: Drosophila metabotropic glutamate receptor homologs mangetout and mGluR differentials affect locomotion in adult-specific neuronal knockdown California State University, Fresno Poster 29: Identifying activity and ciradian patterns in marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) with genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease University of Pittsburgh Poster 31: Utilizing Zebrafish to Understand How ap2s1 Regulates Habituation Learning Haverford College Poster 33: VIP Signaling in the Prefrontal Cortex Promotes Alcohol Motivation and Reshapes Cortical Output Circuits University of Pittsburgh Poster 35: Metals exposure impairs flight performance in Drosophila melanogaster University of Maryland, Baltimore County Poster 37: Gustation discrimination task for detecting Alzheimer’s related pathologies in aging marmosets (Callithrix jacchus). University of Pittsburgh - Aging Institute Poster 39: Sex-Specific Genetic Influences on Creativity: COMT Polymorphisms and Divergent Thinking in Elite Judo Athletes Levinsky-Wingate Academic College Poster 41: Social Stress Engages BNST Kappa Opioid Receptors to Escalate Alcohol Consumption Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center Poster 43: Clocking the effects of sleep loss: the neurogenetic intersection of sleep disturbance and disordered behaviour in Drosophila University of Western Ontario |