IBANGS Annual Meeting 2026:
Genes, Brain and Behavior
June 8-11, 2026
University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA
Conference Agenda
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Program Overview |
| Date: Monday, 08/June/2026 | |
| 12:00pm - 4:00pm | Trainee Workshop: Networking for Success in Science |
| 4:30pm - 6:00pm | Plenary 1: Presidential Address: Professor Danielle Posthuma |
| 6:00pm - 8:30pm | Welcome Reception: Welcome Cocktail Reception |
| Date: Tuesday, 09/June/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 10:00am | Symposium 1: Encoding and Decoding Behavior: Computer Vision for Genetic and Neural Analysis Session Chair: Jacob Beierle Session Chair: Gregory Corder |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Break (coffee and science bingo cards) |
| 10:30am - 12:30pm | Travel Awardees 1: Outstanding Travel Awardees |
| 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 Session Chair: Francesca Telese |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Break (QR questions on funding and A&I) |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Plenary 2: Keynote Address (Professor Erich Jarvis) |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Blitz & Posters 1: Data Blitz 1 and Poster Session A |
| Date: Wednesday, 10/June/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 10:00am | Symposium 3: Dissecting the Development of Opioid Use Disorder Using Cross-species Systems Genetics Approaches Session Chair: Marissa Ehringer |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Break (science bingo check-in) |
| 10:30am - 12:30pm | Selected Talks 1: Selected Talks 1: Top rated abstracts |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch (Identity and experience microcommunities) |
| 1:30pm - 3:30pm | Symposium 4: Functional Implications of co-transmission in Regulating Neuroplasticity and Behavior Session Chair: Lewis Sherer |
| 3:30pm - 4:00pm | Break (short inclusion and A&I prompt) |
| 4:00pm - 5:30pm | Plenary 3: Plenary 3: Early Career Achievement Award Lecture (Assoc.Professor Chongyuan Luo) |
| 5:30pm - 7:00pm | Blitz & Posters 2: Data Blitz 2 and Poster Session B |
| Date: Thursday, 11/June/2026 | |
| 8:00am - 10:00am | Symposium 5: Bridging the Rodent to HumanTranlational Gap: Marmosets as Model Systems for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease Session Chair: Stacey Rizzo Session Chair: Lauren Bailey |
| 10:00am - 10:30am | Break |
| 10:30am - 12:30pm | Selected Talks 2: Selected Talks 2: Top rated abstracts |
| 10:30am - 12:30pm | Travel Awardees 2: Outstanding Travel Awardees |
| 12:30pm - 1:30pm | Lunch: (Committee meetups and open networking) |
| 1:30pm - 2:30pm | IBANGS Business Meeting |
| 2:30pm - 4:00pm | Plenary 4: Distinguished Investigator Award Lecture (Professor Leslie Griffith) |
| 6:00pm | Closing Banquet & Awards Celebration |