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Index of Titles

A complete list of all conference contributions. Use the alphabetical filter or the search box below to find specific submissions. Click on any contribution to view its session details.

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Contribution Title	Author(s)	Session
A Co-Transmitting Neuron Regulates Aggression Through Pre- and Postsynaptic Mechanisms	Sherer, Lewis	Functional Implications of co-transmission in Regulating Neuroplasticity and Behavior
A single cocaine exposure rewires the 3D genome structure of midbrain dopamine neurons	Pombo, Ana	From Sequence to Structure: Decoding the Gene Regulatory Grammar of Addiction
Behavioral characterization of marmosets with genetic risk for AD	Bailey, Lauren	Symposium 5: Bridging the Rodent to HumanTranlational Gap: Marmosets as Model Systems for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease
Behavioral State Space Modeling Reveals Hidden Structure in Spontaneous Pain and Analgesia	Corder, Gregory	Symposium 1: Encoding and Decoding Behavior: Computer Vision for Genetic and Neural Analysis
Binary partitioning of human brain organization due to divergent human cytoskeletal evolution	Szigeti, Kinga	Additional Selected Talk
Brain pathways for vocal learning and spoken language	Jarvis, Erich	Keynote Address (Professor Erich Jarvis)
CaMPARI2 enables stimulus-locked whole-brain activity mapping at cellular resolution in unrestrained larval zebrafish	Jain, Roshan	Selected Talks 2
Central Amygdala Ninein Deletion Alters Ethanol Anxiolysis, Consumption, and GABAergic Function	Miles, Michael	Selected Talks 2
Characterization of Dpp6 effects on ethanol consumption, reward, and locomotor behavior	Barkley-Levenson, Amanda	Outstanding Travel Awardee Presentations
Clusterin gene as a modulator of nicotine reward and astrocyte morphology	Bower, Myra	Outstanding Travel Awardee Presentations
Comparative genetics of AD: from mice to marmosets to humans	Carter, Greg	Symposium 5: Bridging the Rodent to HumanTranlational Gap: Marmosets as Model Systems for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease
Core circadian clock neurons regulate activity of insulin-producing cells	Barber, Annika	Selected Talks 2
Decoding neuronal regulation of aggression across sexes using Drosophila	Schretter, Catherine	Symposium 1: Encoding and Decoding Behavior: Computer Vision for Genetic and Neural Analysis
Dimensional mapping of mouse behavior reveals clusters enriched for neuropsychiatric disorder related phenotypes	Chatzigiannis, Markos Michail	Selected Talks 2
Dissecting Human Brain Development and Neuropsychiatric Disorders with Single-Cell and Spatial 3D-Multiomics	Luo, Chongyuan	Plenary 3: Early Career Achievement Award Lecture (Assoc.Professor Chongyuan Luo)
Dissecting the strain and sex specific connectome signatures of unanesthetized C57BL/6J and DBA/2J mice using magnetic resonance imaging	Kamens, Helen	Selected Talks 1
Dopaminergic targets of neonicotinoid action	Piotrowska, Karina	Outstanding Travel Awardee Presentations
Experience-Dependent Co-Transmission Shapes Thermosensory Navigation	Cuentas-Condori, Andrea	Functional Implications of co-transmission in Regulating Neuroplasticity and Behavior
From GWAS to Function: finding genetic mechanisms for brain disorders	Posthuma, Danielle	Presidential Address:
From Marmosets to Man: Building a Translational Platform to Advance Alzheimer's Disease Research	Thathiah, Amantha	Symposium 5: Bridging the Rodent to HumanTranlational Gap: Marmosets as Model Systems for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease
From perception to valence: Fox neurons assign state-dependent valence to nutrient taste cues in Drosophila	Shao, Lisha	Selected Talks 1
Generation of genetically engineered marmosets with AD risk mutations	Homanics, Gregg	Symposium 5: Bridging the Rodent to HumanTranlational Gap: Marmosets as Model Systems for the Study of Alzheimer's Disease
Genetic and neurobiological correlates of opioid use disorder vulnerability and resiliency using a rat model	Kuhn, Brittany	Symposium 3: Dissecting the Development of Opioid Use Disorder Using Cross-species Systems Genetics Approaches
Genomic associations with 24-hour food and fluid intake in heterogeneous stock rats	Amissah, Nana	Selected Talks 1
Genotype-dependent behavioral signatures of opioid withdrawal revealed by automated behavioral quantification	Beierle, Jacob	Symposium 1: Encoding and Decoding Behavior: Computer Vision for Genetic and Neural Analysis
GWAS of aversion-based learning behaviors in Heterogeneous Stock Rats identifies novel associations for punishment resistance, cocaine avoidance, and locomotor activity	Tatum, Zachary	Outstanding Travel Awardee Presentations
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	Bryant, Camron	Selected Talks 1
Initial QTL Mapping of Oral Oxycodone Self-Administration in the Hybrid Rat Diversity Panel	Chen, Hao	Symposium 3: Dissecting the Development of Opioid Use Disorder Using Cross-species Systems Genetics Approaches
Location, location, location	Griffith, Leslie	Distinguished Investigator Award Lecture (Professor Leslie Griffith)
Long Noncoding RNA Gas5 Modulation of the Stress-Related Phenotypes of Chronic Intermittent Ethanol Vapor Exposure	Rice, Rachel	Selected Talks 2
Long noncoding RNAs form R-loops to shape emotional experience–induced behavioral adaptation	Taniguchi, Makoto	From Sequence to Structure: Decoding the Gene Regulatory Grammar of Addiction
Mapping the landscape of social behavior	Klibaite, Ugne	Symposium 1: Encoding and Decoding Behavior: Computer Vision for Genetic and Neural Analysis
Molecular signatures of maladaptive plasticity in the amygdala in a rat model of chronic neuropathic pain	Ponomarev, Igor	Selected Talks 2
Nucleus accumbens Drd3 medium spiny neuron abundance is associated with opioid in-take in outbred rats	Telese, Francesca	From Sequence to Structure: Decoding the Gene Regulatory Grammar of Addiction
Poster 1: 5-HTR2 serotonin receptor subtypes bidirectionally modulate acoustically-evoked behavior selection in zebrafish	Voss, Rebecca	Poster Session B
Poster 10: A Systems-Level Map of THC-Induced Brain Signaling Reveals Divergent Genetic and Sex-Dependent Pathways	Zhang, Aijun	Poster Session A
Poster 11: Sex-Specific Effects of Malat1 and Neuroinflammation in Alcohol Consumption	Gil, Daniela	Poster Session B
Poster 12: Multidimensional phenotyping reveals strain-dependent variability in opioid-induced mechanical allodynia following oxycodone self-administration	Mayberry, Alanna	Poster Session A
Poster 13: Variation in Mushroom Body Morphology in Cocaine Preferring Drosophila Genetic Reference Panel Lines	Ummet, Alp Mete	Poster Session B
Poster 14: Adolescent Social Instability Stress Alters Anxiety and Nicotine Sensitivity in Two C57BL/6 Substrains	Novoa, Carlos	Poster Session A
Poster 15. Primary human macrophages as an ex vivo model for human-specific neuroinflammation	Szabados, Andras	Poster Session B
Poster 16: Sex and strain differences in the behavioral and brain transcriptional response to repeated delta-9 tetrahydrocannabinol (THC) exposure.	Raji, Lukman	Poster Session A
Poster 17: Inverted CHRFAM7A Allele Enhances Microtubule Dynamics via ULK4 Dependent Mechanisms in the Human Brain	Rosas, Nicolas	Poster Session B
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	Anderson, Justin	Poster Session A
Poster 19: Blue light-induced oxidative stress alters dopaminergic function in Drosophila melanogaster	Selim, Nour	Poster Session B
Poster 2: Behavioral and Transcriptome Effects of a Trace Amine-Associated Receptor 1 Null Mutation on an Isogenic C57BL/6J Genetic Background	Reed, Cheryl	Poster Session A
Poster 20: Characterizing the Impact of Astrocyte Molecular Rhythms in the Nucleus Accumbens on Alcohol Drinking and Reward, Social, and Locomotor Behaviors	Keefauver, Tori	Poster Session A
Poster 21: Evaluation of sleep and circadian traits as risk factors for substance use disorders	Fairbanks, Nicole	Poster Session B
Poster 22: Viral-mediated knockdown of muscarinic M4 receptors exacerbates anxiety- and ethanol-related behaviors in male and female mice	Bahi, Amine	Poster Session A
Poster 23: Meta analytical behavioral metrics to enhance motor phenotype reliability	Bichler, Zoe	Poster Session B
Poster 24: Ethanol preference and intake is reduced by a cross-species healthy fecal microbiome transplantation in female, but not male mice	Wolstenholme, Jennifer	Poster Session A
Poster 25: Characterizing chronic alcohol withdrawal-induced pain: cold hypersensitivity and neuronal hyperexcitability across two models of alcohol dependence	DeMarsh, James	Poster Session B
Poster 26: SqueakPose Studio: An end-to-end platform for pose estimation and real-time edge-AI deployment	Haggerty, David	Poster Session A
Poster 27: Drosophila metabotropic glutamate receptor homologs mangetout and mGluR differentials affect locomotion in adult-specific neuronal knockdown	Luellen, Mandi	Poster Session B
Poster 28: A Drosophila model for nicotine reward	Kaun, Karla	Poster Session A
Poster 29: Identifying activity and ciradian patterns in marmosets (Callithrix jacchus) with genetic risk for Alzheimer’s disease	Setlik, Abbey	Poster Session B
Poster 3: A non-additive polygenic genetic architecture underlies the divergence of male courtship song type in Drosophila	Gifford, Helena	Poster Session B
Poster 30: Characterizing grimace behavior and microglia morphology in a mouse model of chronic alcohol withdrawal-induced pain	Wherry, Jim	Poster Session A
Poster 31: Utilizing Zebrafish to Understand How ap2s1 Regulates Habituation Learning	Ferguson-Richards, Adore	Poster Session B
Poster 32: Parabrachial Nucleus Neurons are Sensitized to Mechanical Stimuli during Alcohol Withdrawal	Brandner, Adam	Poster Session A
Poster 33: VIP Signaling in the Prefrontal Cortex Promotes Alcohol Motivation and Reshapes Cortical Output Circuits	Brockway, Dakota	Poster Session B
Poster 34: Slc39a8 deficiency and ethanol: effects on locomotion, anxiety-like behaviors, and reward sensitivity in mice	Lucas S. Borges, André	Poster Session A
Poster 35: Metals exposure impairs flight performance in Drosophila melanogaster	Guevarra, Justine Anne	Poster Session B
Poster 36: Regulation of ULK4 expression by the inverted allele of CHRFAM7A in the neuronal and immune tissue	Ihnatovych, Ivanna	Poster Session A
Poster 37: Gustation discrimination task for detecting Alzheimer’s related pathologies in aging marmosets (Callithrix jacchus).	Mongeau, Lauren	Poster Session B
Poster 38: Unveiling Novel Histone Modifications in Drosophila Sleep	Li, Wanhe	Poster Session A
Poster 39: Sex-Specific Genetic Influences on Creativity: COMT Polymorphisms and Divergent Thinking in Elite Judo Athletes	Ben-Zaken, Sigal	Poster Session B
Poster 4: Regulation of binge ethanol consumption and prefrontal cortex glutamate neurotransmission and glutamate transporter expression by STAT3 in astrocytes	Lasek, Amy	Poster Session A
Poster 40: The Effect of Teneurin-4 on Cue-Reactivity	Reyes, Karissa	Poster Session A
Poster 41: Social Stress Engages BNST Kappa Opioid Receptors to Escalate Alcohol Consumption	Panthagani, Praneetha	Poster Session B
Poster 42: Knockout of mTORC1 modulator, GPR155, reduces ethanol preference in socially-housed female mice	Palmieri, Emmanuelle	Poster Session A
Poster 43: Clocking the effects of sleep loss: the neurogenetic intersection of sleep disturbance and disordered behaviour in Drosophila	Bechard, Abigail	Poster Session B
Poster 44: Adolescent restraint stress increases adult morphine consumption in a sex- and strain-dependent manner	Olekanma, Doris	Poster Session A
Poster 46: Hindbrain Circuits Underlying Short-Interval Prepulse Inhibition: Implications for Sensorimotor Gating and Neuropsychiatric Disorders	Sharma, Hariom	Poster Session A
Poster 48: Manipulation of the autism-related gene, neuroligin 3, reveals a shared genetic basis for social behaviour and aging	Kurbaj, Judy	Poster Session A
Poster 5: Modeling Behavior in Modern Day Neuroscience: Statistical Inference Using Generalized Linear (Mixed) Models.	Marini-Davis, Antonio	Poster Session B
Poster 50: Natural Variation in Olfactory Attraction among C. elegans Wild Strains.	Udding, MD Main	Poster Session A
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	Arora, Yashita	Poster Session A
Poster 6: Studying the role of Orb2 in encoding drive buildup in NPF neurons	Meshi, Michaela	Poster Session A
Poster 7: A novel task to evaluate episodic-like memory changes with aging across the lifespan in marmosets	Murai, Takeshi	Poster Session B
Poster 8: Systems Genetics of Fentanyl Addiction in the Collaborative Cross	Bolen, Nathan	Poster Session A
Poster 9:Combining Machine Learning and Multiplexed, In Situ Profiling to Engineer Cell Type and Behavioral Specificity	van de Weerd, Robert	Poster Session B
Re-engineering brain transcription factors connects transposable elements and neuroimmune response to cocaine-use	Hamilton, Peter	From Sequence to Structure: Decoding the Gene Regulatory Grammar of Addiction
Separating glutamatergic and dopaminergic subtypes in motivated behavior	Root, David	Functional Implications of co-transmission in Regulating Neuroplasticity and Behavior
Sex-specific Concordance of Striatal Transcriptional Signatures of Opioid Addiction in Human and Rodent Brains	Seney, Marianne	Symposium 3: Dissecting the Development of Opioid Use Disorder Using Cross-species Systems Genetics Approaches
Sex-specific mechanisms of dopamine neuron resilience across species	Mabry, Samuel	Functional Implications of co-transmission in Regulating Neuroplasticity and Behavior
Specialized enhancer activity associated with convergent evolution of vocal learning	Ganesan, Rajee	Selected Talks 1
Using a Connectome to Identify Motivational Neurons for Specific Conflict Resolution	Rothenfluh, Adrian	Selected Talks 1
Voluntary oxycodone self-administration reveals genetic variation in analgesic tolerance and hyperalgesia in rats	Ajanaku, Tolulope	Symposium 3: Dissecting the Development of Opioid Use Disorder Using Cross-species Systems Genetics Approaches

IBANGS Annual Meeting 2026:
Genes, Brain and Behavior

June 8-11, 2026

University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, USA

Index of Titles