10:00 a.m. | Robert O. Messing, MD
Director's opening remarks
10:10 a.m. | Kimberly Nixon, PhD
Primed for alcoholism: Alternative roles of microglia in an adolescent model of an AUD
10:30 a.m. | Benjamin Clites
Genetic architecture of alcohol sensitivity in C. elegans
10:50 a.m. | Dylan Kirsch
Anterior cingulate cortex, alcohol use, and sensation seeking trajectories in young adulthood
11:10 a.m. | Morning Break
11:30 a.m. | Data Blitz Session
The data blitz is a series of mini-talks from select poster presenters.
- 11:30 a.m. Jiawei "Will" Han
- 11:40 a.m. Emily Hilz
- 11:50 a.m. Nihal Salem
- 12:00 p.m. Leah Truckenbrod
- 12:10 p.m. Scott Tucker
12:20 p.m. | Lunch Break
1:00 p.m. | Marina Picciotto, PhD (keynote)
Acetylcholine as a neuromodulator: ACh signaling in the basolateral amygdala during reward learning
2:00 p.m. | Luis Natividad, PhD
Dysregulated endocannabinoid signaling in a rat model of innate anxiety-like behavior
2:20 p.m. | Laura Ferguson, PhD
Comparing blood and brain gene expression signatures of alcohol dependence
2:40 p.m. | Adron Harris, PhD
The Waggoner Center: Past, present, and future