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THURSDAY, JUNE 23
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8:15 - 8:30am
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HOSTS GREETING |
8:30 - 11:00am |
MORNING SESSION |
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Neuroendocrine Regulation of Obesity
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Chair: Jennifer Temple (University at Buffalo)
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| 8:30 - 9:00am |
Joel Elmquist (Harvard University)
CNS circuits underlying the coordinated control of body weight and glucose homeostasis
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| 9:00 - 9:30am |
Tim Bartness (Georgia State University)
Body fat regulation by sympathetic and sensory nerves
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| 9:30 - 10:00am |
Dianne Figlewicz Lattemann (Veterans Affairs Puget Sound Health Care System)
Brain food reward circuitry is a target for adiposity signals
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| 10:00 - 10:30am |
Christine Pelkman, University at Buffalo
Reproductive hormones and body weight regulation
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10:30-11am
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Coffee Break
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| 11-12:00pm |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER
(Introduction by Shaila Mani, Baylor College of Medicine)
Bert O’Malley, Baylor College of Medicine
The diverse biologies of steroid receptor coactivators |
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| 12:00 - 1:30pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 - 4:30pm |
AFTERNOON SESSION |
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Young Investigators
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Co-Chairs: Diane Witt (NSF) and Juli Wade (Michigan State University)
Speakers: TBA
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| 1:30 - 1:50pm |
Alfonso Abizaid (Yale School of Medicine)
Ghrelin targets reward circuitry to modulate food intake
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| 1:50 - 2:10pm |
Brandon Aragona (University of North Carolina)
Pair bonding decreases the reward value of abused drugs
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| 2:10 - 2:30pm |
Thierry Charlier (University of Leige)
Steroid receptor co-activators in the brain: modulation of steroid-dependent male sexual behavior and neural gene expression
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| 2:30 - 2:50pm |
Melissa Holmes (Michigan State University)
All lizards are not created equal: steroid hormones and the copulatory neuromuscular system in green anoles and leopard geckos |
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| 2:50 - 3:15pm |
Coffee Break |
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| 3:15 - 3:35pm |
Andrea Kudwa (University of Virginia)
Developmental activation of ER beta defeminizes the adult display of female sexual behavior in mice
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| 3:35 - 3:55pm |
Luke Remage-Healey (Cornell University)
Integrative Field and Laboratory Studies Reveal Rapid Steroid Effects on Social Behavior
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| 3:55 - 4:15pm |
Kalynn Schulz (Michigan State University)
Puberty: time to get organized
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| 4:15 - 4:35pm |
Jennifer Temple (University of Buffalo)
Estrogen acts directly on GnRH-1 neurons to increase activity and synchronization
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| 4:45 - 7:00pm |
POSTER SESSION #1
(Abstracts #32 to 106)
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| 7:00 - 9:00pm |
EDUCATIONAL WORKSHOP
Diversity in academic and non-academic careers.
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8:30 - 11:00 |
MORNING SESSION |
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Neuro-behavioral consequences of anabolic-androgenic steroid abuse
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Chair: Richard Melloni (Northeastern University)
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| 8:30 - 9:00am |
Leslie Henderson, Dartmouth Medical School
From Subunits to Sex: How Anabolic Steroids Modulate Forebrain GABAergic Transmission
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| 9:00 - 9:30am |
Ruth Wood, University of Southern California
Anabolic steroid addiction? Insights from animal studies
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| 9:30 - 10:00am |
Marilyn McGinnis, University of Texas at San Antonio
Behavioral effects of exposure to anabolic androgenic steroids during puberty
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| 10:00 - 10:30am |
Richard Melloni, Northeastern University
Adolescent Anabolic Steroids: Neuro-developmental Consequences for Aggression
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| 10:30 - 11:00am |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00 - 12:00pm |
PRESIDENTIAL KEYNOTE SPEAKER
(Introduced by Jacques Balthazart, University of Liege)
Harold Zakon (University of Texas)
Hormones and electric fish: from behavior to genes
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| 12:00 - 1:30pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 - 4:30pm |
AFTERNOON SESSION |
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Growth Factors as “Second messengers” for Reproductive Hormones
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CoChairs: Helen Scarfman (Columbia University) and Andrea Kudwa (University of Virginia)
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| 1:30 - 2:00pm |
Helen Scharfman, Columbia University
BDNF as a mediator of estrogen action in hippocampus
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| 2:00 - 2:30pm |
Farida Sohrabji, Texas A&M
Estrogen regulation of BDNF in aging and neural injury
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| 2:30 - 3:00pm |
Cordian Beyer, Universität Tübingen, Tübingen, Germany
Estrogen and growth factor regulation in the brain: from cell signaling to gene expression to cell physiology
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| 3:00 - 3:30pm |
Coffee Break
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| 3:30 - 4:00pm |
Luis Miguel Garcia-Segura, Istituto Cajal, Madrid, Spain
Cross talk between estrogen receptors and insulin-like growth factor-1 receptor in the brain: molecular mechanisms and functional implications.
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| 4:00 - 4:30pm |
Anne Etgen, Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Growth factor signaling pathways participate in hormonal regulation of female reproductive behavior
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| 4:30 - 7:00pm |
POSTER SESSION #2
(Abstracts #107 to 181)
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| 7:00 - 9:00pm |
POLITICAL SCIENCE 101:
A group discussion headed by Barney Schlinger (UCLA)
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8:30 - 11:00am |
MORNING SESSION: |
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Comparative Models: Lessons from lizards, songbirds, rodents, and Ted Bullock
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Chair: Donna Maney (Emory University)
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| 8:30 - 9:00am |
David Crews, University of Texas, Austin
Evolution of neuroendocrine mechanisms that regulate sexual behavior
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| 9:00 - 9:30am |
James Goodson, University of California, San Diego
Neural and peptidergic responses to conspecific stimuli vary in relation to sociality
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| 9:30 - 10:00am |
Miranda Lim, Emory University
The molecular basis for the evolution of monogamy in voles
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| 10:00 - 10:30am |
Paul Heideman, College of William and Mary
Genetic variation in reproductive neuroendocrinology and behavior in a natural population
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| 10:30 - 11:00am |
Coffee Break
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| 11:00 - 12:00pm |
KEYNOTE SPEAKER:
Introduced by Rae Silver (Columbia University)
Alison Fleming, University of Toronto
Psychobiology of maternal behavior: What goes around comes around |
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| 12:00 - 1:30pm |
Lunch
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| 1:30 - 4:30pm |
AFTERNOON SESSION: |
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The Comparative Neurobiology of Sexual Learning
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Co-Chairs: James Woodson (University of Tampa) and Melissa Burns-Cusato (University of Virginia)
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| 1:30 - 2:00pm |
Michael Domjan, University of Texas, Austin
Effects of sexual conditioning on copulatory behavior and reproductive success
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| 2:00 - 2:30pm |
Kevin Holloway, Vassar College
The effects of androgens and opioids on conditioned sexual appetitive behaviors
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| 2:30 - 3:00pm |
Heather Hoffmann, Knox College
Classical conditioning of sexual arousal in human males and females.
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| 3:00 - 3:30pm |
Coffee Break
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| 3:30 - 4:00pm |
Jim Pfaus, Concordia University. Montreal Canada
Neural and hormonal mechanisms of conditioned partner preference in the rat.
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| 4:00 - 4:30pm |
Raul Paredes, Universidad Nacional Autonoma de Mexico
Conditioned Place Preference and Sexual Reward
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| 4:30 - 7:00pm |
POSTER SESSION #3
(Abstracts #182 to 252)
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| 8:00pm |
BANQUET |
