5:30
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Through The Microbial Looking Glass: How Microbiomes Act As Mediators Of Animal Biology
Kevin Kohl
University of Pittsburgh - Dept. of Biological Sciences |
10:15
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Introduction To The Appetition Axis: Integrating Sensory Cues To Drive Ingestion
Lindsey A. Schier
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
10:25
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Phasic Gut Feedback Shapes Flavor-Nutrient Learning
Kevin P. Myers
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, United States |
10:55
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Nutritional Reprogramming Of Oral Glucosensing
Sandrine Chometton1, Lindsey A. Schier2
1Université Bourgogne Europe, Institut Agro, CNRS, INRAE, UMR CSGA, Dijon, France, 2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
11:15
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Fluid Balance Revisited: Oral, Postoral, And Central Signals Driving Water Intake
Derek Daniels
Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, United States |
11:45
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Mch And The Drive To Continue: Hypothalamic Control Of Nutrient-Based Appetition
Scott E Kanoski
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
This practical session is meant to provide a very practical overview about techniques that are used in a clinical context to assess chemosensory functions, including olfactory, gustatory, and trigeminal functions. In addition, techniques to address psychological/cognitive issues related to olfactory function and dysfunction will be shown. The various techniques will be presented by researchers experienced in clinical chemosensory research, including Bob Pellegrino from Philadelphia, Caroline Huart from Brussels, and Akshita Joshi from Bethesda and Thomas Hummel from Dresden.
There will be 4 stations, and the participants would rotate clockwise through stations 1 to 4. They will stay at each station for 15 min. The 4 stations will be: Station 1: Smell testing (e.g., Sniffin Sticks, UPSIT, CCCRC test, SSParoT, retronasal testing): Thomas Hummel, Dresden, Germany; Station 2: Taste testing (e.g., taste sprays, taste strips, electrogustometry, PROP/PTC test): Robert Pellegrino, Philadelphia, PA, USA; Station 3: Trigeminal testing (e.g., lateralization, AMMOLA-test, oral capsaicin test, CO2 threshold): Akshita Joshi, Bethesda, USA; Station 4: Psychological testing/questionnaires (e.g., SNOT, QOD, WHO wellbeing, MOCA): Caroline Huart, Brussels, Belgium
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10:15
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Lateralized And Integrated Processing In The Olfactory System
Thorsten Kahnt
NIDA IRP, Baltimore, MD, United States |
10:25
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Piriform Cortex Takes Sides: Temporally-Segregated Odor Representations From Ipsilateral And Contralateral Nostrils Within A Sniff
G. Naz Dikecligil1, Andrew I. Yang2, Kathryn A. Davis1, Jay A. Gottfried1
1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States |
10:55
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Exploring Lateralized Processing In The Human Olfactory System
Clara U Raithel, Jaylen Worthy, Rhianna Sullivan, Thorsten Kahnt
National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States |
11:15
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Bilateral Integration Of Odor Information In The Mouse
Venkatesh N Murthy1,2, Leannah Schmitt1,2, Siddharth Jayakumar1,2, Julien Grimaud3
1Center for Brain Science, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, 2Dept of Molecular & Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States, 3SupBiotech, L’école des ingénieurs en biotechnologies, Paris, France |
11:45
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Brain-Wide Representations Of Olfactory Navigational Behavior In C. Elegans
Helena Casademunt, Aravinthan Samuel
Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States |
10:15
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New Approach Methodologies (Nams) In Chemosensory And Interoception Research
Benjamin Smith, Danielle Reed
Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia , PA, United States |
10:25
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Building Confidence In Nams: Lessons From Regulatory Science
Thomas Hartung
Johns Hopkins University |
10:55
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New Approach Methodologies In Olfactory Dysfunction: Human Organoids As A Species-Specific In Vitro Model
Jennifer E. Douglas1,2, Ankit Chauhan1, Kang-Hoon Kim2, Danielle R. Reed2, Noam A. Cohen1,2,3, Peihua Jiang2, Hong Wang2
1University of Pennsylvania, Department of Otorhinolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center Surgical Services, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
11:15
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Chicken Egg As A Translational New Approach Methodology (Nam) In Sensory Science: Insights From Genotoxicity Studies
Tetyana Cheairs
Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States |
11:45
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Can Ai Understand The Physical World Without Smelling It? A Multimodal Representational Framework For Olfaction
Kordel France1, Tian Yu2, Michelle Niedziela3
1University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States, 2Amai Consulting, LLC, Denver, CO, United States, 3Nerdoscientist, LLC, Chalfont, PA, United States |
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Flight By Night, Or The Ecological And Anatomical Context Of Bat Chemosensory Evolution
Liliana Dávalos
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University |
To link odor exposure to human well-being
(Bratman et al. 2024), track landscape-scale change (e.g., pollution effects; Quercia et al. 2015), and anchor chemosensory neuroscience in real-world odor statistics (Wachowiak et al. 2025), researchers must move beyond the laboratory and conduct controlled field studies. The proposed workshop will introduce and evaluate new methodologies for capturing, quantifying, and communicating the olfactory dimension of outdoor environments, an emerging frontier for chemosensory science. Three complementary talks will move from personal odor logging, to art-based engagement, to quantitative odor measurement, and finally to an on-site “Smell Safari” around the new AChemS venue in St. Pete, Florida. Collectively, the workshop will (i) highlight mobile and crowd-sourced approaches that scale olfactory research beyond the laboratory, (ii) demonstrate how trans-disciplinary collaborations with the arts and environmental humanities can broaden public awareness of smell, and (iii) provide attendees with an overview of sensory and psychophysical methods used in the laboratory and how they can be translated to field protocols to build georeferenced “smellscape” datasets. Lastly, the workshop will end with an interactive smell walk activity to explore and tag odors in the new St. Pete conference environment using the tools and techniques discussed. By centering smell in real-world contexts, the workshop will advance discussion on how human olfaction shapes well-being while showcasing new approaches to collecting data and capturing naturalistic smellscapes. It will also be fun! As the workshop is designed to engage trainees through both junior-investigator presentations and hands-on data collection during the concluding indoor / outdoor exercise.
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3:45
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Olfaction Impairment In Older Adults: Associations With Health Beyond Covid-19 And Neurodegeneration
Honglei Chen
Michigan State University |
3:55
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Olfaction Impairment In Older Adults: Associations With Health Beyond Covid-19 And Neurodegeneration
Honglei Chen1, Nicholas R Rowan2, Yaquan Yu1, Teresa Tian3, Jayant Pinto4
1Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States, 2Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Baltimore, MD, United States, 3National Institute on Aging, Bethesda, MD, United States, 4University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States |
4:25
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Poor Olfaction And Risks Of Pneumonia Hospitalization And Cardiovascular Diseases In Older Adults: Evidence From Two Community-Based Cohorts
Yaqun Yuan1, Keran Chamberlin1, Zhehui Luo1, Chenxi Li1, Jayant M. Pinto2, Eleanor M. Simonsick3, Anna Kucharska-Newton4, Srishti Shrestha5, Honglei Chen1
1Department of Epidemiology and Biostatistics, College of Human Medicine, Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States, 2Section of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Department of Surgery, The University of Chicago Medicine and Biological Sciences, Chicago, IL, United States, 3Translational Gerontology Branch, Intramural Research Program of the National Institute on Aging, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States, 4Department of Epidemiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, 5The Memory Impairment and Neurodegenerative Dementia (MIND) Center, University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS, United States |
4:45
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Omics Profiles Of Olfaction In Aging And Diseases
Qu Tian, Luigi Ferrucci
National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, United States |
5:15
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Olfaction And The Health Of Older Adults: Knowledge Gaps, Challenges, And Strategies
Jayant M. Pinto1, Honglei Chen2, Nicholas Rowan3, Qu Tian4, Yaqun Yuan2
1University of Chicago , Chicago, IL, United States, 2Michigan State University , East Lansing, MI, United States, 3Johns Hopkins Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States, 4National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, United States |
3:45
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Genes And Senses: Genetic Regulation Of Chemosensation
Kevin Monahan1, Hojoon Lee2
1Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States, 2Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States |
3:55
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The Many Ways To Be Bitter
Thirada Boonrawd, Syed Adnan Uddin, Hojoon Lee
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States |
4:25
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Activity Dependent Regulation Of Gene Expression And Chromatin Structure In Mouse Olfactory Sensory Neurons
Joshua Danoff, Kevin Monahan
Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States |
4:45
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Metabolic Modulation Of Taste Processing In The Brainstem
Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, Deepthi Vasuki, Nilay Yapici
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States |
5:15
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Chemosensory Neuromodulation By Extracellular Rna Transfer
Hayeon Sung1, Sven Barvoetz2, Jason Shepherd2, Sophie Caron2, Monica Dus1
1The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States |
7:30
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Why Do We Eat What We Eat?: Brain And Metabolic Responses To Processed Foods
Alexandra DiFeliceantonio
Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, United States |
8:00
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Misspecifying Mechanisms Misleads Policy And Practical Solutions: It&Rsquo;S Not About The Processing
John E Hayes1,2
1Sensory Evaluation Center, University Park, PA, United States, 2Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA, United States |
8:30
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A Critical Review Of The Epidemiological, Randomized Controlled Trial, And Mechanistic Data On The Health Efficts Of Ultra-Processed Foods
Richard Mattes
Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States |
9:00
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Dopamine Signaling In Humans: Influence Of Dietary Stimulus, Metabolic State And Adiposity
Valerie Darcey
Section on Nutritional and Metabolic Neuroimaging Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity Branch, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States |
