Printable Program
April 17-20, 2018
Bonita Springs, FL
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Wednesday, April 22, 2026 |
| 12:00 - 3:30 PM | Snowy Egret |
| Executive Committee Meeting (Invite Only) | |
| 4:00 - 5:00 PM | Garden Courtyard |
| Meet and Greet | |
| 5:00 - 5:30 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| Welcome & Awards Ceremony | |
| 5:30 - 6:30 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| Keynote Lecture | |
5:30 |
Through The Microbial Looking Glass: How Microbiomes Act As Mediators Of Animal Biology University of Pittsburgh - Dept. of Biological Sciences |
| 6:30 - 8:30 PM | South Deck/South Beach |
| Welcome Banquet (Ticket Required) | |
| 8:00 - 10:00 PM | Sand Box Beach Lounge at RumFish |
| Trainee Campfire & Smores Meetup | |
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Thursday, April 23, 2026 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 AM | Pavilion/ Pavilion Lawn |
| Breakfast with Industry | |
| 8:00 - 10:00 AM | Pavilion |
| Poster Session I | |
P100 |
Taste Coding From The Perspective Of A Single Taste Bud Northwestern University , Evanston , IL, United States |
P102 |
Utilizing The Htr3A-Flpo Mouse Line To Define Gustatory Neuron Innervation Of Type Iii Taste Bud Cells University of Louisville |
P104 |
Characterization Of The Peripheral Taste Receptor Cells In Pigs School of Animal Sciences, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States |
P106 |
Ace2 Is Endogenously Expressed In Taste Buds And Its Conditional Deletion From The Lingual Epithelium Results In Enhanced Neural Responses 1Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University,, Augusta, GA, United States, 2Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, United States, 3School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Data Science and Epidemiology Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States |
P108 |
Investigating Axonal Translation At Oral Sensory Nerve Terminals Reveals A Novel Role For Fgf13 In Taste Bud Innervation And Maintenance Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Physiology, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States |
P110 |
Roles Of Hedgehog Co-Receptor Gas1 During Postnatal Taste Organ Development 1Rowan-Virtua School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, United States, 2Rowan University, Glassboro, NJ, United States |
P112 |
Developing Von Ebner&Rsquo;S Glands In Embryos Are The Main Source Of Sox10⁺ Progenitors For Taste Buds In Postnatal Mice Regenerative Bioscience Center, Department of Animal and Dairy Science, College of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, United States |
P114 |
Automated 3D Tracking Of Taste Bud Cells For Morphological & Lifespan Analysis University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States |
P116 |
Odor-Evoked Expectation In Gustatory Cortex Multiplexes Taste Identity And Lick Direction Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States |
P118 |
Functional Relevance Of Linear And Categorical Coding Units For Taste Mixture-Based Decision-Making 1Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, 2Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, 3Medical Scientist Training Program, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, 4Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States |
P120 |
Premotor Control Of Preparatory Activity In The Gustatory Cortex 1Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook, NY, United States, 2Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook, NY, United States |
P122 |
Olfactory Bulb Gamma Oscillations May Represent A Valence Scaffold For The Next Sniff 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Stockholm, Sweden |
P124 |
Assessing The Morphological And Electrophysiological Substrates Of Experience-Dependent Plasticity In Accessory Olfactory Bulb Interneurons 1Department of Pharmacology and Physiology, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States, 2Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, United States |
P126 |
Measuring Human Olfactory Bulb Gamma On The Single Breath Level 1Northwestern University Department of Neurology, Chicago, IL, United States, 2Feinberg School of Medicine Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, Chicago, IL, United States |
P128 |
Dynamics Of Neural Oscillations In The Olfactory Bulb Related To Task Demands 1Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States, 2Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States, 3Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States, 4Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States |
P130 |
High-Resolution Mri Of Laminar Structures In The Human Olfactory Bulb In Vivo 1F.M. Kirby Research Center for Functional Brain Imaging, Kennedy Krieger Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, 2Department of Radiology, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, United States |
P132 |
Beyond Bold: Unlocking Human Olfactory Bulb Function With Asl Perfusion Imaging 1Department of Bioengineering, School of Engineering and Applied Science, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Neurology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Department of Radiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 4Department of Psychology, School of Arts and Sciences, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P134 |
Enhanced Multisensory Integration In The Olfactory Bulb Of Astyanax Mexicanus Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States |
P136 |
Receptor-Defined Lateral Inhibition In The Mammalian Olfactory Bulb University of Utah, Salt Lake Cty, UT, United States |
P138 |
In Vivo Dynamics Of Dopaminergic Circuits In The Mouse Olfactory Bulb Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR, United States |
P140 |
Defining Cd11B-Dependent Glial Phagocytosis And Gene Expression Changes After Olfactory Injury East Tennessee State University, Johnson CIty, TN, United States |
P142 |
Noggin Bonks And Neurogenesis: Alterations In Olfactory Bulb Adult Neurogenesis Following A Mouse Model Of Tbi 1Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland , OR, United States, 2Portland State University, Portland, OR, United States |
P144 |
Using Targeted Recombination In Active Populations (Trap), 2-Photon Calcium Imaging, And Metabolic Monitoring To Investigate The Effect Of Administration Of The Glucagon-Like Peptide 1 (Glp-1) Agonist Semaglutide In Mice. 1Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 2Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 3Biological Science Department, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 4Department of Neuroscience, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States |
P146 |
A Quantitative Perceptual Framework For ReconstructiNg Complex Food Odors 11Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 22Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P148 |
Behavioral State And Ethological Salience Shape Hdb Cholinergic Activity During Naturalistic Olfactory Exploration University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States |
P150 |
Choice Signals Emerge In Mouse Piriform Cortex During Delayed Olfactory Decision Making Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States |
P152 |
Time-Course Of Odor Coding In The Human Brain - A Single-Neuron Perspective 1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 3University of Bonn Medical Center, Bonn, Germany |
P154 |
Population-Level Variation In Olfactory Receptor Tuning In Drosophila Mojavensis University of Cincinnati, Cincinnati, OH, United States |
P156 |
Spatiotemporal Dynamics Of Odor Feature Processing In The Human Brain University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P158 |
Accessory Olfactory Bulb Mitral Cell Representations Of Naturalistic Social Odors Across Stimulus Intensity, Sex, And Cellular Compartments Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States |
P160 |
Examining The Neural Representations Underlying Odor-Guided Behavior In Humans Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States |
P162 |
Evidence That Interglomerular Inhibition Generates Non-Monotonic Concentration-Response Relationships In Mitral/Tufted Glomeruli In The Mouse Olfactory Bulb 1Dept of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 2Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 3Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 4Dept of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States |
P164 |
Evolutionary Diversity And Function Of Odorant Receptors In Birds 1Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States, 2National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States |
P166 |
Engineering Insect Odorant Receptors Towards Volatiles Of Interest Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States |
P168 |
How Local And Lateral Inhibition Shape The Odorant Response Function In The Olfactory Bulb 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 2Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 3Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 4Department of Mathematics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States |
P170 |
Odorant Receptor Antagonism As A Mechanistic Basis For Malodor Counteraction dsm-firmenich, Plainsboro, NJ, United States |
P172 |
Subthreshold Modulation Of Varietal Identification By 1,1,6-Trimethyl-1,2-Dihydronaphthalene Under Controlled Olfactory Delivery Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States |
P174 |
The Aob Mitral Cells Provide A Cellular Basis For The Independent Encoding Of Conspecific Sex Washington University in St. Louis , St. Louis, MO, United States |
P176 |
Development- And Microbiome-Driven Bile Acid Signatures As Social Chemosignals In The Mouse Vomeronasal System University of Rochester Medical School, Rochester, NY, United States |
P178 |
A Computational Framework For Multisensory Grounding Of Olfactory Representations 1Scentience, Dallas, TX, United States, 2Amai, Denver, CO, United States, 3Nerdoscientist, Chalfont, PA, United States |
| 10:15 - 12:15 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| Industry Symposium: DATA DRIVEN TOOLS FOR SENSORY PREDICTION | |
| Chair(s): Kathryn Deibler, Xiaorong (Phoebe) Su, Casey Trimmer, Dan Wesson, Theresa White |
10:15 |
Introduction |
10:25 |
Empirical Evaluation Of Human Odor Quality Datasets Supports The Use Of Lexical Methods For Collecting Big Data 1Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, United States, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
10:55 |
Predicting Odor Mixture Character From Chemical Structure 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 3Institut de Chimie de Nice, Université Côte d’Azur, Nice, France, 4Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 5Department of Statistics & Data Science, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 6Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel, 7Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of California Davis, Davis, CA, United States, 8Biofisika Institute (CSIC, UPV/EHU), University of the Basque Country, Bilbao, Spain, 9IKERBASQUE, Basque Foundation for Science, Bilbao, Spain, 10School of Information Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, United States, 11School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, India, 12Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA, United States, 13IBM Research, New York, NY, United States, 14Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
11:15 |
Scaling Sensory Annotation Of Odor Mixtures With A Prior-Guided Sensory Annotation Tool 1Osmo Labs, PBC, New York, NY, United States, 2School of Life Sciences and School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
11:45 |
Predicting Sensory Outcomes: Integrating Receptor Neurobiology With Ai Tools dsm-firmenich, New York, NY, United States |
| 10:15 - 12:15 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| THE APPETITION AXIS: INTEGRATING PHASIC SENSORY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS TO DRIVE INGESTION | |
| Chair(s): Lindsey Schier |
10:15 |
Introduction To The Appetition Axis: Integrating Sensory Cues To Drive Ingestion Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
10:25 |
Phasic Gut Feedback Shapes Flavor-Nutrient Learning Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, United States |
10:55 |
Nutritional Reprogramming Of Oral Glucosensing 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 |
Fluid Balance Revisited: Oral, Postoral, And Central Signals Driving Water Intake Department of Biological Sciences and the Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, University at Buffalo, SUNY, Buffalo, NY, United States |
11:45 |
Mch And The Drive To Continue: Hypothalamic Control Of Nutrient-Based Appetition Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States |
| 12:15 - 2:00 PM | Lunch On Own |
| Lunch On Own | |
| 12:30 - 1:30 PM | Offsite |
| Outreach Event:President Barack Obama Library | |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| The Barry Davis Funding Workshop for New Investigators | |
2:00 |
Nih Updates For Early And Established Investigators |
2:30 |
Nidcd Workshop For Trainees And New Investigators |
| 2:00 - 3:30 PM | Jacaranda Hall |
| Practical demonstrations of clinical chemosensory tests | |
| 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 |
| Chair(s): Thomas Hummel |
| 3:30 - 5:30 PM | Pavilion |
| Poster Session II | |
P101 |
Don Tucker Finalist: Olfactory Coding Across Ventral Subregions Of The Hippocampus 1Department of Biomedical Engineering, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States, 2Medical Scientist Training Program, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States, 3Department of Neuroscience, University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry, Rochester, NY, United States, 4Center for Visual Science, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, United States |
P103 |
Achems Undergrad Finalist: Inhibition Of Focal Adhesion Kinase Limits Axon Growth From Olfactory Sensory Neurons Following Injury Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, United States |
P105 |
Don Tucker Finalist: Distinguishing The Olfactory Epithelium Using An Fda-Approved Dye & Machine Learning Methods 1Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, United States, 2Department of Physiology & Biophysics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, 3Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Denver, CO, United States |
P107 |
Achems Undergrad Finalist: Spatial Gene Expression Profiling Reveals Acute And Persistent Olfactory Bulb Neuroimmune Responses To Sars-Cov-2 Infection 1Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, UC Davis School of Medicine, Davis , CA, United States, 2Department of Pathology, Microbiology & Immunology, UC Davis School of Veterinary Medicine, Davis, CA, United States |
P109 |
Achems Undergrad Finalist: Identification Of An Olfactory Receptor Involved In Newborn Rabbits’ Responsiveness To The Mammary Pheromone: Molecular Genetic Evidence 1Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, Durham, NC, United States, 2Lyon Neuroscience Research Center - ENES team, CNRS/Inserm/Lyon 1 and Jean Monnet Universities, Lyon, France |
P111 |
Achems Undergrad Finalist: Testing A Relationship Between Odor Mixture Perception And Working Memory Capacity 1The College, Chicago, IL, United States, 2Department of Psychology, Chicago, IL, United States, 3Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States |
P113 |
Achems Undergrad Finalist: Optimizing Surgical Access To The Nodose Petrosal Ganglia Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States |
P115 |
Don Tucker Finalist: The Role Of Stimulus Temperature On Salt Taste Perception In Mice. Department of Biological Sciences and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States |
P117 |
Don Tucker Finalist: Investigating Establishment Of Sox9+ Taste Progenitors In The Circumvallate Papilla 1Department of Cell & Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States, 2Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States, 3Rocky Mountain Taste & Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States, 4Developing Scholars Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States |
P119 |
Achems Undergrad Finalist: Palatability-Dependent Activation Of Orexin Neurons In The Lateral Hypothalamus Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States |
P121 |
Achems Undergrad Finalist: Sex-Dependent Estrogenic Regulation Of Peripheral Fat Taste Signaling 1Burnett School of Biomedical Sciences, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States, 2Medicine, University of Central Florida, Orlando, FL, United States |
P123 |
Don Tucker Finalist: Miraculin (Miracle Berry) As A Potential Mitigation To Improve Taste Perception In Head & Neck Cancer Patients 1The Ohio State University Department of Otolaryngology, Columbus, OH, United States, 2The Ohio State University Department of Food Sciences and Technology, Columbus, OH, United States |
P125 |
Don Tucker Finalist: Sweetness Preference And Eating Behaviors In Habitual And Non-Habitual Consumers Of Low-Calorie Sweetened Products. 1Division of Nutritional Sciences, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, 2Food Science and Human Nutrition, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States, 3Carle Illinois College of Medicine, Urbana, IL, United States |
P127 |
Don Tucker Finalist: Tex15 Controls Runaway Olfactory Receptor Transcription To Necessitate Diverse Olfactory Receptor Choice 1Rutgers University, Highland Park, NJ, United States, 2Swarthmore College, Swarthmore, PA, United States, 3Havard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States |
P129 |
Identification Of An Olfactory Receptor Involved In Newborn Rabbits' Responsiveness To The Mammary Pheromone: Behavioral EvidencE 1Lyon Neuroscience Research Center - ENES team, CNRS/Inserm/Lyon 1 and Jean Monnet Universities, Lyon, France, 2Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States |
P131 |
Genome-Wide Association Study Meta-Analysis Of Dietary Intake In Two Cohorts Identifies Seven Novel Olfactory Receptor Associations 1Department of Biomedical informatics, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Aurora, CO, United States, 2Division of Preventive Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Boston, MA, United States |
P133 |
Immature Olfactory Sensory Neurons Provide Complementary Input In The Healthy Olfactory System 1Department of Neurobiology, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States, 2Center for Neuroscience at the University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, PA, United States |
P135 |
Evolutionarily Conserved Mechanisms Of Short-Chain Aldehyde Recognition By The Olfactory Receptor Or6B1 Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology, Koganei, Japan |
P137 |
Tex15 As A Marker Of Transient Multi-Ors Expression In Developing Olfactory Neurons Rutgers University, PISCATAWAY, NJ, United States |
P139 |
What Do We Really Smell: Real-Time Chemical Sampling At The Olfactory Epithelium 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden |
P141 |
Multistep Ligand Association Reveals How Dynamic Extracellular Gating Controls Odorant Agonism And Antagonism In Olfactory Receptors 1Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Department, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States, 2Department of Computational & Quantitative Medicine, Beckman Research Institute of the City of Hope,, Duarte, NC, United States, 3Department of Neurobiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States, 4Sensory Science Research, Kao Corporation, Tochigi, Japan |
P143 |
Odor Stimulation In The Mouse Olfactory Epithelium Promotes Transit Amplification Within A Subset Of Neuronal Lineages Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States |
P145 |
Zona Pellucida Like Domain Containing 2 Mediates Stimulation-Dependent Neurogenesis Of Specific Olfactory Sensory Neuron Subtypes In Mice Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus , Aurora, CO, United States |
P147 |
Asymmetric Histone Inheritance Regulates Olfactory Stem Cell Fates During Regeneration 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 4SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 5University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States |
P149 |
Neurogenesis In The Olfactory Epithelium Of Adult Zebrafish Following Olfactory Bulb Lesions Hope College, Holland, MI, United States |
P151 |
Subpopulations Of Gustatory Neurons Differ In Their Sensitivity To Bdnf University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States |
P153 |
Immune Response Dynamics In The Anterior Taste Field After Nerve Injury 1Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Augusta, GA, United States, 2Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University, Augusta, GA, United States |
P155 |
Tnf/Tnfr1 Signaling Mediates Inflammation-Induced Remodeling Of Gustatory Innervation University of Texas at San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States |
P157 |
Trpm8-Mediated Cool-Induced Analgesia In A Mouse Model Of Chemesthetic Oro-Trigeminal Pain University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States |
P159 |
Mice That Lack Trigeminal Thermosensory Afferents Retain Sensitivity To Oral Temperatures University of Oklahoma , Norman , OK, United States |
P161 |
Determining How The Intranasal Chemesthetic Sensation Of Cocaine Contributes To Addiction 1Department of Pharmacology & Therapeutics and Department of Neuroscience, Florida Chemical Senses Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States, 2Department of Pharmaceutics, University of Florida College of Pharmacy, Gainesville, FL, United States |
P163 |
Chemosensory Erps Suggest Peripherally Driven Olfactory&Ndash;Trigeminal Interactions In Older Adults 1Department of Anatomie, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, 2Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, 3Research Center, Sacré Coeur Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, 4Research Center, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada |
P165 |
Individual Variability In Metallic Sensation Is Associated With Transient Receptor Potential Vanilloid 1 (Trpv1) Polymorphisms. University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, United States |
P167 |
Unearthing Chemesthesis And Chemesensory Genes In The Earthworm Dendrobaena Veneta With Long-Read Transcriptomics. 1Department of Biological Sciences, School of Integrative Science and Technology, Kean University, Union, NJ, United States, 2Molecular and Genomics Informatics Core, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States, 3Department of Pathology, Immunology, and Laboratory Medicine, Rutgers New Jersey Medical School, Newark, NJ, United States |
P169 |
Structural Exploration Of Musk Recognition And Activation Mechanisms Of Odorant Receptors Duke University, Durham, NC, United States |
P171 |
Tas1R2-Tas1R3 Receptors Modulate Pancreatic Beta Cell Responses To Increases In Glucose 1Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Icahn School of Medicine at Mt Sinai, New York, NY, United States, 4Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, United States |
P173 |
A New Tool To Identify And Pharmacologically Characterize Glp-1 Stimuli Axxam SpA, Milan, Italy |
P175 |
Melanin-Concentrating Hormone And Orexin Neuropeptides Found To Communicate From The Hypothalamus To The Olfactory Bulb 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 2Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 3Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 4Department of Pediatric Neurology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX, United States |
P177 |
Gut&Ndash;Brain Modulation Of Taste After Spinal Cord Injury And Sleeve Gastrectomy: Metabolic State And Select Microbial Contributors Department of Neuroscience and Experimental Therapeutics, Penn State University College of Medicine, Hershey, PA, United States |
P179 |
Disruption Of Taste Cell Renewal In Diet-Induced Obesity Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States |
| 5:45 - 6:45 PM | Garden Courtyard |
| Networking Reception | |
| The Networking Reception is an opportunity for the AChemS community to get together in an informal setting.
We will honor the recipients of the Travel Fellowship and then enjoy conversations with junior and senior colleagues.
Attendees who signed up for the Mentoring Matrix Program in advance will meet with their Matrix members.
There will also be the possibility of joining or creating new Mentoring Matrices on site. |
| 7:30 - 9:30 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| Polak Awards Lectures | |
| The Polak Foundation Awards are awarded in honor of the Elsje-Werner-Polak Memorial Fund in memory of our niece gassed by the
Nazis in 1944 at age 7: Ghislaine Polak and the late Ernest Polak. |
| Chair(s): Bradley Goldstein |
7:30 |
Evolutionary Diversity And Function Of Odorant Receptors In Birds 1Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States, 2National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States |
7:50 |
A Sensory Circuit For Social Learning 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, 2University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, United States, 4Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States |
8:10 |
Vector-Based Taste Representations Of Food Odours Predict Appetitive Value 1Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, 2Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey, 3Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey |
8:30 |
Asymmetric Histone Inheritance Regulates Olfactory Stem Cell Fates During Regeneration 1Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Baltimore, MD, United States, 2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States, 3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 4SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 5University of Delaware, Newark, DE, United States |
8:50 |
A Quantitative Perceptual Framework For ReconstructiNg Complex Food Odors 11Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 22Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
9:10 |
Connectomic Mapping Of Pharyngeal And Gut Sensory Circuits In Adult Drosophila 1University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, 2Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States |
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Friday, April 24, 2026 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 AM | Pavilion/ Pavilion Lawn |
| Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 - 10:00 AM | Pavilion |
| Poster Session III | |
P200 |
Salivary Proteins In Bitterness Perception In Humans 1Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, 2Sensory Evaluation Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, 3Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States |
P202 |
Assessing The Generalizability Of Salivary Proteins Across Bitter Compounds 1Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 2Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States |
P204 |
Taste-Associated Lingual Salivary Gland Ducts Participate In Mucosal Immune-Surveillance Nutrition and Health Sciences Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, United States |
P206 |
Individual Differences In Salivary Ion Composition And Its Association With Oral Glucose Sensitivity 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P208 |
Salivary Protein Profile Changes Taste Guided Behaviors Independent Of Diet. 1University at Buffalo (Department of Psychology), Buffalo, NY, United States, 2St. Cloud State University (Department of Nursing Science), St. Cloud, MN, United States, 3Hardt Scientific Consulting , Belmont, MA, United States, 4University at Buffalo (Center for Ingestive Behavior), Buffalo, NY, United States |
P210 |
Sour Suppresses Sweet, Salty, And Bitter: Does This Begin In The Taste Bud? University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States |
P212 |
Evidence For A Glucose-Specific Taste Pathway That Triggers Insulin Release In NaÏVe B6 Mice 1Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, United States, 2University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 3Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, United States, 4Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P214 |
GΑQ Protein-Coupled Receptors And Store-Operated Calcium Entry Via Orai Channels Might Be Involved In The Lingering Perception Of Astringency 1TUM School of Life Sciences Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany, 2Leibniz Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany, 3Physiological Chemistry at the Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria |
P216 |
The Kokumi Taste Characteristic Of Mayonnaise Is Due To Its Egg Yolk Content And The Length Of Its Storage Period 1Kewpie Corporation, Tokyo, Japan, 2The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan |
P218 |
Identification Of The Bitter Taste Receptors For Tuberculosis And Anti-Infection Medications Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P220 |
Calca Gene-Derived Peptide Expression In The Murine Taste System Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, United States |
P222 |
Intracellular And Dual-Site Inhibition Of A Bitter Taste Gpcr The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel |
P224 |
From Cage To Lab To Clinic: Treating A Human Psychiatric Condition Using A Social Chemosignal First Identified In Mice 1Department of Brain Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 2Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel |
P226 |
A Sensory Circuit For Social Learning 1Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, 2University of São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil, 3Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, United States, 4Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, United States |
P228 |
Exploring The Role Of Pup Odors In Experience Dependent Maternal Behaviors. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States |
P230 |
Respiration Encodes Social Valence And Relative-Rank During Chemosensory-Guided Social Interactions 1University Of Florida , Gainesville, FL, United States, 2Fort Myers High School , Fort Myers, FL, United States |
P232 |
Social Interaction Drives Interbrain Synchrony In Olfactory And Prefrontal Networks University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P234 |
Experience-Dependent Changes In Pup Odor Responses In Anterior Piriform Cortex During The Onset Of Maternal Retrieval Behavior 1University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States, 2University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States |
P236 |
The Role Of Anterior Piriform Cortex In Social Recognition In Mice University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States |
P238 |
Caste- And Age-Specific Plasticity In The Antennal Transcriptome Of Harpegnathos Saltator University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States |
P240 |
Odors Count Globally: The Number Of Conscious Odor Perceptions Differs Between 17 Locations On Five Continents 1Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, 2Smell & Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
P242 |
A Novel Approach To The Assessment Of Odor Awareness 1Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, 2Smell and Taste Clinic, Departament of Otorhinoloaryngology, Techniche Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
P244 |
Rapidly-Adapting Lingual Mechanosensory Parvalbumin+ Neurons Have Discrete Fungiform Receptive Fields But Show Evidence Of Convergence With Gustatory Neurons In The Nucleus Tractus Solitarius 1Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, United States, 2University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States |
P246 |
Visualizing The Central Targets Of Peripheral Gustatory And Interoceptive Neurons By Transsynaptic Labeling 1Dept of Physiology & Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States, 2Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, United States |
P248 |
Connectomic Mapping Of Pharyngeal And Gut Sensory Circuits In Adult Drosophila 1University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, 2Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States |
P250 |
Odor-Evoked Activity Outside Canonical Areas Of Olfactory Information Transmission Is Mapped By Fostrap And Downregulated By Diet-Induced Obesitydriven Changes In Metabolism 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 2Program In Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 3Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States |
P252 |
Learning Engages Medial Prefrontal Cortex Input To The Olfactory System Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Florida Chemical Senses Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States |
P254 |
Anatomical And Molecular Organization Of Rnts Neurons And Their Metabolic Regulation 1Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Ithaca, NY, United States, 2 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ithaca, NY, United States |
P256 |
Mapping Fos-Immunoreactive Neurons Activated By Intra-Oral Infusion Of Quinine, Sucrose Or Water Throughout The Brain Of B6 Mice 1Stetson University, DeLand, FL, United States, 2The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States |
P258 |
Organization Of Central Nucleus Of The Amygdala Neurons That Project To The Caudal Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract, Rostral Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract, And Parabrachial Nucleus. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States |
P260 |
Neural Control Of Tongue Blood Flow By Brainstem Parasympathetic Circuits During Orofacial Behaviors Stony Brook University, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior , Stony Brook, NY, United States |
P262 |
Chemogenetic Activation Of Amygdalar Prodynorphin Neurons Modulates Taste-Guided Licking Behavior In Mice University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States |
P264 |
Central Nucleus Of The Amygdala Neurons That Project To The Nucleus Of The Solitary Tract Are Influenced By Input From The Parabrachial Nucleus University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, United States |
P266 |
Remembering Odors In Order 1Le Moyne College, SYRACUSE, NY, United States, 2Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden |
P268 |
A Method To Measure Restored Odor Perception In Non-Human Primates 1National Institute of Advanced Industrial Science and Technology, Human Informatics and Interaction Research Institute, Tsukuba, Japan, 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Mie University Graduate School of Medicine, Mie, Japan, Tsu, Japan, 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Virginia Commonwealth University School of Medicine, Richmond, VA, United States |
P270 |
Acute And Chronic Olfactory Epithelial Inflammation Differentially Impact The Olfactory Bulb, Hippocampus, And Cognitive Function Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University , Johnson City, TN, United States |
P272 |
Temporal Dynamics Of Decision-Predicting Time Cells In Olfactory Discrimination: Molecular And Neural Mechanisms Of Associative Learning 1University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, United States, 2Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States |
P274 |
Dopaminergic Nuclei Track The Uncertainty Of Olfactory Sensory Information University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P276 |
Online Integration Of Associatively Activated Odor Memories In The Human Brain Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States |
P278 |
Evaluating Behavioral Expression Of Neophobia Across A Spectrum Of Tastes Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program, College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, United States |
| 10:15 - 12:15 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| LATERALIZED AND INTEGRATED PROCESSING IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM | |
| Chair(s): Thorsten Kahnt and Clara Raithel |
10:15 |
Lateralized And Integrated Processing In The Olfactory System NIDA IRP, Baltimore, MD, United States |
10:25 |
Piriform Cortex Takes Sides: Temporally-Segregated Odor Representations From Ipsilateral And Contralateral Nostrils Within A Sniff 1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, United States |
10:55 |
Exploring Lateralized Processing In The Human Olfactory System National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States |
11:15 |
Bilateral Integration Of Odor Information In The Mouse 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 |
Brain-Wide Representations Of Olfactory Navigational Behavior In C. Elegans Department of Physics, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, United States |
| 10:15 - 12:15 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| NEW APPROACH METHODOLOGIES (NAMS) IN CHEMOSENSORY AND INTEROCEPTION RESEARCH | |
| Chair(s): Ben Smith and Danielle Reed |
10:15 |
New Approach Methodologies (Nams) In Chemosensory And Interoception Research Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia , PA, United States |
10:25 |
Building Confidence In Nams: Lessons From Regulatory Science Johns Hopkins University |
10:55 |
New Approach Methodologies In Olfactory Dysfunction: Human Organoids As A Species-Specific In Vitro Model 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 |
Chicken Egg As A Translational New Approach Methodology (Nam) In Sensory Science: Insights From Genotoxicity Studies Department of Pathology, Microbiology and Immunology, New York Medical College, Valhalla, NY, United States |
11:45 |
Can Ai Understand The Physical World Without Smelling It? A Multimodal Representational Framework For Olfaction 1University of Texas at Dallas, Dallas, TX, United States, 2Amai Consulting, LLC, Denver, CO, United States, 3Nerdoscientist, LLC, Chalfont, PA, United States |
| 12:00 - 1:00 PM | Offsite |
| Outreach Event: St. Pete Beach Library | |
| 12:15 - 1:30 PM | Lunch On Own |
| Lunch On Own | |
| 1:30 - 2:30 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| Business Meeting | |
| Get involved! All members are welcome and
encouraged to attend. |
| 2:30 - 3:30 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| BOOST Lecture | |
| Chair(s): Arianna Maffei |
|
Flight By Night, Or The Ecological And Anatomical Context Of Bat Chemosensory Evolution Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University |
| 3:45 - 5:45 PM | Pavilion |
| Poster Session IV | |
P201 |
Olfactory Input Modulates Peripheral Trigeminal Responses During Mixed Stimulation. 1Department of Anatomy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, 2Research Center, Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 3Research Center, Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada |
P203 |
Stable By Design: What Ligand Binding Reveals About The Function Of Odorant-Binding Proteins In Mammals? 1Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR CNRS 7272, Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France, 2Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Université de Bourgogne, Dijon, France |
P205 |
Functional Specialization Of Respiratory And Olfactory Mucus Revealed By Proteomic Profiling 1Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 2Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines – Manila, Manila, Philippines, 3Department of Otolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, Asian Hospital and Medical Center, Muntinlupa, Philippines, 4Institute for Applied Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Science, Biberach an der Riss, Germany, 5Core Facility Hohenheim, Universität Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany |
P207 |
Temporal Roles Of Olfactory Macrophages In Host Defense In The Olfactory Epithelium 1University of California, Davis , 2Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China, |
P209 |
Ecological Roles Of Nasal Microbes 1Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, Auburn, AL, United States, 2Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, Auburn, AL, United States, 3Canine Performance Sciences Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, Auburn, AL, United States |
P211 |
Hunger States Drive Norepinephrine Concentration Dynamics In The Olfactory Epithelium 1Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, United States, 2VTC, Virginia Tech, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, United States, 3Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States |
P213 |
Inflammation Is Necessary For Regeneration And Repair Of The Damaged Olfactory System Of Adult Zebrafish Hope College, Holland, MI, United States |
P215 |
Smell, Taste, And Flavor Perception In Parkinson&Rsquo;S Disease Compared To Non-Parkinsonian Olfactory Disorders. 1Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, 2Université de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 3Centre de recherche de l'Hôpital du Sacré-Cœur, Montréal, QC, Canada, 4Centre de recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada |
P217 |
Impaired Olfactory Function In Substance Use Disorder National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, United States |
P219 |
Long-Term Positive Effects Of Olfactory Training On Quality Of Life And Subjective Measures Of Olfactory Function 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet,, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Skåne University Hospital, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Lund, Sweden, 3Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmö, Sweden, 4Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 5Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P221 |
Developmental And Task-Dependent Differences In Olfactory Perception In Autism: A Meta-Analysis 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of Padua, Padua, Italy, 3University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 4Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 5University of Pennsylvania, Holman Biotech Commons, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 6University of Pennsylvania, Department of Otolaryngology, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P223 |
Il-13 Impairs Olfactory Sensory Neurons And Induces Olfactory Dysfunction In A Human Olfactory Organoid Model 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P225 |
Compounded Effects Of E-Cigarette Aerosol Components On Glomerulus Size And Sniffing Patterns In Mice" Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, United States |
P227 |
Il-13 Drives Signaling Pathways And Chitinase Expression In Human And Mouse Olfactory Stem Cells Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States |
P229 |
Upregulation Of Alzheimer&Rsquo;S Disease-Related Genes In The Olfactory System Following Influenza Virus Infection 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Haverford College, Haverford, PA, United States, 4Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, United States |
P231 |
Incidence Of Smell Loss In Patients With Allergic Fungal Rhinosinusitis: A Single-Center Retrospective Chart Review Department of Otolaryngology-Head & Neck Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States |
P233 |
Study Of Chemosensory Enhancement Through Neuromodulation Training (Scent) For Long Covid: A Blinded Interim Analysis 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavorial Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States, 2Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, United States, 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States |
P235 |
Activation Of Horizontal Basal Cells In The Oe Restores Neurogenesis After Neurogenic Exhaustion Sets In 1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, United States, 2Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, United States |
P237 |
Prognosis Of Chemosensory Recovery Among Long Covid-19 Patients - Objective Assessment At 3, 6 And 12 Month Follow-Ups 1Department of Otolaryngology, Head & Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, United States, 2Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States |
P239 |
Mobility, Physical Activity, And Social Activity Impairments, Particularly In Male Apoe Ε4 Carriers, Are Associated With Olfactory And Cognitive Dysfunction 1San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, United States, 2University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, United States |
P241 |
Novel 3D Printed &Ldquo;Smell-Aids&Rdquo; To Improve Olfactory Function In Post Covid-19 Era Department of Otolaryngology - Head & Neck Surgery, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States |
P243 |
The Knowswatch: Concept And Prototype For A Wearable Chemosensory Sensing Device 1Smell & Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 2Industrial Engineering School, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain, 3Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclav, Poland |
P245 |
Adhering To Healthy Plant-Rich Diets Is Associated With Better Olfactory Function In The General Population - Findings From The Cooperative Health Research In South Tyrol (Chris) Study 1Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy, 2Department of Anatomy, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, 3Research Center, Sacre-Coeur Hospital, Montréal, QC, Canada, 4Research Center, Institut universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal, Montréal, QC, Canada |
P247 |
Validation Of Scentinel 2.0 Against Three Established Olfactory Measures 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States, 3Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, United States, 4Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P249 |
The Sense Of Smell Is Not Idiosyncratic Department of Brain Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
P251 |
Characterization Of Olfactory Event-Related Potentials In Subjective Cognitive Decline 1Department of Psychology, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada, 2Research Centre of the Hôpital du Sacré-Coeur de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 3Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de gériatrie de Montréal, Montréal, QC, Canada, 4Department of Anatomy, Université du Québec à Trois-Rivières, Trois-Rivières, QC, Canada |
P253 |
Coupling Of Neural Oscillations In Cortical Networks During Odor Intensity Perceptual Decisions 1Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States, 2Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, United States, 3Division of Neurosurgery, Children’s National Medical Center, Washington, DC, United States, 4Department of Neurology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, United States, 5Neuroscience Institute, New York University, Langone Health, New York, NY, United States, 6Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 7Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P255 |
Olfactory Meta-Cognition Is Altered In Individuals With Anxiety And Depressive Symptoms 1Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland, 2Smell & Taste Clinic, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany, 3Food, Flavour, and Fragrance Lab, Macquarie University, Sydney, Australia, 4Institute of Psychology, University College of Professional Education, Wroclaw, Poland |
P257 |
Cirano: A Large Language Model For Generating Odor Descriptions From Molecular Structure 1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States, 2Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States |
P259 |
Olfaction Benchmark For Large Language Models 1Department of Electrical Engineering Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, 2Yale Institute for Network Science,Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, 3Department of Computer Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, 4Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, 5Department of Electrical Engineering Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, 6Yale Institute for Network Science,Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, 7Yale Institute for Network Science,Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States |
P261 |
The Natural Statistics Of Human Olfactory Experience: A Multi-National Project 1Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 2Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden, 3KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden, 4Max Planck Institute, Mainz, Germany |
P263 |
Standardizing A Universal Scale For Odor Intensity 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States, 3School of Life Sciences and School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 4Osmo Labs, Cambridge, MA, United States, 5Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P265 |
Taking A Hint: Stimulus Investigation Shapes Taste Representation In Gustatory Cortex Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States |
P267 |
Cortical Chemosensory Responses To Taste And Smell Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States |
P269 |
Cortical Dynamics In Primary Chemosensory Areas To Multimodal Stimuli Brandeis University |
P271 |
Auditory And Visual Object Processing In Olfactory Cortex Of Individuals With Life-Long Olfactory Deprivation 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden |
P273 |
Investigating Attention-Gated Rule Representations Using An Olfactory Selective Attention Task Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States |
P275 |
Temporal-To-Spatial Code Transformation In The Piriform Cortex Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States |
P277 |
Mimicking Dose-Response Experiments To Predict Olfactory Receptor Activity And Potency 1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom, 2Université Côte d'Azur, Nice, France, 3AITHYRA, Vienna, Austria |
P279 |
Quantification Of Fluorescence Responses In A Newly Developed, Dryable Cell Line Expressing Odorant Receptors 1University of Maryland, College Park, MD, United States, 2NARO, Tsukuba, Japan |
| 7:30 - 9:30 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| Award Lectures | |
| Chair(s): Julie Mennella |
7:30 |
Achems Young Investigator Awardee Monell Chemical Senses Center |
8:00 |
Lawless Award For Research Excellence In The Psychophysics Of Human Taste And Smell Michigan State University |
8:30 |
Ajinomoto Awardee Florida State University |
9:00 |
Max Mozell Awardee Technische Universität Dresden |
|
Saturday, April 25, 2026 |
| 7:30 - 9:00 AM | Pavilion/ Pavilion Lawn |
| Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:00 - 10:00 AM | Pavilion |
| Poster Session V | |
P300 |
Response Stability Across Standard And Forced-Choice Formats Of The Waterless Empirical Taste Test (Wett) 1Research & Development Division, Sensonics International, Haddon Heights, NJ, United States, 2Smell & Taste Center, Department of Otorhinolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphi, PA, United States |
P302 |
Investigating The Modulation Of Retronasal Smell And Taste Perception By Carbonation Using A Novel Sip Gustometer (Sg). Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States |
P304 |
Exploring The Link Between Oral Sensitivity And Mealtime Challenges In Picky Eaters The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States |
P306 |
Evidence For Modulation Of The Sour Taste Receptor Otop1 By Compounds Associated With Licorice Aftertaste Axxam S.pA, Bresso, Milano, Italy, Italy |
P308 |
Individual Differences In Oral Sensitivity To Sucrose And Dairy Fat 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia , PA, United States, 2Department of Nutritional Sciences, Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, United States |
P310 |
Impact Of Oral Microbiome Perturbation On Orthonasal And Retronasal Olfactory Perception. The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States |
P312 |
Intensity Alters Identity: Odor Quality Shifts Across Concentration 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P314 |
Subjective And Objective Measures Of Olfaction In Pregnancy Carthage College, Kenosha, WI, United States |
P316 |
Neural Representations And Task Design In Clinical Olfactory Testing Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States |
P318 |
Discrimination Of Viral And Non-Viral Cells Through Volatile Organic Compound Profiling Of Culture-Derived Headspace 1Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States, 2Canine Performance Sciences, Auburn University, Auburn, AL, United States, 3United States Department of Agriculture, Agriculture Research Service, Gainesville, FL, United States |
P320 |
Smelling Diseases: Olfactory Ai For Early Diagnosis 1New York University Langone Health, New York, NY, United States, 2New York University, New York, NY, United States, 3Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P322 |
Olfactory Detection Thresholds Of Mice To Commonly Used Odorants Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States |
P324 |
Vector-Based Taste Representations Of Food Odours Predict Appetitive Value 1Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, 2Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey, 3Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey |
P326 |
Odor Concentration Shapes Odor-Taste Mixture Preference And Retronasal Detection In Rats University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, United States |
P328 |
Assessing Olfactory Modulation Of Visual Stimulus Processing As A Function Of Trait Anxiety 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, United States, 2Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, United States |
P330 |
Cultural Evolution In Perfumes Since 1900 1Yale Institute for Network Science,Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States, 2Department of Biology,University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, United States, 4Department of Computer Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, United States, 5Center for Adaptive Rationality, Max Planck Institute for Human Development, Berlin, Germany, 6DreamAir LLC, Department of Scent Engineering, New York, NY, United States, 7Yale Institute for Network Science,Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States |
P332 |
Valence-Dependent Modulation Of Sniff Volume Is Sustained Across Sniffs 1Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden, 2Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden, 3Monell Chemical Senses Center, Stockholm, Sweden |
P334 |
From Roses To Rubbish: Toward A Standardized Children&Rsquo;S Lexicon Of Odor Sources 1Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wrocław, Poland, 2Department for Clinical Psychology, Friedrich Schiller University Jena, Jena, Germany, 3Institute of Psychology, SWPS University of Social Sciences and Humanitie, Wrocław, Poland, 4Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinoloaryngology, Techniche Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany |
P336 |
Fair Chemosensory Data: Unlocking Ai For Flavor, Food And Health 1Monell Chemical Senses Center,, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania,, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 4Institute for Molecular Bioscience, The University of Queensland,, Brisbane, Australia, 5Estenda Solutions, Wayne, PA, United States, 6DataInsight, Lausanne, Switzerland, 7Osmo Labs, New York, NY, United States, 8School of Life Sciences and School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States, 9The Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Jerusalem, Israel |
P338 |
Accord-Specific Impact On Objectively Measured Sleep Quality: A Big-Data, Pooled Interventional Analysis 1R&D, International Flavors & Fragrances, Inc., Union Beach, NJ, United States, 2Sleep.AI, Carlsbad, CA, United States |
P340 |
Biologically Informed Artificial Intelligence Models For Predicting Human Sensory Perception Of Scents And Flavours 1LSRE-LCM, ALiCE, Faculty of Engineering, University of Porto, Porto, Portugal, 2Chemical Engineering Department, Norwegian University of Science and Technology, Trondheim, Norway, 3Corporate Fragrance R&D, The Procter & Gamble Company, Cincinnati, OH, United States |
P342 |
Developing And Validating A Quest-Based Method To Measure Odor Detection Thresholds 1Rhodes College, Memphis, TN, United States, 2Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States |
P344 |
Does The Nasal Cycle Provide An Attentional Gain In Olfaction Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel |
P346 |
A Human-Nose-Inspired Biomimetic Electronic Nose 1Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel, 2 Bezalel Academy of Art and Design, Jerusalem, Israel |
P348 |
Scaling Sensory Annotation Of Odor Mixtures With A Prior-Guided Sensory Annotation Tool 1Osmo Labs, PBC, New York, NY, United States, 2School of Life Sciences and School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, United States |
P350 |
High-Resolution Optical Imaging Distinguishes Olfactory And Respiratory Epithelium In Mouse And Human Nasal Tissue 1Tufts University Graduate School of Biomedical Sciences, Boston, MA, United States, 2Wellman Center for Photomedicine, Harvard Medical School and Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, 3Department of Otolaryngology – Head & Neck Surgery, Massachusetts Eye and Ear, Boston, MA, United States |
P352 |
Odor Aging Induced By Atmospheric Oxidation In A Flow-Tube Reactor Max Planck Institute for Chemistry, Mainz, Germany |
P354 |
Hub4Smell: Unifying Fragmented Olfactory Data To Unlock Clinical And Research Insights 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Estenda Solutions Inc, Wayne, PA, United States, 3Ahersla Health, Long Beach, NJ, United States, 4Department of Otorhinolaryngology – Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P356 |
Odor-Induced Taste Enhancement In Healthy Children And Adults University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, United States |
P358 |
Quantifying A Novel Rebaudioside M–Brazzein Sweetness Synergy Using Isobole Methods Ingredion Incorporated, Westchester, IL, United States |
P360 |
Trends In Taste And Smell Alterations In The United States: Prevalence And Risk Factors 1Epidemiology, Statistics, and Population Sciences, National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), National Institutes of Health (NIH) , Bethesda, MD, United States, 2Office of Vision Health and Population Sciences, National Eye Institute (NEI), National Institutes of Heralth (NIH), Bethesda, MD, United States, 3Oral Health Sciences, School of Dentistry, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, United States, 4Clinical and Preventive Nutrition Sciences, School of Heath Professions, Rutgers University, Newark, NJ, United States, 5Sensory Evaluation Center, Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, United States, 6Allied Health Sciences, University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States |
P362 |
Peripheral Gustatory Degeneration Contributes To Taste Dysfunction In Mouse Models Of Alzheimer&Rsquo;S Disease Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, United States |
P364 |
Cyclophosphamide Chemotherapy Produces A Transient Loss Of Taste Bud Innervation In Mice. Univeristy of San Antonio, San Antonio, TX, United States |
P366 |
Persistent Severe Acute Respiratory Syndrome Coronavirus 2 Infection And Taste Nerve Degeneration Driven By Impaired Interferon Regulatory Factor 3 Signaling 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, United States |
P368 |
Genetic Variation In Sweet Liking Is Amplified By Real-World Food Contexts 1City University of New York, Brooklyn College, Brooklyn, NY, United States, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 3The University of Queensland, St. Lucia, Australia |
P370 |
Reduced Sugar Diets Do Not Affect Perceived Sweetness Or Most Liked Sugar Concentration In Model Foods And Beverages Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
P372 |
Comparing Video-Based Methods For Spout Lick Detection University of Tennessee Health Science Center , Memphis, TN, United States |
P374 |
Taste Experience During A Postnatal Sensitive Window Modifies Preference And Response To Novelty Division of Biosciences, College of Dentistry, Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, United States |
P376 |
Within-Compound Associations Cause Retrospective Revaluation Of Taste Value In Rats Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, United States |
P378 |
Distribution And Function Of Neurons Producing Gastrin-Releasing Peptide In Mouse Gustatory Cortex 1Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States, 2Department of Neurobiology & Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, United States |
| 10:15 - 12:15 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| Oral Abstracts - Taste | |
| Chair(s): Chad Samuelsen |
10:15 |
The Neural Circuitry And Coding Of Interoception 1The Scripps Research Institute, San Diego, CA, United States, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States |
10:30 |
Single-Cell Transcriptomics Of Tongue-Innervating Trigeminal Neurons Reveals Distinct Populations Of Pruriceptors And Mechanonociceptors 1Pain Research Center, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University-College of Dentistry, New York, NY, New York, NY, United States, 2Cell Biology and Neuroscience Department, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA W.M. Keck Center for Collaborative Neuroscience, Rutgers University, The State University of New Jersey, New Brunswick, NJ, USA., New Jersey, NJ, United States, 3Columbia Stem Cell initiative, Columbia University Irving Medical Center., New York, NY, United States, 4Department of Neurology Columbia University Medical Center, BB305 650 west 168th Street New York, NY 10032, New York, NY, United States |
10:45 |
Microstructural Analysis Of Sucrose Licking Behavior In Rats Chronically Treated With The Glucagon-Like Peptide-1 Receptor Agonist Semaglutide. 1Department of Psychology and Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, United States, 2Department of Nutrition, The University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, United States |
11:00 |
Juvenile Exposure To A Bitter Diet Increases Acceptance Of Quinine In Adulthood 1Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States, 2Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, United States |
11:15 |
Tissue Resident Cd8+ T Cell-Mediated Inflammation Drives Bitter Sensitivity Cleveland Clinic Research, Department of Inflammation & Immunity, Cleveland, OH, United States |
11:30 |
Phasic Locus Coeruleus Activation Transforms Cortical Taste Representations Across Distinct Stimulus Dimensions University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States |
11:45 |
Don Tucker Finalist: Peripheral Taste Function Is Subject To Complex Modulation By Neuropeptide Y Family Peptides Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States |
12:00 |
Effects Of Thermal Conditioning On Thermal-Taste Preferences In Mice University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States |
| 10:15 - 12:15 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| Oral Abstracts - Olfaction | |
| Chair(s): Adam Dewan |
10:15 |
Avian Odorant Receptors: Functional Profiling And Evidence Of Gene Conversion-Mediated Evolution Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States |
10:30 |
Integration Of Glomerular Activity Assembles The Components Of Odor Scenes Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States |
10:45 |
Sniffing As A Key Modulator Of Thalamic Salience Processing In Mice 1Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States, 2Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Center for Smell and Taste, Center for Addiction Research and Education University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, United States, 3Department of Pharmacology, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, United States |
11:00 |
Alzheimer&Rsquo;S Pathobiology Detection Prior To Symptom Onset Via Olfactory Biopsy Analysis 1Duke Medical Scientist Training Program, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States, 2Department of Head and Neck Surgery & Communication Sciences, Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States |
11:15 |
A Double-Blind Study Of Olfactory/Sniff Training With A Randomized Blank Control Group 1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, NJ, United States, 2Taste and Smell Disorders Clinic, Austin, TX, United States, 3Sensonics International, Haddon Heights, NJ, United States, 4Universidade Estadual de Londrina , Londrina , Brazil |
11:30 |
Slow-Acting Peripheral Inhibition Underlies The Behavioral Dominance Of Aversive Acidic Odors Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States |
11:45 |
Position-Specific Olfactory Signature Among Former Professional American-Stylefootball Players 1Department of Neurology, Massachusetts General Hospital, Boston, MA, United States, 2Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, 3Department of Environmental Health, Harvard T. H. Chan School of Public Health, Boston, MA, United States, 4The Football Players Health Study at Harvard University, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, United States, 5Athinoula A Martinos Center for Biomedical Imaging, Charlestown, MA, United States, 6Spaulding Rehabilitation Hospital, Charlestown, MA, United States |
12:00 |
A Low-Dimensional Code For Perceptual Similarity In Olfaction 1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States, 2Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton, NJ, United States |
| 12:15 - 1:30 PM | Lunch On Own |
| Lunch On Own | |
| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| Journal Club: “How Ideas Travel: From Classic Gustatory Cortex Mapping to Modern Flavor Computations.” | |
1:30 |
Introduction & Historical Context University of Oklahoma |
1:45 |
Classic Paper – 1986 Kosar Et Al., Brain Res. Gustatory Cortex In The Rat. I. Physiological Properties And Cytoarchitecture - Pubmed University of Louisville |
2:00 |
Current Paper – Don Katz – 2025 Allar Et Al, Current Biology - Gustatory Cortex Neurons Perform Reliability-Dependent Integration Of Multisensory Flavor Inputs: Current Biology (Considering Questions Such As: How Do Ideas Get Started? How Does Past Influence The Present/Future?) Brandeis University |
2:15 |
Discussion |
| 1:30 - 3:30 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| Smell Safari: Field-Based Tools for Mapping and Communicating Human Smellscapes | |
| 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. |
| Chair(s): Robert Pellegrino and Emily Mayhew |
1:30 |
Smellit Mobile App And Odor Awareness Weizmann Institute of Science |
1:55 |
Using Art And Geography To Map Olfactory Public Spaces Rowan University |
2:20 |
Collecting Reliable Data To Map Odor Spaces Michigan State University |
2:45 |
Guided Smell Safari To Quantify A New Achems Smellscape 1Michigan State University, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center |
| 3:30 - 3:45 PM | GRAND PALM COLONNADE |
| Coffee Break | |
| 3:45 - 5:45 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| Clinical Symposium:Olfaction Impairment In Older Adults: Associations With Health Beyond COVID-19 and Neurodegeneration | |
| Sponsored in part By: Sensonics |
| Chair(s): Honglei Chen and Jayant Pinto |
3:45 |
Olfaction Impairment In Older Adults: Associations With Health Beyond Covid-19 And Neurodegeneration Michigan State University |
3:55 |
Olfaction Impairment In Older Adults: Associations With Health Beyond Covid-19 And Neurodegeneration 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 |
Poor Olfaction And Risks Of Pneumonia Hospitalization And Cardiovascular Diseases In Older Adults: Evidence From Two Community-Based Cohorts 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 |
Omics Profiles Of Olfaction In Aging And Diseases National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, United States |
5:15 |
Olfaction And The Health Of Older Adults: Knowledge Gaps, Challenges, And Strategies 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 - 5:45 PM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| GENES AND SENSES: GENETIC REGULATION OF CHEMOSENSATION | |
| Chair(s): Kevin Monahan and Hojoon Lee |
3:45 |
Genes And Senses: Genetic Regulation Of Chemosensation 1Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry, Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States, 2Department of Neurobiology, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States |
3:55 |
The Many Ways To Be Bitter Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States |
4:25 |
Activity Dependent Regulation Of Gene Expression And Chromatin Structure In Mouse Olfactory Sensory Neurons Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, United States |
4:45 |
Metabolic Modulation Of Taste Processing In The Brainstem Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States |
5:15 |
Chemosensory Neuromodulation By Extracellular Rna Transfer 1The University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, United States, 2University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, United States |
| 7:30 - 9:30 PM | Bird Key Ballroom |
| Presidential Symposium:Ultra-Processed Foods, the Senses, and Health: Exploring the Evidence | |
| Chair(s): Yanina Pepino |
7:30 |
Why Do We Eat What We Eat?: Brain And Metabolic Responses To Processed Foods Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, United States |
8:00 |
Misspecifying Mechanisms Misleads Policy And Practical Solutions: It&Rsquo;S Not About The Processing 1Sensory Evaluation Center, University Park, PA, United States, 2Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University , University Park, PA, United States |
8:30 |
A Critical Review Of The Epidemiological, Randomized Controlled Trial, And Mechanistic Data On The Health Efficts Of Ultra-Processed Foods Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, United States |
9:00 |
Dopamine Signaling In Humans: Influence Of Dietary Stimulus, Metabolic State And Adiposity Section on Nutritional and Metabolic Neuroimaging Diabetes, Endocrinology and Obesity Branch, NIDDK, NIH, Bethesda, MD, United States |
| 9:30 - 12:00 AM | Sawyer Key Ballroom |
| Dance Party | |