AChemS XL


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April 17-20, 2018

Bonita Springs, FL


Wednesday, April 22, 2026
12:00 - 3:30 PMSnowy Egret
Executive Committee Meeting (Invite Only)

4:00 - 5:00 PMGarden Courtyard
Meet and Greet

5:00 - 5:30 PMSawyer Key Ballroom
Welcome & Awards Ceremony

5:30 - 6:30 PMSawyer Key Ballroom
Keynote Lecture

5:30
 Through The Microbial Looking Glass: How Microbiomes Act As Mediators Of Animal Biology
Kevin Kohl
University of Pittsburgh - Dept. of Biological Sciences

6:30 - 8:30 PMSouth Deck/South Beach
Welcome Banquet (Ticket Required)



Thursday, April 23, 2026
7:30 - 9:00 AMPavilion/ Pavilion Lawn
Breakfast with Industry

8:00 - 10:00 AMPavilion
Poster Session I

10:15 - 12:15 PMBird 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
Emily J. Mayhew1, Joel D. Mainland2
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
Xuebo Song1, Yuanfang Guan2, Matej Hladiš3,4, Nachman Keren5,6, Maxence Lalis3, Leonor Saiz7, José Vilar8,9, Evan Guerra1,10, Yikun Han10, Ashok Palaniappan11, Maria Diaz12, Gaia Andreoletti12, Verena Chung12, Robert Pellegrino1, Pablo Meyer13, Joel D. Mainland1,14
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
Marissa L. Kamarck1, Wesley Qian1, Richard Gerkin1,2
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
Jessica H. Brann, Daniel A. Raps, Georgia M. Pierce, Giulia Papiani, Lily Wu, Randy Arroyave, Casey Trimmer, Patrick Pfister
dsm-firmenich, New York, NY, United States

10:15 - 12:15 PMSawyer 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
Lindsey A. Schier
Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, United States

10:25
 Phasic Gut Feedback Shapes Flavor-Nutrient Learning
Kevin P. Myers
Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, United States

10:55
 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
 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
 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

12:15 - 2:00 PMLunch On Own
Lunch On Own

2:00 - 3:30 PMBird 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 PMJacaranda 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 PMPavilion
Poster Session II

5:45 - 6:45 PMGarden Courtyard
Networking Reception

7:30 - 9:30 PMSawyer 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.


7:30
 Evolutionary Diversity And Function Of Odorant Receptors In Birds
Robert Driver1, Mona Marie1, Hiroaki Matsunami1, Christopher Balakrishnan2
1Duke University School of Medicine, Durham, NC, United States, 2National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, United States

7:50
 A Sensory Circuit For Social Learning
Kara A. Fulton1, Slater Sharp1, Gloria DuMaine1, Sidharth Annapragada1, Phelipe E. Silva1,2, Sebastian Kruettner1,3, Emma Robinson1,4, Sandeep R. Datta1
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
Putu A Khorisantono1, Apostolia Filippopoliti1, Maria G Veldhuizen2,3, Janina Seubert1
1Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden, 2Mersin University, Mersin, Turkey, 3Bilkent University, Ankara, Turkey

8:30
 Asymmetric Histone Inheritance Regulates Olfactory Stem Cell Fates During Regeneration
Binbin Ma1, 2, Guanghui Yang1, 2, Jonathan Yao2, Charles Wu2, Jean P Vega2, Gabriel Manske3, Saher S Hammoud3, Satrajit Sinha4, Abhyudai Singh5, Haiqing Zhao2, Xin Chen1, 2
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
Xuebo Song1, Christiane Danilo1, Robert Pellegrino1, Joel Mainland1, 2
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
Dimitrios S. Giakoumas1, Julia M. Zhu1, Alaina Jamal2, Zepeng Yao1
1University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, United States, 2Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL, United States



Friday, April 24, 2026
7:30 - 9:00 AMPavilion/ Pavilion Lawn
Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 10:00 AMPavilion
Poster Session III

10:15 - 12:15 PMBird 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
Thorsten Kahnt
NIDA IRP, Baltimore, MD, United States

10:25
 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
 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
 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
 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 - 12:15 PMSawyer 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
Benjamin Smith, Danielle Reed
Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia , PA, United States

10:25
 Building Confidence In Nams: Lessons From Regulatory Science
Thomas Hartung
Johns Hopkins University

10:55
 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
 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
 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

12:15 - 1:30 PMLunch On Own
Lunch On Own

1:30 - 2:30 PMBird Key Ballroom
Business Meeting

Get involved! All members are welcome and encouraged to attend.


2:30 - 3:30 PMBird Key Ballroom
BOOST Lecture

 Flight By Night, Or The Ecological And Anatomical Context Of Bat Chemosensory Evolution
Liliana Dávalos
Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University

3:45 - 5:45 PMPavilion
Poster Session IV

7:30 - 9:30 PMSawyer Key Ballroom
Award Lectures



Saturday, April 25, 2026
7:30 - 9:00 AMPavilion/ Pavilion Lawn
Continental Breakfast

8:00 - 10:00 AMPavilion
Poster Session V

10:15 - 12:15 PMBird Key Ballroom
Oral Abstracts - Olfaction

Chair(s): Adam Dewan
10:15
 Avian Odorant Receptors: Functional Profiling And Evidence Of Gene Conversion-Mediated Evolution
Wanting Sun, Robert Driver, Hiroaki Matsunami
Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, United States

10:30
 Integration Of Glomerular Activity Assembles The Components Of Odor Scenes
Kristyn Lizbinski, Gizem Sancer, Kay Ellison, Helen Mao, Madeline Albanese, James Jeanne
Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

10:45
 Sniffing As A Key Modulator Of Thalamic Salience Processing In Mice
Janardhan P Bhattarai1, Carolyn Mann1, Geronimo Velazquez-Hernandez1, Yingqi Wang1, Brittany C Chapman1, Sravana Nuti1, Edgar Arturo Diaz Hernandez1, Juee Naik1, Tammi Coleman1, Abby Lieberman1, Marc V Fuccillo1, Daniel W Wesson2, Steven A Thomas3, Wenqin Luo1, Timothy A Machado1, Minghong Ma1
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
Vincent M D'Anniballe1, Bradley J Goldstein2
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
Richard Doty1, Crystal Wylie1,3, Ronald Devere2, Vince Groso3, Shima Moein3, Marco Fornazieri4
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
Kay J. Ellison, Isaiah K. Asbed, James M. Jeanne
Yale University, New Haven, CT, United States

11:45
 Position-Specific Olfactory Signature Among Former Professional American-Stylefootball Players
Benoit Jobin1,2, Colin Magdamo1,2, Rachel Grashow3,4, Michael Leung3,4, Ona Wu1,2,5, Jacob Dodelson1,2,5, Grant Iverson1,2,6, Marc Weisskopf3,4, Ross Zafonte1,2,6, Aaron Baggish1, Mark Albers1,2
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
Walter Bast1, Cina Aghamohammadi2, Priyanka Gupta1, Tatiana Engel2, Florin Albeanu1
1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, United States, 2Princeton Neuroscience Institute, Princeton, NJ, United States

10:15 - 12:15 PMSawyer Key Ballroom
Oral Abstracts - Taste

10:15
 The Neural Circuitry And Coding Of Interoception
Catherine Gallori1,2, Tianxiao Huang1, Shiqi Wang1, Yandan Wang2, Verina Leung1, Tianbo Qi1, Alex Hiroto1, Bohan Lin1, Li Ye1, Stephen Liberles2, Chen Ran1
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
Afshin Faridiesfanjani1, Katherine Chacon1, Mark Gradwell2, Michael Kissner3, Joriene De Nooij4, Yalda Moayedi1
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.
A. Valentina Nisi1, Ginger D. Blonde1, Carolina R. Cawthon2, Emily Gallagher1, Galina Knysh1, Joshua Hackett1, Jacob Scarbrough1, Alan C. Spector1
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
Verenice Ascencio Gutierrez1, Jyothi Vasavan1, Kamila D Nixon1, Ann-Marie Torregrossa1,2
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
Pavel Nesmiyanov, Flavia Saavedra, J. Michael Stolley
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
Will Fan, Natale R. Sciolino
University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, United States

11:45
 Peripheral Taste Function Is Subject To Complex Modulation By Neuropeptide Y Family Peptides
Satya Iyer, Ritika Gangakhedkar, Irene Bhuiyan, Jean-Pierre R. Montmayeur, Cedrick D. Dotson
Neuroscience Institute, Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, United States

12:00
 Effects Of Thermal Conditioning On Thermal-Taste Preferences In Mice
Kyle T. Zumpano, Christian H. Lemon
University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, United States

12:15 - 1:30 PMLunch On Own
Lunch On Own

1:30 - 3:00 PMBird Key Ballroom
Journal Club

1:30 - 3:30 PMSawyer 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
Barr Herrnstadt
Weizmann Institute of Science

1:55
 Using Art And Geography To Map Olfactory Public Spaces
Jennifer Kitson
Rowan University

2:20
 Collecting Reliable Data To Map Odor Spaces
Emily Mayhew
Michigan State University

2:45
 Guided Smell Safari To Quantify A New Achems Smellscape
Emily Mayhew1, Robert Robert2
1Michigan State University, 2Monell Chemical Senses Center

3:30 - 3:45 PMGRAND PALM COLONNADE
Coffee Break

3:45 - 5:45 PMBird 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
Honglei Chen
Michigan State University

3:55
 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
 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
 Omics Profiles Of Olfaction In Aging And Diseases
Qu Tian, Luigi Ferrucci
National Institute on Aging, Baltimore, MD, United States

5:15
 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 - 5:45 PMSawyer 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
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
 The Many Ways To Be Bitter
Thirada Boonrawd, Syed Adnan Uddin, Hojoon Lee
Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, United States

4:25
 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
 Metabolic Modulation Of Taste Processing In The Brainstem
Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou, Deepthi Vasuki, Nilay Yapici
Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, United States

5:15
 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 - 9:30 PMBird Key Ballroom
Presidential Symposium:Ultra-Processed Foods, the Senses, and Health: Exploring the Evidence

7:30
 Why Do We Eat What We Eat?: Brain And Metabolic Responses To Processed Foods
Alexandra DiFeliceantonio
Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, United States

8:00
 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
 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
 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

9:30 - 12:00 AMSawyer Key Ballroom
Dance Party