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Thursday, April 23rd

7:30 - 9:00 AM
BREAKFAST WITH INDUSTRY
Pavilion/ Pavilion Lawn
8:00 - 10:00 AM
POSTER SESSION I
Pavilion
10:15 - 12:15 PM
INDUSTRY SYMPOSIUM: DATA DRIVEN TOOLS FOR SENSORY PREDICTION
Chair/Organizer: Kathryn Deibler, Xiaorong (Phoebe) Su, Casey Trimmer, Dan Wesson, Theresa White
Bird Key Ballroom

10:15
Introduction
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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, USA.2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

10:55
Predicting Odor Mixture Character from Chemical Structure
Xuebo Song1, Yuanfang Guan2, Matej Hladis3, 4, Nachman Keren5, 6, Maxence Lalis3, Leonor Saiz7, Jose 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, USA.2Department of Computational Medicine and Bioinformatics, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.3Institut de Chimie de Nice, Universite Cote drAzur, Nice, France.4Department of Computer Science, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.5Department of Statistics a 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, USA.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, USA.11School of Chemical and Biotechnology, SASTRA Deemed University, Thanjavur, India.12Sage Bionetworks, Seattle, WA, USA.13IBM Research, New York, NY, USA.14Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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, USA.2School of Life Sciences and School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA

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, USA

THE APPETITION AXIS: INTEGRATING PHASIC SENSORY AND PHYSIOLOGICAL SIGNALS TO DRIVE INGESTION
Chair/Organizer: Lindsey Schier
Sawyer Key Ballroom

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, USA

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

10:55
Nutritional Reprogramming of Oral Glucosensing
Sandrine Chometton1, Lindsey A. Schier2. 1Universite Bourgogne Europe, Institut Agro, CNRS, INRAE, UMR CSGA, Dijon, France.2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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, USA

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, USA
12:15 - 2:00 PM
LUNCH ON OWN
Lunch On Own
2:00 - 3:30 PM
PRACTICAL DEMONSTRATIONS OF CLINICAL CHEMOSENSORY TESTS
Chair/Organizer: Thomas Hummel
Jacaranda Hall

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


THE BARRY DAVIS FUNDING WORKSHOP FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS
Bird Key Ballroom

2:00
NIH updates for early and established investigators
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2:30
NIDCD workshop for trainees and new investigators
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3:30 - 5:30 PM
POSTER SESSION II
Pavilion
5:45 - 6:45 PM
NETWORKING RECEPTION
Garden Courtyard
7:30 - 9:30 PM
POLAK AWARDS LECTURES
Sawyer Key Ballroom

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, USA.2National Science Foundation, Alexandria, VA, USA

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, USA.2University of Sao Paulo, Sao Paulo, Brazil.3Broad Institute, Cambridge, MA, USA.4Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

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, USA.2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA.3University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.4SUNY at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.5University of Delaware, Newark, DE, USA

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, USA.22Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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, USA.2Pine Crest School, Fort Lauderdale, FL, USA