Symposia

Givaudan Lecture

Paul Rozin, PhD
Department of Psychology, University of Pennsylvania

The Chemical Senses And Eating: Flavor Principles And Cuisine, The Sequence Of Experiences In The Meal, And Reversing Innate Aversions

In-Focus: Cracking the Chemosensory Code

• Chairs: Matt Wachowiak - University of Utah & Patricia DiLorenzo - Binghamton University

This day-long symposium will feature recent progress in the neural coding of chemosensory information, centered around four major themes: 1) Uncovering structure and meaning in chemosensory representations; 2) Coding of natural chemosensory stimuli; 3) Chemosensory-guided navigation: Dynamic computing in the natural environment; and 4) Contribution of anatomical organization to chemosensory coding.

Speakers

Configural versus elemental perception of chemosensory complex stimuli

• Chairs: Gerard Coureaud - Lyon University & Donald Wilson - New York University

Janina Seubert- Karolinska Institute
The Role Of Multisensory Overlap For Configural Processing Of Food Flavor In Humans: Behavioral Markers And Neural Correlates

Vijay Singh - University of Pennsylvania
Encoding And Decoding Complex Odors In The Olfactory System

Tolulope Morawo - Auburn University
From Neuron To Behavior: Response Of Parasitic Wasps To Mixtures Of Plant-Associated Odors

Gerard Coureaud - Lyon University
Configural Perception Of Odor Mixtures: Functional Early In Life, Convergent Between Species

Modulation and Processing of Appetitive Taste in Insects

• Chair: Hubert Amrein - Texas A&M University

Pavel Masek - Binghamton University
The Fat Tastes Different: The Perception And Discrimination Of Fatty Acids In Drosophila

Ji-eun Ahn - Texas A&M University
The Taste of RNA in Insects

Monica Dus - University of Michigan
A High Sugar Diet Reshapes Sweet Taste Sensation In Drosophila

Kristin Scott - Berkeley
Circuit Dissection Of Taste Processing In Drosophila

Hedgehog signaling control of tissue homeostasis across diverse chemosensory epithelia

• Chairs: Benjamin Allen - University of Michigan Medical School & Charlotte Mistretta - University of Michigan

Robert Margolskee - Monell Chemical Senses Center
Hedgehog Signaling Components And Regulation Of Taste Receptor Cells

Archana Kumari - University of Michigan
Cell Proliferation, Differentiation And Sensory Function In Taste Epithelia Regulated By Hedgehog Signaling

Anna Shirazyan - University of Michigan
Investigating The Role Of Gli Proteins During Regeneration Of Olfactory Epithelia

Tien Peng - University of California, San Francisco
Role Of Hedgehog In The Maintenance Of Resident Stem Cell Niche In The Adult Lung

Fat facts: an update on fat perception and its dietary consequences

• Chair: Sanne Boesveldt - Wageningen University

Nada Abumrad - Washington University
History And Physiology Of Fat Taste Perception. What We Know And Don’t Know

Robin Tucker - Michigan State University
Why Am I (Not) Sensitive To Fat Taste? Contributing Factors To Individual Taste Differences

Tania Reis- University of Colorado
From Genes To Neurons: How Flies Get Fat

Sabine Frank-Podlech - University of Tubingen
The Brain As A Fat Sensor? Neuronal Correlates Of Nutritional Fat Intake

Chemical senses: intero- or exteroception?

• Chair: Maria Veldhuizen - Yale University

Kathrin Kollndorfer - University of Vienna
The Impact Of Odor Perception On Interoceptive Awareness

Jason Avery -National Institute for Mental Health
Integration Of Gustatory And Interoceptive Processing In The Human Insula

Renee Hartig- Max Planck Institute
Mapping Gustatory And Interoceptive Responses In The Primate Brain. Insights Into The Insular Cortex

Esposti Federico- Vita-Salute San Raffaele University
Cortical And Subcortical Representations Of Interoceptive Inputs From Microbial Populations In The Gut

Can we talk about smells?

• Chairs: Valentina Parma - International School for Advanced Studies & Jonas Olofsson - Stockholm University

Jonas Olofsson- Stockholm University
Explaining How Odors Are Named And Identified By Examining Neuro-Cognitive Processes

Laura Speed- The University of York
Embodied Odor Language

Francesca Franzon- International School for Advanced Studies
Why Smell Words Do Not Come Easily? Pathways To Olfactory Lexicon

Theresa White - Le Moyne College
How Language And Cognition Shape Olfaction

PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: Chemoreception from receptors to behaviors

Speakers

• Noam Sobel - Weizmann Institute of Science
• Emily Liman - University of Southern California
• Daniel Wesson - University of Florida
• Leslie Vosshall - Rockefeller University

Clinical Symposium: Plasticity in the olfactory system - the clinical perspective

• Chairs: Thomas Hummel and Sanne Boesveldt

Eric Holbrook
Plasticity in Peripheral Olfactory Function

Brad Goldstein
Stem Cell Transplants

Katie Whitcroft
Olfactory Bulb Changes in Parkinsons disease

Maurice Curtis
Decreasing and Increasing Olfactory Function:Central Nervous Changes

Antje Welge-Luessen
Spontaneous Recovery of Olfactory Function and Olfactory training

Industry Symposium: Oral/Nasal Pungency

• Chairs: Beverly Tepper

Speakers

• Bradley Bolling
• Neeta Yousaf
• Johannes Frasnelli
• Stephen Roper
• Kyle Shadix

AChemS Journal Club: Turnover and Renewal of Cells in Taste Buds: from Beidler's Classic Paper of 1969 to Chemosensory Cell Dynamics Five Decades Later