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Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for AChemS 2019 listed below. Note that any aspect of this program is subject to change.

April 13-14: AChemS Pre-Meeting Program
April 14-17: AChemS Annual Meeting Program



Thursday, April 18th

7:30 - 9:00 AM
BREAKFAST WITH INDUSTRY
Estero Foyer

CARGILL
Please join us at our breakfast table to share our excitement about career opportunities at Cargill. Sitting at the heart of the supply chain, we are focused on nourishing the world in a safe, responsible, and sustainable way. Cargill's technical professionals around the world have high impact as we partner with farmers and customers globally to source, make and deliver products that are vital for living.

COCA-COLA COMPANY
Our company purpose is to refresh the world and make a difference. We aim to create beverages with great taste that give consumers more choices. We are investing in R&D to find new approaches to continue delivering great-tasting beverages with zero or reduced levels of sugar. Join us at our table for a conversation on how we can collaborate to meet our shared goals.

W2O FOOD INNOVATION
Please stop by the W2O Food Innovation table. Tell me what you can do and want to do, and I will try to relate you to what the food industry needs. Ask me anything about NeuroFoodScience, that is, the application of Neuroscience in Food Science.



8:00 - 10:00 AM
POSTER SESSION I
Estero Ballroom
9:00 - 10:00 AM
COFFEE BREAK
Estero Foyer
10:00 - 12:00 PM
CHEMOSENSORY MECHANISMS THAT DRIVE INNATE BEHAVIOR
Chair/Organizer: Lisa Stowers
Calusa ABC

CHEMOSENSORY PERCEPTION AND EATING BEHAVIOR: FROM INBORN VARIATION THROUGH GUT-BRAIN CIRCUIT TO COVID-19
Chair/Organizer: Danielle Reed, Joanne Cole
Calusa EFGH
12:00 - 1:00 PM
LUNCH ON OWN
Lunch On Own
1:00 - 3:00 PM
ACTION OLFACTION ACROSS SPECIES
Chair/Organizer: Matt Smear
Calusa ABC

STRUCTURAL BIOLOGY OF CHEMOSENSORY RECEPTORS
Chair/Organizer: Hiro Matsunami
Calusa EFGH
3:00 - 3:30 PM
COFFEE BREAK
Calusa Foyer
3:30 - 5:00 PM
HISTORY JOURNAL CLUB – 2024: APPETITION
Great Egret

This year’s journal club will highlight the classic work of Anthony Sclafani in uncovering key principles of a phenomenon that he coined “appetition”. In contrast to satiation, where post-ingestive signals suppress gustatory pleasantness (that third piece of cake doesn’t taste nearly as good!), appetition refers to the processes that promote ingestive behaviors. Tony’s work emphasized a paradigm-shifting concept- that there are also post-ingestive reward signals. This has a number of important implications-- not only do such signals amplify hedonic value of tastes but they can also differentially condition liking. The interaction between taste and post-ingestive reward signals has a major impact on driving eating behavior and food choice. During the journal club, we will also discuss recent work that has begun to uncover the peripheral and central mechanistic bases for these phenomena.

Introduction: Dr. Ann-Marie Torregrossa

CLASSIC PAPER

Dr. Anthony Sclafani
• Zukerman S., Ackroff, K. and Sclafani, A Rapid post-oral stimulation of intake and flavor conditioning by glucose and fat in the mouse. Am J Physiol Regul Integr Comp Physiol 301: R1635-R1647, 2011

TO THE PRESENT: Dr. Molly McDougle
• Separate gut-brain circuits for fat and sugar reinforcement combine to promote overeating Molly McDougle 1, Alan de Araujo 2, Arashdeep Singh 3, Mingxin Yang 3, Isadora Braga 4, Vincent Paille 5, Rebeca Mendez-Hernandez 6, Macarena Vergara 2, Lauren N Woodie 7, Abhishek Gour 8, Abhisheak Sharma 8, Nikhil Urs 9, Brandon Warren 10, Guillaume de Lartigue 1Cell Metab 2024 Feb 6;36(2):393-407.

Wrap-up: other relevant data & synthesis (Dr. Lindsey Schier)

3:30 - 4:30 PM
THE BARRY DAVIS FUNDING WORKSHOP FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS
Chair/Organizer: Susan Sullivan, Ph.D
Calusa ABC

This workshop will include an overview of research, training, and funding opportunities for graduate students, postdoctoral fellows, and early stage investigators. The discussion will provide practical information on how grant applications are processed within NIH/NIDCD, including Institute and study section assignments, the peer review process, Advisory Council activities, pay lines, and the roles of program and review staff.

4:30 - 4:45 PM
THE BRAIN INITIATIVE® PROGRAM: UNDERSTANDING CIRCUITS PROGRAM FUNDING OPPORTUNITIES
Chair/Organizer: Merav Sabri, Ph.D.
Calusa ABC

The National Institute on Deafness and Other Communication Disorders (NIDCD), one of the participating institutes in the NIH BRAIN Initiative, is hosting an informative workshop on the BRAIN initiative program. The workshop will include an overview of various funding opportunities and guidance for prospective and current NIDCD applicants.

4:45 - 5:00 PM
NIDCD EXTRAMURAL CLINICAL TRIALS
Chair/Organizer: Trinh Ly, MD
Calusa ABC

This workshop will provide investigators an overview of how NIDCD approaches extramural clinical trials. The goal of this session is to help investigators determine clinical trials risks, select the most appropriate funding opportunity as well as highlight important points to consider when planning an NIDCD clinical trial. Investigators will also gain an understanding of how NIDCD manages clinical trials.

5:00 - 5:45 PM
ACHEMS 2024 CODEFEST PRESENTATIONS
Calusa ABC

Participants from the AChemS 2024 Codefest will present their findings from the new Olfaction Challenge dataset.

5:00 - 6:00 PM
CAREER/NETWORKING SOCIAL
Calusa Foyer
MEET THE EDITORS
Great Egret

Chemical Senses is the premier journal focused on the science of smell, taste and chemesthesis in humans and other animals. It is also the official journal of five scientific societies devoted to chemosensory science, including the Association for Chemoreception Sciences. This session will discuss the many advantages of publishing in your society journal, the journal's review and publication processes, and journal policies and new initiatives. After a short presentation by Editor-in-Chief Steven Munger, the session will include a Q&A session with a panel of the journal's executive editors to address questions from the audience and add their own perspectives.

6:00 - 7:00 PM
DINNER ON OWN
Dinner On Own
7:00 - 9:00 PM
AWARD LECTURES
Chair/Organizer: Alfredo Fontanini
Calusa EFGH
9:00 - 11:00 PM
POSTER SESSION II
Estero Ballroom