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Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for AChemS 2024 listed below. Note that any aspect of this program is subject to change.

April 17 (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM): Pre-Meeting
April 17-20: AChemS Annual Meeting Program


  Wed - Apr 22      Thu - Apr 23      Fri - Apr 24      Sat - Apr 25   

FRIDAY, APRIL 24

7:30 - 9:00 AM
BREAKFAST
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Pavilion/ Pavilion Lawn

8:00 - 10:00 AM
POSTER SESSION
Pavilion


SALIVA


200

SALIVARY PROTEINS IN BITTERNESS PERCEPTION IN HUMANS
Yashmita Grover1, John N. Coupland1, John E. Hayes1, 2, Neela H. Yennawar3. 1Department of Food Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. 2Sensory Evaluation Center, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA. 3Huck Institutes of the Life Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA


202

ASSESSING THE GENERALIZABILITY OF SALIVARY PROTEINS ACROSS BITTER COMPOUNDS
Kamila D. Nixon1, Verenice Ascencio Gutierrez1, Samantha L. Brooker1, Ann-Marie Torregrossa1, 2. 1Department of Psychology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. 2Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA


204

TASTE-ASSOCIATED LINGUAL SALIVARY GLAND DUCTS PARTICIPATE IN MUCOSAL IMMUNE-SURVEILLANCE
Abdul Hamid Siddiqui, Salin Raj Palayyan, Sunil K. Sukumaran. Nutrition and Health Sciences Department, University of Nebraska, Lincoln, NE, USA


206

INDIVIDUAL DIFFERENCES IN SALIVARY ION COMPOSITION AND ITS ASSOCIATION WITH ORAL GLUCOSE SENSITIVITY
Alexa J Pullicin1, Yixin Jia1, ASM Saem2, Juyun Lim1. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2Department of Chemistry, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA


208

SALIVARY PROTEIN PROFILE CHANGES TASTE GUIDED BEHAVIORS INDEPENDENT OF DIET.
Emily Demieri1, Kimberly James2, Markus Hardt3, Ann-Marie Torregrossa1, 4. 1University at Buffalo (Department of Psychology), Buffalo, NY, USA. 2St. Cloud State University (Department of Nursing Science), St. Cloud, MN, USA. 3Hardt Scientific Consulting, Belmont, MA, USA. 4University at Buffalo (Center for Ingestive Behavior), Buffalo, NY, USA


TASTE TRANSDUCTION


210

SOUR SUPPRESSES SWEET, SALTY, AND BITTER: DOES THIS BEGIN IN THE TASTE BUD?
Isabella R Fleites, Elizabeth Pereira, Kevin Morales, Stephen D Roper. University of Miami Miller School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA


212

EVIDENCE FOR A GLUCOSE-SPECIFIC TASTE PATHWAY THAT TRIGGERS INSULIN RELEASE IN NAÏVE B6 MICE
John I. Glendinning1, Natalie Ashkar1, Kiriaki Georgiou1, Ashley Guardado1, Julia Istefanos1, Nidhi Khanchumarti 1, Yixin Jia4, Janet Liu1, Kathryn Medler3, Laura Mittelman1, Sarah Nordlicht1, Clara Resnick1, Abigail Spingarn1, Anne-Marie Torregrossa2. 1Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA. 2University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA. 3Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA. 4Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA


214

Q PROTEIN-COUPLED RECEPTORS AND STORE-OPERATED CALCIUM ENTRY VIA ORAI CHANNELS MIGHT BE INVOLVED IN THE LINGERING PERCEPTION OF ASTRINGENCY
Alina U. Muller1, 2, Gaby Andersen2, Veronika Somoza2, 3. 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


216

THE KOKUMI TASTE CHARACTERISTIC OF MAYONNAISE IS DUE TO ITS EGG YOLK CONTENT AND THE LENGTH OF ITS STORAGE PERIOD
Mari Yoshida1, Yoshiko Tamura1, Takuya Yanagisawa1, Takumi Misaka2. 1Kewpie Corporation, Tokyo, Japan. 2The University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan


218

IDENTIFICATION OF THE BITTER TASTE RECEPTORS FOR TUBERCULOSIS AND ANTI-INFECTION MEDICATIONS
Rachel Lin, Lauren Caronia, Peihua Jiang. Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA


220

CALCA GENE-DERIVED PEPTIDE EXPRESSION IN THE MURINE TASTE SYSTEM
Salin Raj Palayyan, Abdul Hamid Siddiqui, Sunil K Sukumaran. Department of Nutrition and Health Sciences, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA


222

INTRACELLULAR AND DUAL-SITE INHIBITION OF A BITTER TASTE GPCR
Nitsan Dallal, Gil Daniel Paz, Noga Nir Marom, Yael Keselman, Shir Eyal, Evgenii Ziaikin, Alon Rainish, Lior Peri, Einav Malach, Masha Y. Niv. The Robert H. Smith Faculty of Agriculture, Food and Environment, Institute of Biochemistry, Food Science and Nutrition, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel


SOCIAL BEHAVIOR


224

FROM CAGE TO LAB TO CLINIC: TREATING A HUMAN PSYCHIATRIC CONDITION USING A SOCIAL CHEMOSIGNAL FIRST IDENTIFIED IN MICE
Juna Khatib1, Tali Weiss1, Shani Agron1, Aharon Weissbrod1, Yair Bar-Haim2, Noam Sobel1. 1Department of Brain Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. 2Department of Psychology, Tel Aviv University, Tel Aviv, Israel


226

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


228

EXPLORING THE ROLE OF PUP ODORS IN EXPERIENCE DEPENDENT MATERNAL BEHAVIORS.
Sophia Kirkland, Max Fletcher. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA


230

RESPIRATION ENCODES SOCIAL VALENCE AND RELATIVE-RANK DURING CHEMOSENSORY-GUIDED SOCIAL INTERACTIONS
Sequioa J. Smith1, Ayush Jain1, Vijay A. Taylor1, Simmone J. Sallo1, Thomas H. Heeps1, Tanish Madhar2, Nancy Padilla-Coreano1. 1University Of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA. 2Fort Myers High School, Fort Myers, FL, USA


232

SOCIAL INTERACTION DRIVES INTERBRAIN SYNCHRONY IN OLFACTORY AND PREFRONTAL NETWORKS
Geronimo Velazquez-Hernandez, Janardhan Bhattarai, Juee Naik, Brittany Chapman , Yina Zhou, Delaney McKinstry, Yingqi Wang, Minghong Ma. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


234

EXPERIENCE-DEPENDENT CHANGES IN PUP ODOR RESPONSES IN ANTERIOR PIRIFORM CORTEX DURING THE ONSET OF MATERNAL RETRIEVAL BEHAVIOR
Ryan C. Scauzillo1, Keerthi Krishnan2, Billy Y. B. Lau2, Max L. Fletcher1. 1University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. 2University of Tennessee, Knoxville, TN, USA


236

THE ROLE OF ANTERIOR PIRIFORM CORTEX IN SOCIAL RECOGNITION IN MICE
Ryan C. Scauzillo, Roshni Rameshkumar, Max L. Fletcher. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA


238

CASTE- AND AGE-SPECIFIC PLASTICITY IN THE ANTENNAL TRANSCRIPTOME OF HARPEGNATHOS SALTATOR
Cristina A. Mercado, Kayli R. Sieber, Bogdan Sieriebriennikov, Hua Yan. University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA


240

ODORS COUNT GLOBALLY: THE NUMBER OF CONSCIOUS ODOR PERCEPTIONS DIFFERS BETWEEN 17 LOCATIONS ON FIVE CONTINENTS
Aleksandra Reichert1, Thomas Hummel2, Anna Oleszkiewicz1, 2. 1Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland. 2Smell a Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany


242

A NOVEL APPROACH TO THE ASSESSMENT OF ODOR AWARENESS
Daniel Marek1, Marta Rokosz1, Anna Oleszkiewicz1, 2. 1Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland. 2Smell and Taste Clinic, Departament of Otorhinoloaryngology, Techniche Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany


NEURAL PATHWAYS


244

RAPIDLY-ADAPTING LINGUAL MECHANOSENSORY PARVALBUMIN+ NEURONS HAVE DISCRETE FUNGIFORM RECEPTIVE FIELDS BUT SHOW EVIDENCE OF CONVERGENCE WITH GUSTATORY NEURONS IN THE NUCLEUS TRACTUS SOLITARIUS
Joseph M Breza1, Kira C Grapentine1, Thomas A Myers2, Robin F Krimm2. 1Eastern Michigan University, Ypsilanti, MI, USA. 2University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA


246

VISUALIZING THE CENTRAL TARGETS OF PERIPHERAL GUSTATORY AND INTEROCEPTIVE NEURONS BY TRANSSYNAPTIC LABELING
Gennady Dvoryanchikov1, Kathleen Depina1, Pantelis Tsoulfas2, Nirupa Chaudhari1. 1Dept of Physiology a Biophysics, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA. 2Miami Project to Cure Paralysis, University of Miami School of Medicine, Miami, FL, USA


248

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


250

ODOR-EVOKED ACTIVITY OUTSIDE CANONICAL AREAS OF OLFACTORY INFORMATION TRANSMISSION IS MAPPED BY FOSTRAP AND DOWNREGULATED BY DIET-INDUCED OBESITYDRIVEN CHANGES IN METABOLISM
Saptarsi Mitra1, 2, Franklin A. Pacheco1, Debra Ann Fadool1, 2, 3. 1Department of Biological Science, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. 2Program In Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA. 3Institute of Molecular Biophysics, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA


252

LEARNING ENGAGES MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX INPUT TO THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM
Zihao Zhang, Valentina Consuegra, Daniel W. Wesson. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Florida Chemical Senses Institute, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA


254

ANATOMICAL AND MOLECULAR ORGANIZATION OF RNTS NEURONS AND THEIR METABOLIC REGULATION
Deepthi Mahishi1, Nilay Yapici1, Eirene Markenscoff-Papadimitriou2. 1Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Ithaca, NY, USA. 2 Department of Molecular Biology and Genetics, Ithaca, NY, USA


256

MAPPING FOS-IMMUNOREACTIVE NEURONS ACTIVATED BY INTRA-ORAL INFUSION OF QUININE, SUCROSE OR WATER THROUGHOUT THE BRAIN OF B6 MICE
Michael S King1, Lianyi Lu2, Max L Fletcher2, John D Jr Boughter2. 1Stetson University, DeLand, FL, USA. 2The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA


258

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.
Abigail R. Muccilli, Robert F. Lundy. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA


260

NEURAL CONTROL OF TONGUE BLOOD FLOW BY BRAINSTEM PARASYMPATHETIC CIRCUITS DURING OROFACIAL BEHAVIORS
Jun Takatoh, Bin Chen, Aya Miyazaki. Stony Brook University, Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook, NY, USA


262

CHEMOGENETIC ACTIVATION OF AMYGDALAR PRODYNORPHIN NEURONS MODULATES TASTE-GUIDED LICKING BEHAVIOR IN MICE
Jinrong Li, Christian Lemon. University of Oklahoma, Norman, OK, USA


264

CENTRAL NUCLEUS OF THE AMYGDALA NEURONS THAT PROJECT TO THE NUCLEUS OF THE SOLITARY TRACT ARE INFLUENCED BY INPUT FROM THE PARABRACHIAL NUCLEUS
Sean Masterson, Abigail Muccilli, Robert Lundy. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA


LEARNING & MEMORY


266

REMEMBERING ODORS IN ORDER
Theresa L. White1, William Fredborg2, Caitlin M. Cunningham1, Jonas K. Olofsson2. 1Le Moyne College, SYRACUSE, NY, USA. 2Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden


268

A METHOD TO MEASURE RESTORED ODOR PERCEPTION IN NON-HUMAN PRIMATES
Tatsu Kobayakawa1, Hidekazu Kaneko1, Aya Takemura1, Yasuko Sugase1, Masayoshi Kobayashi2, Eisuki Ishigami2, Daniel Coelho3, Richard Costanzo3. 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, USA


270

ACUTE AND CHRONIC OLFACTORY EPITHELIAL INFLAMMATION DIFFERENTIALLY IMPACT THE OLFACTORY BULB, HIPPOCAMPUS, AND COGNITIVE FUNCTION
Derek C. Cox , Morning Dove Rose, Diego Rodriguez-Gil, Cuihong Jia. Department of Biomedical Sciences, Quillen College of Medicine, East Tennessee State University, Johnson City, TN, USA


272

TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF DECISION-PREDICTING TIME CELLS IN OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION: MOLECULAR AND NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING
Kira Steinke1, Emily Gibson1, Diego Restrepo2. 1University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 2Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA


274

DOPAMINERGIC NUCLEI TRACK THE UNCERTAINTY OF OLFACTORY SENSORY INFORMATION
Sam H. Lyons, Pao Alicea-Roman, Ludwig Zhao, Jay A. Gottfried. University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


276

ONLINE INTEGRATION OF ASSOCIATIVELY ACTIVATED ODOR MEMORIES IN THE HUMAN BRAIN
Xiaolin Qiao, Lauren A. Wolters, Liam P. McMahon, Jared G. Newell, James D. Howard. Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA


278

EVALUATING BEHAVIORAL EXPRESSION OF NEOPHOBIA ACROSS A SPECTRUM OF TASTES
Walter/J Krueger, John/D Boughter Jr. , Max/L Fletcher. Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, Integrated Biomedical Sciences Program, College of Graduate Health Sciences, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

10:15 - 12:15 PM
SYMPOSIUM
LATERALIZED AND INTEGRATED PROCESSING IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM
Chair/Organizer: Thorsten Kahnt and Clara Raithel
Bird Key Ballroom


10:15

LATERALIZED AND INTEGRATED PROCESSING IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM
Thorsten Kahnt. NIDA IRP, Baltimore, MD, USA


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, USA. 2Barrow Neurological Institute, Phoenix, AZ, USA


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, USA


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, USA. 2Dept of Molecular a Cellular Biology, Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. 3SupBiotech, Lrecole des ingenieurs 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, USA


NEW APPROACH METHODOLOGIES (NAMS) IN CHEMOSENSORY AND INTEROCEPTION RESEARCH
Chair/Organizer: Ben Smith and Danielle Reed
Sawyer Key Ballroom


10:15

NEW APPROACH METHODOLOGIES (NAMS) IN CHEMOSENSORY AND INTEROCEPTION RESEARCH
Benjamin Smith, Danielle Reed. Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA


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 a Neck Surgery, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 3Philadelphia Veterans Affairs Medical Center Surgical Services, Philadelphia, PA, USA


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, USA


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, USA. 2Amai Consulting, LLC, Denver, CO, USA. 3Nerdoscientist, LLC, Chalfont, PA, USA

12:00 - 1:00 PM
EVENT
OUTREACH EVENT: ST. PETE BEACH LIBRARY
Offsite

12:15 - 1:30 PM
LUNCH ON OWN
LUNCH ON OWN
Lunch On Own

1:30 - 2:30 PM
MEETING
BUSINESS MEETING
Bird Key Ballroom

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


2:30 - 3:30 PM
LECTURE
BOOST LECTURE
Chair/Organizer: Arianna Maffei
Bird Key Ballroom


FLIGHT BY NIGHT, OR THE ECOLOGICAL AND ANATOMICAL CONTEXT OF BAT CHEMOSENSORY EVOLUTION
Liliana Davalos. Professor, Department of Ecology and Evolution, Stony Brook University

3:45 - 5:45 PM
POSTER SESSION
Pavilion


NASAL/RESPIRATORY EP


201

OLFACTORY INPUT MODULATES PERIPHERAL TRIGEMINAL RESPONSES DURING MIXED STIMULATION.
Keven Lapointe1, Johannes Frasnelli1, 2, 3. 1Department of Anatomy, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada. 2Research Center, Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. 3Research Center, Institut universitaire de geriatrie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada


203

STABLE BY DESIGN: WHAT LIGAND BINDING REVEALS ABOUT THE FUNCTION OF ODORANT-BINDING PROTEINS IN MAMMALS?
Jeremie Topin1, Maxence Lalis1, Christine Belloir2, Loic Briand2, Cornelia Meinert1. 1Institut de Chimie de Nice, UMR CNRS 7272, Universite Cote d'Azur, Nice, France. 2Centre des Sciences du Gout et de lrAlimentation, CNRS, INRAE, Institut Agro, Universite de Bourgogne, Dijon, France


205

FUNCTIONAL SPECIALIZATION OF RESPIRATORY AND OLFACTORY MUCUS REVEALED BY PROTEOMIC PROFILING
Anna Kristina Hernandez1, 2, 3, Karoline Lantzsch1, Romain Topalian4, Philipp Hubel5, Katharina Schindowski4, Jens Pfannstiel5, Thomas Hummel1. 1Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Faculty of Medicine Carl Gustav Carus, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 2Department of Otolaryngology n Head and Neck Surgery, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines n Manila, Manila, Philippines. 3Department of Otolaryngology n 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, Universitat Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany


207

TEMPORAL ROLES OF OLFACTORY MACROPHAGES IN HOST DEFENSE IN THE OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM
Brianna M Ramirez1, Jiaying Liu1, Hongwei Liu1, Yunlu Sun2, Yaejim Kim1, Lark L Coffey1, Qizhi Gong1. 1University of California, Davis, Davis, CA. 2Southern University of Science and Technology, Shenzhen, China


209

ECOLOGICAL ROLES OF NASAL MICROBES
Pia LaPorte1, Jeba Chelladurai2, Melissa Singletary1, 3. 1Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, Auburn, AL, USA. 2Department of Pathobiology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, Auburn, AL, USA. 3Canine Performance Sciences Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, Auburn, AL, USA


211

HUNGER STATES DRIVE NOREPINEPHRINE CONCENTRATION DYNAMICS IN THE OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM
Qiaohan Yang1, Gregory Lane1, Andrew Sheriff 1, Adam Dede1, Naelly Arriaga1, Seth Batten1, Leonardo Barbosa2, Paul Sands2, Venkatesh Jatla2, Jason White2, Terry Lohrenz2, Bruce Tan3, P Read Montague2, Christina Zelano1. 1Department of Neurology, Feinberg School of Medicine, Northwestern University, Chicago, IL, USA. 2VTC, Virginia Tech, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USA. 3Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA


213

INFLAMMATION IS NECESSARY FOR REGENERATION AND REPAIR OF THE DAMAGED OLFACTORY SYSTEM OF ADULT ZEBRAFISH
Lexus Putt, Olivia Wiley, Erika Calvo-Ochoa. Hope College, Holland, MI, USA


OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTIO


215

SMELL, TASTE, AND FLAVOR PERCEPTION IN PARKINSON'S DISEASE COMPARED TO NON-PARKINSONIAN OLFACTORY DISORDERS.
Shalini Balaji Vilvanathan1, Majd Balbous2, Maine Dupuis Azizah1, Nikolaus Arlt1, Laurianne Thompson1, Johannes Frasnelli1, 3, 4. 1Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada. 2Universite de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. 3Centre de recherche de l'Hopital du Sacre-Cour, Montreal, QC, Canada. 4Centre de recherche de l'Institut Universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada


217

IMPAIRED OLFACTORY FUNCTION IN SUBSTANCE USE DISORDER
Clara U Raithel, Garrick T Sherman, David H Epstein, Thorsten Kahnt. National Institute on Drug Abuse, Intramural Research Program, National Institutes of Health, Baltimore, MD, USA


219

LONG-TERM POSITIVE EFFECTS OF OLFACTORY TRAINING ON QUALITY OF LIFE AND SUBJECTIVE MEASURES OF OLFACTORY FUNCTION
Anja L. Winter1, Pernilla Sahlstrand Johnson2, 3, Johan N. Lundstrom1, 4, 5. 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2Skane University Hospital, Department of Oto-Rhino-Laryngology, Lund, Sweden. 3Lund University, Department of Clinical Sciences, Malmo, Sweden. 4Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden. 5Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA


221

DEVELOPMENTAL AND TASK-DEPENDENT DIFFERENCES IN OLFACTORY PERCEPTION IN AUTISM: A META-ANALYSIS
Elisa Dal Bo1, 2, Isabelle Cullen1, 3, Peace Maddox1, 4, Thomas Sophocles3, Kristina McShea5, Edward S. Brodkin3, Valentina Parma1, 6. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2University of Padua, Padua, Italy. 3University of Pennsylvania, Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 4Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 5University of Pennsylvania, Holman Biotech Commons, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 6University of Pennsylvania, Department of Otolaryngology, Philadelphia, PA, USA


223

IL-13 IMPAIRS OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS AND INDUCES OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION IN A HUMAN OLFACTORY ORGANOID MODEL
Ankit Chauhan1, Kang-Hoon Kim2, Michael Xiang1, James N. Palmer1, Nithin D. Adappa1, Noam A. Cohen1, Michael A. Kohanski1, Hong Wang2, Jennifer E. Douglas1. 1Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA


225

COMPOUNDED EFFECTS OF E-CIGARETTE AEROSOL COMPONENTS ON GLOMERULUS SIZE AND SNIFFING PATTERNS IN MICE"
Sean O'Sullivan, Farhan Augustine, Virginia Murray, Kafui Ameko, Iskandar Nassar, Silvi Shah, Setutsi Abdallah, Tatsuya Ogura, Weihong Lin. Department of Biological Sciences, University of Maryland, Baltimore County, Baltimore, MD, USA


227

IL-13 DRIVES SIGNALING PATHWAYS AND CHITINASE EXPRESSION IN HUMAN AND MOUSE OLFACTORY STEM CELLS
Yuchen K. Sun, Binbin Ma, Haiqing Zhao, Andrew P. Lane. Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA


229

UPREGULATION OF ALZHEIMER'S DISEASE-RELATED GENES IN THE OLFACTORY SYSTEM FOLLOWING INFLUENZA VIRUS INFECTION
Elias Mimouni1, 2, Akihito Kuboki1, Shaina Maitra1, 3, Cailu Lin1, Danielle R. Reed1, Peihua Jiang1, Johannes Reisert1, Haiqing Zhao4, Hong Wang1. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 3Haverford College, Haverford, PA, USA. 4Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA


231

INCIDENCE OF SMELL LOSS IN PATIENTS WITH ALLERGIC FUNGAL RHINOSINUSITIS: A SINGLE-CENTER RETROSPECTIVE CHART REVIEW
Maria V. Villanueva, Fanchao Zhu, Jeb M. Justice, Brian C. Lobo, Nikita Chapurin, Jennifer K. Mulligan. Department of Otolaryngology-Head a Neck Surgery, University of Florida, Gainesville, FL, USA


233

STUDY OF CHEMOSENSORY ENHANCEMENT THROUGH NEUROMODULATION TRAINING (SCENT) FOR LONG COVID: A BLINDED INTERIM ANALYSIS
Nicole M Cash1, Mary Clare M Koebel1, Aicko Y Schumann1, Lisa M McTeague1, 2, Thomas W Uhde1, Rodney J Schlosser1, 3, Bashar W Badran1, Bernadette M Cortese1. 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavorial Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. 2Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA. 3Department of Otolaryngology-Head and Neck Surgery, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA


235

ACTIVATION OF HORIZONTAL BASAL CELLS IN THE OE RESTORES NEUROGENESIS AFTER NEUROGENIC EXHAUSTION SETS IN
Vanessa Carignan1, Woochan Jang1, Eric H Holbrook2, James E Schwob1, Brian Lin1. 1Tufts University School of Medicine, Boston, MA, USA. 2Massachusetts Eye and Ear Infirmary, Boston, MA, USA


237

PROGNOSIS OF CHEMOSENSORY RECOVERY AMONG LONG COVID-19 PATIENTS - OBJECTIVE ASSESSMENT AT 3, 6 AND 12 MONTH FOLLOW-UPS
Lauren Gastineau1, Joanne Xu1, Veronica Formanek1, Nidhi Jha 1, Shivani Patel 1, Christopher Simons2, Kai Zhao1. 1Department of Otolaryngology, Head a Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University Wexner Medical Center, Columbus, OH, USA. 2Department of Food Science and Technology, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA


239

MOBILITY, PHYSICAL ACTIVITY, AND SOCIAL ACTIVITY IMPAIRMENTS, PARTICULARLY IN MALE APOE Ε4 CARRIERS, ARE ASSOCIATED WITH OLFACTORY AND COGNITIVE DYSFUNCTION
Claire Murphy1, 2, Taline Bicakci1. 1San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA. 2University of California, San Diego, La Jolla, CA, USA


241

NOVEL 3D PRINTED “SMELL-AIDS” TO IMPROVE OLFACTORY FUNCTION IN POST COVID-19 ERA
Joanne Xu, Lauren Gastineau, Kanghyun Kim, Nidhi Jha, Kai Zhao. Department of Otolaryngology - Head a Neck Surgery, the Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA


243

THE KNOWSWATCH: CONCEPT AND PROTOTYPE FOR A WEARABLE CHEMOSENSORY SENSING DEVICE
Thomas Hummel1, Susanne Weise1, Victor Gonzalez2, Alejandro Bernal2, Jesus Lozano2, Wiktoria Jedryzcka3. 1Smell a Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, University Hospital Carl Gustav Carus, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 2Industrial Engineering School, University of Extremadura, Badajoz, Spain. 3Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclav, Poland


245

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
Essi Hantikainen1, Roberto Melotti1, Martin Gogele1, Peter Pramstaller1, Christian Fuchsberger1, Johannes Frasnelli2, 3, 4. 1Institute for Biomedicine, Eurac Research, Bolzano, Italy. 2Department of Anatomy, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada. 3Research Center, Sacre-Coeur Hospital, Montreal, QC, Canada. 4Research Center, Institut universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada


247

VALIDATION OF SCENTINEL 2. 0 AGAINST THREE ESTABLISHED OLFACTORY MEASURES
Vicente Ramirez1, Emily Ho2, Fabio Setti3, Stephanie Hunter1, Anne Zola2, Ryann Kolb1, Pamela Dalton1, Valentina Parma1, 4. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2Department of Medical Social Sciences, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. 3Department of Psychology, Fordham University, Bronx, NY, USA. 4Department of Otorhinolaryngology n Head and Neck Surgery, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


COGNITION


249

THE SENSE OF SMELL IS NOT IDIOSYNCRATIC
Michal Andelman-Gur, Tali Weiss, Noam Sobel. Department of Brain Sciences, Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel


251

CHARACTERIZATION OF OLFACTORY EVENT-RELATED POTENTIALS IN SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE
Olivier Fortier-Lebel1, 2, 3, Sarah Brosse3, 4, Emilie Hudon1, 2, Benjamin Boller1, 3, Johannes Frasnelli2, 3, 4. 1Department of Psychology, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada. 2Research Centre of the Hopital du Sacre-Coeur de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. 3Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de geriatrie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. 4Department of Anatomy, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada


253

COUPLING OF NEURAL OSCILLATIONS IN CORTICAL NETWORKS DURING ODOR INTENSITY PERCEPTUAL DECISIONS
Andrew Sheriff1, Gregory Lane1, Adam Dede1, Qiaohan Yang1, Justin B. Morgenthaler1, Saige Teti3, Naelly Arriaga1, Chima Oluigbo3, Mohamad Koubeissi4, Joshua M. Rosenow2, Stephan U. Schuele1, Beatrice Barrra5, Joel Mainland6, 7, Christina Zelano1. 1Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. 2Department of Neurosurgery, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. 3Division of Neurosurgery, Childrenrs National Medical Center, Washington, DC, USA. 4Department of Neurology, George Washington University, Washington, DC, USA. 5Neuroscience Institute, New York University, Langone Health, New York, NY, USA. 6Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 7Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


255

OLFACTORY META-COGNITION IS ALTERED IN INDIVIDUALS WITH ANXIETY AND DEPRESSIVE SYMPTOMS
Michal Pieniak1, 2, Fiona Wylie3, Michal Stefanczyk4, Mem Mahmut3. 1Institute of Psychology, University of Wroclaw, Wroclaw, Poland. 2Smell a 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


257

CIRANO: A LARGE LANGUAGE MODEL FOR GENERATING ODOR DESCRIPTIONS FROM MOLECULAR STRUCTURE
Cyrille Mascart1, Khue Tran1, 2, Khristina Samoilova1, Alexei Koulakov1. 1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. 2Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA


259

OLFACTION BENCHMARK FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS
Eftychia Makri1, Nikolaos Nakis2, Laura Sisson3, Gigi Minsky4, Leandros Tassiulas5, Vahid Satarifard6, Nicholas A. Christakis7. 1Department of Electrical Engineering Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. 2Yale Institute for Network Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. 3Department of Computer Science, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. 4Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Marine Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. 5Department of Electrical Engineering Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. 6Yale Institute for Network Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA. 7Yale Institute for Network Science, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA


261

THE NATURAL STATISTICS OF HUMAN OLFACTORY EXPERIENCE: A MULTI-NATIONAL PROJECT
Barr D. Herrnstadt1, Danielle Honigstein1, Rotem Arbetman1, Johan Lundstrom2, Danica Kragic3, Jonathan Williams4, Noam Sobel1. 1Weizmann Institute of Science, Rehovot, Israel. 2Karolinska Institute, Stockholm, Sweden. 3KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. 4Max Planck Institute, Mainz, Germany


263

STANDARDIZING A UNIVERSAL SCALE FOR ODOR INTENSITY
Robert Pellegrino1, Khristina Samoilova2, Matthew Andres1, Christiane Delano1, Richard G. Gerkin3, 4, Alexei Koulakov2, Joel D. Mainland1, 5. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. 3School of Life Sciences and School of Mathematical and Statistical Sciences, Arizona State University, Tempe, AZ, USA. 4Osmo Labs, Cambridge, MA, USA. 5Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


CORTEX


265

TAKING A HINT: STIMULUS INVESTIGATION SHAPES TASTE REPRESENTATION IN GUSTATORY CORTEX
Martin A. Raymond, Jian-You Lin, Donald B. Katz. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA


267

CORTICAL CHEMOSENSORY RESPONSES TO TASTE AND SMELL
Thomas Gray, Ainsley Craddock, Donald Katz. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA


269

CORTICAL DYNAMICS IN PRIMARY CHEMOSENSORY AREAS TO MULTIMODAL STIMULI
Ainsley Craddock, Thomas Gray, Abuzar Mahmood, Donald Katz. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA


271

AUDITORY AND VISUAL OBJECT PROCESSING IN OLFACTORY CORTEX OF INDIVIDUALS WITH LIFE-LONG OLFACTORY DEPRIVATION
Evelina Thunell1, Moa G. Peter1, Fahimeh Darki1, Johan N. Lundstrom1, 2, 3. 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 3Stockholm University Brain Imaging Centre, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden


273

INVESTIGATING ATTENTION-GATED RULE REPRESENTATIONS USING AN OLFACTORY SELECTIVE ATTENTION TASK
Liam P McMahon, Jared Newell, Xiaolin Qiao, James D Howard. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA


275

TEMPORAL-TO-SPATIAL CODE TRANSFORMATION IN THE PIRIFORM CORTEX
Alexei Koulakov. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA


277

MIMICKING DOSE-RESPONSE EXPERIMENTS TO PREDICT OLFACTORY RECEPTOR ACTIVITY AND POTENCY
Matej Hladis1, 2, Maxence Lalis2, Michael Bronstein1, 3, Jeremie Topin2. 1University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom. 2Universite Cote d'Azur, Nice, France. 3AITHYRA, Vienna, Austria


279

QUANTIFICATION OF FLUORESCENCE RESPONSES IN A NEWLY DEVELOPED, DRYABLE CELL LINE EXPRESSING ODORANT RECEPTORS
Andisheh Balouchi1, Redwan Haider1, Roy Anderson1, Richard Cornette2, Takahiro Kikawada2, Ricardo Araneda1, Elisabeth Smela1. 1University of Maryland, College Park, MD, USA. 2NARO, Tsukuba, Japan

7:30 - 9:30 PM
LECTURE
AWARD LECTURES
Chair/Organizer: Julie Mennella
Sawyer Key Ballroom


7:30

ACHEMS YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDEE
Kevin Bolding. Monell Chemical Senses Center


8:00

LAWLESS AWARD FOR RESEARCH EXCELLENCE IN THE PSYCHOPHYSICS OF HUMAN TASTE AND SMELL
Emily Mayhew. Michigan State University


8:30

AJINOMOTO AWARDEE
Roberto Vincis. Florida State University


9:00

MAX MOZELL AWARDEE
Thomas Hummel. Technische Universitat Dresden