Conference Program

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

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SATURDAY, APRIL 25

7:30 - 9:00 AM BREAKFAST

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST Pavilion/ Pavilion Lawn

8:00 - 10:00 AM POSTER SESSION

POSTER SESSION V (click to view) (click to close) Pavilion

10:15 - 12:15 PM ORAL ABSTRACTS

ORAL ABSTRACTS Bird Key Ballroom

ORAL ABSTRACTS Sawyer Key Ballroom

12:15 - 1:30 PM LUNCH ON OWN

LUNCH ON OWN Lunch On Own

1:30 - 3:30 PM WORKSHOP

SMELL SAFARI: FIELD-BASED TOOLS FOR MAPPING AND COMMUNICATING HUMAN SMELLSCAPES Chair/Organizer: Robert Pellegrino Sawyer Key Ballroom 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.

2:00 - 3:30 PM WORKSHOP

THE BARRY DAVIS FUNDING WORKSHOP FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS Bird Key Ballroom

3:30 - 3:45 PM BREAK

COFFEE BREAK GRAND PALM COLONNADE

3:45 - 5:45 PM SYMPOSIUM

CLINICAL SYMPOSIUM Bird Key Ballroom

GENES AND SENSES: GENETIC REGULATION OF CHEMOSENSATION Chair/Organizer: Kevin Monahan and Hojoon Lee Sawyer Key Ballroom

7:30 - 9:30 PM SYMPOSIUM

PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM Bird Key Ballroom

9:30 - 12:00 AM EVENT

DANCE PARTY Sawyer Key Ballroom