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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 23      Thu - Apr 24      Fri - Apr 25      Sat - Apr 26   

SATURDAY, APRIL 26

7:30 - 9:00 AM
BREAKFAST
CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST
Estero Foyer

8:00 - 10:00 AM
POSTER SESSION
Estero Ballroom

10:00 - 12:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM
IN VIVO VISUALIZATION OF THE HUMAN OLFACTORY SYSTEM
Chair/Organizer: Eric Holbrook
Calusa EFGH


WHERE THE OLFACTORY AND REWARD SYSTEM MEET
Calusa ABC

12:30 - 2:00 PM
WORKSHOP
THE GREAT DEBATE: WHAT IS NATURALISTIC TASTE & SMELL
Calusa ABC

2:00 - 4:10 PM
SYMPOSIUM
EATING WITH FEELING: EXPLORING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EMOTIONS AND CHEMOSENSORY STIMULI
Chair/Organizer: Kathryn Deibler, Xiaorong (Phoebe) Su, Casey Trimmer, Dan Wesson, Theresa White
Calusa ABC


2:00

EATING WITH FEELING: EXPLORING CONNECTIONS BETWEEN EMOTIONS AND CHEMOSENSORY STIMULI
Kathryn Deibler1, Xiaorong (Phoebe) Su2, Casey Trimmer3, Dan Wesson4, Theresa White5. 1Flavour Essentials . 2Cargill . 3Firmenich . 4University of Florida . 5Le Moyne College


2:05

EXPLORING THE INTERPLAY BETWEEN EMOTIONS AND CHEMOSENSORY STIMULI: PAST, PRESENT AND FUTURE
Rachel Herz. Department of Psychiatry and Human Behavior, Brown University Medical School


2:28

A MULTICOMPONENTIAL APPROACH TO EMOTIONAL EXPERIENCES: THE CASE OF RELAXING AND STIMULATING ODORS
Geraldine Coppin. UniDistance Suisse a Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, University of Geneva


2:50

FROM FLAVOR TO FEELING: SYMRISE'S NEUROSCIENTIFIC EXPLORATION OF EMOTIONAL CONNECTIONS IN TASTE
Mansi Patney, Jonathan Jacobs. Symrise AG


3:08

GENERATIVE AI IN SENSORY SCIENCE: DATA CRUNCHING TO CONSUMER UNDERSTANDING
Michelle Murphy Niedziela. Nerdoscientist LLC


3:30

AROUSAL AND THE MODULATION OF FOOD-RELATED PERCEPTIONS AND EMOTIONS
John Prescott. Universita degli Studi di Firenze, Italy a TasteMatters Research a Consulting, Australia


3:52

HOW RECKITT LEVERAGES EMOTIONS TO BETTER UNDERSTAND THE CONSUMER
Stephen Lillford1, Michael Nestrud2. 1Reckitt . 2Curion Insights

2:00 - 4:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM
NEUROMODULATION OF CHEMOSENSATION
Chair/Organizer: Natale Sciolino & John Boughter
Calusa EFGH


2:00

NEUROMODULATION AND CHEMOSENSATION: FROM DYNAMICS TO FUNCTION
Natale Sciolino1, John Boughter2. 1University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA. 2University of Tennessee Health Sciences Center Memphis, Memphis, TN, USA


2:05

NEUROMODULATION IN THE GUSTATORY CORTEX AND ITS INVOLVEMENT IN TASTE BEHAVIORS
Mia B. Fox1, Walt J. Krueger1, Stephanie M. Staszko2, John D. Boughter Jr. 1, Max L. Fletcher1. 1Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA. 2Yale School of Medicine, Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA


2:28

LOCUS COERULEUS NORADRENERGIC MODULATION OF CORTICAL TASTE PROCESSING
Will Fan, Natale R. Sciolino. University of Connecticut, Storrs, CT, USA


2:51

MONOAMINE DYNAMICS IN RESPONSE TO TASTES IN HUMANS
Alexandra DiFeliceantonio1, 2. 1Fraline Biomedical Resarch Institute, VTC, Roanoke, VA, USA. 2Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Blacksburg, VA, USA


3:14

DOPAMINE DIFFERENTIALLY ENCODES SUCROSE ACROSS THE ACQUISITION AND EXTINCTION OF A CONDITIONED TASTE AVERSION
Maxine K. Loh1, 2, Samantha J. Hurh2, Paula Bazzino3, Rachel M. Donka2, Alexandra T. Keinath2, Jamie D. Roitman2, Mitchell F. Roitman2, 3. 1Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, Department of Medicine, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 2Department of Psychology, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 3Graduate Program in Neuroscience, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA


3:37

A THIRST-DEPENDENT ODOR SPOTLIGHT
Silvia Huerta Lopez, Katie McShea, Stephen Liberles . Howard Hughes Medical Institute, Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA, USA, Boston, MA, USA

4:00 - 4:30 PM
BREAK
COFFEE BREAK
Estero Foyer

4:15 - 6:00 PM
POSTER SESSION
DON TUCKER MEMORIAL AND UNDERGRADUATE RESEARCH AWARDS POSTER SESSION (click to view)
Estero Ballroom

7:00 - 9:00 PM
SYMPOSIUM
PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: MOTORIZING THE CHEMICAL SENSES
Chair/Organizer: Alfredo Fontanini
Calusa EFGH


7:00

MOTORIZING THE CHEMICAL SENSES
Alfredo Fontanini. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA


7:08

A COLLICULAR MAP FOR TOUCH-GUIDED TONGUE CONTROL
Jesse Goldberg, Brendan Ito, Yongjie Gao, Brian Kardon. Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Cornell University, Ithaca, NY, USA


7:36

CORTICAL ENCODING OF PRIMATE TONGUE SHAPE DURING FEEDING
Nicholas Hatsopoulos, Callum Ross. University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA


8:04

INVIGORATING THE TRANSITION FROM A BREATH TO A SNIFF
Dan Wesson. University of Florida College of Medicine, Dept of Pharmacology a Therapeutics, Florida Chemical Senses Institute, Gainesville, FL, USA


8:32

MECHANICAL COMPONENTS OF CHEMICAL PLUME SENSING
Mitra Hartmann1, 2, Thomas Janssen1, Neelesh Patankar1, Shayan Heydari 3, Rajeev Jaiman3. 1Department of Mechanical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. 2Department of Biomedical Engineering, Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA. 3Department of Mechanical Engineering, University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

9:00 - 12:00 AM
EVENT
DANCE PARTY
Mangroves & Belvedere