Conference Program

Welcome! Please find the current preliminary program for AChemS 2025 listed below. Note that any aspect of this program is subject to change.

April 23 (10:00 AM - 4:00 PM): Pre-Meeting
April 23-26: AChemS Annual Meeting Program

Wed - Apr 23

Thu - Apr 24

Fri - Apr 25

Sat - Apr 26

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THURSDAY, APRIL 24

7:30 - 9:00 AM BREAKFAST

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8:00 - 10:00 AM POSTER SESSION

POSTER SESSION I (click to view) (click to close) Estero Ballroom

OLFACTORY RECEPTOR NEURONS

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DIFFERENTIAL EFFECTS OF HUMAN APOLIPROTEIN ALLELES ON THE MOUSE OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM Timothy S McClintock1, Abby Frazier1, Gregory S Hawk2, Lance A Johnson1, 3. 1Department of Physiology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. 2Department of Statistics, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA. 3 Sanders Brown Center on Aging, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA

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COMPREHENSIVE ANALYSIS OF VOMERONASAL RECEPTOR ISOFORMS IN MICE Sachiko Haga-Yamanaka, Andrea Rocha, Ryan Kelso. University of California, Riverside, Riverside, CA, USA

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FROM NOSTRILS TO OLFACTORY RECEPTOR: TEMPORAL PRECISION OF ODOR STIMULI DURING SNIFFING Zhenxing Wu1, John Scott2, Kai Zhao1. 1Department of Otolaryngology - Head a Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA. 2Department of Cell Biology, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA, USA

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A PHYLOGENETIC UPGRADE: IMPROVED ACCURACY OF PHYLOGENETIC CLASSIFICATION OF HUMAN ODORANT RECEPTORS Selma Valling Lauritsen, Vandana Kaushal, Sylvester Holt. University of Copenhagen, Frederiksberg, Denmark

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PREDICTING OLFACTORY RECEPTOR ACTIVITY USING NANOMECHANICAL SENSORS AND MACHINE LEARNING Noriaki Ota1, Yusuke Ihara1, Kosuke Minami2, Ryo Tamura3, Genki Yoshikawa2, 4, Chiori Ijichi1. 1Institute of Food Sciences and Technologies, Food Products Division, Ajinomoto Co, Inc, Kawasaki, Japan. 2Research Center for Macromolecules and Biomaterials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan. 3Center for Basic Research on Materials, National Institute for Materials Science (NIMS), Tsukuba, Japan. 4Graduate School of Pure and Applied Science, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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MAMMALIAN CHEMOSENSORY BILE ACID DETECTION SUPPORTS GUT MICROBIOME EVALUATION Varun Haran1, Mari Morimoto1, 2, Leena S. F. Rouyer1, Julian P. Meeks1. 1University of Rochester, Rochester, NY, USA. 2City College of New York, New York, NY, USA

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NOVEL 3D SHAPE AND PHARMACOPHORE MOLECULAR REPRESENTATION OF ODORANTS FOR PREDICTING OLFACTORY RECEPTOR ACTIVITY AND ODOR DESCRIPTOR Yusuke Ihara1, Chiori Ijichi1, Takatsugu Hirokawa2, 3. 1Institute of Food Sciences and Technologies, Food Products Division, Ajinomoto Co, Inc, Kawasaki, Japan. 2Division of Biomedical Science, Faculty of Medicine, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan. 3Transborder Medical Research Center, University of Tsukuba, Tsukuba, Japan

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THE ROLE OF THE COMPLEMENT SYSTEM IN REGULATING THE STIMULATION-DEPENDENT NEUROGENESIS OF SPECIFIC OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURON SUBTYPES IN MICE Alexa J. Asson, Madeline Smith, Karlin E. Rufenacht, Kawsar Hossain, Rebecca O. Rourke, Stephen W. Santoro. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado | Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

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THE SENSORY ORGANIZATION THAT DRIVES MOSQUITO HOST DETECTION Yifan Wang1, Wesley Alford1, Sheikh Kamran1, Meg Younger1, 2. 1Department of Biology, Boston University Boston, MA, USA. 2Center for Systems Neuroscience, Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

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ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT GENE REGULATION IN OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS Joshua Danoff, Kevin Monahan. Rutgers University, New Brunswick, NJ, USA

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ZONA PELLUCIDA LIKE DOMAIN CONTAINING 2 MEDIATES STIMULATION-DEPENDENT NEUROGENESIS OF SPECIFIC OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURON SUBTYPES IN MICE Karlin E Rufenacht, Alexa J Asson, Kawsar Hossain, Amanda Stenzel, Madeline Smith, Stephen W Santoro. Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

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UNVEILING THE MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF ODORANT RECEPTORS' ANTAGONISM Mona A. Marie1, Madison Herrboldt6, Matt Wachowiak6, Hiroaki Matsunami2, 3, 4, 5. 1Molecular Genetics and Microbiology Department, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. 2Neurobiology Department, Duke Unversity School of Medicine, Durham, NC, USA. 3Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Durham, NC, USA. 4Duke Cancer Institute, Durham, NC, USA. 5Duke Initiative for Science a Society, Durham, NC, USA. 6Neurobiology Department, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

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EVALUATING EPITHELIAL MICROENVIRONMENT EFFECTS ON OLFACTION: ANATOMICAL, METAGENOMIC, AND FUNCTIONAL DISTINCTIONS BETWEEN OLFACTORY AND RESPIRATORY EPITHELIA Pia LaPorte1, Ludmila Globa1, Oleg Pustovyy1, Melissa Singletary1, 2. 1Department of Anatomy, Physiology, and Pharmacology, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, Auburn, AL, USA. 2Canine Performance Sciences Program, College of Veterinary Medicine, Auburn University, AL, Auburn, AL, USA

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CHARACTERIZING THE SENSORIMOTOR TRANSFORMATION IN DROSOPHILA OLFACTORY SYSTEM IN RESPONSE TO NATURALISTIC STIMULI Samuel P Wechsler, Vikas Bhandawat. Drexel University, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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DECODING THE OLFACTORY BULB GLOMERULAR MAP: LINKING ODORANT RECEPTOR IDENTITY TO ODOR RESPONSES AND CIRCUIT LOGIC IN THE MOUSE OLFACTORY SYSTEM Zarmeena Dawood1, 3, Cristian Soitu 1, Alex Becalick2, Walter G. Bast1, Diego E. Hernandez1, Kira Schoenberg1, Petr Znamenskiy2, Anthony M. Zador1, Alexei Koulakov1, Dinu F. Albeanu1. 1Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Cold Spring Harbor, NY, USA. 2Francis Crick Institute, London, United Kingdom. 3Zucker School of Medicine at Hofstra/Northwell, Hempstead, NY, USA

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IN SITU HYBRIDIZATION ANALYSIS FOR THE EXPRESSION OF OLFACTORY RECEPTORS IN THE OLFACTORY ORGAN OF RED-BELLIED SHORT-NECKED TURTLE, EMYDURA SUBGLOBOSA Shoko Nakamuta, Takuya Yokoyama, Yoshio Yamamoto, Nobuaki Nakamuta. Iwate University, Lab of Veterinary Anatomy, Morioka, Japan

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CA2+-ACTIVATED ION CHANNELS EXERT OPPOSITE EFFECTS IN DIFFERENT SIGNALLING COMPARTMENTS OF VOMERONASAL SENSORY NEURONS Rudolf Degen, Victoria K Switacz, Jennifer Spehr, Marc Spehr. RWTH Aachen University, Dept. Biology II, Chemosensation Laboratory, Aachen, Germany

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INHALES AND EXHALES ARE CHARACTERIZED BY ALTERNATING RHYTHMIC DOMINANCE OF SYMPATHETIC AND PARASYMPATHETIC NEUROMODULATORS IN THE HUMAN OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM Qiaohan Yang1, Seth R Batten2, Gregory Gregory1, Andrew Sheriff1, Naelly Arriaga1, Leonardo S Barbosa2, Venkatesh Jatla2, Jason P White2, Terry Lohrenz2, Bruce Tan1, P Read Montague2, Christina Zelano1. 1Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Neurology, Chicago, IL, USA. 2VTC, Virginia Tech, Fralin Biomedical Research Institute, Roanoke, VA, USA

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EVOLUTION AND FUNCTIONAL CHARACTERIZATION OF OLFACTORY RECEPTORS IN BIRDS Robert Driver1, Mona Marie1, Christopher Balakrishnan2, Hiroaki Matsunami1. 1Duke University, Durham, NC, USA. 2East Carolina University, Greenville, NC, USA

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RAPID ANTIVIRAL RESPONSE AND SUPPRESSED ACTIVITY-DEPENDENT GENE EXPRESSION IN OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS OF SARS-COV-2-INFECTED OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM Jiaying Liu1, Muhammad S Akhtar1, Hongwei Liu2, Brianna M Ramirez1, Anthony L Weidner1, Yaejin Kim1, Lark L Coffey2, Qizhi Gong1. 1Department of Cell Biology and Human Anatomy, School of Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA. 2Department of Pathology, Microbiology, and Immunology, School of Veterinary Medicine, University of California, Davis, Davis, CA, USA

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OLFACTORY RECEPTOR CO-EXPRESSION IN THE MOSQUITO NON-CANONICAL OLFACTORY SYSTEM Tyler J. Hill, John T. Giblin, Meg A. Younger. Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

BUDS & CELLS

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VASOPRESSIN ELICITS FUNCTIONAL RESPONSES IN SALT- AND PUTATIVELY SOUR-SENSITIVE HUMAN FUNGIFORM TASTE BUD CELLS Satya Iyer, Daniel Khosravinezhad, Ritika Gangakhedkar, Jean-Pierre R. Montmayeur, Cedrick D. Dotson. Georgia State University, Atlanta, GA, USA

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INVESTIGATING TASTE BUD CELL LIFESPAN: IN VIVO IMAGING OF TASTE BUD CELL MATURATION AND TURNOVER Brittany N. Walters, Robin F. Krimm. University of Louisville School of Medicine, Louisville, KY, USA

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INTERACTION OF FATTY ACID SIGNALING IN THE GUSTATORY AND IMMUNE SYSTEM Ayomide Ogunsanmi1, 2, Emeline Masterson1, 2, Timothy Gilbertson2. 1Burnett School of Biomedical Science, Orlando, FL, USA. 2Department of Internal Medicine, Orlando, FL, USA

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UNRAVELING GENICULATE GANGLION AND TRIGEMINAL GANGLION INNERVATION OF THE LINGUAL EPITHELIUM Tao Tang1, Debarghya Dutta Banik1, Nicholas Weber2, Suzanne Sollars2, Brian Pierchala11. 1Indiana University, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 2University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA

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MAXIMIZING FLAVOR: LEVERAGING NANO-BIOPHYSICAL METHODS FOR STUDYING FLAVOR ACTIVE CHEMO- AND MECHANOSENSORS Sanjai Karanth1, Phil Richter1, 2, Julia Benthin1, 2, Marina Wiesenfarth1, 2, Rita dos Santos Natividade1, Veronika Somoza1, 3, 4, Melanie Koehler1, 5. 1Leibniz-Institute for Food Systems Biology at the Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany. 2TUM Graduate School, TUM School of Life Science Weihenstephan, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany. 3Chair of Nutritional Systems Biology, TUM School of Life Sciences, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany. 4Department of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria. 5TUM Junior Fellow at the Chair of Nutritional Systems Biology, Technical University of Munich, Freising, Germany

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CONDITIONAL GENETIC DELETION OF ACE2 IN TASTE BUDS ALTERS PERIPHERAL TASTE FUNCTION AND TASTE BUD COMPOSITION IN MALE MICE Emma Heisey1, Guangkuo Dong2, Yonggang Bao1, Hongyan Xu3, Lin Gan1, Lynnette McCluskey1. 1Department of Neuroscience and Regenerative Medicine, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA. 2Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 3School of Public Health, Department of Biostatistics, Data Science and Epidemiology Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University, Augusta, GA, USA

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NOT SO SWEET: INVESTIGATING THE ROLE OF RECEPTOR TYROSINE KINASES IN TASTE HOMEOSTASIS Christina M. Piarowski1, 2, Jennifer K. Scott1, 2, Courtney Wilson1, 2, Heber I. Lara3, Ernesto Salcedo1, Elaine T. Lam4, Peter J. Dempsey5, Jakob von Moltke3, Linda A. Barlow1, 2. 1Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 2Rocky Mountain Taste and Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 3Department of Immunology, University of Washington, Seattle, WA, USA. 4Department of Medical Oncology, School of Medicine, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 5Department of Pediatrics, Section of Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

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SOX9+ EPITHELIAL CELLS ARE MULTIPOTENT PROGENITORS IN CIRCUMVALLATE TASTE PAPILLA/VON EBNER'S SALIVARY GLAND COMPLEX HOMEOSTASIS Trevor J. Isner1, 2, 3, Eric D. Larson1, 3, 4, Linda A. Barlow1, 2, 3. 1Department of Cell a Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 2Cell Biology, Stem Cells and Development Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 3Rocky Mountain Taste a Smell Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 4Department of Otolaryngology - Head and Neck Surgery, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

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DEGRADING SYNAPSES IN THE TASTE BUD Courtney E Wilson, Yannick Dzowo, Rob Lasher, Thomas E Finger. University of Colorado School of Medicine Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, Aurora, CO, USA

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THE ROLES OF THE TRANSCRIPTION FACTOR SPIB IN THE TASTE PAPILLAE. Abdul Hamid Siddiqui, Salin Raj Palayyan, Sunil K Sukumaran. University of Nebraska- Lincoln, Lincoln, NE, USA

HEDONICS

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POSTURAL AVOIDANCE REACTIONS TO UNPLEASANT ODORS AND PICTURES Evelina Thunell1, Elisa Dal Bo1, 2, Frans Norden1, Marie Michael1, 3, Hedvig Kjellstrom4, Johan N. Lundstrom1, 5. 1Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2University of Padua, Padua, Italy. 3Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Anthropology, Leipzig, Germany. 4KTH Royal Institute of Technology, Stockholm, Sweden. 5Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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ODOR-TASTE MIXTURE EXPERIENCE MODULATES ODOR CONCENTRATION PREFERENCE IN RATS Dinna N. Ferreira, Caitlin J. White, Chad L. Samuelsen. University of Louisville, Louisville, KY, USA

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MODULATIONS OF CORTICOSPINAL EXCITABILITY AND EFFECTIVE CONNECTIVITY IN RESPONSE TO ODORANTS WITH DIFFERENT HEDONIC VALUE IN DEPRESSION Maylis Dumas1, 2, Laetitia Imbert1, 2, Nathalie Mandairon3, Jerome Brunelin1, 2, Cecilia Neige1, 2. 1Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon U1028 UMR5292, PSYR2, Bron, France, Bron, France. 2Le Vinatier, Psychiatrie Universitaire Lyon Metropole, Bron, France, Bron, France. 3Universite Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Sante et de la Recherche Medicale, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon U1028 UMR5292, NEUROPOP, Bron, France, Bron, France

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SLEEP PHENOTYPE OF EVENING CHRONOTYPE AND SWEET TASTE PREFERENCE DRIVE ADDED SUGAR INTAKE Sierra Aguilar, London Caceres, Changqi Liu, Jing Zhao, Surabhi Bhutani. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

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REPEATED SODIUM DEPLETION INCREASES SODIUM CONSUMPTION AND DECREASES REWARD SENSITIVITY AS ASSAYED BY INTRACRANIAL SELF-STIMULATION Rachel M Donka, Jamie D Roitman. University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

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THE INGESTIVE RESPONSE REFLECTS NEURAL DYNAMICS IN THE GUSTATORY CORTEX Natasha Baas-Thomas, Abuzar Mahmood, Kathleen Maigler, Yixi Wang, Donald B. Katz. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA

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GENES TO GLASS: ROLE OF GENETIC HERITABILITY IN ALCOHOL PREFERENCES AND SWEETENER EFFECTIVENESS Ha Nguyen1, Cailu Lin1, Katherine Bell1, Amy Huang1, Alissa Nolden2, Paule Joseph3, Danielle Reed1. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2University of Massachusetts Amherst, Amherst, MA, USA. 3National Institute of Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, Bethesda, MD, USA

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HEDONIC BIAS IN PERCEPTION OF OPPOSING OLFACTORY STIMULI Abby B. Finkelstein1, Ariana Glick2, 1, Elizabeth Daramola3, 1, Venkatesh N. Murthy1. 1Harvard University, Cambridge, MA, USA. 2Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA. 3Boston University, Boston, MA, USA

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NEOPHOBIA ATTENUATION AND NEURONAL RESPONSE FIDELITY WITHIN THE GUSTATORY CORTEX Walter J. Krueger, Martin A. Raymond, John D. Boughter Jr. , Max L. Fletcher II. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

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ANXIETY-TO-EAT IS DEPENDENT UPON SENSORY MODALITY AND CALORIC DENSITY OF FOODS IN ANOREXIA NERVOSA. Kimberly R. Smith1, Sarah H. Guo1, Joseph F. McGuire1, Timothy H. Moran1, Jeffrey Brunstrom2, Angela S. Guarda1. 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA. 2School of Psychological Science, University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom

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DEET INHIBITS SKIN PENETRATION IN A SKIN-INVADING, HUMAN-PARASITIC NEMATODE Gloria Bartolo1, 2, Elissa A. Hallem1, 3. 1Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 2Molecular Biology Interdepartmental PhD Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 3Molecular Biology Institute, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

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EFFECTS OF A CNV RELAXING FRAGRANCE ON SLEEP Alba/T Cilia, Raphael/K/L Kang. Takasago International Corp. USA, Rockleigh, NJ, USA

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CYCLIC NUCLEOTIDE SIGNALING REGULATES CARBON DIOXIDE VALENCE IN CAENORHABDITIS ELEGANS Ricardo F. Frausto1, 2, Ava E. Bignell1, Elissa A. Hallem1. 1Department of Microbiology, Immunology, and Molecular Genetics, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA. 2Molecular, Cellular, and Integrative Physiology PhD Program, University of California, Los Angeles, Los Angeles, CA, USA

10:00 - 12:00 PM SYMPOSIUM

NON-GUSTATORY OROSENSORY MECHANISMS THAT DICTATE WHETHER TO EAT OR NOT TO EAT Chair/Organizer: Snigdha Mukerjee & Stephen Roper Calusa EFGH

10:00

INTRODUCTION Stephen Roper. University of Miami

10:05

TRIGEMINAL MECHANOSENSORY MECHANISMS AND IMPACTS ON FOOD CHOICE Yalda Moayedi. Pain Research Center, Department of Molecular Pathobiology, New York University College of Dentistry, New York, NY, USA

10:28

POLAK YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDEE: TRIGEMINAL CIRCUITS DICTATE INNATE REJECTION THRESHOLDS FOR ETHANOL THROUGH ORAL CHEMESTHESIS Snigdha Mukerjee, Yizhen Quan, Keaton Song, Aditya H. Bhatt, David B. Cohen, Vikrant R. Mahajan, Rachelle Larivee, Steven Pierce, Alex R. Brown, Zahra Z. Farahbakhsh, Kirsty Erickson, Cody Siciliano. Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA

10:46

ORAL TRIGEMINAL PERCEPTION OF ASTRINGENCY, CAPSAICIN, AND STEREOGNOSIS: EXPLORING INDIVIDUAL VARIABILITY AND IMPACT OF TASTE DYSFUNCTION Mariano Mastinu. Smell a Taste clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Technische Universitat Dresden, Dresden, Germany

11:09

PLAYING WITH FIRE: IF IT HURTS, WHY DO WE KEEP EATING IT? John E. Hayes1, 2. 1Sensory Evaluation Center, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State, Unversity Park, PA, USA. 2Dept of Food Science, College of Agricultural Sciences, Penn State, University Park, PA, USA

11:32

NEUROBIOLOGY AND PSYCHOPHYSICS OF ORAL CHEMESTHESIS Earl Carstens. University of California, Davis, Davis, CA

ODOR QUALITY PREDICTION Chair/Organizer: Jessica Brann & Casey Trimmer Calusa ABC

10:00

ODOR QUALITY PREDICTION: CRACKING THE ODOR CODE Jessica H. Brann, Casey Trimmer. dsm-firmenich, New York, NY, USA

10:05

ELEMENTAL ENCODING AT THE OLFACTORY PERIPHERY Daniel A. Raps, Lily Wu, Giulia Papiani, Georgia M. Pierce, Imraan Adat, Randy Arroyave, Jessica H. Brann, Patrick Pfister. DSM-Firmenich AG, 250 Plainsboro Road, Plainsboro, NJ 08536, USA

10:28

DO NEURONS MATTER? USING NEURAL RECORDINGS OF ODOR REPRESENTATIONS TO INFORM PREDICTIVE MODELS OF ODOR QUALITY Matt Wachowiak. Dept. of Neurobiology, University of Utah School of Medicine, Salt Lake City, UT, USA

10:51

PREDICTING HUMAN OLFACTORY PERCEPTION FROM STIMULUS CHEMISTRY Emily J Mayhew. Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA

11:14

FROM WOODY TO FRUITY: LEVERAGING SUBSTRUCTURAL FEATURES FOR ODOR PREDICTION OF COMPLEX MIXTURES Doris Schicker1, Satnam Singh1, 2, Jessica Freiherr1, 2, Andreas Grasskamp1. 1Department of Sensory Analytics and Technologies, Fraunhofer Institute for Process Engineering and Packaging IVV, Freising, Germany. 2Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Friedrich-Alexander-Universitat Erlangen-Nurnberg, Erlangen, Germany

11:32

INTEGRATING CHEMICAL, SENSORY, AND EXPERT KNOWLEDGE DATA FOR PREDICTING ODOR PROFILES IN COMPLEX MIXTURES Thierry Thomas-Danguin. Centre des Sciences du Gout et de l'Alimentation, INRAE, CNRS, Institut Agro, Universite Bourgogne Europe, Dijon, France

12:00 - 2:00 PM LUNCH ON OWN

LUNCH ON OWN Lunch On Own

12:30 - 2:00 PM WORKSHOP

THE BARRY DAVIS FUNDING WORKSHOP FOR NEW INVESTIGATORS Calusa ABC

2:00 - 4:00 PM SYMPOSIUM

EMERGING THERAPEUTICS FOR OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION Chair/Organizer: Kai Zhao Calusa ABC

2:00

EMERGING THERAPEUTICS FOR OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION Kai Zhao. Department of Otolaryngology, HeadaNeck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

2:05

INFLAMMATION AND OLFACTION: WHAT'S THE LINK? Justin Turner. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

2:28

EMERGING THERAPIES FOR OLFACTORY DYSFUNCTION: FROM PRECLINICAL STUDIES TO RANDOMIZED CONTROLLED TRIALS Carol Yan. University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA

2:51

THE FUTURE OF TREATING SMELL LOSS Zara M. Patel. Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA

3:14

THE USE OF NEUROMODULATORS TO IMPROVE PAROSMIA AFTER COVID-19 INFECTION Do Yeon Cho. University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA

3:37

DESIGNING NON-INVASIVE SMELL AIDS TO IMPROVE OLFACTORY FUNCTION IN PATIENTS WITH BROAD ETIOLOGIES INCLUDING LONG COVID: A CLINICAL TRIAL. Veronica L. Formanek, Barak M. Spector, Gabriela Zappitelli, Zhenxing Wu, Kai Zhao. Department of Otolaryngology - Head a Neck Surgery, The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

VISCERAL AND SENSORY SIGNALING IN FOOD REWARD VALUATION Chair/Organizer: Janina Seubert & Geraldine Coppin Calusa EFGH

2:00

MERGING THE TWO ROADS-CURRENT INSIGHTS ON INTEGRATION OF VISCERAL AND SENSORY SIGNALLING IN FOOD REWARD VALUATION Janina Seubert1, Geraldine Coppin2, 3. 1Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2Swiss Center for Affective Sciences, Geneva, Switzerland. 3UniDistance Suisse, Geneva, Switzerland

2:05

GUSTATORY AND INTEROCEPTIVE PATHWAYS MODULATE STRIATAL REWARD CIRCUITS TO REGULATE SUGAR INTAKE Luis A Tellez1, Rafael Sandoval-Rodr?aguez1, Wenfei Han2, 3, Ivan E de Araujo2, 3. 1Institute of Neurobiology at UNAM, Queretaro, Mexico. 2 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA. 3Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tubingen, Germany

2:28

RELIABILITY-DEPENDENT INTEGRATION OF MULTISENSORY FLAVOR SIGNALS BY GUSTATORY CORTEX NEURONS Joost X Maier, Isabella B Allar. Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

2:51

METABOLIC MODULATION OF APPETITIVE ODOR PROCESSING IN FOOD REWARD VALUATION Androula Savva1, 2, Marc Guitart-Masip3, 4, 5, Ata Ghaderi1, Cynthia M. Bulik2, 6, 7, Janina Seubert1. 1Department of Clinical Neuroscience, Psychology Division, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2Department of Medical Epidemiology and Biostatistics, Centre for Eating Disorders Innovation, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 3Aging Research Center, Department of Neurobiology, Care Sciences and Society, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 4Center for Psychiatry Research, Region Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden. 5Center for Cognitive and Computational Neuropsychiatry (CCNP), Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 6Department of Psychiatry, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA. 7Department of Nutrition, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA

3:09

HOW SLEEP PATTERNS IMPACT CHEMOSENSORY PROCESSING AND EATING BEHAVIORS Surabhi Bhutani. San Diego State University, San Diego, CA, USA

3:32

HOW DO SOUND AND LIGHT CUES ALTER MOTIVATION FOR RISKY GAMBLES? Catharine A. Winstanley. University of British Columbia, Vancouver, BC, Canada

4:00 - 6:00 PM POSTER SESSION

POSTER SESSION II (click to view) (click to close) Estero Ballroom

METABOLISM

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MICE CAN CONDITION INSULIN RELEASE TO THE SENSORY PROPERTIES OF CHOW DIETS Laura Mittelman, Natalie Ashkar, Fatima Khwaja, Clara Resnick, John I. Glendinning. Barnard College, Columbia University, New York, NY, USA

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DIGGING FOR DINNER: EXPLORING HOW INTERNAL AND EXTERNAL CHEMICAL CUES MODULATE THE FEEDING BEHAVIOR OF EARTHWORMS. Rebeca V Rodriguez1, Folashaye E Araromi2, Jonathan G Mebrahtu2, Ameena A Mohassib2, Laura Ortega-Damian2, Diana M Quiroz-Ruiz2, Tania C Romero2, Renalison Farias-Pereira1, 2, Maria A Shumskaya1, 2, Mingjing Sun3, Cecil J Saunders1, 2. 1School of Integrative Science and Technology, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA. 2Department of Biological Sciences, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA. 3Department of Chemistry and Physics, Kean University, Union, NJ, USA

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PHARMACOLOGICAL ACTIVATION OF AN EXTRA-ORAL BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR MODULATES BOTH METABOLIC AND SENOTHERAPEUTIC PATHWAYS PROVIDING THE OPPORTUNITY TO TREAT DISEASES OF AGING VIA A SINGLE THERAPEUTIC TARGET J. Michael French1, Allancer Nunes2, Bernard P. Kok3, Anna Carey2, Andrea Galmozzi3, Richard L. X. Ho1, Christina D. Camell2, Paul D. Robbins2, Enrique Saez3. 1Amaro Therapeutics, Inc, New York, NY, USA. 2Masonic Institute on the Biology of Aging and Metabolism, University of Minnesota, Minneapolis, MN, USA. 3Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute, La Jolla, CA, USA

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SEMAGLUTIDE DECREASES HEDONIC EATING IN FEMALE RATS WITH A HISTORY OF BINGE EATING. Daniel /M Gaines, Lisa/ A Eckel, Jamila Guard. Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

OBESITY

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LOSS OF E2 IN FEMALE RATS PROMOTES GREATER DYSREGULATION IN BODY WEIGHT AND FEEDING BEHAVIOR THAN EXPOSURE TO AN OBESOGENIC DIET. Savoya S Joyner1, Lisa A Eckel2. 1Department of Psychology, Tallahassee, FL, USA. 2 Program in Neuroscience, Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA

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REPORTS OF SMELL AND TASTE ADVERSE EVENTS FROM GLP-1 RA'S Ryann Kolb1, Emmanuel Nartey2, Alicia Lozano2, Alexandra Hanlon2, Vicente Ramirez1, Valentina Parma1. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2Center for Biostatistics and Health Data Science, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA

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HACKING BEHAVIOR: MAINTENANCE AND MODIFICATION OF THE DAVIS RIG PLATFORM Jian-You Lin, Donald Katz, Martin Raymond. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA

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INTRA-ORAL INFUSION OR ESOPHAGEAL GAVAGE OF A SUCROSE SOLUTION ACTIVATES SIMILAR NEURON POPULATIONS THROUGHOUT THE BRAIN OF B6 MICE. Michael S King1, Lianyi Lu2, John D Boughter Jr2. 1Department of Biology, Stetson University, DeLand, FL, USA. 2Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology, The University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

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ON THE PH OF THE HUMAN OLFACTORY MUCUS Thomas Hummel1, Sero Biguerdi1, Karoline Lantzsch1, Katharina Schindowski2, Rumi Sekine3, Eri Mori3, Anna K Hernandez1, 4. 1Smell and Taste Clinic, Department of Otorhinolaryngology, TU Dresden, Dresden, Germany. 2Department of Applied Biotechnology, Biberach University of Applied Science, Biberach, Germany. 3Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Jikkei University School of Medicine, Tokyo, Japan. 4Department of Otolaryngology n Head and Neck Surgery, Philippine General Hospital, University of the Philippines, Manila, Philippines

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CHEMOSENSORY FUNCTION AND PSYCHOLOGICAL FACTORS IN CHRONIC NASAL OBSTRUCTION Flavia Costa Varela, Daniel Miller, Antje Welge-Lussen, Simona Negoias. Department of Otorhinolaryngology, Head and Neck-Surgery, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland

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MUCUS-ON-CHIP: A YEAST-OLFACTORY MUCUS MODEL SYSTEM TO INVESTIGATE THE IMPACT OF THE MUCUS LAYER ON ODOR RECEPTION Vandana Kaushal1, Jorg P. Kutter2, Henriette Lyng Roder1, Sylvester Holt1. 1Department of Food Science, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark. 2Department of Pharmacy, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen, Copenhagen, Denmark

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INTERNAL STATE ALTERS DOPAMINE AND SEROTONIN LEVELS PRIOR TO SNIFFING IN THE HUMAN OLFACTORY MUCOSA Seth R Batten1, Greg Lane2, Qiaohan Yang2, Andrew Sheriff2, Naelly Arriaga2, Leonardo S Barbosa1, Venkatesh Jatla1, Jason P White1, Terry Lohrenz1, Bruce Tan3, P Read Montague1, Christina Zelano2. 1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA. 2Department of Neurology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA. 3Department of Otolaryngology, Northwestern University Feinberg School of Medicine, Chicago, IL, USA

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INFLAMMATORY MODULATION OF OLFACTORY SENSORY NEURONS AND IMMUNE CELLS IN THE MAIN OLFACTORY EPITHELIUM R. E. Owens1, 2, 4, V. Haran3, C. Chu4, J. P. Meeks3, R. K. Rowe4. 1Department of Environmental Medicine, Rochester, NY, USA. 2Toxicology Graduate Program, Rochester, NY, USA. 3Department of Neuroscience, Rochester, NY, USA. 4Department of Pediatrics, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY, USA

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ENCODING OF ODOR CONCENTRATION BY NEURONAL ACTIVITY IN DORSAL CA1 IN MICE ENGAGED IN ODOR PLUME NAVIGATION IS DEPENDENT ON BEHAVIORAL CONTEXT Fabio M. Simoes de Souza1, Ryan Williamson5, Ming Ma1, Alec Teel1, Connor McCullough2, Gregory Futia2, John P. Crimaldi4, Aaron C. True4, Emily A. Gibson2, Diego Restrepo1, 3. 1Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 2Department of Bioengineering, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 3Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 4Civil, Environmental a Architectural Engineering, University of Colorado, Boulder, Boulder, CO, USA. 5Neurotechnology Center, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

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NEURAL DYNAMICS IN GUSTATORY CORTEX DURING TASTE MIXTURE-BASED PERCEPTUAL DECISION-MAKING Liam Lang1, 2, 3, Jennifer Blackwell2, 3, Yuejiao Zheng1, 2, Giancarlo La Camera1, 2, 3, Alfredo Fontanini1, 2, 3. 1Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. 2Center for Neural Circuit Dynamics, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA. 3Department of Neurobiology a Behavior, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

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CONTRIBUTION OF OLFACTORY-DRIVEN OSCILLATIONS TO INTERBRAIN SYNCHRONY IN SOCIALLY INTERACTING MICE Geronimo Velazquez-Hernandez, Brittany Correia Chapman, Janardhan Bhattarai, Juee Naik, Delaney McKinstry, Yingqi Wang, Minghong Ma . Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA

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A PLEASANTNESS-ASSOCIATED RECEPTOR FOR A KEY ODOR CONSTITUENT OF AMBERGRIS Dan Takase1, Tomohiro Shirai1, Kensuke Misawa2, Hiroaki Matsunami3, Keiichi Yoshikawa1. 1Sensory Science Research, Kao Corporation, Haga, Tochigi, Japan. 2Biological Science Research, Kao Corporation, Haga, Tochigi, Japan. 3Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Department of Neurobiology, Duke Institute for Brain Sciences, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

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INVESTIGATING THE MECHANISMS OF MULTISENSORY DIVIDED ATTENTION IN HUMANS Jared Newell, Samara Glazer, Lauren Wolters, James Howard. Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA

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OLFACTION, ANXIETY AND DEPRESSION IN SUBJECTIVE COGNITIVE DECLINE Olivier Fortier-Lebel1, 2, 3, Emilie Hudon1, 2, Sarah Brosse3, 4, 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

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CONCENTRATION DEPENDENCE OF CONDITIONED BEHAVIORAL RESPONSE TO ODORANTS IN NEWBORN RABBITS Gerard Coureaud1, Marie-Sabelle Hjeij1, Jean-Marie Heydel2, Patricia Duchamp-Viret1. 1Lyon Neuroscience Research Center (CRNL), ENES team, CNRS/Inserm/Lyon 1 and Jean Monnet Universities, Bron, France. 2Laboratoire Interdisciplinaire Carnot de Bourgogne, CNRS/Burgundy University, Dijon, France

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EFFECTS OF ODOR-EVOKED TASTE-SPECIFIC EXPECTATION ON GUSTATORY CORTEX ACTIVITY Allison E. George, Alfredo Fontanini. Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

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OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION ABILITY IS ASSOCIATED WITH BEHAVIORAL IMPULSIVITY IN PATIENTS WITH BORDERLINE PERSONALITY DISORDER Cecilia Neige1, 2, Nadine Barakat1, 2, Maylis Dumas1, 2, Emmanuel Poulet1, 2, 3, Nathalie Mandairon4, Jerome Brunelin1, 2. 1Universite? Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Sante? et de la Recherche Me?dicale, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon U1028 UMR5292, PSYR2, Bron, France. 2Le Vinatier, Psychiatrie Universitaire Lyon Me?tropole, Bron, France. 3Service des Urgences Psychiatriques, pole URMARS, Hospices Civils de Lyon, Lyon, France. 4Universite? Claude Bernard Lyon 1, Centre National de la Recherche Scientifique, Institut National de la Sante? et de la Recherche Me?dicale, Centre de Recherche en Neurosciences de Lyon U1028 UMR5292, NEUROPOP, Bron, France

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OLFACTORY IDENTIFICATION IS BETTER TO RULE OUT MILD COGNITIVE IMPAIRMENT THAN DETECTING IT: RESULTS FROM THE CIMA-Q COHORT. Benoit Jobin1, 2, 3, Natalie Phillips4, 5, 6, 7, Coline Zigrand8, Benjamin Boller1, 2, Johannes Frasnelli3, 9, The CIMA-Q10. 1Department of Psychology, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada. 2Research Centre of the Institut universitaire de Geriatrie de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. 3Research Centre of the Hopital du Sacre-Cour de Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. 4Department of Psychology, Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 5Center for Research in Human Development (CRDH), Concordia University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 6Centre for Research on Brain, Language a Music (CRBLM), McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 7Bloomfield Centre for Research in Aging, Lady Davis Institute for Medical Research/Jewish General Hospital/McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada. 8Department of Psychology, Universite du Quebec a Montreal, Montreal, QC, Canada. 9Department of Anatomy, Universite du Quebec a Trois-Rivieres, Trois-Rivieres, QC, Canada. 10The Consortium for the Early Identification of Alzheimerrs Disease (CIMA-Q), Montreal, QC, Canada

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ENGAGEMENT OF MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX CIRCUITRY TO THE TUBULAR STRIATUM DURING OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION Zihao Zhang, Daniel W. Wesson. Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, Florida Chemical Senses Institute, Center for Addiction Research and Education, University of Florida College of Medicine, Gainesville, FL, USA

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LOCAL FIELD POTENTIAL OSCILLATIONS IN THE OLFACTORY-LIMBIC SYSTEM REFLECT COGNITIVE LOAD Huibo Li1, 2, Emma Bell3, Abigail Stuart1, Jamie Zeng3, Nasya Becton3, Leslie M. Kay1, 2, 3. 1Institute for Mind and Biology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 2Department of Psychology, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA. 3The College, The University of Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA

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SMELLING HEALTHY CHOICES: EXPLORING NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ODOR-GUIDED FOOD CHOICES Xinmeng Yang1, Yanyang Huang1, Paul A. M. Smeets1, Elizabeth H. Zandstra1, 2, Sanne Boesveldt1. 1Division of Human Nutrition and Health, Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands. 2Unilever Foods Innovation Centre Wageningen, Wageningen, Netherlands

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A BENCHMARK FOR LARGE LANGUAGE MODELS IN PREDICTING ODOR IDENTITY Tingkai Liu, Cyrille Mascart, Khue Tran, Alex Koulakov. Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, Syosset, NY, USA

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THE PUPILLARY RESPIRATORY-PHASE RESPONSE: PUPIL SIZE IS SMALLEST AROUND INHALATION ONSET AND LARGEST DURING EXHALATION Martin Schaefer1, Sebastiaan Mathot2, Mikael Lundqvist1, 3, Johan N. Lundstrom1, 4, 5, Artin Arshamian1. 1Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm, Sweden. 2University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands. 3Massachusetts Institute of Technology, Cambridge, MA, USA. 4Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadeplhia, PA, USA. 5Karolinska University Hospital, Stockholm, Sweden

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RATS SUBJECTIVELY WEIGH MULTIPLE REWARD DIMENSIONS IN A FREE TASTE FORAGING TASK Kennedy H Watson, Joost X Maier, Kenneth T Kishida . Wake Forest School of Medicine, Winston Salem, NC, USA

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MODULATING ODOR VALENCE AND TOLERABILITY THROUGH NON-INVASIVE TRANSCRANIAL FOCUSED ULTRASOUND STIMULATION (TFUS) OF THE AMYGDALA Mary Clare M. Koebel1, Nicole M. Cash1, Christina G. Marsicano1, Mark S. George1, Lisa M. McTeague1, 2, Christopher T. Sege1, Bernadette M. Cortese1. 1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC, USA. 2Ralph H. Johnson Veterans Affairs Medical Center, Charleston, SC, USA

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INVESTIGATING THE NEURAL BASIS OF REPRESENTATION-MEDIATED LEARNING IN HUMANS Xiaolin Qiao, Lauren A. Wolters, Liam P. McMahon, Jared G. Newell, James D. Howard. Department of Psychology, Brandeis University, Waltham, MA, USA

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MODULATION OF TASTE PALATABILITY BY GRPR-EXPRESSING NEURONS IN MOUSE GUSTATORY CORTEX Maria Isaac1, 2, Carlo Fontanini1, Arianna Maffei1, 2. 1Department of Neurobiology and Behavior, Stony Brook, NY, USA. 2Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Stony Brook University, Stony Brook, NY, USA

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TEMPORAL DYNAMICS OF DECISION-PREDICTING TIME CELLS IN OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION: MOLECULAR AND NEURAL MECHANISMS OF ASSOCIATIVE LEARNING Kira Steinke, Emily Gibson, Diego Restrepo. University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

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STIMULUS EXPECTATIONS DRIVE CONDITIONED OLFACTORY HALLUCINATIONS Lauren Wolters, Xiaolin Qiao, James D. Howard. Brandeis University, Department of Psychology, Waltham, MA, USA

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DECREASE EXPRESSION OF CAMKIIα LEADS TO A CHANGE IN PHASE AMPLITUDE COUPLING (PAC) IN THE GO NO GO WORKING MEMORY TASK. Daniel Ramirez Gordillo1, 3, K Ulrich Bayer2, Diego Restrepo3. 1Neurosurgery department, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 2Department of Pharmacology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA. 3Cell and Developmental Biology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO, USA

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TRYING, MAKING ERRORS, AND REVISING: A STRATEGY OF OLFACTORY DISCRIMINATION LEARNING IN MICE Nixon Abraham, Sanyukta Pandey, Arpan Nayak, Anindya Bhattacharjee, Krish Pandey. Laboratory of Neural Circuits and Behaviour, IISER Pune, Pune, India

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UNCOVERING THE CONTEXTUAL AND BEHAVIORAL CORRELATES OF HDB CHOLINERGIC ACTIVITY IN FREELY MOVING MICE Kelsey R. Glasper, Max L. Fletcher. University of Tennessee Health Science Center, Memphis, TN, USA

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THE IMPACT OF INNOCUOUS TASTE EXPERIENCE ON LONG-TERM TASTE LEARNING AND MEMORY PERSISTENCE Dallas Shuman, Marie Yarbrough, Veronica Flores. Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA

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THE IMPACT OF TASTE HEDONICS ON LATENT ENHANCEMENT OF AVERSION LEARNING William T McCormick, Dallas Shuman, Veronica L Flores. Furman University, Greenville, SC, USA

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GENERALIZATION OF FEAR LEARNING SHAPED BY GABAERGIC SIGNALING IN EARLY SENSORY PROCESSING Alper K. Bakir, John P. McGann. Rutgers, the State University of New Jersey, Piscataway, NJ, USA

CHEMOSENSORY RECEPTORS IN NON-CHEMOSENSORY TISSUES

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INVESTIGATING THE LIGAND SELECTIVITY AND TUNING PROFILE OF HOMOMERIC INSECT ODORANT RECEPTORS Rhodry Brown, Hiro Matsunami. Department of Molecular Genetics and Microbiology, Duke University, Durham, NC, USA

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COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF THE BITTER TASTE RECEPTORS ACCELERATE MODULATOR DISCOVERY John F Trant1, 2, 3, 4, M. Usman Mirza1, Michael French5. 1Department of Chemistry a Biochemistry, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada. 2Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Windsor, Windsor, ON, Canada. 3WE-Spark Health Institute, Windsor, ON, Canada. 4Binary Star Research Services, LaSalle, ON, Canada. 5Amaro Therapeutics, New York, NY, USA

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IDENTIFICATION OF NOVEL TAS2R4 AGONISTS BY SCREENING OF A NATURAL COMPOUND LIBRARY Sara Montelatici1, Bernd Bufe2, Marcel Winnig1. 1Axxam SpA, Milan, Italy. 2Kaiserslautern University of Applied Sciences, Zweibrucken, Germany

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MOLECULAR BASIS FOR ACTIVATION OF THE HUMAN BITTER TASTE RECEPTOR TAS2R14 BY RITONAVIR Jiao Wen, Xinyi Ma, Xinyi Zhou, Yongcheng Lu, Yukyoung Kim, Young Seo Lee, Alice Lee, Shurui Chen, Keman Xu, Meng Cui. Northeastern University, Boston, MA, USA

6:00 - 7:00 PM EVENT

NETWORKING RECEPTION Calusa Foyer

7:00 - 8:20 PM LECTURE

POLAK AWARDS LECTURES Chair/Organizer: Ann-Marie Torregrossa Calusa EFGH The Polak Foundation Awards are awarded in honor of the Elsje-Werner-Polak Memorial Fund in memory of our niece gassed by the Nazis in 1944 at age 7: Ghislaine Polak and the late Ernest Polak.

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THE MOLECULAR AND CELLULAR MECHANISMS OF ALKALINE TASTE SENSATION IN DROSOPHILA Tingwei Mi1, John Mack1, Wyatt Koolmees1, Quinn Lyon1, Luke Yochimowitz1, Zhao-Qian Teng2, Peihua Jiang1, Craig Montell3, Yali Zhang1, 4. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA. 2State Key Laboratory of Stem Cell and Reproductive Biology, Institute of Zoology, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Beijing, China. 3Department of Molecular, Cellular, and Developmental Biology, University of California, Santa Barbara, CA, USA. 4Department of Physiology, The Diabetes Research Center, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine, PHILADELPHIA, PA, USA

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IDENTIFICATION OF PUTATIVE ORAL MECHANOSENSORY END-ORGANS Debarghya Dutta Banik1, Tao Tang1, Nicholas P. Weber2, Suzanne I. Sollars2, Brian A. Pierchala1. 1Department of Anatomy, Cell Biology a Physiology, Stark Neurosciences Research Institute, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA. 2Department of Psychology, University of Nebraska at Omaha, Omaha, NE, USA

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OLFACTORY BULB ACTIVITY AND ACTIVE SNIFFING DURING NATURALISTIC FORAGING IN FREELY MOVING MICE Jesse A. Smith1, Kevin Bolding2, Jiayue Tai3, Ian Davison1. 1Boston University, Boston, MA, USA. 2Monell Chemical Senses center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 3Tufts University, Medford, MA, USA

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REEVALUATING ODOR MIXTURES: EVIDENCE FOR PREDOMINANT LINEARITY Robert Pellegrino1, Jennifer Margolis1, Carissa Evans1, Mathew Andres1, Emily Mayhew2, Alex Wiltschko3, Rick Gerkin3, Joel Mainland1, 4. 1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA. 2Michigan State University, East Lansing, MI, USA. 3Osmo, New York, NY, USA. 4Department of Neuroscience, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA