Meeting Program

Welcome to the SSIB 2025 Program! Please note the program is subject to change.


  Mon - Jul 28      Tue - Jul 29      Wed - Jul 30      Thu - Jul 31      Fri - Aug 01   

TUESDAY, JULY 29, 2025

8:00 - 5:30 PM REGISTRATION
Registration - South Mezzanine
9:00 - 10:00 AM POSTER SESSION 1, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view)
North & South Mezzanines

Poster numbers 100-146 are located in the South Mezzanine.Poster numbers 147-184 are located in the North Mezzanine.



BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL


101

Ingestive Behaviors of hard and soft foods as assessed by video analysis and universal eating monitor
ADELEKE J AKINKUROLERE1, NATHAN DESALVO2, WALLS THEODORE2, EDISON THOMAZ3, CODY J ARVONEN3, DAWEI LIANG3, KATHLEEN J MELANSON1.1Department of Nutrition, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.2Department of Psychology, University of Rhode Island, Kingston, RI, USA.3Department of Electrical and Computer Engineering, University of Texas at Austin, Austin, TX, USA


103

The Impact of Nutrition Labels on Japanese Consumers' Visual Attention: A Comparison of Nutri-Scoreand Multiple Traffic Lights
MASAMI ASAKAWA, MASAO OKANO.Bunkyo University, Chigasaki, Japan


105

Systematic review and meta-analyses on the effects of aspartame on glucose, insulin and appetite-regulating hormone responses
LUCY BOXALL1, FATEMEH ESKANDARI1, JULIE WALLIS1, ALEKSANDRA BIELAT1, KATHERINE APPLETON1.1Bournemouth University, Bournemouth, United Kingdom.2Bournemouth Univrersity, Bournemouth, United Kingdom


107

Why do unprocessed meals limit energy intake? New insights drawn from Hall et al., 2019
JEFFREY M.BRUNSTROM1, MARK SCHATZKER2, PETER R.ROGERS1, AMBER B.COURVILLE3, KEVIN D.HALL3, ANNIKA N.FLYNN1.1University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom.2McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.3National Institute of Diabetes and Digestive and Kidney Diseases, Bethesda, MD, USA


111

Early brain structure predictors of eating in the absence of hunger in preschool children
ABDUL IBRAHMIM1, ELENA JANSEN1, ANGELICA OWEN2, ROSA CANO LORENTE2, JENNIFER BEAUCHEMIN2, MURIEL BRUCHHAGE2, DAPHNE KOINIS-MITCHELL2, VIREN D'SA2, SEAN DEONI2, SUSAN CARNELL1.1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, FL, USA.2Rhode Island Hospital, Providence, RI, USA


113

Sweet sensations at home: developing an at-home sensory test to explore sweet liking and sensitivity in Type 2 Diabetes
TOBIAS LONG1, 2, ALISON SMITH1, MARGARET THIBODEAU1, ELIZABETH KING1, SALLY ELDEGHAIDY1, 2, QIAN YANG1.1School of Biosciences, Sutton Bonington Campus, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom.2Sir Peter Mansfield Imaging Centre, University Park, University of Nottingham, Nottingham, United Kingdom


115

Prenatal and early-life stress predicts eating behaviors in young children
YING MENG1, THOMAS O'CONNOR2.1University of Rochester, School of Nursing, Rochester, NY, USA.2University of Rochester Medical Center, Department of Psychiatry, Rochester, NY, USA


117

Ability to predict irregular periods of food deprivtion improves body weight regulation in starlings
CHARLOTTE PARKER, RYAN NOLAN, CLARE P.ANDREWS, MELISSA BATESON.Biosciences Institute, Newcastle University, Newcastle upon Tyne, United Kingdom


119

Recognising infant appetite cues during mealtimes and its association with caregivers’ ability to “tune-in” to their own internal satiation and emotions.
SHIHUI YU, ALISON FILDES, PAM BIRTILL, TANG TANG, MARION HETHERINGTON.University of Leeds, Leeds, United Kingdom


181

Dorsal hippocampus food-responsive neurons promote location memory
NICOLAS MORANO, LEA DECARIE-SPAIN, LOGAN LAUER, CINDY GU, SCOTT KANOSKI.Department of Biological Sciences, USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA


CLINICAL


121

Circulating Agouti-related peptide is a reproducible measure and correlates negatively with age
LISA L.MORSELLI, SAMUEL LAWTON, ROLAND JAMES, JUSTIN L.GROBE, SRIVIDYA KIDAMBI.Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI, USA


NEUROSCIENCE


123

How we sense fullness after a meal - molecular mechanisms of vagal gut mechanosensation
AVNIKA BALI 1, 2, ISADORA BRAGA2, GUILLAUME DELARTIGUE1, 2.1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


125

Acute exercise modulates brain insulin sensitivity in men with normal weight
ANJA BIERENSTIEL1, 2, PATRICK SCHNEEWEISS4, 5, RALF VEIT1, 2, THERESA ESTER-NACKE1, 2, LEONTINE SANDFORTH1, 2, 3, KIM WACKER1, 2, JUDITH AHRENS1, 2, REINER JUMPERTZ-VON SCHWARTZENBERG1, 2, 3, ANDREAS NIESS4, 5, ANDREAS L.BIRKENFELD1, 2, 3, HUBERT PREISSL1, 2, 3, CORA WEIGERT1, 2, 6, STEPHANIE KULLMANN1, 2, 3.1Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.2German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD e.V.), Neuherberg, Germany.3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nephrology, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.4Interfaculty Research Institute for Sport and Physical Activity, University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.5Department of Sports Medicine, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.6Institute for Clinical Chemistry and Pathobiochemistry, University Hospital Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany


127

Exercise alters gut to brain signals that reduce sugar consumption
LAVINIA BOCCIA1, GIULIA UHR2, JO LEWIS3, LENKA DONHALOVA2, IRENE CAFFA4, LUCA TAGLIAFICO4, HEATHER COLLINS5, MYRTHA ARNOLD 6, ALESSIO NENCIONI4, FIONA GRIBBLE3, FRANK REIMMAN3, CHRISTOPH THAISS2, J.NICHOLAS BETLEY1.1Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.3MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.4Department of Internal Medicine and Medical Specialties (DIMI), University of Genoa, Genoa, Italy.5Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.6Laboratory of Translational Nutrition Biology, Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health, Department of Health Sciences and Technology ETH Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland


129

Ventral Tegmental Area-to-Cerebellum Connectivity is Disrupted in Acute Anorexia Nervosa
LIUYI CHEN, SARAH H.GUO, ARNOLD BAKKER, ANGELA GUARDA, KIMBERLY R.SMITH.Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA


131

Sex dependent food reward in mice
ASIA DOFAT, TA#252NG BUI, KEYRSTIN JACOBS, RACHELLE JACOB, WILLIAM HOWE.Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA


133

Interplay of Norepinephrine (NE) and Neuropeptide Y (NPY) in the Integration of Visceral Afferent Information by Catecholamine (CA) Neurons of the Nucleus Tractus Solitarius (NTS)
LUCIANO G FERNANDES, MINYANG ZHU, ERIC T WINZENRIED, ROWAN J CALKINS, SUZANNE M APLLEYARD.Integrative Physiology and Neuroscience Department, Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA


135

The locus coeruleus calcitonin receptor can be engaged by amylin and calcitonin gene-related peptide to suppress feeding without inducing nausea
SAMANTHA FORTIN, MARCOS SANCHEZ-NAVARRO, MAGGIE ZHOU, JIAYIN HU, CARLIE ZHANG, BRANDON ALONSO, MATTHEW HAYES.Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


137

Hungry vs.sated: Brain activation during food consumption in children
KYLE HALLISKY, KATHLEEN L.KELLER, CALEB YI, ALAINA L.PEARCE.The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA


139

Structural brain differences in metabolically healthy and metabolically unhealthy obesity in the UK Biobank sample
HENDRIK HARTMANN1, FILIP MORYS2, ALAIN DAGHER2, ANNETTE HORSTMANN1.1University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland.2Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada


141

CCK-sensitive vagal afferents activate NTSNPY neurons.
JOSEFINA I JARA, DREW M NEYENS, ERIC T WINZENRIED, ROWAN CALKINS, SUZANNE M APPLEYARD.Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA


143

Neural correlates of the subjective perception of oral fat in liquid foods
PUTU KHORISANTONO1, FEI-YANG HUANG2, MICHAEL SUTCLIFFE3, PAUL FLETCHER4, I.SADAF FAROOQI4, FABIAN GRABENHORST2.1Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.2Department of Experimental Psychology, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.3Department of Engineering, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom.4Wellcome Trust-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom


145

A rapid arousal brake on hunger neurons and its release in narcolepsy
SEHER KOSAR, EVA BRACEY, YIHUI DU, DARIA PELEG-RAIBSTEIN, DENIS BURDAKOV.ETH Zurich: Department of Health Sciences and Technology (D-HEST) Neuroscience Center Zurich (ZNZ) Institute of Food, Nutrition and Health Institute for Neuroscience, Schwerzenbach, Switzerland


147

Evaluating DHEA administration as a preclinical model of PCOS: Diagnostic and nondiagnostic effects on metabolism, cognition, and neurophysiology
CLAIRE MILLER1, ERISA MET HOXHA1, BRENT BACHMAN1, 2, KIM KINZIG1, 3, 4, 5.1Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.2Duke University, Durham, NC, USA.3Ingestive Behavior Research Center (IBRC), West Lafayette, IN, USA.4Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience (PIIN), West Lafayette, IN, USA.5Center for Research on Brain, Behavior, and NeuroRehabilitation (CEREBBRAL), West Lafayette, IN, USA


149

Diet-induced enhancements of medium spiny neuron synaptic responsivity in nucleus accumbens of adult rats
MARIA ORTEGO-DOMINGUEZ1, LAUREN M RAYCRAFT1, CARRIE R FERRARIO1, 2.1Department of Pharmacology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.2Psychology Department (Biopsychology Area) University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA


151

Perinatal exposure to maternal Western diet alters the central GLP1 system in rat offspring
ABIGAIL B.RANDOLPH, LINDA RINAMAN.Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA


153

Binge ethanol consumption can be attenuated by systemic administration of minocycline and is associated with enhanced neuroinflammation in the central amygdala
SEAN SCHRANK1, JOSHUA P.SEVIGNY1, 2, N.IKA YUNUS1, KATHERINE R.VETTER1, OSCAR AGUILAR1, VIVEK ILY1, MIKAELA VALCHINOVA1, ALEXANDRA T.KEINATH1, 2, DENNIS R.SPARTA1, 2.1Department of Psychology, Chicago, IL, USA.2Graduate Program in Neuroscience, Chicago, IL, USA


155

Central relaxin-3 agonism attenuates cisplatin-induced anorexia and body weight loss potentially through a GDF-15 independent pathway
KESHAV/ S SUBRAMANIAN1, DREW/L BELSER1, OLEKSANDR ORATIVSKYI3, QUINDY PAN1, CAROLINE/E GEISLER2, BART/C DE JONGHE1, ROBERT/P DOYLE3, MATTHEW/R HAYES1.1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.3Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA


157

The effect of vertical sleeve gastrectomy on the regulation of food intake by AgRP neurons
CAITLIN R TEDESCO, CAITLIN S MITCHELL, IRENE E SUCQUART, NEDA RAFIEI, HERBERT HERZOG, DENOVAN P BEGG.University of New South Wales, Sydney, Australia


159

A Sensometric Study of Chocolate Preference Combining Neuroimaging and Olfactometry
TOMAS VALINSKAS1, PABLO ARRONA CARDOZA1, KATHERINE LABONTE1, 2, DAIVA E NIELSEN1.1McGill University, Ste-Anne-de-Bellevue, QC, Canada.2Universite Laval, Quebec City, QC, Canada


161

Brainstem PrRP and PPG projections to the dorsomedial hypothalamus reduce food intake without reducing the activity of “hunger” neurons
AMY A WORTH, YING YU NG, MEHDI BOUTAGOUGA BOUDJADJA, GIUSEPPE D'AGOSTINO, SIMON M LUCKMAN.Faculty of Biology, Medicine and Health, University of Manchester, Manchester, United Kingdom


PHYSIOLOGY


163

An incretin dependent periprandial population of neutrophils in blood patrols the metabolic adaptations to high fat diet
ANDREA BARAGETTI1, LORENZO DA DALT1, ANNA PAROLINI1, ANNALISA MOREGOLA1, ALESSIA RUBINO1, GIOVANNI BATTISTA VINGIANI1, MONIKA SVECLA2, ELENA OLMASTRONI1, 3, ALBERICO LUIGI CATAPANO1, 3, GIUSEPPE DANILO NORATA1.1Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences -Rodolfo Paoletti-, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.2Department of Neurosurgery, Charite- Universitat Medizin Berlin, Berlin, Germany.3Center for the Study of Atherosclerosis, IRCCS MultiMedica, Milan, Italy


165

Impact of dietary carbohydrates on glucagon-like peptide-1 agonist-induced weight loss via FGF21 signaling
GAI-LINN K BESING, JULIO AYALA.Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA


167

Predictors for fasting plasma erythritol concentrations in different populations
EMILIE FLAD1, 2, ANITA ALTSTAEDT1, 2, JUERGEN DREWE3, CHRISTOPH BEGLINGER2, BETTINA K.WOELNERHANSSEN1, 2, ANNE CHRISTIN MEYER-GERSPACH1, 2.1St.Clara Research Ltd.at St.Claraspital, Basel, Switzerland.2Faculty of Medicine, University of Basel, Basel, Switzerland.3Department of Clinical Pharmacology and Toxicology, University Hospital Basel, Basel, Switzerland


169

Dietary Protein Restriction Increases Operant Responding to MSG in an FGF21-Dependent Manner
SORA Q KIM1, +, MD SHAHJALAL KHAN1, +, REDIN A SPANN1, SUN O FERNANDEZ-KIM1, DIANA A ALBARADO1, SANGHO YU1, PAUL L SOTO2, CHRISTOPHER D MORRISON1.1Pennington Biomedical Research Center, Baton Rouge, LA, USA.2Department of Psychology, Louisiana State University, Baton Rouge, LA, USA


171

Influence of mid-morning snack size on satiety and emotions
LAURA LAGUNA, CLARA ABARCA, AMPARO TA.Institute of Agroqemistry and Food Science (IATA, CSIC), Valencia, Spain


173

Cafeteria diet exposure, and not weight gain propensity, impacts gut microbiota of rats – a within laboratory meta-analysis
MARGARET J.MORRIS1, SHYAM PRAKAASH BHAGAVATA SRINIVASAN1, MICHAEL D.KENDIG1, 2, KYOKO HASEBE1, NADEEM O.KAAKOUSH1, SARAH-JANE LEIGH1.1Department of Pharmacology, School of Biomedical Sciences, UNSW Sydney, NSW, Australia.2School of Life Sciences, UTS, NSW, Australia


175

Drinking microstructure analysis of direct controls of water intake in male and female rats.
JESSICA SANTOLLO1, BO W.SORTMAN2, EMALIE L.MULLANE1, KENNEDY L.LAMB1, ANDREA A.EDWARDS1, DEREK DANIELS2.1Department of Biology, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.2Department of Biology, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA


177

Effects of obesity on liver GABA shunt flux.
ANISHA VENIGALLA1, KAYLA MAC1, MARIKATE MURPHY1, MAYA PALEY1, JONATHAN VALEROS2, JESSICA B.SPINELLI2, BENJAMIN J.RENQUIST1.1School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA.2Program in Molecular Medicine, UMass Chan Medical School, Worcester, MA, USA


TECHNICAL/PROCEDURAL


179

Development of a college course focused on human weight regulation and lesser-known contributors to increased adiposity/obesity
MARK G GLEN.College of Saint Benedict and Saint John's University, St.Joseph, MN, USA
10:00 - 12:00 PM PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM
Chair/Organizer: Mitch Roitman, Kathleen Keller
L1




10:00

A Gut (Microbiome) Feeling: Brain Body Interactions Regulating Behaviour Across the Lifespan
JOHN CRYAN.University College Cork, Cork, Ireland


10:30

From nutrients to neurons in the gourmet fly: How brain-body interactions guide dietary decisions
CARLOS RIBEIRO.Champalimaud Foundation, Lisboa, Portugal


11:00

Food for thought: behavioral and brain characterization of anxiety-to-eat in anorexia nervosa
KIMBERLY R.SMITH.Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences, Johns Hopkins School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA


11:30

Social influences on eating
SUZANNE HIGGS.School of Psychology, University of Birmingham, Birmingham, United Kingdom
12:10 - 1:40 PM ORAL SESSION 1: ALL THE FEELS; INTERACTIONS BETWEEN STRESS, EMOTION AND INGESTION
Chair/Organizer: Eric Krause, Lauren Raycraft
L1


12:10

An influence of BMI and high fat diet on food valuation
JUSTIN SUNG1, FILIP MORYS1, ANTONIETTA CANNA1, XUE DAVIS2, DANA M SMALL1, 2.1McGIll University, Montreal, QC, Canada.2Yale University, New Haven, CT, USA


12:25

Not only gut feelings: pancreatic hormone, amylin, controls emotionality and sociability, in a sex divergent manner.
SUYEUN BYUN1, 2, MORGAN R SOTZEN1, 2, DORIS I OLEKANMA1, 2, MYA A KNAPPENBERGER1, 2, KAROLINA P SKIBICKA1, 2.1Department of Nutritional Sciences, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA.2Huck Institutes of Life Science, Pennsylvania State University, State College, PA, USA


12:40

Stress engages the noradrenergic brainstem-to-hypothalamus circuit to suppress appetite.
MYUNGMO AN1, 2, JUNKOO PARK1, 2, SUMIN LEE3, 4, SE-YOUNG CHOI3, 4, SUNG-YON KIM1, 2.1Institute of molecular biology and genetics, Seoul, South Korea.2Department of chemistry Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.3Department of physiology and neuroscience Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea.4Dental research institute, Seoul, South Korea


12:55

The role of the basolateral amygdala and the lateral hypothalamus in social stress-induced appetitive motivation
MEGAN L.MCGRAW, COOPER C.CHRISTENSEN, AI-JUN LI, EMILY QUALLS-CREEKMORE.Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA


1:10

Functional neuroimaging of impulsivity, negative emotional reactivity and monetary reward processing in adults with obesity and binge eating symptoms
ALISA MUSATOVA1, NAVPREET CHHINA1, RIOGHNACH HANNAN1, ELEANOR BRIAN1, MOAZ AL LABABIDI1, GHADAH ALDUBAIKHI1, ISABELLE FRANCO1, MADHAWI ALDHWAYAN2, WERD AL-NAJIM3, ARUCHUNA RUBAN4, MICHAEL A GLAYSHER5, CHRISTINA G PRECHTL6, JAMES P BYRNE5, JULIAN P TEARE4, ANTHONY P GOLDSTONE1.1PsychoNeuroEndocrinology Research Group, Division of Psychiatry, Department of Brain Sciences, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.2Community Health Sciences Department, King Saud University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.3Department of Metabolism, Diabetes and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.4Department of Surgery and Cancer, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom.5Division of Surgery, University Hospital Southampton NHS Foundation Trust, Southampton, United Kingdom.6Clinical Trials Unit, Department of Public Health, Imperial College London, London, United Kingdom


1:25

GIP receptor agonism modulates aversive behaviors and parabrachial CGRP neuron activity (New Investigator Travel Awardee)
HALEY PROVINCE1, NATHAN LEONG1, JESSICA XIA1, NIKOLAS HAYES1, LISA BEUTLER1.1Northwestern University, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Chicago, IL, USA.2Northwestern University, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Chicago, IL, USA.3Northwestern University, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Chicago, IL, USA.4Northwestern University, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Chicago, IL, USA.5Northwestern University, Department of Medicine (Endocrinology), Chicago, IL, USA
12:25 - 1:40 PM ORAL SESSION 2: COMING TO YOUR SENSES; OLFACTION AND GUSTATION IN INGESTION
Chair/Organizer: Ann-Marie Torregosa, Alan Spector
L2


12:25

High or low dietary sweet taste exposure do not affect sweet taste liking or body weight
EVA CAD1, MONICA MARS1, LEONE PRETORIUS2, CLAUDIA TANG2, MEREL VAN DER KRUIJSSEN1, HANNE DE JONG1, MICHIEL BALVERS1, KATHERINE APPLETON2, KEES DE GRAAF1.1Wageningen University and Research, Wageningen, Netherlands.2Bournemouth Univrersity, Bournemouth, United Kingdom


12:40

Olfactory bulb GLP-1 system influences sensory perception of food and feeding behaviour
MIREIA MONTANER1, JO E LEWIS1, JESSICA DENOM2, CHRISTOPHE MAGNAN2, HIRAC GURDEN2, FIONA GRIBBLE1, FRANK REIMANN1.1Institute of Metabolic Science a MRC Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK., Cambridge, United Kingdom.2Universite Paris Cite, Unit of Functional and Adaptive Biology (BFA), UMR 8251 CNRS, F-75013, Paris, France., Paris, France


12:55

Olfaction and feeding behaviour: neuronal substrates underlying odour modulation of neuronal circuits regulating food intake
LOUISE EYGRET1, MORGANE MARTIN1, ALEXANDRA SERE1, FARHA BOUTELDJA1, VINCENT SIMON2, DANIELA COTA2, XAVIER FIORAMONTI1, DAVID JARRIAULT1.1NutriNeuro (INRAE UMR 1286), Bordeaux, France.2Neurocentre Magendie, Bordeaux, France


1:10

GLP-1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS SIGNIFICANTLY IMPAIR TASTE FUNCTION
RICHARD DOTY1, RAFA KHAN1.1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, PA, USA.2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA 19104, PA, USA


1:25

AgRP neurons distinguish oral sugars from sweeteners
MISGANA Y GHIDEWON1.2, LARYSSA O COUTINHO2, MILENA S ALMEIDA2, SEVINCH RAKHMONOVA2, ALISHA A ACOSTA2, AMBER L ALHADEFF1, 2.1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA
1:40 - 3:00 PM LUNCH
On Own
3:00 - 4:30 PM SYMPOSIUM 1: EXERCISE AS A MODIFIER OF FEEDING
Chair/Organizer: Emily Noble, Nu Chu Liang
L2


3:00

Might Energy expenditure and physical exercise be implicated in the control of appetite in adolescents with obesity? (Supported By the SSIB International Foundational Fund Given In Memory Of Drs.Jacques Le Magnen (France), Anton Steffens (The Netherlands), Jacob Steiner (Israel), Steven Cooper (The United Kingdom))
DAVID THIVEL.AME2P Laboratory, CLERMONT-FERRAND, France


3:30

To Run or Not to Run That Is the Question
KEVIN W WILLIAMS.Center for Hypothalamic Research, Department of Internal Medicine, UT Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX, USA


4:00

Regular intense activity is associated with lower sweet taste sensitivity and increased sugar intake
ISABELLA KIMMESWENGER1, 2, MARLIES GAIDER2, 3, 4, KEVIN DOPPELMAYER1, JAKOB LEY5, BARBARA LIEDER1, 3, 4.1Institute of Physiological Chemistry, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.22 Vienna Doctoral School in Chemistry (DoSChem), University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.3Christian Doppler Laboratory for Taste Research, Faculty of Chemistry, University of Vienna, Vienna, Austria.4Institute of Clinical Nutrition, University of Hohenheim, Stuttgart, Germany.5Symrise AG, Holzminden, Germany
3:00 - 4:30 PM ORAL SESSION 3: OH TO BE YOUNG; EARLY LIFE FOOD PERCEPTION AND EATING
Chair/Organizer: Kellie Tomashiro, Nick Neuwald
L1


3:00

Measurement of The Reinforcing Value of Food in Infancy
AMANDA K CRANDALL1, ASHLEY N.GEARHARDT2, ALISON L.MILLER3, KATHERINE L.ROSENBLUM4, JULIE C.LUMENG1.1Departments of Pediatrics University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.2Department of Psychology, University of Michigan College of Literature, Science, and the Arts, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.3Department of Health Behavior a Health Equity, University of Michigan School of Public Health, Ann Arbor, MI, USA.4Departments of Psychiatry and Obstetrics a Gynecology, University of Michigan Medical School, Ann Arbor, MI, USA


3:15

“Cookies make me feel like life is good”: Food-related emotional expectancies in children and adolescents
JENNA R.CUMMINGS1, MADDY ROBERTS1, ASHLIN JAMES1, MABEL S.F.KOUK1, AIMEE E.PINK2, JULIA M.P.BITTNER3, ALBERT LEE4, BOBBY CHEON3, LEAH M.LIPSKY3, TONJA R.NANSEL3.1University of Liverpool, Liverpool, United Kingdom.2Agency for Science, Technology and Research (A*STAR), Singapore, Singapore.3Eunice Kennedy Shriver National Institute of Child Health and Human Development, Bethesda, MD, USA.4Nanyang Technological University, Singapore, Singapore


3:30

Working memory moderates the relationship between attentional bias and eating behavior
JESSICA H.LIU1, AFRODITI PAPANTONI2, KYLE S.BURGER2.1The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA


3:45

Using machine learning to identify task fMRI predictors of appetite ratings and weight status in adolescents
TRINITY CHENG1, LIUYI CHEN1, AFRODITI PAPANTONI2, SUSAN CARNELL1.1Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine, Baltimore, MD, USA.2Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA


4:00

Maternal prebiotic supplementation improves vagal function and diet induced obesity in offspring
JENNIFER M.HOUSTON1, JILLIAN M.ALLEN2, RACHEL E.LIPPINCOTT2, EDEN E.CRAIN2, JUNG H.BYUN2, DULCE M.MINAYA2, KELLIE L.TAMASHIRO3, CLAIRE B.DE LA SERRE1.1Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.2University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.3Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA


4:15

Effects of semaglutide injections on weight and body composition in an adolescent rodent model.
AUSTIN M.MILLS, CJ PETTY, EMILY E.NOBLE.University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA
4:30 - 5:30 PM POSTER SESSION 2, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view)
North & South Mezzanines

Poster numbers 100-146 are located in the South Mezzanine.Poster numbers 147-184 are located in the North Mezzanine.



BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL


102

Navigating novelty: The role of arousal in the approach and avoidance of novel foods
ZHEN AN, CATHERINE A.FORESTELL.William a Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA


104

County-level implicit food palatability associations mediate the relationship between local food environments and obesity rates
BOBBY K.CHEON1, MATT B.SIROTY1, JULIA M.P.BITTNER1, JENNIFER L.HOWELL2, ZHEN CHEN1.1National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, MD, USA.2University of California Merced, Merced, CA, USA


106

Debating as a tool for shaping attitudes and food choices: the role of debate composition in attitudes and meat consumption change
THOMAS DHEILLY1, 2, NICOLAS DARCEL1, SABRINA TEYSSIER2.1UMR PNCA, Universite Paris-Saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAE, Palaiseau, France.2Laboratoire d'Economie Appliquee de Grenoble, INRAE, Grenoble, France


108

Deciding when to introduce meat to infants and toddlers: Factors influencing caregivers' choices
CATHERINE A.FORESTELL1, KAMERON J.MODING2, SUSAN L.JOHNSON3.1William a Mary, Williamsburg, VA, USA.2Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA.3University of Colorado, Anschutz Medical School, Aurora, CO, USA


110

Association Between Food Chewing Features and Weight Status Among Israeli Adolescents
TZACH ITZHAK GIL1, TALI SINAI2, 3, CHEN DOR2, VERED KAUFMAN-SHRIQUI1.1Department of Nutrition Sciences, Faculty of Health Sciences, Ariel University, Ariel, Israel.2Israel Center for Disease Control, Israel Ministry of Health, Ramat Gan, Israel.3School of Nutritional Sciences, The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Rehovot, Israel


112

Impulsivity moderates the relationship between early life adversity and child food intake and eating behaviour
ANGELA M.JARAMILLO OSPINA1, ROBERTA DALLE MOLLE2, GUILLAUME ELGBEILI2, PATRICIA P.SILVEIRA1, 2.1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.2Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.3Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.4Ludmer Centre for Neuroinformatics and Mental Health, Douglas Hospital Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada


114

Advanced AI technology and photo recognition-based smartphone app (Syft Health) improves 7-day adherence to dietary self-monitoring and diet quality compared to 24-hour dietary recall and My Fitness Pal.Advanced AI technology and photo recognition-based smartphone app (Syft Health) improves 7-day adherence to dietary self-monitoring and diet quality compared to 24-hour dietary recall and My Fitness Pal.
CASSANDRA LOWE, STELLA KOZMER.University of Exeter, Exeter


116

Stress, emotional eating, and sensitization to food reinforcement: Examining adolescent responses to repeated exposure
ANA LETICIA PEREIRA ANDRADE1, JENNIFER L TEMPLE1, 2.1Department of Community Health and Health Behavior, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.2Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, School of Public Health and Health Professions, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA


118

Cue-triggered food-seeking varies with the estrous cycle in obesity-prone rats: Insights revealed by machine-learning based analysis with LabGym
LAUREN M RAYCRAFT, EDISON ZHENG, ELSIE NORTON, BLAKE YATES, CARRIE R FERRARIO.University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA


120

Adolescents’ perceptions and use of AI chatbots for health and wellbeing information
FLORENCE SHEEN, GEMMA L.WITCOMB, HANNAH J.WHITE.School of Sport, Exercise and Health Sciences, Loughborough University, Loughborough, United Kingdom


122

Investigating the efficacy and feasibility of manipulating mindful eating practices on food intake in humans
QING ZHANG, REBECCA ELSWORTH, HELIO C.CUVE, DANIELLE FERRIDAY .University of Bristol, Bristol, United Kingdom


CLINICAL


124

Associations between reproductive hormonal milieus and binge eating: The role of sex and hormonal contraceptive use
JACQUELINE M.KATZ, RAN YAN, ASHLEY N.GEARHARDT, ADRIENE M.BELTZ.Department of Psychology, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI, USA


NEUROSCIENCE


128

Hindbrain Glp1r neurons mediate the weight loss and aversion effects of obesity drugs
ALISHA ACOSTA1, KUEI-PIN HUANG1, AARON MCKNIGHT1, 2, FANG YU HSU1, 2, AMBER ALHADEFF1, 2.1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


130

Melanocortin Receptors Mediate the Membrane Delimited Effects of Corticosterone on Glutamatergic Synaptic Transmission in the Nucleus of the Solitary Tract.
RACHEL A.ARNOLD, JONATHAN E.M.LINDBERG, JAMES H.PETERS.Washington State University, Pullman, WA, USA


132

Effect of an adolescent Western Diet on the brain and impulsive eating behavior in rodents
RAWAD K BASMA, DULCE MINAYA, MAGEN LORD, EMILY NOBLE.The University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA


134

Effects of Western Diet on Recognition Memory and Neural Activation in Middle-Aged Rats
G.R.BONANNO, S.E.SWITHERS.Purdue University, West Lafayette, IN, USA


136

Impact of maternal obesity on feeding behaviour and hypothalamic development in offspring: role of fetal hyperinsulinemia
PIT SHAN (ROSANNE) CHONG, L WAI PING WONG, LAURA DEARDEN.University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Level 4, Box 289, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom


138

PASTa: An open-source MATLAB toolbox and protocol for fiber photometry signal processing, transient detection, and trial analysis
RACHEL M DONKA, MAX K LOH, MITCHELL F ROITMAN, JAMIE D ROITMAN.University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA


140

Network-targeted neurostimulation enhances hypothalamic functional connectivity in persons with overweight or obesity
THERESA ESTER-NACKE1, 2, RALF VEIT1, 2, ANJA BIERENSTIEL1, 2, DORINA LOEFFLER1, 2, 3, ANDREAS L.BIRKENFELD1, 2, 3, HUBERT PREISSL1, 2, 3, STEPHANIE KULLMANN1, 2, 3.1Institute for Diabetes Research and Metabolic Diseases (IDM) of the Helmholtz Center Munich at the University of Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany.2German Center of Diabetes Research (DZD), Tuebingen, Germany.3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Nephrology, Eberhard Karls University Tuebingen, Tuebingen, Germany


142

In vivo phenotyping and transcriptomic characterization of glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor (GIPR) neurocircuits of the paraventricular hypothalamus
NATALIE S FIGUEREDO BURGOS1, ANNA G ROBERTS1, FILIPA GAMEIRO1, VARSHA PRAMOD RAO1, FRANK REIMANN2, ALICE E ADRIAENSSENS1.1University College London, London, United Kingdom.2University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom


144

The Interplay between KCNB1 potassium channel and leptin receptor in modulating hypothalamic neuronal dynamics and ingestive behaviors.
ELENA FORZISI, FEDERICO SESTI.Rutgers University, Piscataway, NJ, USA


146

Glucose-dependent insulinotropic polypeptide receptor signalling in oligodendrocytes increases the weight loss action of GLP-1R agonism
ROBERT HANSFORD1, SOPHIE BULLER1, ANTHONY H TSANG1, SIMON BENOIT1, ANNA ROBERT3, THOMAS W BROWN1, VALENTINA PIRRO2, FRANK REIMANN1, NORIO HARADA3, NOBUYA INAGAKI3, RICARDO SAMMS2, JOHANNES BROICHHAGEN5, DAVID HODSON6, ALICE ADRIENSSENS4, SOYOUNG PARK2, CLEMENCE BLOUET1.1Wellcome-MRC Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrookes Hospital, Cambridge, United Kingdom.2Diabetes, Obesity and Complications, Lilly Research Laboratories, Eli Lilly and Company, Cambridge, MA, USA.3epartment of Diabetes, Endocrinology and Nutrition, Kyoto University, Kyoto, Japan.4Department of Neuroscience, Physiology, and Pharmacology, University College London, London, United Kingdom.5Leibniz-Forschungsinstitut fA, Berlin, Germany.6Oxford Centre for Diabetes, Endocrinology and Metabolism (OCDEM), NIHR Oxford Biomedical Research Centre, Churchill Hospital, Radcliffe Department of Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom


148

Hedonic and Homeostatic Neural Correlates during Memory Encoding and Retrieval of Food Stimuli Relate to Prebiotic Intervention
DARIA E.A.JENSEN1, 2, RONJA THIELEKING2, EVELYN MEDAWAR2, ARNO VILLRINGER1, 2, FRAUKE BEYER1, 2, A.VERONICA WITTE1, 2.1Clinic of Cognitive Neurology, University of Leipzig Medical Center, Leipzig, Germany.2Neurology, Max Planck Institute for Human Cognitive Behaviour and Brain Sciences, Leipzig, Germany


150

Exercise-induced activation of ventromedial hypothalamic neurons mediates improvements in endurance
MORGAN KINDEL1, RYAN POST2, LOUISE LANTIER3, EUNSANG HWANG4, JAMIE CARTY1, NITSAN GOLDSTEIN1, ERIK BLOSS5, J.NICHOLAS BETLEY1.1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Providence College, Providence, RI, USA.3Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.4U.T.Southwestern, Dallas, TX, USA.5Jackson Laboratories, Bar Harbor, ME, USA


152

Long-acting GLP-1/amylin analogue combination therapy spares mesolimbic signaling
MACK R.KROLL1, RACHEL M.DONKA1, JAMIE D.ROITMAN1, JON DAVIS2, MITCHELL F.ROITMAN1.1Department of Psychology, University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA.2Novonordisk Research Center, Lexington, MA, USA


154

Time-Restricted Feeding in Adolescent Female Rodents and Susceptibility to Obesity
MARY LAZZARO, MAI SPAULDING, EMILY NOBLE.Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA


156

Control of consummatory behavior by a lateral hypothalamus to paraventricular thalamus pathway
JORGE LUIS-ISLAS1, 4, ASHLEY HAN1, JENYVIB TENORIO1, KULDEEP SHRIVASTAVA1, YUKO AMBO1, MARK A.ROSSI1, 2, 3, 4.1Child Health Institute of New Jersey, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.2Department of Psychiatry, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.3Department of Neuroscience and Cell Biology, Rutgers Robert Wood Johnson Medical School, New Brunswick, NJ, USA.4Rutgers Brain Health Institute, New Brunswick, NJ, USA


158

Food insecurity during development impairs memory function during adulthood in male rats
OLIVIA P.MOODY1, ANNA M.R.HAYES1, ALICIA E.KAO1, KEVIN P.MYERS2, SCOTT E.KANOSKI1.1Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, Los Angeles, CA, USA.2Department of Psychology, Bucknell University, Lewisburg, PA, USA


160

Ventral tegmental area dopaminergic neural activity in response to medial forebrain bundle stimulation in an associative learning paradigm
ALISON J.PAGE, RACHEL M.DONKA, MACK R.KROLL, MITCHELL F.ROITMAN, JAMIE D.ROITMAN.University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA


162

Environmental Enrichment Exposure Decreases Intrinsic Excitability of Extended Amygdala CRF+ Neurons and Sex- Specifically Modulates Associated Ethanol Consumption and Anxiety Behaviors in Adolescent Mice
JOSHUA P SEVIGNY, SEAN C SCHRANK, N.IKA YUNUS, MIKAELA VALCHINOVA, KATHERINE R VETTER, VIVEK ILY, OSCAR D AGUILAR, DENNIS R SPARTA.University of Illinois Chicago, Chicago, IL, USA


164

Semaglutide (SEMA) acutely decreases intake of sucrose-rich food & blunts body weight cycling in a rat model of binge-eating
KAITLYN SUNG, JULIA STEINBERG, PAULINE HUYNH, NICHOLAS MENDEZ, VICTORIA NAFICY, ALISON KREISLER.CSU San Marcos, San Marcos, CA, USA


166

Mediobasal hypothalamic aryl hydrocarbon receptor is critical for metabolic homeostasis via regulation of hypothalamic inflammation.
HALLIE R WACHSMUTH1, REBEKAH JN HUBBLE2, ARCHANA KANGATH3, MATTHEW R HAYES4, 5, FRANK A DUCA1, 3, 6.1Physiological Sciences GIDP, Tucson, AZ, USA.2Department of Neuroscience, Tucson, AZ, USA.3School of Animal and Comparative Biomedical Sciences, Tucson, AZ, USA.4Institue for Diabetes, Obesity, and Metabolism, Philadelphia, PA, USA.5Department of Psychiatry, Philadelphia, PA, USA.6BIO5 Institute, Tucson, AZ, USA


168

CGRP Signaling in the Locus Coeruleus Suppresses Food Intake without Inducing Gastrointestinal Malaise or Aversive State Changes
MAGGIE ZHOU1, MATTHEW R.HAYES2, SAMANTHA M.FORTIN2.1Neuroscience Graduate Group, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA


170

The effect of photoperiod and temperature on growth and energy balance in tundra voles (Alexandromys oeconomus)
JIAOYUE ZHU, ROELOF A.HUT.University of Groningen, Groningen, Netherlands


184

Naturalistic functional neuroimaging of food reward in anorexia nervosa
MARGARET L.WESTWATER1, 2, SALONI MEHTA2, ZACHARY HARVANEK3, MILANA KHAITOVA2, RAIMUNDO RODRIGUEZ2, MAX ROLISON3, DANA SMALL3, 4, MICHAEL BROWNING1, DUSTIN SCHEINOST2.1Dept.of Psychiatry, University of Oxford, Oxford, United Kingdom.2Dept.of Radiology and Biomedical Imaging, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.3Dept.of Psychiatry, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, USA.4Dept.of Neurology and Neurosurgery, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada


PHYSIOLOGY


172

Role of hypothalamic AgRP neurons in the control of glucagon secretion by amylin
GUILLAUME BOGAERTS, CHRISTINA N.BOYLE, THOMAS A.LUTZ.University of Zurich, Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Zurich, Switzerland


174

Effects of a moderate reduction in plant protein intake on feeding behaviour in rats.
TRISTAN DADILLON, GAELLE CHAMPEIL-POTOKAR, MARJORIE GOURRU, NATHALIE JEROME, MORGANE DUFAY, OLIVIER RAMPIN, VERONIQUE MATHE, OLGA DAVIDENKO, ISABELLE DENIS.Universite Paris-saclay, AgroParisTech, INRAE, Palaiseau, France


176

Oleoylethanolamide as a cardioprotective agent against diet-induced fibrosis and metabolic impairments
MARZIA FRIULI1, ANNA MARIA GIUDETTI2, DANIELE VERGARA2, BARBARA ERAMO3, ELISABETTA PANZA4, IVANA BELLO4, ADELE ROMANO3, SILVANA GAETANI3.1Link Campus University, Roma, Italy.2University of Salento, Lecce, Italy.3Sapienza University of Rome, Roma, Italy.4University of Naples Federico II, Napoli, Italy


178

Impact of current breeding practices on the health and wellbeing of the mouse dam
ANDREA LEUTHARDT1, CAMILLE CALMBACH1, NADJA PREBIANCA1, KAYA WALO1, GAIA SERRA1, MADELEINE GRIES1, SANDER BOTTER2, RUPERT PALME3, BERNADETTA TARIGAN4, CHRISTINA BOYLE1.1Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.2Swiss Center for Musculoskeletal Imaging SCMI, Balgrist University Hospital, Zurich, Switzerland.3Unit of Physiology, Pathophysiology and Experimental Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical Sciences, University of Veterinary Medicine, Vienna, Austria.4Applied Statistics, Department of Mathematical Modeling and Machine Learning (DM3L), University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland


180

Hepatocyte GABA Transaminase knockdown does not affect glucose homeostasis, food intake, or body weight
MARIKATE MURPHY, ANISHA VENIGALLA, CATE NAUKAM, ANGELA CASTILE-KRASUSKI, BENJAMIN J RENQUIST.University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ, USA


182

Investigating lipid sensing in human CCK-secreting duodenal I-cells
MARTA SANTOS-HERNANDEZ, NUNZIO GUCCIO, MAE TABBADA, CONSTANZA ALCAINO, ADAM DAVISON, CHRISTOPHER A.SMITH, LINXIA LI, TIANYI LU, FRANK REIMANN, FIONA M GRIBBLE.University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom
6:30 - 8:00 PM NEW INVESTIGATOR EVENT, ORGANIZED BY THE NEW INVESTIGATOR ADVISORY COMMITTEE
Offsite - The King's Arms Oxford

NOTE: We have reached capacity.Thank you all for signing up! If you plan on walking over from the conference with the group, please look for Laura Loera-Lopez, Lauren Raycraft, Rachel Donka, and Nick Neuald - they will be guiding everyone to Kings Arms! See you all there!Come meet your fellow new investigators.