Program
Meeting Program
Welcome to the SSIB 2025 Program! Please note the program is subject to change.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 1, 2025
| 8:00 - 4:30 PM | REGISTRATION Registration - South Mezzanine |
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| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | POSTER SESSION 6, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view)
South Mezzanine |
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BEHAVIORAL/SOCIAL |
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Nothing is sweeter than chocolate: sugar preference as a predictor of self-reported emotional eating LARISA OLTEANU, DARYNA YAKOVLEVA, GA COPPIN.UniDistance, Brig, Switzerland |
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403 |
Impaired Dopamine Transmission in Obese Mice Drives Motor Slowness FLORIAN SCHOUKROUN, ZHAOLONG ADRIAN LI , MARY KATHERINE O RAY, KAELI-SKYE SPIGHT, TAMARA HERSHEY , ALEXXAI V.KRAVITZ.Department of Psychiatry, Washington University School of Medicine, St Louis, MO, USA |
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405 |
Validating OCOsense glasses in home-based studies: assessing usability and performance. MARTIN R YEOMANS1, AISHWARYA PADMANABHAN1, SOPHIA COX1, TATUM SEVENOAKS1, RHIANNON M ARMITAGE1, SIMON STANOSKI2, FILIP PANCHEVSKI2, BORJAN SAZDOV2, MIA DARKOVSKA2, CLAIRE BAERT2, MOHSEN FATOORECHI2, HRISTIJAN GJORESKI2, CHARLES NDUKA2.1School of Psychology, University of Sussex, Brighton, United Kingdom.2Emteq Labs, Brighton, United Kingdom |
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CLINICAL |
407 |
The Effects of Stevia on Acute Endocrine Hormone Release in Men and Women with Normal Weight, Overweight and Type 2 Diabetes COREY SCOTT1, CARYN G.ADAMS2, PATRICIA WILLIAMSON1, THOMAS HUTTON1, MEREDITH L.WILCOX2, LIANA L.GUARNEIRI2, KEVIN C.MAKI2.1Cargill, Inc, Minneapolis, MN, USA.2MB Clinical Research a Consulting, LLC, Addison, IL, USA |
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NEUROSCIENCE |
409 |
A novel mouse model of mild chronic social stress elicits anxiety-like behaviours and hyperphagia of palatable liquid diet. ELLENA G BADENOCH, MARIE K HOLT.University of Warwick, Coventry, United Kingdom |
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411 |
Central Mechanisms of Glucose-Dependent Insulinotropic Polypeptide (GIP)-Mediated Appetite Regulation PAULA-PEACE JAMES-OKORO, JO E.LEWIS, FIONA M .GRIBBLE, FRANK REIMANN.Institute of Metabolic Science - Metabolic Research Laboratories a MRC-Metabolic Diseases Unit, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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413 |
Towards fine-scale targeting of neural substrates controlling feeding and autonomic function: Novel meso- and microscale 2-D and 3-D organization of rat catecholaminergic and neuropeptidergic circuits in the hindbrain and hypothalamus ARSHAD M.KHAN1, 2, 3, 4, SIVASAI BALIVADA1, 2, 4.1Department of Biological Sciences, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA.2Imaging a Behavioral Neuroscience Core, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA.3HHMI Brain Mapping a Connectomics Laboratory, El Paso, TX, USA.4Border Biomedical Research Center, The University of Texas at El Paso, El Paso, TX, USA |
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415 |
Controlling food intake: the role of prefrontal cortical projections to the nucleus accumbens and the basolateral amygdala KARLIJN LISELOTTE KOOIJ, ROBERTO D'ANGELO, EVELIEN SCHUT, MAX VAN BAALEN, ATANAS RUSENOV, INGE WOLTERINK, SIMONE DUIS, FRANK MEYE.University medical center Utrecht, Utrecht, Netherlands |
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417 |
Hindbrain RAMP2 mediates cagrilintide’s anorectic effects GRETA LOMMI1, CHRISTELLE LE FOLL1, ANNA SECHER2, KIRSTEN RAUN2, THOMAS LUTZ1.1Institute of Veterinary Physiology, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.2Global Drug Discovery, Novo Nordisk A/S, Malov, Denmark |
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419 |
Regulation of asprosin in the acuate nucleus of the hypothalamus by nutritional state. ERISA MET HOXHA1, GABRIELLE R.BONANNO1, BRENT B.BACHMAN1, CLAIRE E.MILLER1, KIMBERLY P.KINZIG1, 2, 3.1Purdue University Department of Psychological Sciences, West Lafayette, IN, USA.2Purdue Institute for Integrative Neuroscience, West Lafayette, IN, USA.3Purdue Interdisciplinary Life Science Graduate Program, West Lafayette, IN, USA |
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421 |
A new view on the central response of semaglutide by functional ultrasound in mice NANDKISHOR K.MULE1, TUDOR IONESCU2, BEKIR ALTAS1, VOLKER MACK1, ANTON PEKCEC1.1Department of Cardiovasc.-Renal-Metabolic Disease Discovery Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH a Co.KG, Biberach, Germany.2Department of Neuroscience a Mental Health Discovery Research, Boehringer Ingelheim Pharma GmbH a Co.KG, Biberach, Germany |
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423 |
Weight Regulation by GLP1R agonists via a non-canonical hypothalamic PKA-mTORC1 mediated Pathway RITIKA RAGHAVAN1, RIA MIRCHANDANI3, THAO V.LE2, 4, LAUREL NICHOLAS3, GAI-LINN K.BESING2, JULIO E.AYALA1, 2.1Vanderbilt Brain Institute, Nashville, TN, USA.2Vanderbilt University, Molecular Physiology and Biophysics, Nashville, TN, USA.3Vanderbilt University, Nashville, TN, USA.4Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA |
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425 |
Cortical control of the lateral hypothalamus LOTTE RAZENBERG1, 2, CLARA HARTMANN1, 2, MAHESH KARNANI3.1Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam, Amsterdam, Netherlands.2CNCR, Amsterdam, Netherlands.3University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh, United Kingdom |
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427 |
Sweet Paradox: Investigating Links between GLP-1 in the Taste System and Sugar Intake CIORANA ROMAN-ORTIZ, ARACELY SIMENTAL-RAMOS, KATHERINE MERKLING, TITO BORNER, SCOTT KANOSKI, LINDSEY SCHIER.University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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429 |
From the pancreas to the dorsal raphe – a novel neural substrate for amylin’s effects on ingestive and motivated behavior. MORGAN SOTZEN1, 2, SUYEUN BYUN1, MYA KNAPPENBERGER1, DORIS OLEKANMA1, 2, PAIGE WHITMAN1, MADISON BENTO1, MATTHEW HAYES3, KAROLINA SKIBICKA1, 2, 4.1Department of Nutritional Sciences, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.2Huck Institutes of Life Science, The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.3Department of Psychiatry, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.4Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg, Gothenburg, Sweden |
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431 |
Mesolimbic amylin receptor activation suppresses motivation for palatable fluids in female rats SABRINA M.VAILLANCOURT1, TIMOTHY MACKEY1, DARBY A.MURRAY1, SURAJ PATEL1, EMILY DEMIERI1, KATHRYN L.TRUMBLE1, ELIZABETH G.MIETLICKI-BAASE1, 2.1Department of Exercise and Nutrition Sciences, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA.2Center for Ingestive Behavior Research, University at Buffalo, Buffalo, NY, USA |
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433 |
Metformin use in murine obese pregnancy disrupts offspring hypothalamic neural progenitor cell proliferation WAI PING L WONG, PIT SHAN R CHONG, WANLIN SUN, ANTONIA HUFNAGEL , KWUN KIU WONG, DENISE S FERNANDEZ-TWINN, LUCAS C PANTALEAO, SUSAN E OZANNE, LAURA DEARDEN.University of Cambridge Metabolic Research Laboratories, Institute of Metabolic Science, Cambridge, United Kingdom |
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PHYSIOLOGY |
435 |
Determinants of body weight gain in New Zealand obese (NZO) mice: the role of initial body composition and time-dependent variables LAUREN G MICHELS1, 2, CAROLINA L SANDOVAL CABALLERO2, LUIS LUARTE2, CATHERINE M KOTZ1, 2, 3.1University of Minnesota Department of Family Medicine and Community Health, Minneapolis, MN, USA.2University of Minnesota Department of Integrative Biology and Physiology, Minneapolis, MN, USA.3Research Service Minneapolis VA Health Care System, Minneapolis, MN, USA |
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437 |
A colon-to-vagus circuit for microbial patterns regulates feeding LAURA E RUPPRECHT, NAAMA REICHER, EMILY ALWAY, WINSTON LIU, M.MAYA KAELBERER, DIEGO V BOHA.Duke University, Durham, NC, USA |
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439 |
Assessing the influence of social isolation on type 2 diabetes in middle-aged rats JASSMYN J.VENEGAS, ZIYU ZHANG, CHAN YOUNG CHOI, MILAN F.MONROE, ADVAITA S.JAIN, THYIA IIANKOVAN, YUN-SHENG CHEN, NU-CHU LIANG.University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Champaign, IL, USA |
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| 10:00 - 11:30 AM | SYMPOSIUM 5: THE COMPETITION IS ON! BALANCING INGESTIVE AND COMPETING BEHAVIORS (CELEBRATING THE 75TH ANNIVERSARY OF NIDDK) Chair/Organizer: Andrew Lutas, Lex Kravitz L2 |
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10:00 |
Simple pleasures: regulation of feeding and social interactions by the lateral hypothalamus ANNE PETZOLD, REBECCA FIGGE, HANNA VAN DEN MUNKHOF, TATIANA KOROTKOVA.University of Cologne, Cologne, Germany |
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10:30 |
Threat Modulation of Appetite: Hypothalamic Neuronal Mechanisms at Play CELINE RIERA.Cedars-Sinai Medical Center |
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11:00 |
A Hypothalamic Circuit that Modulates Feeding and Parenting Behaviors MICHAEL J KRASHES1, IVAN C ALCANTARA1, 2.1NIDDK/NIH, Bethesda, MD, USA.2Brown University, Providence, RI, USA |
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| 10:00 - 11:30 AM | ORAL SESSION 7: BEYOND HOMEOSTASIS; HOW REWARD AND LEARNING INFLUENCE EATING Chair/Organizer: Vaibhav Konanur, Daniel Castro L1 |
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10:00 |
Hypothalamic circuits shape accumbal dopamine release to drive feeding (Elsevier Physiology & Behavior New Investigator Travel Awardee) SAM Z.BACHARACH1, LARYSSA O.COUTINHO1, KATIE A.ZAPPETTI1, 2, AMBER L.ALHADEFF1, 2.1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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10:15 |
Metabolic Signals Shape Learning and Decision-making (New Investigator Travel Awardee) ANNE KUEHNEL1, ALICA L GUZMAN2, SAHITI CHEBOLU3, MELINA GHRALOW2, KRISTIN KADUK2, PETER DAYAN3, 6, BIRGIT DERNTL2, 4, NILS B KROEMER1, 2, 4, 5.1Section of Medical Psychology, Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, University of Bonn, Bonn, Germany.2Department of Psychiatry and Psychotherapy, Tauumlbingen Center of Mental Health, University of Tauumlbingen, Tauumlbingen, Germany.3Department of Computational Neuroscience, Max Planck Institute for Biological Cybernetics, Tauumlbingen, Germany.4German Center for Mental Health (DZPG), Tauumlbingen, Germany.5German Center for Diabetes Research (DZD), Neuherberg, Germany.6Department of Computer Science, Tauumlbingen, Germany |
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10:30 |
A subset of pedunculopontine nucleus neurons promote food reward NICHOLAS K.SMITH, JAMES BIANCHI, RUOXI WU, ALBERT, T YEUNG, MICHELLE AWH, SUKYA WILLIAMS, J.NICHOLAS BETLEY.Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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10:45 |
Amylin receptor signaling in the laterodorsal tegmental nucleus (LDTg) controls food intake through a neurotensin projection to the ventral tegmental area (VTA) MARCOS J.SANCHEZ-NAVARRO, CARLIE ZHANG, SAMANTHA FORTIN, HALCYON HU, MATTHEW R.HAYES.University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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Vagus nerve-mediated gut-brain signaling modulates memory via septal acetylcholine release: implications for diet-induced cognitive dysfunction. LOGAN TIERNO LAUER1, LEA DECARIE-SPAIN1, ANNA HAYES1, ANDREA SUAREZ1, ZANDER BASHAW2, MOLLY KLUG1, ALICIA KAO1, JESSICA RAE2, KESHAV SUBRAMANIAN2, KRISTEN DONOHUE1, KEVIN MYERS3, SCOTT KANOSKI1, 2.1University of Southern California Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Los Angeles, CA, USA.2University of Southern California Neuroscience Graduate Program, Los Angeles, CA, USA.3Bucknell University Department of Psychology, Lewisburg, PA, USA |
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11:15 |
Divergent patterns of dopamine signaling responses between the hippocampus and the nucleus accumbens in response to meal consumption ALEXANDER G BASHAW1, 2, LEA DECARIE-SPAIN1, LOGAN TIERNO-LAUER1, ALICIA KAO1, CINDY GU1, SCOTT E KANOSKI1, 2.1Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, Dornsife College of Letters, Arts and Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.2Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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| 11:30 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH On Own |
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| 11:30 - 1:00 PM | PHYSIOLOGY & BEHAVIOR EDITORIAL BOARD MEETING (INVITATION ONLY) Boardroom |
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| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | MARS LECTURE 4 - MARION HETHERINGTON, UNIVERSITY OF LEEDS Chair/Organizer: Michelle Lee L1 |
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1:00 |
Playing with food – cultivating acceptance for vegetables in children using learning theory. MARION HETHERINGTON.University of Leeds, LEEDS, United Kingdom |
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| 2:00 - 2:50 PM | BUSINESS MEETING Chair/Organizer: Mitchell Roitman L1 All are welcome and encouraged to attend. |
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2:00 |
President MITCH ROITMAN. |
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2:07 |
Secretary/Membership KEVIN MYERS. |
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2:14 |
Treasurer WILL DE LARTIGUE. |
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2:21 |
Long Range Planning JESSICA SANTOLLO. |
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2:28 |
Program Committee CARRIE FERRARIO. |
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2:35 |
New Investigator Advisory Committee MAGEN LORD. |
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2:42 |
New Business. |
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| 3:00 - 4:30 PM | AWARDS SESSION L1 |
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3:00 |
Kevin Myers - Hoebel Prize For Creativity, introduction by Ann-Marie Torregrossa KEVIN MYERS. |
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3:30 |
Lindsey Schier - Alan N.Epstein Research Award, introduction by Alan Spector LINDSEY SCHIER. |
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4:00 |
Margaret Morris - Distinguished Career Award, introducton by Thomas Lutz MARGARET MORRIS. |
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| 7:00 - 11:00 PM | AWARDS CEREMONY & CLOSING BANQUET (FULL REGISTRATION REQUIRED) Offsite - Museum of Natural History The 2025 Awards Ceremony & Closing Banquet will take place at The Oxford University Museum of Natural History.Tickets are required and will be noted on your name badge with a wine sticker.Please bring your name badge/ticket to the event. |
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