Program
Preliminary Meeting Program
Welcome to the SSIB 2026 Preliminary Schedule! Please note the schedule is preliminary and will be updated as the program is finalized.
FRIDAY, AUGUST 7, 2026
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | POSTER SESSION 3, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view)
Millennium Hall |
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| 10:00 - 11:30 AM | SYMPOSIUM 2: BOLDLY GOING: THE NEXT GENERATION IN TESTING NEUROMODULATORS Room 2 |
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10:00 |
Monoamine release dynamics in the human amygdala dissociate components of food reward MATT HOWE1, 2, SETH BATTEN1, LEONARDO BARBOSA1, MONICA AHRENS3, TERRY LOHRENZ1, JASON WHITE1, ROBERT BINA4, MARK WITCHER1, 5, READ MONTAGUE1, 6, ALEXANDRA DIFELICEANTONIO1, 7.1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.2School of Neuroscience, Virgi, Blacksburg, VA, USA.3University of Kentucky Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.4Department of Neurosurgery, Banner University Medical Center, Phoenix, AZ, USA.5Department of Neurosurgery, Virginia Tech Carillion School of Medicine, Roanoke, VA, USA.6Department of Physics, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.7Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA |
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10:30 |
Control of ingestion by the caudal brainstem ZACHARY KNIGHT.University of California, San Francisco, San Francisco, CA, USA |
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11:00 |
To be determined READ MONTAGUE. |
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| 10:00 - 11:30 AM | ORAL SESSION 4: K-POP DIET HUNTERS: DIET QUALITY & HEALTH Room 1 |
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10:00 |
Genetic Architecture of Ultra-Processed Food Consumption Links Neurodevelopmental and Metabolic Pathways to Habitual Diet FILIP MORYS1, 2, DAIVA E.NIELSEN3, LANG LIU1, 4, ARSENE KANYAMIBWA5, ATHEER ATTAR3, TONGZHU MENG3, MARI SHISHIKURA1, ANNETTE HORSTMANN5, ALAIN DAGHER1.1Montreal Neurological Institute, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.2Modern Diet and Physiology Research Center, Montreal, QC, Canada.3School of Human Nutrition, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.4Department of Human Genetics, McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.5Department of Psychology, Faculty of Medicine, University of Helsinki, Helsinki, Finland |
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10:15 |
High-fat diet remodels vagal sensory pathways through inflammation to promote hyperphagia ISADORA BRAGA1, 2, LARYSSA OLIVEIRA COUTINHO1, ALAN DE ARAUJO1, 2, REBECA MENDEZ1, 2, CLAIRE DE LA SERRE3, DAN BRIERLEY4, GUILLAUME DE LARTIGUE1, 2.1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.3Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.4University College London, London, United Kingdom |
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10:30 |
Methods of coding food into NOVA food classes: interrater reliability between a reproduced machine learning algorithm with manual coding LAURA CLAIRE WALKER1, 2, AMELIA BLUMBERG1, 3, EUNICE CHEN1.1Psychology and Neuroscience, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Winston Center on Technology and Brain Development, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill Department of Psychology and Neuroscience, Chapel Hill, NC, USA.3Ferkauf Graduate School of Psychology, Yeshiva University, New York, NY, USA |
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10:45 |
Effects of controlled diets high in and free of ultraprocessed food on the brain of emerging adults EMMA LESLIE1, MARIA REGO2, MONICA AHRENS3, WENJING YU2, MARY ELIZABTH BAUGH1, ANASTASIA GROCCIA4, RHIANNA SULLIVAN1, HAN LEE1, RYANN KOLB1, DELBERT HERALD1, VALISA HEDRICK2, KEVIN DAVY2, BENJAMIN KATZ5, BRENDA DAVY2, ALEXANDRA DIFELICEANTONIO1.1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.2Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.3Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Informatics, Kansas City, KS, USA.4School of Neuroscience at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.5Department of Human Development and Family Science at Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA |
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11:00 |
A Western diet alters the mitochondrial-associated transcriptome and impairs mitochondrial bioenergetics in the hippocampus of cognitively impaired mice (New Investigator Travel Awardee) ANA L LOERA-LOPEZ1, 2, JUNWON HEO3, MAGEN N LORD2, DAVID L MILLER3, 4, JESSICA R HOFFMAN2, ANSON D SING5, TIANYI ZHANG6, ALEXIA KING5, EUGENE F DOUGLASS7, LUKE J MORTENSEN4, 6, STEVEN A SLOAN5, JARROD A CALL1, 3, 4, EMILY E NOBLE1, 2.1Neuroscience Graduate Program, Athens, GA, USA.2Department of Nutritional Sciences, Athens, GA, USA.3Department of Physiology and Pharmacology, Athens, GA, USA.4Regenerative Bioscience Center, Athens, GA, USA.5Department of Human Genetics, Emory, GA, USA.6School of Chemical, Materials, and Biomedical Engineering, Athens, GA, USA.7Pharmaceutical and Biomedical Sciences, Athens, GA, USA |
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11:15 |
Prebiotic supplementation mitigates high-fat diet-induced disruption of estrous cyclicity and alters the vaginal microbiome. JULIA COOK1, JENNIFER HOUSTON1, ZOWI POGONAT-WALTERS1, MAJA LEGATT1, KELLIE TAMASHIRO2, CLAIRE DE LA SERRE1.1Colorado State University, Fort Collins, CO, USA.2Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA |
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| 11:30 - 1:00 PM | LUNCH ON OWN On Own |
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| 11:45 - 12:45 PM | NEW INVESTIGATOR EVENT Room 2 |
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| 1:00 - 2:00 PM | MARS LECTURE 2: RANDY SEELEY Room 1 |
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1:00 |
To be GIP or not to be GIP, that is the question RANDY SEELEY.University of Michigan |
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| 2:00 - 4:00 PM | NITA SYMPOSIUM Room 1 |
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2:00 |
Experimental induction of uncertainty about food availability over two weeks impacts brain, behaviour, and cognition in humans.(Elsevier Physiology & Behavior New Investigator Travel Awardee) JUSTIN J SUNG1, NATASHA MATTAR1, NOEMIE SAULNIER1, LAURE CHABOUSSANT1, FILIP MORYS2, DANA M SMALL1, 2, 3.1McGill University, Montreal, QC, Canada.2The Neuro, Montreal, QC, Canada.3Northwestern University, Evanston, IL, USA |
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2:15 |
Early-phase ingestive microstructure as a behavioural marker of semaglutide response in obesity: an interim analysis of the DIGRAT study (New Investigator Travel Awardee) MICHELE SERRA1, 3, AHMED AL-HUMADI2, WERD AL-NAJIM2, DANIELA ALCESTE3, NICOLE JUCKER1, 3, MARCO BUETER3, CAREL LE ROUX2.1Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Clinical Nutrition, University Hospital Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland.2Diabetes Complications Research Centre, Conway Institute, University College Dublin, Dublin, Ireland.3Department of Visceral Surgery, Hospital Maennedorf, Maennedorf, Switzerland |
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2:30 |
Integrating Internal and External Signals to Optimize Food Decision Making (New Investigator Travel Awardee) YIGE SUN, AHMED BOUTELDJA, JUSTIN SUNG, ZHEYI LI, FILIP MORYS, DANA SMALL.Mcgill University, Montreal, QC, Canada |
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2:45 |
Caloric value is transferred to anticipatory cues as interoceptive predictions in humans (George H.Collier New Investigator Travel Awardee) ELAYNA SEAGO1, AFRODITI PAPANTONI1, JESSICA LIU1, 2, KYLE BURGER1.1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill, NC, USA |
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3:00 |
Translating the gliotransmitter octadecaneuropeptide into a once-weekly injectable therapeutic, DG-260, for the treatment of obesity and T2DM without adverse events (Randall R.Sakai New Investigator Travel Awardee) KESHAV/S SUBRAMANIAN1, OLEKSANDRA ORATIVSKYI2, HALEY MAURY2, DREW BELSER1, BRANDON ALONSO1, ASHLEY LEE1, CHLOE DO1, QUINDY PAN1, BART/C DE JONGHE1, CAROLINE/E GEISLER3, ROBERT/P DOYLE2, 4, MATTHEW/R HAYES1.1University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Syracuse University, Syracuse, NY, USA.3University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY, USA.4Updstate Medical University, Syracuse, NY, USA |
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3:15 |
Stress engages the noradrenergic brainstem-hypothalamus loop that suppresses appetite persistently (New Investigator Travel Awardee) MYUNGMO AN, JUNKOO PARK, SUMIN LEE, SE-YOUNG CHOI, SUNG-YON KIM.Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea |
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3:30 |
Single nutrient overconsumption induces nausea and increases GDF15 levels in rats, effects attenuated by chronic exposure to a Western diet (New Investigator Travel Awardee) ALLISON M.PATARO1, 2, SOPHIA L.FISCHER1, 2, SERENA X.GAO1, 3, ANN LAW1, FATMA CICEK1, MADELINE MEDINA1, 4, TITO BORNER1.1Human and Evolutionary Biology Section, Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.2 Integrative and Evolutionary Biology Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.3Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA.4Bridging the Gaps Summer Research Program, Keck School of Medicine of USC, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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3:45 |
In a World of Protein Shakes and GLP-1s: Sex Divergent Effects of Semaglutide on Muscle Composition and Protein Intake in Rats (Dorothy W.Gietzen New Investigator Awardee) MYA A.KNAPPENBERGER1, MADISON T.BENTO 2, MORGAN R.SOTZEN2, SUYEUN BYUN 1, ANNALISE M.KUHNS 1, DORIS OLEKANMA1, KAROLINA P.SKIBICKA2.1The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA.2 The University of Calgary, Calgary, AB, Canada |
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| 6:45 - 8:45 PM | NEW INVESTIGATOR EVENT Offsite Located at SPIN PHILADELPHIA |
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