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.
SATURDAY, AUGUST 8, 2026
| 9:00 - 10:00 AM | POSTER SESSION 4, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view)
Millennium Hall |
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| 10:00 - 11:30 AM | ORAL SESSION 5: POUR SOME SUGAR ON ME: CARBOHYDRATES & SUGAR Room 1 |
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10:00 |
Lateralized Vagal Circuits Control Feeding ALAN DE ARAUJO1, ISADORA BRAGA1, 2, GABRIEL TOFANI1, 2, LARYSSA COUTINHO1, MINGXIN YANG1, 2, GUILLAUME DE LARTIGUE1, 2.1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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10:15 |
Molecular mechanisms for sensing stomach distension AVNIKA BALI1, 2, ISADORA BRAGA1, 2, GUILLAUME DE LARTIGUE1, 2.1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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10:30 |
Encoding of Interoceptive State by Paraventricular Thalamic Ensembles JARED BUTTS1, SAMUEL CONGDON1, 2, VRAJ PATEL1, QINGYIN ZHENG2, PATRICK SWEENEY1, 2.1Neuroscience Program, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA.2Department of Molecular and Integrative Physiology, University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign, Urbana, IL, USA |
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10:45 |
Urocortin-3 suppresses food intake and intestinal inflammation via an enteroendocrine gut-brain circuit GIULIA T.UHR1, 2, 3, LAVINIA BOCCIA2, 3, NIKLAS BLANK4, 5, TIMOTHY O.COX1, LENKA DOHNALOVA1, HAOHAN KAREN WEI1, KAITLYN MCELHERN2, 3, CAROL RAU2, 3, STEPHEN WISSER1, LEONEL JOANNAS6, 7, JORGE HENAO-MEJIA6, 7, MAAYAN LEVY4, 5, J.NICHOLAS BETLEY2, 3, CHRISTOPH A.THAISS4, 5.1Department of Microbiology, Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2Department of Biology, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.3Department of Neuroscience, Perelman School of Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.4Arc Institute, 3181 Porter Dr, Palo Alto, Palo Alto, CA, USA.5Department of Pathology, Stanford University, Palo Alto, CA, USA.6Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, Philadelphia, PA, USA.7Institute for Immunology and Immune Health (I3H), Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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11:00 |
Associations between interoceptive awareness and appetitive traits in children with overweight or obesity (New Investigator Travel Awardee) ALLISON M.BOYAR1, 2, DAVID R.STRONG3, KYUNG E.RHEE4, KERRI N.BOUTELLE2, 3, 4.1San Diego State University/University of California San Diego Joint Doctoral Program in Clinical Psychology, San Diego, CA, USA.2Department of Psychiatry, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.3Herbert Wertheim School of Public Health and Human Longevity Science, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA.4Department of Pediatrics, University of California San Diego, San Diego, CA, USA |
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11:15 |
Evaluation of a two-stage water loading test to measure gastric interoception in children EMILY HOHMAN, ORFEU BUXTON, KATHLEEN KELLER.Penn State University, University Park, PA, USA |
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ORAL SESSION 6: MOLECULES THAT MATTER: NEUROPEPTIDES & FEEDING Room 2 |
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10:00 |
Central Amygdala Glucagon-like Peptide 1 Receptor Neurons Integrate Endogenous GLP-1 And Encode Consummatory Valence Through Diverse Outputs MIGUEL DURAN1, JENNIFER WILLIS1, SAI POCHANA1, NILAY DALVI1, ANUSHA POLAMARASETTY1, MELISSA RODRIGUEZ1, KIRK HABEGGER2, J.ANDREW HARDAWAY1.1Department of Psychiatry and Behavioral Neurobiology, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA.2Department of Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL, USA |
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10:15 |
Top down regulation of feeding and body weight by MC4R in the mPFC MICHAELA COOKE1, PRIYANKA DAS1, MADDY SMITH1, RACHEL ROSS1, 2.1Albert Einstein College of Medicine, Bronx, NY, USA.2Montefiore Medical Center, Bronx, NY, USA |
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10:30 |
GLP-1R Agonism Modulates Lipid-Induced Neutrophilia via an Area Postrema-Independent Mechanism ANNA PAROLINI1, SOPHIA FISCHER2, TITO BORNER2, GIUSEPPE DANILO NORATA1, ANDREA BARAGETTI1.1Department of Pharmacological and Biomolecular Sciences, University of Milan, Milan, Italy.2Department of Biological Sciences, University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA, USA |
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10:45 |
Effects of Gcg-Derived Peptide Signaling on Body Composition and Caloric Intake INGE E GUERRERO, MICHELLE B BALES, EVA H RUCINSKI, MARY A RAKER, LINDA RINAMAN.Florida State University, Tallahassee, FL, USA |
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11:00 |
Primary cilia ADCY3 is necessary for dmVMH leptin effects on feeding CHRISTOPHER PETTY1, AUSTIN MILLS2, MAGEN LORD2, RUTH HARRIS3, EMILY NOBLE1, 2.1Neuroscience Graduate Program, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.2Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Georgia, Athens, GA, USA.3Department of Physiology, Augusta State University, Augusta, GA, USA |
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11:15 |
Neuropeptide Y1 receptor-expressing neurons in the paraventricular hypothalamus link hunger and reward circuits to drive feeding SAM Z BACHARACH1, KATIE A ZAPPETTI1, 2, LARYSSA O COUTINHO1, ZHONGWU LIU3, MARCELO O DIETRICH3, AMBER L ALHADEFFF1, 2.1Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA.2University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA.3Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT, 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 3: DANIELLA COTA Room 1 |
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1:00 |
Understanding POMC Neurons Heterogeneity in Energy Balance and Beyond DANIELA COTA.INSERM, Neurocentre Magendie, U1215, University of Bordeaux, Bordeaux, France |
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| 2:00 - 3:00 PM | POSTER SESSION 5, EXHIBITS & COFFEE BREAK (click to view)
Millennium Hall |
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| 3:00 - 4:30 PM | SYMPOSIUM 3: GUT CHECK: MECHANOSENSORY SIGNALS IN SATIATION Room 2 |
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3:00 |
Dietary Substitute Sugars’ Osmotic Signaling Engages an Ileal Brake to Control Gut Motility and Feeding via GLP-1 ARTHUR BEYDER.Enteric Neuroscience Program (ENSP), Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology, Departments of Medicine and Physiology and Biomedical Engineering, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, MN, USA |
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3:30 |
The role of gastrointestinal mechanosensation in regulating BRITYA GHOSH1, CATHERINE CALHOUN2, KARA MARSHALL1, 3, 4.1Department of Neuroscience, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX .2Rice University, Houston, TX .3Department of Neuroscience, Howard Hughes Medical Institute .4Jan and Duncan Neurological Research Institute at Texas Children |
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4:00 |
Pharyngeal mechanosensation drives rapid thirst satiation SUNG-YON KIM.Seoul National University, Seoul, South Korea |
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| 3:00 - 4:30 PM | ORAL SESSION 7: CH-CH-CH-CH-CHANGES: INTERVENTIONS & THERAPEUTICS Room 1 |
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3:00 |
High-fat diet exposure alters sucrose consumption behaviors and dopamine signaling in the nucleus accumbens CLAIRE M.CORBETT1, LEIGHELLE ADRIAN1, BRIANNA E.LINNEMAN1, 2, SAMANTHA L.BOZARTH1, 2, MARK NIEDRINGHAUS1, 2, ELIZABETH A.WEST1, 2.1Rowan-Virtua University School of Osteopathic Medicine, Stratford, NJ, USA.2Rowan-Virtua School of Translational Biomedical Engineering and Sciences, Stratford, NJ, USA |
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3:15 |
Amygdala–liver signaling orchestrates glycemic responses to stress JAMIE RE CARTY1, KAVYA DEVARAKONDA1, RICHARD M CONNOR2, SARAH A STANLEY1.1Diabetes, Obesity and Metabolism Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA.2Nash Family Department of Neuroscience and Friedman Brain Institute, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, New York, NY, USA |
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3:30 |
Branched-chain amino acids modulate sweet reward independently of neuronal FGF21 signaling FERESHTEH DEHGHANI, DANIAL FOTROS, ZOBAYDA FARZANA HAQUE, GARRETT SCOTT, MAURA MCKENNA, ANDREW C SHIN.Neurobiology of Nutrition Laboratory, Department of Nutritional Sciences, College of Health a Human Sciences, Texas Tech University, Lubbock, TX, USA |
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3:45 |
Sweet taste phenotypes are poor predictors of sugar intake in healthy adults ALISSA NOLDEN, JAMES MAKAME.University of Massachusetts, Amherst, MA, USA |
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4:00 |
SGLT1 mediates oral glucose sensitivity during fasting in humans ALEXA PULLICIN, YIXIN JIA, JUYUN LIM.Monell Chemical Senses Center, Philadelphia, PA, USA |
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4:15 |
Brain response is influenced by varying rates of metabolic response to carbohydrate consumption in a flavor-nutrient conditioning paradigm MARY E BAUGH1, MONICA AHRENS2, HAN LEE1, RHIANNA SULLIVAN1, ZACH HUTELIN1, 3, ALEXANDRA DIFELICEANTONIO1, 4.1Fralin Biomedical Research Institute at VTC, Virginia Tech, Roanoke, VA, USA.2Department of Internal Medicine, Division of Medical Informatics, University of Kansas Medical Center, Kansas City, KS, USA.3Translational Biology, Medicine, and Health, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA.4Department of Human Nutrition, Foods, and Exercise, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA, USA |
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