Welcome
The Genetics and Epigenetics Cross-Cutting Research Team of the National Institute on Drug Abuse invites you to attend the May 23-24, 2024 NIDA Genetics and Epigenetics Cross-Cutting Research Team Meeting at Natcher Auditorium on the NIH Campus in Bethesda, MD. This is an in-person meeting. We expect to have more than 215 scientific presentations.
Registration and Meeting support information
Time | First Name | Last Name | Abstract Title | |
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9:15 a.m. - 9:30 a.m. | Robert | Loughnan | rloughnan@ucsd.edu | Opportunities and Challenges in Studying Genetic Risk for Substance Abuse in the ABCD Study |
9:30 a.m. - 9:45 a.m. | Hermine H. | Maes | hermine.maes@vcuhealth.org | Estimating twin heritability and environmental sources of variation in the ABCD Study. |
9:45 a.m. - 10:00 a.m. | Jill | Rabinowitz | jr1919@rutgers.edu | Associations of Neural and Genetic Characteristics with Substance Use Risk in the Adolescent Brain Cognitive Development Study |
10:00 a.m. - 10:15 a.m. | Alexander | Hatoum | ashatoum@wustl.edu | 2.) Phenome Wide Association Study of Polygenic Risk Scores for Substance Use Disorders in The Adolescent Brain and Development Study |
Time | First Name | Last Name | Abstract Title | |
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1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Yi | Zhang | yzhang@genetics.med.harvard.edu | Identifying and characterizing neuron subtypes and circuits regulating SUD |
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Mary Kay | Lobo | mklobo@som.umaryland.edu | Cell subtype transcriptional programs in cocaine intake and seeking behavior |
2:15 p.m. - 2:30 p.m. | Ana-Clara | Bobadilla | ac.bobadilla@colostate.edu | Differential genetic expression within reward-specific ensembles in mice |
2:30 p.m. - 2:45 p.m. | Veronica A. | Alvarez | alvarezva@mail.nih.gov | Transcriptomic Landscape of Compulsive-like Alcohol Drinking |
Time | First Name | Last Name | Abstract Title | |
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9:35 a.m. - 9:50 a.m. | Yunlong | Liu | yunliu@iu.edu | Roles of alternative splicing in alcohol use disorder |
9:05 a.m. - 9:20 a.m. | Duan | Liu | liu.duan@mayo.edu | Neuron-specific RNA-binding Protein ELAVL2 and Post-transcriptional Gene Regulation in Substance Use Disorders |
9:20 a.m. - 9:35 a.m. | Huiping | Zhang | huipingz@bu.edu | RNA N6-methyladenosine modifications in the mesolimbic dopamine system of subjects with alcohol use disorder |
9:50 a.m. - 10:05 a.m. | Katie | Rothamel | krothamel@health.ucsd.edu | Advancing RBP Research: Scalable Tools for Protein-RNA Interaction Analysis |
Time | First Name | Last Name | Abstract Title | |
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1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Alexander | Smith | smitaw@musc.edu | A master regulator of opioid reward in ventral prefrontal cortex |
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Tamara | Markovic | tamara.markovic@mssm.edu | Modulating levels of ∆FOSB alters nucleus accumbens medium spiny neurons activity to salient stimuli. |
1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Sasha | Fulton | slf2127@columbia.edu | Multi-omic single-nucleus characterization of orbitofrontal cortex after cocaine self-administration |
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Kristen | Maynard | Kristen.maynard@libd.org | Multi-omic approaches for molecular mapping of reward circuitry in the human brain |
Time | First Name | Last Name | Abstract Title | |
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1:15 p.m. - 1:30 p.m. | Julia (Kate) | Brynildsen | jbryn@seas.upenn.edu | Gene coexpression patterns predict opiate-induced brain-state transitions |
1:30 p.m. - 1:45 p.m. | Ming-Fen | Ho | ho.mingfen@mayo.edu | Single cell transcriptomics reveals distinct transcriptional responses to oxycodone and buprenorphine by iPSC-derived brain organoids from patients with opioid use disorder |
1:45 p.m. - 2:00 p.m. | Susan | Ribeiro | susan.pereira.ribeiro@emory.edu | Methamphetamine Use in People with HIV on Antiretroviral Therapy is Associated with Elevated Systemic Inflammation and HIV Reservoir Transcription |
2:00 p.m. - 2:15 p.m. | Bo | Zhang | bzhang29@wustl.edu | Methamphetamine-induced region-specific transcriptomic and epigenetic changes in the brain of male rats |