1st Annual ADACE Retreat

May 31, 2013

Lions Bldg. Rm. 632 Conference Room

7:30-8:30 Coffee & Breakfast available on Lions 6th Floor

7:30-8:30 Registration/Check-in (Tracy Dodd & Emily Roltsch)

7:30-8:15 Posters are hung on Lions 6th Floor

8:15-8:30 Opening Remarks:

Patricia Molina, M.D., Ph.D., Director of LSUHSC Alcohol and Drug Abuse Center of Excellence

Wayne Backes, Ph.D., LSUHSC Associate Dean for Research

8:30-9:30 Keynote Address:

Neuroscience & Behavioral Research at NIAAA: Research Priorities and Future Directions Dr. Antonio Noronha, Ph.D.

Director of the Division of Neuroscience and Behavior, NIAAA

9:30-9:50 Coffee Break

9:50-11:50 Symposium 1

Chair: Annie Whitaker, Ph.D. (See below for list of speakers)

12:00-1:00 Lunch on Lions 6th floor

1:00-2:00 Posters on Lions 6th Floor

See below for list of poster titles and presenters.

2:00-3:40 Symposium 2:

Chair: Peter Weed (See below for list of speakers)

3:40-3:55 Presentation of Pilot Grant awards by Peter Winsauer, Ph.D.

3:55-4:00 Closing Remarks, Patricia Molina, M.D., Ph.D.

4:00-5:00 Wine & Cheese Social

Symposium 1

9:50-10:00Jason Gardner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology

10:00-10:10Peter Winsauer, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology

10:10-10:20Nick Gilpin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology

10:20-10:30Charles Nichols, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology

10:30-10:40Dennis Paul, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology

10:40-10:50Bobby Siggins, Ph.D., Instructor of Physiology

10:50-11:00Andrew Hollenbach, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics

11:00-11:10Wayne Backes, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology

11:10-11:20Barry Potter, PhD., Professor of Physiology

11:20-11:30Chris Parsons, M.D., Associate Professor, LCRC

11:30-11:40Patricia Molina (CARC), M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Head of Physiology

11:40-11:50Greg Bagby (T32), Ph.D., Professor of Medicine & Physiology

11:50-12:00Paula Gregory (T35, R25) Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics

Symposium 2

2:00-2:10Patrick Reed, Director, Office of Technology

2:10-2:20Jason Doherty, Ph.D., Director of Technology Commercialization

2:20-2:30John Nanney, Ph.D., Fellow, Department of Psychiatry

2:30-2:40June Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy

2:40-2:50Angela Amedee, Ph.D., Associate Professor of MIP

2:50-3:00Patricia Molina (lab), M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Head of Physiology

3:00-3:10Patrick Greiffenstein, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery

3:10-3:20Richard Vander Heide, M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Head of Pathology

3:20-3:30Guoshun Wang, DWM, Ph.D., Associate Professor of MIP

3:30-3:40Arnold Zea, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of MIP

List of Posters:

  1. Armstrong, Megan, Ph.D.

Provider Attitudes Towards Risk Behavior Communications With HIV+ Patients

  1. Auten, Matthew, Ph.D.

Effects of Chronic THC Administration on Host Immunity during SIV Infection

  1. Baiamonte, Brandon, Ph.D.

Increases in Nociception during Nicotine Withdrawal is Attenuated by a CRF-1 Receptor Antagonist

  1. Baynes, Britta, Graduate Student.

Alcohol Dependence Produces Allostatic Shifts in Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and Nociceptin in the Extended Amygdala

  1. Dean, Matthew, Graduate Student.

Ethanol Induces Neurotoxicity through Aberrations in IGF-1 Receptor Signaling

  1. Dodd, Tracy, Ph.D.

Differential Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Gene Expression in Chronic Binge Alcohol-Administered

Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Macaques

  1. Kadri, Ferdous, Graduate Student.

Alcohol and Tat-101 mediated effects on neuronal splicing

  1. Katz, Paige, Ph.D.

Chronic Binge Alcohol and SIV Infection Alter Mesenchymal Stem Metabolic Gene Expression

  1. Ketchum, Myles, Graduate Student.

Effects of Ethanol on Hippocampal Activity during Learning

  1. Mayeux, Jacques, Graduate Student.

The Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Voluntary Alcohol Drinking

  1. Nichols, Whitney, Graduate Student.

The Influence of Chronic ∆9-THC on Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Disease in Female Rhesus Macaques

  1. Rolstch, Emily, Ph.D.

Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-1 Receptors (CRF1Rs) Mediate Hyperalgesia, Hyperarousal and Alcohol Consumption Following Predator Odor Stress

  1. Souza-Smith, Flavia, Ph.D.

L-Type CA2+ Channels Contribute to Acute Alcohol Intoxication-Induced Increase in Lymphatic Ca2+ Transient Magnitude

  1. Teng, Sophie, Graduate Student.

Acute Alcohol Intoxication Prolongs NeuroinflammationWithout Exacerbating Neurobehavioral Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury

  1. Weed, Peter, Graduate Student.

Mephedrone disrupts recall more potently than consolidation in rats

  1. Whitaker, Annie, Ph.D.

Blunted HPA Stress Response in Animals that Avoid a Predator Odor-Paired Context