PROGRAM
Wednesday, September 27th
14:00–22:00 Registration and room assignments (Swope Center, 1st Floor)
17:30–19:00 Dinner (Swope Center, Hall, 2nd Floor)
19:00–19:25 Opening remarks (Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building)
Valeria Vásquez and Frank Bosmans, Conference Organizers
Jeanne Nerbonne, 2023 President Society of General Physiologists
19:25–19:30 Introduction of Friends of Physiology Keynote Speaker: Theanne Griffith, Conference Organizer
19:30–20:30 Friends of Physiology Keynote Lecture
Cheryl Stucky (Marvin Wagner Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin)
Pain transduction mechanisms: From detection to protection
21:00–23:00 Mixer (Swope Center, Meigs Room)
Thursday, September 28th
07:00–08:30 Breakfast (Swope Center, Dining Room)
All Sessions (1-9), the Friends of Physiology Lecture, and the Excelsior Lecture will be held in the Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building
08:30–10:15 Session 1: Pain in the Brain: Central Mechanisms of Nociception
Sarah Ross (U. Pittsburgh): ‘Demystifying pain circuitry in the spinal cord’
Yarimar Carrasquillo (NIH/NCCIH): ‘Amygdala cells and circuits that drive pain and analgesia’
Greg Scherrer (U. North Carolina): ‘Neural circuits and therapeutics for the affective and cognitive dimensions
of pain'
Short Talk: Lindsay Ejoh (University of Pennsylvania) ‘Modeling expectation-driven endogenous antinociception
in mice’
10:15- 10:45 Break
10:45-12:30 Session 2: Pain mechanisms I: from single cells to circuits
Ted Price (UT Dallas): ‘Profiling human nociceptors at single cell resolution’
Tibor Rohacs (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School): 'The role of TRPM3 channels in pain and itch'
Michael Burton (UT Dallas): ‘Interconnectivity of the immune and nervous system to mediate sex differences
in pain and depression'
Short Talk: Elizabeth Silagi (Harvard Medical School) 'Differences between central and peripheral axons of
DRG nociceptors
12:30–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:00 Roundtable discussion: Pain management challenges for black sickle cell patients (Meigs Room, Swope)
Moderated by Theanne Griffith and Oyebimpe Adesina (UC Davis)
15:00–17:00 Poster Session A (Odd-numbered abstracts/posters) (Swope 2nd Floor)
17:00–19:00 Dinner (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
All Sessions (1-9), the Friends of Physiology Lecture, and the Excelsior Lecture will be held in the Clapp Auditorium, Lillie Building
19:00-19:30 SGP Excelsior Award Lecture
John Del Rosario (Washington University in St. Louis) 'Homeostatic Regulatory Mechanisms in Mouse and
Human Sensory Neurons: A Yin and Yang Tale of Neuroplasticity in the Peripheral Nervous System'
19:30–21:00 Session 3: Other than opioids: new targets for pain treatment
Karen Wagner (UC Davis): ‘Small molecule inhibitors of the soluble epoxide hydrolase as a novel target for
analgesia'
Avi Priel (Hebrew University of Jerusalem): ‘Decoding the paracetamol pain relief mechanism: identifying new
targets'
Toto Olivera (U. Utah): ‘Cone snail toxins and pain’
21:00–23:00 Evening at the Captain Kidd (77 Water Street, Woods Hole)
Friday, September 29th
07:00–08:30 Breakfast (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
08:30–10:00 Session 4: Using structural-functional insights to tackle pain treatment
Shifra Lansky (Weill Cornell): ‘A Pentameric TRPV3 Channel with a Dilated Pore’
Rocío Finol-Urdaneta (University of Wollongong, Australia): ‘One for all: multi-target nociceptor sensitization by a
novel algogenic King Baboon Spider venom peptide’
Short Talk: Sheshing Li (UC Davis) 'Energetics of vanilloid activation in TRPV1'
Short Talk: Josue Lopez (University of Texas Austin) 'Caldendrin is a repressor of PIEZO2 channels and touch
sensation in mice'
10:00–10:30 Break
10:30–12:15 Session 5: Membrane Proteins of Pain
Reza Sharif-Naeni (McGill University): ‘Ionic mechanisms of mechanical pain’
Daniela Salvemini (St. Louis University): ‘Novel GPCR based therapeutics for neuropathic pain’
Candice Paulsen (Yale University) 'Molecular mechanisms of TRPA1 regulation'
Short Talk: Sampurna Chakrabarti (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine) 'Phenotype-driven
neuro-proteomics to identify clinically relevant pain targets'
12:30–14:00 Lunch
14:00–15:00 Roundtable discussion: Funding your pain research (Meigs Room, Swope)
Moderated by Frank Bosmans and Durga P. Mohapatra (Program Officer, NINDS)
15:00–17:00 Poster Session B (Even-numbered abstracts/posters) (Swope 2nd Floor)
17:00–19:00 Dinner (Swope Center, Dining Hall)
19:00–21:00 Session 6: The intersection of pain and touch
Alexander Chesler (NIH/NCCIH): ‘Cells and molecules for touch and pain’
Short Talk: Miriam Goodman (Stanford University): 'Sensory neurons hijack the skin’s basal lamina to
enable touch sensation'
Victoria Abraira (Rutgers University): ‘Context is key: spinal cord neuromodulation to alleviate pain’
Short Talk: Karina Lezgiyeva (Harvard Medical School) 'Characterizing genetically defined fast-conducting
high threshold mechanoreceptors'
Gary Lewin (Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine): ‘Identifying tethers for touch’
21:00–23:00 Evening at the Captain Kidd (77 Water Street, Woods Hole)
Saturday, September 30th
07:00–08:30 Breakfast
08:30–10:15 Session 7: Pain mechanisms II: from ion channels to perception
Vladimir Yarov-Yaravoy (UC Davis): ‘Design of biologics to target sodium channels involved in pain signaling’
Raj Khanna (NYU): ‘Navigating a new path to Nav1.7 for pain’
Short Talk: Jeremiah Osteen (Vertex Pharmaceuticals): 'Selective NaV1.8 inhibition for the Treatment of Pain'
Allan Basbaum (UCSF): ‘Mechanisms of sensory perception’
10:15-10:45 Break
10:45 – 12:30 Session 8: Human tissue in basic pain research
Katharina Zimmermann (Friedrich-Alexander University): ‘Ion channel function in human sensory perception’
Angelika Lampert (Uniklinik RWTH Aachen University): ‘Sensory neuron classification by PatchSeq’
Short Talk: Patrick Walsh (Anatomic Incorporated): 'Modeling Peripheral Neurobiology Using Human Pluripotent
Stem Cells'
12:30–16:30 Lunch and Boat Trips
16:30–18:00 Session 9: Toolkits for studying pain
Bryan Copits (Washington University): ‘Optical tools for studying pain circuitry’
Tim Strassmaier (Nanion): 'Evaluation of ion channel function and excitability in iPSC-derived sensory neurons'
Wenqin Luo (University of Pennsylvania): 'Single-soma deep RNA sequencing of human DRG neurons reveals
novel molecular and cellular mechanisms underlying somatosensation'
18:00–20:00 Lobster Dinner/Clambake (Dining Hall, Swope Center)
20:00–22:00 Mixer (Meigs Room, Swope Center)
Sunday, October 1st
07:00–08:30 Breakfast
10:00 Checkout deadline