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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
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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


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