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
9:50-10:00
10:00-10:10
10:10-10:20
10:20-10:30
10:30-10:40
10:40-10:50
10:50-11:00
11:00-11:10
11:10-11:20
11:20-11:30
11:30-11:40
11:40-11:50
11:50-12:00
Jason Gardner, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology
Peter Winsauer, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology
Nick Gilpin, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of Physiology
Charles Nichols, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Pharmacology
Dennis Paul, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology
Bobby Siggins, Ph.D., Instructor of Physiology
Andrew Hollenbach, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics
Wayne Backes, Ph.D., Professor of Pharmacology
Barry Potter, PhD., Professor of Physiology
Chris Parsons, M.D., Associate Professor, LCRC
Patricia Molina (CARC), M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Head of Physiology
Greg Bagby (T32), Ph.D., Professor of Medicine & Physiology
Paula Gregory (T35, R25) Ph.D., Associate Professor of Genetics
Symposium 2
2:00-2:10
2:10-2:20
2:20-2:30
2:30-2:40
2:40-2:50
2:50-3:00
3:00-3:10
3:10-3:20
3:20-3:30
3:30-3:40
Patrick Reed, Director, Office of Technology
Jason Doherty, Ph.D., Director of Technology Commercialization
John Nanney, Ph.D., Fellow, Department of Psychiatry
June Liu, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Cell Biology & Anatomy
Angela Amedee, Ph.D., Associate Professor of MIP
Patricia Molina (lab), M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Head of Physiology
Patrick Greiffenstein, M.D., Assistant Professor of Clinical Surgery
Richard Vander Heide, M.D., Ph.D., Professor & Head of Pathology
Guoshun Wang, DWM, Ph.D., Associate Professor of MIP
Arnold Zea, Ph.D., Assistant Professor of MIP
List of Posters:
1. Armstrong, Megan, Ph.D.
Provider Attitudes Towards Risk Behavior Communications With HIV+ Patients
2. Auten, Matthew, Ph.D.
Effects of Chronic THC Administration on Host Immunity during SIV Infection
3. Baiamonte, Brandon, Ph.D.
Increases in Nociception during Nicotine Withdrawal is Attenuated by a CRF-1 Receptor Antagonist
4. Baynes, Britta, Graduate Student.
Alcohol Dependence Produces Allostatic Shifts in Neuropeptide Y (NPY) and Nociceptin in the
Extended Amygdala
5. Dean, Matthew, Graduate Student.
Ethanol Induces Neurotoxicity through Aberrations in IGF-1 Receptor Signaling
6. Dodd, Tracy, Ph.D.
Differential Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Gene Expression in Chronic Binge Alcohol-Administered
Simian Immunodeficiency Virus-Infected Macaques
7. Kadri, Ferdous, Graduate Student.
Alcohol and Tat-101 mediated effects on neuronal splicing
8. Katz, Paige, Ph.D.
Chronic Binge Alcohol and SIV Infection Alter Mesenchymal Stem Metabolic Gene Expression
9. Ketchum, Myles, Graduate Student.
Effects of Ethanol on Hippocampal Activity during Learning
10. Mayeux, Jacques, Graduate Student.
The Effects of Mild Traumatic Brain Injury on Voluntary Alcohol Drinking
11. Nichols, Whitney, Graduate Student.
The Influence of Chronic ∆9-THC on Simian Immunodeficiency Virus Disease in Female Rhesus
Macaques
12. Rolstch, Emily, Ph.D.
Corticotropin-Releasing Factor-1 Receptors (CRF1Rs) Mediate Hyperalgesia, Hyperarousal and
Alcohol Consumption Following Predator Odor Stress
13. Souza-Smith, Flavia, Ph.D.
L-Type CA2+ Channels Contribute to Acute Alcohol Intoxication-Induced Increase in Lymphatic
Ca2+ Transient Magnitude
14. Teng, Sophie, Graduate Student.
Acute Alcohol Intoxication Prolongs Neuroinflammation Without Exacerbating Neurobehavioral
Dysfunction Following Traumatic Brain Injury
15. Weed, Peter, Graduate Student.
Mephedrone disrupts recall more potently than consolidation in rats
16. Whitaker, Annie, Ph.D.
Blunted HPA Stress Response in Animals that Avoid a Predator Odor-Paired Context