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Call for AbstractsAbstracts may be submitted on any subject related to the general area of behavioral neuroscience. PRESENTING AUTHORS MUST SUBMIT THEIR ABSTRACT USING THEIR OWN LOG IN (e.g. Advisors may not submit an abstract for a student under the advisor's account). More than one abstract may be submitted by each author. Abstracts should be no longer than 2,500 characters including spaces and prepared as a single paragraph, single-spaced. Abstracts should NOT contain photos, tables or references. Data must be original and not previously published. Please include any funding acknowledgements. A nonrefundable abstract fee of $50 USD is due at the time of submission. Abstracts should be submitted by March 1, 2021. Late abstracts will be considered until April 15, 2021, for posters only. After March 1, 2021, the fee is $75 USD. Members and non-members of IBNS are invited to submit abstracts online at the following link: 2021 Abstract Form Travel AwardsIBNS has a commitment to diversity and inclusion and welcomes undergraduates, graduates and postdocs from all geographic areas and backgrounds to apply for a 2021 travel award to assist with their travel expenses for IBNS 30th Annual meeting. Travel Award Applications are due by February 1, 2021. Travel Award applicants are judged based on criteria specific to their level of training. In addition, travel costs will be taken into consideration in determining the final amount of the award. Travel Award recipients are required to present a poster as well as participate in a slide blitz session. Award recipients are required to attend the entire meeting. Click here to view the 2021 Travel Award winners. More Information on Travel Awards Registration FeesPlease note that we have two different fee structures. Virtual is for those attending Online only. In Person is for those planning and able to travel to Mexico. Single day rates will NOT be available for this meeting.Member rates are discounted. If you would like to receive the discounted member rate, please be sure you apply for membership prior to taking the meeting registration form. Membership applications take 2-3 business days to be approved. IF you are unsure if you qualify for student or postdoc rates, please see the guidelines on our Membership page. Due to the constantly changing regulations and advisories for travel to Mexico we will be flexible with refunds and switching of the fees. (e.g. If you plan to travel to Mexico and pay the In Person fees and then find out later you cannot travel we will transfer the payment to the Virtual registration and refund the difference.) Registration form will be made available soon.
Preliminary Program
Accepted Symposia for 2021Updated November 13, 2020 Translation of Apathy-Like Behaviour, from Humans to Animals. Chairs: Gernot Riedel, Lianne Strachan (Robinson). Speakers: Eline Dreesen, Richard Brown, John Salamone, Andre Aleman, Frank Hezemans. Neuroscience of Maternal Mental Illness. Chair: Jodi Pawluski. Speakers: Elseline Hoekzema, Benedetta Leuner, Joseph Lonstein, Jodi Pawluski. Using Stress-Enhanced Fear Learning to Reveal Associative and Nonassociative Consequences of Traumatic Stress. Chairs: Michael Drew; Susan Sangha. Speakers: Abha Rajbhandari, Moriel Zelikowsky, Andrew Poulos, Michael Drew. Contributions of the Cingulate-Retrosplenial Cortical Axis to Learning and Memory Consolidation. Chairs: Nicole Ferrara; Janine Kwapis. Speakers: Nicole Ferrara, Aaron Jasnow, Sydney Trask, Janine Kwapis. Clinical and Experimental Assessment of Behaviors Associated with Dementia: Challenges and Solutions. Chairs: Farida Sohrabji; Gregory Bix. Speakers: Terry Quinn, Marion Buckwalter, Jerome Badaut, Aditya Panta, Masafumi Ihara. Origins of Sex Differences in Behavior: The Unusual Suspects. Chairs: Debra Bangasser; Georgia Hodes. Speakers: Marianne Seney, A.J. Robison, Georgia Hodes, Debra Bangasser. Neural Systems Regulating Responses to Stress, Threat, and Safety. Chairs: Ryan LaLumiere; Heidi Meyer. Speakers: Jason Radley, Michael Baratta, Susan Sangha, Heidi Meyer. A New Perspective on the Role of the Insular Cortex in Cognition and Behavior Based on Pre-Clinical Research. Chairs: John Christianson; Anna Beyeler. Speakers: Yoav Livneh, Nadine Gogolla, John Christianson, Anna Beyeler. Memory and Plasticity in Development and Maturation - Periods of Vulnerability and Opportunity. Chair: Jee Hyun Kim. Speakers: Paul Frankland, Judy Sng, Yvonne Nolan, Jee Hyun Kim. Glial Control of Neuronal Plasticity and Behavior. Chairs: Pavel Ortinski; Jill Turner. Speakers: Kathryn Reissner, Jill Turner, Annalisa Scimemi, Pavel Ortinski. The Role of the Environment on the Penetrance of Neuro Developmental Disorders. Chairs: Lorenzo More; Lucia Privitera. Speakers: Victorio Bambini-Junior, Carmem Gottfried, Lucia Privitera, Lorenzo More. Hormone-Mediated Neuroplasticity Across Behaviors. Chairs: Laura Been; Liisa Galea. Speakers: Erica Glasper, Laura Been, Liisa Galea, Paul Sheppard. Reward Seeking vs Addiction: Exploring the Phenotypes of Substance Use Disorder Using Rodent Models. Chairs: Christina Perry; Andrew Lawrence. Speakers: Bianca Jupp, Christina Perry, Nathan Marchant, Morgan James. New Directions in Modelling Dysregulated Reward Seeking. Chairs: Robyn Brown; Morgan James. Speakers: Robyn Brown, Morgan James, Rachel Smith, Chris Dayas. Developmental Origin of Neurocognitive Behavioral Disorders in Adolescence and Adults. Chair: Shameena Bake. Speakers: Elizabeth Byrnes, Shameena Bake, Joanne Weinberg, Sumikawa Katumi. The Rodent Medial Prefrontal Cortex and Associated Circuits in Behavior Under Variable Demands. Chair: John Howland. Speakers: Nadia Chaudhri, Rutsuko Ito, John Howland, Christopher Lapish. The Cognitive Basis of Drug Relapse: Neural Circuitry Underlying Extinction and Reinstatement of Reward-Seeking Behavior. Chair: Amelia Eisch. Speakers: Amelia Eisch, Ryan LaLumiere, Najmeh Katebi, Suzanne Nolan. Translation Across the Lifespan: Genetic and Environmental Risk Models for Complex Disease. Chairs: Jill L. Silverman; Jonathan L. Brigman. Speakers: Stacey J. Sukoff Rizzo, Kristen D. Onos, Jonathan L. Brigman, Pamela J. Lein. Consequences of Cancer and Cancer Treatment on the Brain and Behaviour. Chairs: Stephen Kent; Adam Walker. Speakers: Haryana Dhillon, Florence Joly, Leah Pyter, Susanna Rosi, Adam Walker. Electronic Vapor Self-Administration Studies: A New Era for Addiction Research. Chair: Olivier George. Speakers: Marsida Kallupi, Ryan Mclauglin, Renata Marchette, Brandon Henderson The Role of Neuronal Ensembles in Learned Behaviors. Chairs: Brandon Warren; Rajtarun Madangopal. Speakers: Brandon Warren, Ana Clara Bobadilla, Steve Ramirez, Rajtarun Madangopal Transgenerational Consequences of Environmental Exposures: Focus on Mechanisms of Transmission. Chair: Fair Vassoler. Speakers: Fair Vassoler, Chris Pierce, Isabel Mansuy Beyond Transgenesis: Novel Approaches to Unravel Disease-Related Behaviors in Mouse Models. Chairs: Maria-Elena Avale, Mariana Alonso. Speakers: Marcelo Rubinstein, Maria-Elena Avale, Peyman Golshani, Mariana Alonso, Antonia Marin-Burgin Social Effects of Neuropeptide Oxytocin: Two Sides of a Coin. Chairs: Rohit Menon, Inga Neumann. Speakers: Robert Froemke, Jelena Radulovic, Rohit Menon, Brain Trainor How Are Memories Organized in the Brain? Insights From Studies of Higher-Order Conditioning. Chairs: Nathan Holmes, Mihaela Iordanova. Speakers: Arnau Busquets-Garcia, Evan Hart, Nathan Holmes, Mihaela Iordanova Synaptic Plasticity Underlying Obesity-Linked Motivational Changes. Chairs: Bridget Alexandra Matikainen-Ankney, Carrie Ferrario. Speakers: Bridget Matikainen-Ankney, Carrie Ferrario, Miriam Bocarsly, Christopher Mazzone, Lauren Seabrook Integrating Neurotechnology With Behaviour and Open Science Through Touchscreens. Chairs: Julie R. Dumont, Timothy J. Bussey. Speakers: Miguel Skirzewski Prieto, Sara Memar, Anna Radke, Jess Nithianantharajah, Sanghee Yun, Mark Brandon Stressed Out: Tracking the Impact of Stress Across the Lifespan. Chairs: Sarah Baracz, Anand Gururajan. Speakers: Staci Bilbo, Sarah Baracz, Anand Gururajan, Orna Issler Group Behavior Analysis in Animal Models of Human Conditions. Chair: Ksenia Meyza. Speakers: J. Douglas Armstrong, Nozomi Endo, Yair Shemesh, Ksenia Meyza Ketamine: The Good, The Bad, and The Potential Ugly. Chairs: Linda Perrotti, Carlos Bolanos-Guzman. Speakers: Linda Perrotti, Omar Sial, Arturo Zavala, Sergio Iniguez The Thalamus as a Regulator of Motivated Behaviors. Chairs: Fabricio Do Monte, Mario Penzo. Speakers: Jessica Barson, Douglas Engelke, Sofia Beas, Xiaoke Chen Neuro-Immune Crosstalk and CB2Rs in Marijuana-Cannabinoid Medicine. Chairs: Ana Canseco-Alba, Hiroki Ishiguro. Speakers: Ana Canseco-Alba, Hiroki Ishiguro, Syed F. Ali, Emmanuel Onaivi Important Dates
Venue
The IBNS conference hotel is the beautiful Marriott Puerto Vallarta Resort and Spa conveniently located near downtown Puerto Vallarta, as well as Malecon Puerto Vallarta and the Galeria Vallarta mall. All rooms and suites come with a balcony or terrace so you'll never be far from an incredible view. Amenities include cozy pillow top mattresses, Netflix availability through your flat-panel TV, complimentary robes to lounge in, 24/7 room service, six restaurants with authentic Mexican food, along with American and Japanese cuisines. The hotel has received numerous awards/accolades including Four Diamond designation, Travelers' Choice Award and Trip Advisors' Certificate of Excellence.
The amazing IBNS group rates for a Single or Double (Deluxe Run of House) room is $102 USD per night (European Plan - no meals included). Hotel room rates are per room per night and subject to applicable state and local taxes, currently 19%, in effect at the time of check-out. Upgrades are available to Deluxe Run of Ocean at $165 per night or Junior Suite at $202.00 USD.
Special IBNS group rates are available through this link only. Click here to reserve your room at the IBNS group rate.
From the warm and inviting staff... this has become one of my favorite resorts. Read about Marriott's turtle release program here.
Lisa Briand, Chair, Temple University, Philadelphia, PA, USA 2022
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