Genes, Brain, and Behavior Meeting 2021

Main Meeting: May 12th-15th, 2021

Workshops

May 10th Trainee career development 

May 11th Machine learning for social behavior analysis

The 22nd Annual Genes, Brain & Behavior Meeting will be held May 10th-15th, 2021. The meeting will be a virtual event using a state of the art platform. The meeting will include exciting scientific lectures, research presentations, workshops, and opportunities to share your work with your fellow scientists and mentors as well as networking opportunities. The Abstract Submission deadline is March 30th, 2021. Travel Awards application deadline extended to March 15, 2021.

Tentative Itinerary

Program Highlights

Plenary Lectures

	Hopi Hoekstra, PhD. Evolution, Genetics, and Neurobiology of Mice and Molecules, Harvard University, USA.
	Hitoshi Okamoto, MD, PhD. Laboratory for Neural Circuit Dynamics of Decision Making, RIKEN  Center for Brain Science, JP
	Jonathan Mill, Complex Disease Epigenetics, University of Exeter, UK.
	Distinguished Investigator Award Speaker: Abraham A. Palmer, PhD. Behavioral Genetics of Mice, Rats, and Men,  University of California San Diego. USA
	Early Career Achievement Award Speaker: Ryan Logan, PhD. Department of Psychiatry, University of Pittsburgh, USA

Sessions

• Alternate transcript usage and RNA splicing in alcohol and substance use disorders. Chair: Amy Lasek, University of Chicago 
• Sleep regulation and function during early developmental periods. Chair: Matthew Kayser, University of Pennsylvania
• Neonatal opioid withdrawal syndrome in mice and humans. Chair: Camron Bryant, Boston University School of Medicine
• Neurodegenerative and Neuropsychiatric disorders. Chair: Peter Ash, Boston University School of Medicine
• Emergent systems for genetic studies of behavior. Chairs: Yehuda Ben-Shahar, Washington University. Alex Keene, Florida Atlantic University

Awards Ceremonies
IBANGS Fellow Awards
Distinguished and Early Career Awards
Travel Awards

Workshops
Trainee career development
Machine learning for social behavior analysis

For Sponsors
2021 Meeting Prospectus
Exhibitor/Sponsor Registration

Committees
Program Committee
Camron Bryant, Boston University
Karla Kaun, Brown University
Karl Clark, Mayo Clinic
Clarissa Parker, Middlebury College
Alberto Cruz-Martin, Boston University
Antonia Savarese, OHSU
Pat Nolan, MRC Harwell
Gang Chen, Nanjing University
Danila Cuomo, Texas A&M University
Rupert Overall, Center for Regenerative Therapies, Dresden
Vivek Kumar, Jackson Laboratory

Awards Committee
Richard A. Radcliffe (Chair), University of Colorado
Catherine Kaczorowski , Jackson Laboratory
Zoe Donaldson, University of Colorado

Organizing Committee
Camron Bryant, Boston University
Karla Kaun, Brown University
Clarissa Parker, Middlebury College
Alberto Cruz-Martin, Boston University
Kristin Scaplen, Bryant University

Meeting Sponsors