Sensory Systems: Interoception and Exteroception (J3)
January 18-21, 2027
| Keystone Resort, Keystone, CO, United States
Stephen Liberles and Vanessa Ruta
Scholarship Deadline: Sep. 23, 2026 | Abstract Deadline: Dec. 29, 2026 | Early Registration Deadline: Nov. 19, 2026
| 4:00–8:00 PM |
Registration |
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| 6:00–8:00 PM |
Welcome Mixer |
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Tuesday, January 19, 2027
| 8:00–8:10 AM |
Welcome Remarks (Joint) |
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| 8:10–9:00 AM |
Keynote Address (Joint) |
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Misha Ahrens, Janelia Research Campus
Whole-Brain, All-Optical Interrogation of Neuronal Dynamics Underlying Gut Interoception |
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| 9:00–11:30 AM |
Body-Brain Interoception I (Joint) |
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Stephen Liberles, Harvard Medical School
Mechanisms of Body-Brain Communication |
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Kara Marshall, Baylor College of Medicine
Under Pressure: The Role of PIEZO Ion Channels in Interoception |
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Isabel Espinosa Medina, Janelia Research Campus - Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Brain Meets Pancreas: Patterned Innervation Shapes Adult Metabolic Control |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:30–9:50 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:30–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
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| 11:30–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 1 |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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Victoria Abraira, Rutgers University
Context is Key: How Spinal Cord Neuromodulation Shapes Our Somatosensory Experiences |
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Alexander Chesler
Molecules and Cells for Touch, Thermosensation, and Pain |
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David D. Ginty, HHMI/Harvard Medical School
Touch Sensory Neurons and their Spinal Cord Circuits |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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Wednesday, January 20, 2027
| 8:00–9:00 AM |
Keynote Address (Joint) |
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Mark L. Andermann, Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center
How Motivation Shapes Perception |
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 9:00–11:00 AM |
Body-Brain Interoception II (Joint) |
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Sung-Yon Kim, Seoul National University
Transforming Body Signals into Behavior: How Swallowing Quenches Thirst |
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Amber L. Alhadeff, Monell Chemical Senses Center
Dissociating Circuits for Satiety and Aversion |
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Yoav Livneh, Weizmann Institute of Science
Sensations and Prediction in Brain-Body Interactions |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 11:00–1:00 PM |
Poster Setup |
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| 11:00–3:00 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 1:00–10:00 PM |
Poster Viewing |
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| 3:00–4:30 PM |
Career Roundtable |
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–7:00 PM |
Eyes and Ears |
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Katie Kindt, NIDCD - National Institute of Health
Using Transgenic Zebrafish to Light up Hair-Cell Synapse Formation and Function |
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Jeffrey R. Holt, Boston Children's Hospital
Mechanotransduction in Auditory Hair Cells: A Tale of Two Channels |
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Wei Li, Shanghai Jiao Tong University School of Medicine
Biology of Glaucoma: Feeling the Pressure |
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Xin Duan, University of California, San Francisco
TransA-MERFISH Reveals Divergent Direction-Selective Computations from the Eye to the Brain |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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Thursday, January 21, 2027
| 8:00–11:00 AM |
Chemosensation |
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Vanessa Ruta, Rockefeller University
Circuits for Adaptive Behaviors |
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Emily Liman, University of Southern California
How We Taste - Diverse Roles of a Proton Channel |
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Maude Baldwin, Max Planck Institute for Ornithology
Evolution of Sensory and Physiological Systems |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 9:00–9:20 AM |
Coffee Break |
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| 11:00–2:30 PM |
On Own for Lunch |
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| 2:30–4:30 PM |
Symposia Spotlight 2 |
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Short Talks Chosen from Abstracts
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| 4:30–5:00 PM |
Coffee Available |
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| 5:00–6:45 PM |
Somatosensation |
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Theanne N. Griffith, UC Davis
New Insights into Sodium Channel Function in Somatosensory Neurons |
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John Tuthill, University of Washington
Neural Control of Respiration in Drosophila |
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Ishmail John Abdus-Saboor, Columbia University
Body-Brain Circuit for Lung Cancer Induced Pain |
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Short Talk(s) Chosen from Abstracts
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| 6:45–7:00 PM |
Meeting Wrap-Up: Outcomes and Future Directions |
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| 7:00–8:00 PM |
Social Hour with Dinner |
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| 8:00–11:00 PM |
Entertainment |
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