This three-day virtual conference focuses on translational aspects of addiction research among chemists, biologists, and behavioral scientists. The diversity of participants and attendees at this meeting (undergraduate students to senior faculty, chemists to psychiatrists) provides a unique venue for networking among different disciplines and in so doing promotes new and innovative approaches to medications development in addictions biology. The meeting provides a stimulating environment for young scientists who are strongly encouraged to present their work and interact with senior scientists. The BBC meeting has served as a “launch pad” for many young, innovative investigators to join the ever-growing world of SUD research.
Nikki Clauss, PhDPostdoctoral Award Topic: Role of organic cation transporter 3 in the rewarding properties and locomotor sensitizing effects of amphetamine in male and female mice |
Jessica ProulxGraduate Student Award Topic: ER-associated regulation of astrocyte mitochondrial function during (METH)amphetamine exposure |
Hannah AltonUndergraduate Award Topic: Serotonin 2A- or 2C-like discriminative stimulus effects of serotonin agonists in nonhuman primates |
Carlos Blanco, PhDDirector | Division of Epidemiology, Services and Prevention Research | National Institute on Drug Abuse |
Interactions between substance use disorders and COVID-19: Implications for Research |
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Patricia Janak, PhDBloomberg Distinguished Professor | Depts of Psychological & Brain Sciences and Neuroscience | Johns Hopkins University |
Subcortical brain circuits gate motivation: implications for addiction |
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Jean Bidlack, PhDProfessor and Associate Chair | Dept of Pharmacology and Physiology | University of Rochester School of Medicine and Dentistry |
Pharmacological properties of the combination of samidorphan and buprenorphine |