Symposia

Toward Understanding the Mouth as a Multisensory System

• Chairs: Robin Krimm - University of Louisville School of Medicine & Christian Lemon - University of Oklahoma

Speakers

• David McKemy- University of Southern California
• Yalda Moayedi - Columbia University Medical Center
• Christian Lemon - University of Oklahoma
• Barry Green - John B. Pierce Laboratory

Inhibitory Neuronal Contributions to Chemosensory Processing

• Chair: Julian Meeks - UT Southwestern Medical Center

Speakers

• Leslie Kay - University of Chicago
• Kazumichi Shimizu - The University of Tokyo
• Julian Meeks - UT Southwestern Medical Center
• Benjamin Arenkiel - Baylor College of Medicine

Evolutionary Aspects of Chemical Signaling in Mice

• Chairs: Yoram Ben-Shaul - Hebrew University Medical School & Marc Spehr - RWTH Aachen University

Speakers

• Michael Sheehan - Cornell University
• Rohini Bansal - Hebrew University Medical School
• Jean-Marc Lassance - Harvard University / Howard Hughes Medical Institute
• Pavel Stopka - Charles University

Peripheral Modification of the Chemical Signal

• Chair: Ann-Marie Torregrossa - University at Buffalo

Speakers

• Martine Morzel - INRA- Centre des Sciences du Goût et de l’Alimentation
• Ann-Marie Torregrossa - University at Buffalo
• Jean-Marie Heydel- Dijon University for Health Sciences
• Martine Maibeche - Sorbonne University- University Pierre and Marie Curie (UPMC)

Functions of Human Olfaction: Frontiers and Challenges

• Chair: Veronika Schöpf - University of Graz

Speakers

• Sanne Boesveldt - Wageningen University
• Cinzia Cechetto - University of Graz
• Valentina Parma - International School for Advanced Studies, Trieste
• Pamela Dalton- Monell Chemical Senses Center

Bariatric Surgery and its Effects on Taste and Food Selection

• Chairs: Alan Spector - Florida State University & Carel le Roux - University College Dublin

Speakers

• Alan Spector - Florida State University
• Natasha Kapoor- University College Dublin
• M. Barbara Livingstone - University of Ulster
• M. Yanina Pepino - University of Illinois at Urbana Champaign

Oral Carbohydrate Sensing: Beyond Sweet Taste

• Chair: Juyun Lim - Oregon State University

Speakers

• Nicholas Gant - The University of Auckland
• Sunil Sukumaran - Monell Chemical Senses Center
• John Glendinning - Columbia University
• Juyun Lim - Oregon State University

Cholinergic Modulation of Olfactory Function in Health and Disease

• Chairs: Richard Doty - University of Pennsylvania & Donald Wilson - NYU School of Medicine

Speakers

• Christiane Linster - Cornell University
• Guoshi Li - University of North Carolina
• Donald Wilson - NYU School of Medicine
• Richard Doty - University of Pennsylvania

PRESIDENTIAL SYMPOSIUM: From Past Discoveries to Future Directions

Speakers

• Gordon Shepherd
• Linda Bartoshuk
• Stuart Firestein
• Ann-Sophie Barwich

Clinical Symposium: Traumatic brain injury and side-effects in veterans: Implications for chemosensory research

• Chairs: Valerie Duffy and Sanne Boesveldt

Speakers

• Janine D. Flory
• Diego Restrepo
• Johannes Frasnelli
• Deborah Beidel

Texture and Oral Processing: From Basic Mechanisms to Practical Applications

• Chair: Beverly Tepper

Speakers

• Callum Ross
• Christopher T. Simons
• Yali Zhang
• Marco Morgenstern
• Paul Smeets