From 21st to 23rd of October
PROGRAM:
The schedule is indicated as GMT-3
OCTOBER 21st.
09:00 a.m.: Opening: Ricardo Pautassi, PhD (INMEC-CONICET-UNC; Argentina) , LASBRA Past President, Fábio Cardoso Cruz, PhD (UNIFESP- BRAZIL), LASBRA current President, and Mario Rivera-Meza, Ph.D. (Chile), LASBRA Vice-President .
09:15 a.m. : Welcome: Rosana Camarini, PhD (USP, Brazil), ISBRA President.
9:20-10:20 a.m. : Keynote Lecture 1
Speaker: Klaus A. Miczek, PhD. (Tufts University, Boston, MA, USA).
Title: “To fight or not to fight: activation of the mPFC during the decision to engage in aggressive behavior after ethanol consumption in a novel murine model".
Chair: Fábio Cardoso Cruz, PhD, UNIFESP, Brazil
10:20 –10:40 a.m.: Break
10:40 – 12:15 a.m.: Symposium 1: "Can ayahuasca, environmental and gamification be used to treat alcohol use disorder?"
Chair: Rosana Camarini, PhD (USP, Brasil)
Speaker 1: Laís Berro, Ph.D. (University of Mississippi Medical Center): To be confirmed.
Speaker 2: Tania Marcourakis, Ph.D. (Universidade de São Paulo): "What we have learned from the use of ayahuasca in substance-related effects"
12:00 - 14:00 p.m. : Break
14:00 – 15:00 p.m.: Keynote Lecture 2
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Speaker: Howard C. Becker, Ph.D. (Charleston Alcohol Research Center
Medical University of South Carolina, United States).
Title: To be to be announced
Chair: Ricardo Pautassi, Ph.D. (INMEC-CONICET-UNC; Argentina).
15:00 – 15:15: Break
15:15 – 17:00 p.m. : Symposium 2: The relationship between the use of alcohol (and other drugs) with psychological distress and other variables of interest, during the COVID-19 pandemic.
Chair: Ricardo Pautassi, Ph.D. (INMEC-CONICET-UNC; Argentina).
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Speaker 1: Paul Ruiz, Ph.D. (UDELAR, Uruguay): "Mental health and psychoactive substance consumption during the COVID-19 pandemic in Uruguay"
Speaker 2: Francisca Román, Ph.D. (Universidad de la Frontera, Chile): "Alcohol consumption during COVID-19 among university students and staff in Chile: results from a longitudinal study".
Speaker 3: Fermín Fernández Calderón, Ph.D. (Universidad de Huelva, Spain): "Cross-sectional and longitudinal evidences of changes in alcohol consumption patterns after COVID-19 pandemic in Spain: the role of psychological distress and sociodemographic profile"
Speaker 4: Cecilia López Steinmetz, Ph.D. (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina):"Testing the stability of alcohol expectancies and drinking contexts as predictors of changes in alcohol consumption among young college students before and during the Argentinean quarantine due to the COVID-19 pandemic: A one-year follow-up study"
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OCTOBER 22nd.
9:00 – 10:00 a.m. : Keynote Lecture 3
Speaker: Carlos Ibañez Ph.D, MD. (Jefe Unidad de Adicción. Clínica Psiquiatrica Hospital Clínico, Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile)
Title: "Adaptation and implementation of the Icelandic model for the prevention of substance abuse in communes of the Metropolitan region of Chile".
Chair: Mario Rivera, Ph.D. (Universidad de Chile, Chile).
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10:15-12:00 a.m.: Symposiun 3: " Early alcohol exposure: behavior and neurodevelopmental incidence"
Chair: Paul Ruiz, Ph.D. (UdelaR, Uruguay).
Speaker 1: Sebastian Miranda, Ph.D. (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina): "Parenting experiences: impact on behavior and response to alcohol".
Speaker 2: Juan Carlos Molina, Ph.D. (Universidad Nacional de Córdoba, Argentina): "Ethyl Fetal Programming: mechanisms that regulate the drug affinity and the respiratory reactivity".
Speaker 3: Silvia Olviera, Ph.D (Instituto de investigaciones biológicas Clemente Estable, Uruguay): Neuroinflammation in a rat model of prenatal alcohol exposure.
Speaker 4: Debora Gusmao Melo, Ph.D (Universidade Federal de São Carlos, Brazil): "An interpretive approach about alcohol consumption during pregnancy in Brazil".
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12:00 - 14:00 p.m.: Break
14:00 – 16:00 p.m: Symposium 4: "Ethanol alters different brain structures and functions affecting several behaviors".
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Chair: Luiz Aguayo, PhD, Aguayo (Universidad de Concepción, Chile).
Speaker 1: Adelaide Tousley, Ph.D. (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. United States):"Prenatal alcohol exposure alters the functional and morphological development of the striatal microcircuit concurrent with delayed motor development".
Speaker 2: Loreto San Martin, Ph.D.; Lorena Armijo-Weingart Ph.D.; Anibal Araya, Ph.D.; Scarlet Gallegos, Ph.D. and Luis G. Aguayo, Ph.D. (NEPSAM, Universidad de Concepción, Chile): "Sensibility to ethanol in mice lacking a2 or a3 KO glycine receptor subunits".
Speaker 3: Scarlet Gallegos, Ph.D; Loreto San Martin, Ph.D; Lorena Armijo-Weingart, Ph.D; Anibal Araya, Ph.D; and Luis G. Aguayo, Ph.D; (NEPSAM, Universidad de Concepción, Chile): "Role of basic residues located in the intracellular loop of the glycine receptor alpha 2 subunit for ethanol-induced sedation and drinking".
Speaker 4: Pablo Berríos Cárcamo, , Ph.D. (Centro de Medicina Regenerativa. Universidad del Desarrollo, Chile.): "MicroRNAs in the brain of mice that voluntarily drink ethanol chronically".
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16:00 – 16:15 p.m.: Break
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16:15 – 17:15 p.m.: Poster session
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17:15 – 18:15 p.m: Student Symposium
( 4 students will be selected)
OCTOBER 23rd.
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9:00 – 10:00 a.m. : Keynote Lecture 4:
Speaker: Alvaro Verges, Ph.D. (Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, Chile)
Title: "Personality Pathways to Alcohol Use: The Roles of Impulsivity and Compulsivity"
Chair: Paul Ruiz, Ph.D. (UdelaR, Uruguay).
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10:00 -10:15 a.m.: Break
10:15-12:00 a.m.: Symposiun 5: “Vulnerability Factors in Alcohol Addiction”
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Chair: Fábio Cardoso Cruz, Ph.D. (UNIFESP, Brazil)
Speaker 1: Tiffany A. Wills, Ph.D. (LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA – USA): “Adolescent alcohol produces sex-specific regulation of BNST plasticity”.
Speaker 2: Lucas Albrechet-Souza, Ph.D. (LSUHSC School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA – USA):"Sex differences in startle reactivity and endocannabinoids expression in the amygdala after exposure to predator odor stress".
Speaker 3: Rosana Camarini, PhD. (Universidade de São Paulo, São Paulo, Brazil.: "Ethanol vs social rewarding: what is the choice of mice under environmental enrichment"
Speaker 4: Karina Possa Abrahão, Ph.D. (Universidade Federal de São Paulo, Brazil.): "Binge drink effects in the adolescent brain".
12:00 - 14:00 a.m.: Break
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14:00 – 15:00 p.m. : Keynote Lecture 5:
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Speaker: Donna M. Platt, Ph.D. (Professor at Department of Psychiatry & Human Behavior
Division Chief, Division of Neurobiology & Behavior Research, University of Mississippi Medical Center
Title: "GABAA receptor subtypes and the abuse-related effects of ethanol in rhesus monkeys"
Chair: Rosana Camarini, PhD (USP, Brasil).
15:00 – 15:15 p.m. : Break
15:15 – 17:00 p.m.: Symposium 6: “Development of novel therapeutic alternatives for alcohol-use disorders: A multidisciplinary approach"
Chair: Mario Rivera Meza, Ph.D. (Universidad de Chile, Chile)
Speaker 1: Eduardo Karahanian, Ph.D. (Universidad Autónoma de Chile, Santiago, Chile): “A new drug that decreases both alcohol consumption and ethanol-induced neuroinflammation”.
Speaker 2: Fernando Ezquer, Ph.D. (Universidad del Desarrollo, Santiago, Chile): “ Secretome derived for mesenchymal stem cell as a new biodrug for the treatment of alcohol use disorders: Toward the identification of therapeutic molecules".
Speaker 3: Yedy Israel, Ph.D. (Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile): “Gut microbiota markedly alters ethanol intake and relapse. A new role for probiotics".
Speaker 4: Mario Rivera-Meza, Ph.D. (Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile): " Targeting HCN2 ion channels as a therapeutic strategy for alcohol use disorders ".
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17:00 – 18:00 p.m. : Keynote Lecture 6:
Speaker: Hermes H. Yeh, Ph.D. (Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth. United States).
Title:"Early Gestational Exposure to Alcohol on Cortical Form and Function Across Lifespan in a Mouse Model of FASD".
Chair: Luiz Aguayo, PhD, Aguayo (Universidad de Concepción, Chile)
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18:00 p.m.: Student Award and Closing Ceremony: Fábio Cruz, Ph. D. (UNIFESP,Brazil) and Mario Rivera-Meza, Ph.D. (Universidad de Chile, Santiago, Chile).
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