Day 1
10:00-10:05 Welcome
Suzanne Tomlinson-Mathis, Gulf Coast Consortia
Jun-Ho La, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
Moderator: Carmen Dessauer, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Terry Walters, University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
10:05-10:45 Keynote presentation
Mistakes Were Made: How to Fix Preclinical (Pain) Research
Jeff Mogil, McGill University
Moderator: Stacey Gorniak, University of Houston
Local Talks Session I Neuronal Subsets and Mapping of Pain Circuits
10:45-11:00 Characterizing the Sensory Innervation of the Temporomandibular Joint (TMJ)
Jessie Alfaro, University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio
11:00-11:15 Utility of Neural Gene Reporter Mice and Chemical Tracers for Mapping Knee Innervating Neurons in Ganglia Tissues
Ibdanelo Cortez, Baylor College of Medicine
11:15-11:30 Characterization of the Spinal Projection Neuron Type Map of Somatosensory States
Satoshi Ishishita, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
11:30-11:45 Comparing the Efficacy of Single Nucleus and Single Cell RNA Sequencing at Identifying and Profiling Cell Types in Murine Dorsal Root Ganglia
Crista Villalba, Baylor College of Medicine
11:45-12:50 Networking Lunch
Moderator: Peter Grace, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Andrew Shepherd, MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:50-01:30 Keynote presentation
The Neural Circuits of Pain and Itch
Sarah Ross, University of Pittsburgh
Moderator: Dorina Papageorgiou, Baylor College of Medicine
Local Talks Session II Novel Approaches for Improved Pain Therapy
1:30-1:45 Potentiation of Opioid Responses by Calcium Channel Inhibitors in Neuropathic Pain
Anibal Garza Carbajal, University of Texas Health Science Houston
1:45-2:00 Evaluating GPR37 Agonism as a Novel Therapy to Erase Acute Injury-induced Spinal Pain Memory
Regan Hammond, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
2:00-2:15 Investigate the Effects of Exercise on pain-related Behaviors in a Murine Model of Osteoarthritis
Zixue Jin, Baylor College of Medicine
2:15-2:30 Evaluating Arylepoxamide Receptor Agonist in Battlefield-Relevant Pain Models
Natasha Sosanya, US Army Institute of Surgical Research
2:30-2:50 Break
2:50-2:55 GCC-TPR Scholars program
2:55-3:10 Data Blitz Presentations
Developing Tools to Study Joint Pain in Equine Models of Osteoarthritis
Nele Haelterman, Baylor College of Medicine Poster 7
Truncated TrkB: The Predominant TrkB Isoform in Nociceptors
Jaclyn Merlo, UT Health San Antonio Poster 26
Breaking Barriers: Pain Studies in the Common Marmoset
Priya Saraswathi Narayanan, UT Health San Antonio Poster 12
Spinal GluD1 Receptors: Key Modulators of Touch, Mechanical and Cold Nociception in Neuropathic Pain
Siddhesh Sabnis, Texas A&M Univ. Poster 15
Development of Noninvasive Calcium-Initiated Bioluminescence Imaging to Measure Nociception in Mice
Subo Yuan, UT Medical Branch Galveston Poster 25
03:104:10 Even # poster session-event hal
04:10-05:10 Odd # poster session-event hall
5:10-6:15 Reception-Prefunction
Day 2
08:00-09:00 Mentoring Breakfast-Event hall
09:00-09:05 Welcome
Moderator: Helen Lai, University of Texas Southwestern
Local Talks session III DRG Neurons and Non-Neuronal Cells in Pain
9:05-9:20 B Cells Regulate Formation of DRG Tertiary Lymphoid Structures at the DRG Meninges and Pain After Peripheral Nerve Injury
Tusar Acharya, MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:20-9:35 PRDM12 Regulates Cell Type Specific Programs in the DRG
Sarah Jobbins, University of Texas Southwestern
9:35-9:50 Crosstalk Between Sensory Neuronal Activity and Tumor Cells Promotes Malignancy and Cancer Pain
Khali Kasm, MD Anderson Cancer Center
9:50-10:05 A Mouse Genetic Model for Progressive Chronic Pain from Joint Degeneration, Pseudoachondroplasia (mPSACH), Involves Nociceptor Hyperexcitability
Karen Posey, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Moderator: Jun-Ho La, University of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
10:05-10:45 Keynote presentation
Joint Innervation, Neuroplasticity, and Osteoarthritis
Anne-Marie Malfait, Rush University
10:45-11:10 Break
Moderator: Shivani Ruparel, University of Texas Health Science San Antonio
Local Talks Session IV Beyond DRG: Pain and Comorbidities
11:10-11:25 Role of Microglia in Affective Comorbidities of Neuropathic Pain
Rafael Cazuza, MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:25-11:40 Impaired Memory Function in Postmenopausal Women with Type II Diabetes
Stacey Gorniak, University of Houston
11:40-11:55 A Trans-synaptic Autophagy Mechanism Controls Pain
Kishore Kumar S. Narasimhan, Texas A&M University
11:55-12:10 Latent Neuropathy in Colorectal Cancer: A CIPN Risk Factor?
Andrew Shepherd, MD Anderson Cancer Center
12:10-12:30 Presentation of poster awards and close