May 24-25, 2023
Day 1
1:00-1:05
Welcome Peter Grace, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Suzanne Tomlinson, Gulf Coast Consortia
Convener: Andrew Shepherd, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
1:05-1:35 Keynote Presentation
Central Pain Processing Circuits
Fan Wang, Massachusetts Institute of Technology
Convener: Shivani Ruparel, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio
1:35-2:35 Local Speakers
1:35-1:50 Diversity in Mechanically Activated Current Responses for Trigeminal Ganglion Sensory Neurons Innervating Masseter Muscle
Karen Lindquist, Univ. of Texas San Antonio
1:50-2:05 Targeting Peripheral Opioid Receptor Biochemistry to Improve Analgesia
Nathan Jeske, Univ. of Texas San Antonio
2:05-2:20 Memory-Related Induction Mechanisms Trigger Persistent Hyperexcitability of Nociceptors
Alexis Bavencoffe, Univ. of Texas McGovern Medical School
2:20-2:35 Ginger Root Extract Mitigates Neuropathic Pain Via Gut-Brain-Axis
Chwan-Li (Leslie) Shen, Texas Tech Univ. Health Sciences Center
2:35-2:45 Break
Convener: Dorina Papageorgiou, Baylor College of Medicine
2:45- 3:45 Local Speakers
2:45-3:00 Neuropathic Pain Induces Microglial Reactivity in Sensory and Affective Brain Regions
Rafael Cazuza, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:00-3:15 Electroencephalogram Activity of Participants With Chronic Pain that Use Cannabinoids
Amber Harris Bozer, Tarleton State Univ.
3:15-3:30 Sensory Neuron-Specific Transmission and Voltage Dynamics And Neuronal Plasticity Changes
Yu Shin Kim, Univ. of Texas Health Science San Antonio
3:30-3:45 Bidirectional Relationship Between Opioid Sensitivity and Neuronal Excitability
Anibal Garza Carbajal, Univ. of Texas Health Science Houston
Convener: Pat Dougherty, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
3:45-4:15 Data Blitz
4:15-6:00 Posters and Reception
Day 2
9:00-9:05
Welcome Peter Grace, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
Convener: Terry Walters, Univ. of Texas Health Science Center Houston
9:05-9:35 Keynote Presentation
Human Molecular Neuroscience Approaches to Developing New Neuropathic Pain Therapies
Ted Price, Univ. of Texas Dallas
Convener: Helen Lai, Univ. of Texas Southwestern
9:35-10:35 Local Speakers
9:35-9:50 Thoracic Spinal Hemisection Produces Chronic Neuropathic Pain in the Contralateral Hindlimb in Mice
Melissa Henwood, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
9:50-10:05 Getting out of the (Pain) Matrix: TIMP-1 as Regulator of Inflammatory Pain Resolution
Kyle Baumbauer, Univ. of Kansas Medical Center
10:05-10:20 Role of Peripheral Truncated TrkB in Cancer Pain
Shivani Ruparel, Univ. of Texas San Antonio
10:20-10:35 Ascending Somatosensory Pathways that Shape the Perception of Touch And Pain
Seungwon (Sebastian) Choi, Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center
10:35-10:45 Break
Convener: Jun-Ho La, Univ. of Texas Medical Branch Galveston
10:45-11:15 Keynote Presentation
The Cells and Molecules for Sensing Touch and Pain
Alex Chesler, NIH
Convener: Michael Lacagnina, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
10:45-11:45 Local Speakers
11:15-11:30 The Conserved Synaptic Mechanisms of Chronic Pain
Lingyong Li, Univ. of Alabama at Birmingham
11:30-11:45 A Mouse Model of Paraneoplastic Neuropathy Driven by Colorectal Cancer
Andrew Shepherd, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center
11:45-12:00 Amygdala Neuroplasticity in Pain
Volker Neugebauer, Texas Tech Health Science Center
12:00-12:15 Contulakin-G Unravels Neurotensin Receptor-Calcium Channel Signaling as a Non-opioid Spinal Analgesic Pathway
Amol Patwardhan, UT Southwestern
12:15-12:30 Presentation of poster awards and close
Peter Grace, Univ. of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center