| Saturday |
| 2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Catecholaminergic Circuits in the Periaqueductal Gray |
| Discussion Leader: Michelle Mazei-Robison (Michigan State University, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Kirsten Porter-Stransky (Emory University, USA)
"α1-Adrenergic Receptors in the Ventral Periaqueductal Gray Modulate Arousal" |
| 4:00 pm - 4:05 pm | Discussion |
| 4:05 pm - 4:25 pm | Gillian Matthews (Massachusetts Institute of Technology, USA)
"Dorsal Raphe Dopamine Neurons and the Experience of Social Isolation" |
| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanisms and Behavioral Correlates of Catecholamine Action in the Prefrontal Cortex |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Saddoris (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:55 pm | Steven Gee (Pfizer Inc., USA)
"The Role of β-Arrestin Signaling in Prefrontal Fast-Spiking Interneurons" |
| 7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:35 pm | Caitlin Vander Weele (Massachusetts Institue of Technology, USA)
"Dissecting Mesocortical Dopamine and Downstream Circuits in Aversion" |
| 8:35 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Samira Ferreira (University of Coimbra, Portugal)
"Adenosive A2A Receptors in the Medial Prefrontal Cortex Control Long-Term Potentiation and Impulsive Behavior – Interaction with Dopamine D2-Like Receptors" |
| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| Sunday |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Midbrain Catecholamine Systems in Behavior and Addiction |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Saddoris (University of Colorado Boulder, USA) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Cody Siciliano (Wake Forest School of Medicine, USA)
"More than a Replacement Therapy: Amphetamine Treatment Reverses the Consequences of Cocaine Self-Administration" |
| 9:20 am - 9:25 am | Discussion |
| 9:25 am - 9:45 am | Anna Radke (National Institute on Alcohol Abuse and Alcoholism, USA)
"Real-Time Dopamine Release During Discrimination and Reversal Learning in Mice" |
| 9:45 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:10 am | Erin Calipari (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)
"Cocaine-Induced Enhancement of D1, and Suppression of D2, Medium Spiny Neuron Activity in the Nucleus Accumbens Is Associated with Cocaine Seeking" |
| 10:10 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
| 10:15 am - 10:35 am | Benjamin Saunders (Johns Hopkins University, USA)
"Functional Heterogeneity Among Midbrain Dopamine Neurons in the Control of Cue Attraction, Conditioned Locomotion, and Reinforcement" |
| 10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Barbara Juarez (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, USA)
"Distinct Neural Circuit Adaptations of Midbrain Dopamine Neurons Underlie Individual Alcohol Drinking Behaviors" |
| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Neural Genetics and Physiology of Midbrain Catecholamine Systems |
| Discussion Leader: Michelle Mazei-Robison (Michigan State University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Stephanie Gantz (Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Depression of Serotonin Synaptic Transmission by the Dopamine Precursor L-DOPA" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Raajaram Gowrishankar (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Aberrant Dopamine D2 Autoreceptor Signaling in Mice Expressing the Disease-Associated Dopamine Transporter Variant, DAT Val559" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |
