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formerly Serotonin Club

ISSR 2025
sPeakers

Honorary Lectures

Irvine Page Plenary Lecture

Susan Dymecki

Harvard Medical School

"Diversity and Unity-the Brain Serotonergic Neuronal System"

 

Maurice Rapport Lecture

Alan Frazer

University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio

"Serotonin-You've Come a Long Way"

Paul Vanhoutte Distinguished Lecture

Anne Andrews

University of California Los Angeles

"Monitoring Serotonin Signaling: A Journey in Time and Space"

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Special Lectures

Jennifer Mitchell

University of California San Francisco

"The Long and Winding Road to FDA Approval of MDMA"

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David Nutt

Imperial College London

"5-HT2A Receptor Agonists: From Human Neuroimaging to New Treatments of Brain Disorders"

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Symposia

Serotonergic Sub-Circuits: Probing the Roles of Identified Serotonergic Populations in Behavior and Cognition

Bénédicte Amilhon

Christoph Anacker

Nuno Alves

Giacomo Maddaloni

Chair
Bénédicte Amilhon

Searching for Receptors Involved in the Antidepressant Effects of Psychedelics

Ryan Gumpper

Carine Becamel

Lucie Berkovitch

Eero Castren

ChaiRS
Carine Becamel
Joël Bockaert

The Ascending Serotonin Neurons and Their Diverse Functions through the Serotonin Heteroreceptor Complexes

Dasiel Borroto-Escuela

Kjell Fuxe

Malgorzata Frankowska

Veronique Sgambato

ChairS
Kjell Fuxe
Dasiel Borroto-Escuela

Is Serotonin a Biomarker for Depression 2024?

Parastoo Hashemi

Felix Mayer

Ilan Rabiner

Zoe Hughes

Chairs
Parastoo Hashemi

Emerging Roles for Transporters in Serotonin Dysfunction in CNS Disorders

Randy Blakely

Freja Herborg

Rupert Lanzenberger

Paola Brivio

ChairS
Freja Herborg
Ulrik Gether

Theme and Variations: Phenotypic Diversity and Dynamics of Serotonergic Neurons

Evan Deneris

Benjamin Okaty

Jing Ren

Massimo Pasqualetti

ChairS
Skirmantas Janusonis
Benjamin Okaty

Clinical Mechanisms for Persisting Positive Effects of Psychedelics

Gitte Knudsen

Johan Lundberg

David Erritzøe

Tomas Palenicek

Chair
Gitte Knudsen

Sex and the Serotonin System: Reconciling Differential Susceptibility to Alcohol and Stress-Related Disorders

Pingwen Xu

Catherine Marcinkiewcz

Nesha Burghardt

Meghan Flanigan

ChairS
Catherine Marcinkiewcz
Pingwen Xu

Diverse Stress Signaling Mechanisms in Dorsal Raphe

Christopher Lowry

John Neumaier

Abbie Schindler

Lynn Kirby

Chair
John Neumaier

Lipidation within the Serotonergeric Pathways: Implication for Depression and Anxiety

Evgeni Ponimaskin

Mark Rasenick

Amitabha Chattopadhyay

James Foster

ChairS
Evgeni Ponimaskin
Mark Rasenick

Early-Life Stress and Serotonin: Neurodevelopmental Mechanisms and Circuit Dynamics Driving Lifelong Behavioral Changes

Catia Teixeira

Mariano Soiza-Reilly

Giulia Zanni

Derya Sargin

Chair
Derya Sargin

Elevated MAOA and Treatment Resistance in Depression: New Twists on a Classic Hypothesis

Jean-Philippe Guilloux

Toshifumi Tomoda

Kenny Chappell

Jeffrey Meyer

Chair
Etienne Sibille

Human in vivo Imaging of Genetic Variability within the Serotonin System

Marie Spies

Elizabeth Bartlett

Silvia Bruzzone

Marin Jukic

ChairS
Marie Spies
Elizabeth Bartlett

The 5-HT7 Receptor as a Druggable Target

Finn Levy

Stephanie Watts

Waliul Khan

Severine Morisset-Lopez

ChairS
Stephanie Watts
Finn Levy

Brain vs Gut Feelings: Serotonin as a Central and Peripheral Regulator of Autonomic Function, Mood, and Interoception

Kathryn Lehigh

Mark Ansorge

Kara Margolis

Arthur Beyder

Chairs
Mark Ansorge
Michael Gershon

Beyond Serotonin: The Multifaceted Metabolism of Tryptophan

Trevor Stone

Stefano Comai

Sophie Erhardt

Ana Pocivavsek

Chairs
Stefano Comai
Ana Pocivavsek

Psychedelics, A Stunning Antidepressant Effect

Gabriela Gobbi

Katherine Nautiyal

Bruno Guiard

Alain Gardier

ChairS
Alain Gardier
Bruno Guiard

Central 5-HT Signaling in Health and Disease

Chen Liu

Kensuke Futai

Yanlin He

Yang He

ChairS
Yanlin He
Pingwen Xu

New Findings on Maternal Serotonergic Effects on Offspring Development

Francesca Calabrese

Jocelien Olivier

Eelke Snoeren

Judith Homberg

ChairS
Judith Homberg
Francesca Calabrese

Acute Clinical Psychological and Neurological Effects of Psychedelics

Matthia Liechti

Severin Vogt

Chris Timmermann

Patrick Fisher

ChairS
Matthias Liechti

Serotonin, Its Detection and Function

Olivia Masseck

Yulong Li

Juan Song

David Prober

Chair
Yulong Li

Preclinical and Clinical Studies of the Mechanisms by which Psychedelics Engender Persistent Alleviation of Neuropsychiatric Illness

Kevin Murnane

Peter Hendricks

Wilder Doucette

Chair
Kevin Murnane

Serotoninergic Mechanisms of Psychedelic Therapeutics in Substance Use Disorders: Focus on Cognitive Flexibility

David Bannerman

Kathryn Cunningham

Stephanie Daws

Jan Ramaekers

ChairS
Jamie Peters
Kathryn Cunningham

Serotonin in Sudden Death

Robin Haynes

Gordon Buchanan

Russell Ray

Chair
Russell Ray

SSRIs in the Treatment of Depression: A Pharmacological Cul-De-Sac?

Philip Cowen

Vibe Frokjaer

Jonathan Henssler

Trevor Sharp

ChairS
Trevor Sharp
Philip Cowen

Targeting Presynaptic and Postsynaptic Serotonin Systems for Neuropsychiatric Treatment Strategies

Harald Sitte

Francesco Papaleo

John McCorvy

Catherine Harmer

Chair
Harald Sitte

Molecular Mechanism of Serotonin Transport by SERT, OCTs, and VMAT2

Thomas Stockner

Marleen Meyer-Tönnies

Emad Tajkhorshid

Ivet Bahar

ChairS
Thomas Stockner
Emad Tajkhorshid
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