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"
Special Lectures
Jennifer Mitchell
University of California San Francisco
"The Long and Winding Road to FDA Approval of MDMA"
David Nutt
Imperial College London
"5-HT2A Receptor Agonists: From Human Neuroimaging to New Treatments of Brain Disorders"
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