UMass Chan Medical School at SfN 2026

Nov 14–18, 2026 Washington, DC ~21k attendees Website

UMass Chan Medical School brings 14 presentations to SfN 2026 in Washington. Its posters and talks centre on brain metabolism, opioid-related brain changes, and synapse vulnerability. One thread examines how perisynaptic astrocyte processes shape microglia-mediated synapse elimination.

Organization	SfN 2026 Attendance
UMass Chan Medical School Worcester, MA
umassmed.edu Universities and research institutes Public medical school in Worcester; recruits for its neuroscience graduate program.	At the Graduate School Fair, table 78A · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Neuroscience Program Poster Sat Nov 14 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR009: Metabolism, Inflammation, and Brain Function Midbrain NAMPT drives sex-specific hyperlocomotion and cocaine sensitivity in mice WCC Halls A-C · Board U31 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR049: Alzheimer's Disease: Blood Flow and Metabolism 5xFAD Mice Develop Altered Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Action in the Brain and the Liver After a High-Fat Diet WCC Halls A-C · Board U28 Poster Sun Nov 15 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR049: Alzheimer's Disease: Blood Flow and Metabolism APP/PS1 Mice Develop Increased Obesity After High-fat Diet or High-fructose Diet Due to Reduced Physical Activity WCC Halls A-C · Board U30 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session LBP007: H.01. Fear and Aversive Learning and Memory Identification of septofimbrial nucleus ensembles critical for threat-context association WCC Halls A-C · Board B2 Poster Sun Nov 15 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR095: Taste A Peripheral Mechanism for Internal-State-Dependent Modulation of Salt Taste and Intake WCC Halls A-C · Board X1 Poster Mon Nov 16 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR152: Neural Substrates of Opioid Seeking ASSESSING OPIOID-INDUCED DNA DAMAGE RESPONSES in POSTMORTEM HUMAN BRAINS and INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL (iPSC)-DERIVED NEURONS WCC Halls A-C · Board JJ6 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR192: Sleep Regulation: Anatomy, Pharmacology, Behavior Impact of fentanyl-xylazine co-administration on sleep and the role of FGF21 in male and female mice WCC Halls A-C · Board EE21 Poster Mon Nov 16 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR196: Pharmacological and Molecular Mechanisms in Substance Use Disorders Single-nucleus multiome profiling reveals non-additive sgACC molecular states in comorbid opioid use disorder and major depression WCC Halls A-C · Board HH13 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR216: Astrocytes: Signaling, Synaptic Regulation, and Circuit Function Perisynaptic astrocyte processes gate synapse vulnerability to microglia-mediated elimination WCC Halls A-C · Board N8 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR219: Metabolic and Neural Changes Across Brain Aging: Experimental Models Differential Effects of Aging on Brain Glucose Metabolism in Mice WCC Halls A-C · Board U8 Poster Tue Nov 17 8am–noon Part of Session PSTR242: Genetic, Translational, and Clinical Studies of Addiction Cell-Type-Specific Chromatin Remodeling and Transcription Factor Network Disruption in Opioid Use Disorder WCC Halls A-C · Board JJ16 Talk Tue Nov 17 3:14–3:37pm Part of Session MIN27: Leveraging Non-Mammalian Systems to Investigate the Biology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders Behavioral screen reveals autism and intellectual disability genes influence working memory in zebrafish WCC Rm 147 Talk Wed Nov 18 11:07–11:30am Part of Session MIN32: Development of Distributed Neural Circuits and the Impact on Emerging Behaviors Roles of neurexins in serotonergic system development and social behavior WCC Rm 146AB Poster Wed Nov 18 1–5pm Part of Session PSTR358: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases Neuronal subtype vulnerability to microglial-induced synapse loss in demyelinating disease WCC Halls A-C · Board Z12

Organization

SfN 2026 Attendance

UMass Chan Medical School

Worcester, MA

umassmed.edu

Universities and research institutes

Public medical school in Worcester; recruits for its neuroscience graduate program.

At the Graduate School Fair, table 78A · University of Massachusetts Chan Medical School - Neuroscience Program

Poster

Sat Nov 14
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR009: Metabolism, Inflammation, and Brain Function

Midbrain NAMPT drives sex-specific hyperlocomotion and cocaine sensitivity in mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board U31

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR049: Alzheimer's Disease: Blood Flow and Metabolism

5xFAD Mice Develop Altered Glucose Metabolism and Insulin Action in the Brain and the Liver After a High-Fat Diet

WCC Halls A-C · Board U28

Poster

Sun Nov 15
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR049: Alzheimer's Disease: Blood Flow and Metabolism

APP/PS1 Mice Develop Increased Obesity After High-fat Diet or High-fructose Diet Due to Reduced Physical Activity

WCC Halls A-C · Board U30

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session LBP007: H.01. Fear and Aversive Learning and Memory

Identification of septofimbrial nucleus ensembles critical for threat-context association

WCC Halls A-C · Board B2

Poster

Sun Nov 15
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR095: Taste

A Peripheral Mechanism for Internal-State-Dependent Modulation of Salt Taste and Intake

WCC Halls A-C · Board X1

Poster

Mon Nov 16
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR152: Neural Substrates of Opioid Seeking

ASSESSING OPIOID-INDUCED DNA DAMAGE RESPONSES in POSTMORTEM HUMAN BRAINS and INDUCED PLURIPOTENT STEM CELL (iPSC)-DERIVED NEURONS

WCC Halls A-C · Board JJ6

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR192: Sleep Regulation: Anatomy, Pharmacology, Behavior

Impact of fentanyl-xylazine co-administration on sleep and the role of FGF21 in male and female mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board EE21

Poster

Mon Nov 16
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR196: Pharmacological and Molecular Mechanisms in Substance Use Disorders

Single-nucleus multiome profiling reveals non-additive sgACC molecular states in comorbid opioid use disorder and major depression

WCC Halls A-C · Board HH13

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR216: Astrocytes: Signaling, Synaptic Regulation, and Circuit Function

Perisynaptic astrocyte processes gate synapse vulnerability to microglia-mediated elimination

WCC Halls A-C · Board N8

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR219: Metabolic and Neural Changes Across Brain Aging: Experimental Models

Differential Effects of Aging on Brain Glucose Metabolism in Mice

WCC Halls A-C · Board U8

Poster

Tue Nov 17
8am–noon

Part of Session PSTR242: Genetic, Translational, and Clinical Studies of Addiction

Cell-Type-Specific Chromatin Remodeling and Transcription Factor Network Disruption in Opioid Use Disorder

WCC Halls A-C · Board JJ16

Talk

Tue Nov 17
3:14–3:37pm

Part of Session MIN27: Leveraging Non-Mammalian Systems to Investigate the Biology of Neurodevelopmental Disorders

Behavioral screen reveals autism and intellectual disability genes influence working memory in zebrafish

WCC Rm 147

Talk

Wed Nov 18
11:07–11:30am

Part of Session MIN32: Development of Distributed Neural Circuits and the Impact on Emerging Behaviors

Roles of neurexins in serotonergic system development and social behavior

WCC Rm 146AB

Poster

Wed Nov 18
1–5pm

Part of Session PSTR358: Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms in Multiple Sclerosis and Other Demyelinating Diseases

Neuronal subtype vulnerability to microglial-induced synapse loss in demyelinating disease

WCC Halls A-C · Board Z12

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