Program Schedule

Saturday May 28th
Arrival Day
Sunday May 29th
  • 8:45 - Welcome
  • 9:00-9:45 - Alexa Veenema (Michigan State Univ., USA) : Involvement of oxytocin and vasopressin within the brain reward system to regulate social play behavior in sex-specific ways
  • 9:45-10:30 - Alexandre Charlet (CNRS Univ Strasbourg, France) : Astrocytes involvement in oxytocin-induced regulation of emotions
  • 10:30-11:00 - Coffee Break
  • 11:00-11:45 - Valery Grinevich (Univ. Heidelberg, Germany) : Diversity of oxytocin circuits modulating distinct socio-emotional behaviour
  • 11:45-12:30 - Steve Chang (Yale Univ, USA) : Neuronal bases for the combinatorial effect of oxytocin and naloxone on social attention
  • 12:30-14:15 - Lunch
  • 14:15-15:00 - Jessica Connelly (Univ Virginia, USA) : DNA methylation of OXTR as an epigenetic rheostat of experience
  • 15:00-15:45 - Inga Neumann (University Regensburg, Germany) : Acute versus chronic matters: Oxytocin effects on anxiety and social fear
  • 15:45-16:15 - Coffee Break
  • 16:15-17:15 - Poster session
Monday May 30th
  • 9:00-9:45 - Keith Kendrick (Univ. Electronic Science and Technology, China) : Development of oxytocin- and vasopressin-based therapies for autism (VIRTUAL)
  • 9:45-10:30 - Daniel Quintana (Univ Oslo, Norway) : Accelerating the translation of intranasal oxytocin treatment by improving methods, theory, and reproducibility
  • 10:30-11:00 - Coffee Break
  • 11:00-11:45 - Rui Oliveira (ISPA University, Portugal) : Evolutionary conserved role of oxytocin in social information use in zebrafish
  • 11:45-12:30 - OPEN SPOT
  • 12:30-14:15 - Lunch
  • 14:15-15:00 - Roman Wittig and Catherine Crockford (CNRS, France) : Parochial altruism and oxytocin in chimpanzees
  • 15:00-15:45 - Brian Trainor (UC Davis, USA) : Oxytocin circuits of social approach and anxiety
  • 15:45-16:15 - Coffee Break
  • 16:15-17:45 - Brief oral presentations (to be selected)
Tuesday May 31st
excursion/visit to archeological sites
Wednesday June 1st
  • 9:00-9:45 - Larry Young (Emory Univ, USA) : Oxytocin, vasopressin and the origins of diversity in social behaviors
  • 9:45-10:30 - Takefumi Kikusui (Azebu Univ., Japan) : Oxytocin mediates emotional tears in animals (VIRTUAL)
  • 10:30-11:00 - Coffee Break
  • 11:00-11:45 - Robert Froemke (NYU, USA) : Neural circuitry of oxytocin release for mouse maternal behavior
  • 11:45-12:30 - Pier Francesco Ferrari (CNRS, France) : Oxytocin and modulatory brain activity in relation to social stimuli in human and nonhuman primates
  • 12:30-14:15 - Lunch
  • 14:15-15:00 - OPEN SPOT
  • 15:00-15:45 - OPEN SPOT
  • 15:45-16:15 - Coffee Break
Thursday June 2nd
Departure