The 31st Annual ICRS
Symposium on the Cannabinoids

International Convention Center
Jerusalem, ISRAEL

June 21 - 24, 2021

 

DUE TO COVID-19 PANDEMIC AND GLOBAL TRAVEL RESTRICTIONS,
REGISTRATION TO ICRS2021 WAS RESTRICTED TO VIRTUAL FORMAT ONLY

ICRS2021 - Our 31st Annual International 

Cannabinoid Research Society Symposium on the Cannabinoids


ABOUT OUR SYMPOSIUM

31 Years of Cannabinoid Research

  The International Cannabinoid Research Society is a non-political, non-religious organization dedicated to scientific research in all fields of cannabinoids, with more than 650 international Members researching the endogenous, plant-derived and synthetic cannabinoids and related bioactive lipids.


  Our annual ICRS Symposia are held worldwide - this year we broadcast from Jerusalem!  We met on June 21-24, 2021 – representing 50+ countries, ICRS Membership celebrated diversity, equality and academics.  It was brilliant.


ICRS2021
Programme

 

74 Oral Presentations

9 Plenary Presentations

200+ Poster Presentations

 


HD, Live Streaming

 

Broadcast from the state-of-the-art facilities at the ICC Jerusalem venue – Israel's premiere Symposium host. 

 


Orals and Posters


A brilliant delegate experience – with 100+ oral presentations, 

200 posters and 9 plenary sessions, including Raphael Mechoulam.


Our Sponsors

 

We couldn't do it without our kind sponsors – our contributors and supporters make our presentations and Symposia possible.


MEET OUR SPEAKERS

ICRS2021 Speakers and Awardees

We gathered a brilliant group of speakers from around the globe – leaders in their own field – presenting the latest in cutting-edge cannabinoid research.  The event was a brilliant success.  Congratulations to our Trainee and Braude Foundation Awardees!

 

                  Click on any of our keynote speakers for more information:

Raphael

Mechoulam, PhD

HUJI / ISRAEL


Hermona

Soreq, PhD

HUJI / ISRAEL


Eliot

Gardner, PhD

NIH / USA


Natsuo

Ueda, MD, PhD

Kagawa Univ. / JAPAN


Ryan

Vandrey, PhD

Johns Hopkins / USA


Katarzyna

Starowicz, PhD

Inst. Farmakologii/POLAND


Giovanni
Marsicano
, DVM, PhD

INSERM / FRANCE


Yasmin
Hurd
, PhD

Mt.Sinai / USA


Eran
​​​​​​​Meshorer
, PhD

HUJI / ISRAEL


ICRS Trainee Awards

Congratulations to the following outstanding students who met the stringent criteria for an ICRS2021 Trainee Award:

 

 

Pre-Doctoral Trainees

 

Bryant Avalos, United States

Samantha Ayoub, Canada

Samantha Baglot, Canada

Elad Ben-Cnaan, Israel

Tallan Black, Canada

Taryn Bosquez, United States

Courtney  Bouchet, United States

Laura Boullon, Ireland

Stephanie Bourke, Ireland

Marta Bryk, Poland

Chloé Buch, France

Madilyn Coles, Australia

Marieka DeVuono, Canada

Nadia Di Franco, France

Clare Diester, United States

Julien Dodu, United States

Megan Drupals, Canada

Laura  Figuerola Asencio, Spain

Asaad Gammal, Israel

Alessandra Gargano, Germany

Kennedy Goldsborough, United States

Mona Heiland, Ireland

Shira Hirsch, Israel

Mary Hopkins, Ireland

Bryan Jenkins, Canada

Erin Johnson, United States

Clare Johnson, United States

Minhi Kang, United Kingdom

Radka Kocvarova, Israel

Joanna Agnieszka Komorowska-Müller, Germany

Veronika Kondev, United States

Gitit Kra, Israel

Ana Lago-Fernández, Spain

Alexis League, United States

Savannah Lightfoot, Canada

Claudia Lutelmowski, Canada

Xintian Lyu, United States

Cristina Manenti, Italy

Anna Paula Marçal de Melo, Brazil

Jack Markham, Australia

Erin Martin, United States

Jakub Mlost, Poland

Violaine Mongeau-Pérusse, Canada

Mohammed Mustafa, United States

Bolanle Fatimat Olabiyi, Germany

Elisa Pabon, United States

Lia  Parada Iglesias, Brazil

Hadar Peeri, Israel

Hudson Reddon, Canada

Ariel Rothner, Israel

Samuel Ruiz de Martín Esteban, Spain

Samah Shahen, Israel

Amal Shoeib, United States

Sarah Shrader, United States

Lucy Sloan, United States

Eric Sparkes, Australia

Jennifer Spohrs, Germany

Michelle St. Pierre, Canada

Hayley Thorpe, Canada

Sarah Vanegas, United States

Beth Wiese, United States

Mark Wiley, United States

Courtney P. Wood, United States

Alexander Young, Canada

 

 

Post-Doctoral Trainees

 

Saja Baraghithy, Israel

Luara Augusta Batista, Brazil

Rayssa Brianis Costa, Brazil

Dorit Farfara, Israel

Jacqueline-Marie Ferland, United States

Sumanta Garai, United States

Briana Hempel, United States

Catherine Hume, Canada

Bogna Ignatowska-Jankowska, Japan

Richard Kevin, Australia

Magdalena Kostrzewa, Italy

Stephanie Lake, United States

Ali Mahmoud, Italy

Catharine Mielnik, Canada

Paula Morales, Spain

Lesley O'Brien, United States

Erin Rock, Canada

Richard Slivicki, United States

Michael  Udoh, Australia

 

 

Braude Foundation Awardees

  Dr. Monique C. Braude spent her career at the National Institute on Drug Abuse (NIDA), where she was instrumental in promoting preclinical research in cannabis and cannabinoids.  In addition to her passion for cannabinoid research, Dr. Braude believed strongly in helping women enter scientific careers.  


  Dr. Braude was born in Lisieux, France in 1925.  Her undergraduate degree was in pharmacy and she worked as a drug store pharmacist before moving to the Laboratoires Blaque as chief of production of drug specialties.  At the end of WWII, she met her future husband, George, a French chemical engineer from Halle, Germany.  They married in Paris in 1949 and moved to the United States in the early 1950’s.  Monique went on to earn her PhD in Pharmacology from the Ohio State University, was a member of the Society of Toxicology and a member of the Committee on Professional Relations and Standards from 1983 to 1985.  Dr. Braude was instrumental in the founding of the International Cannabinoid Research Society, served as our President in 1993, and received our first ICRS Career Achievement Award in 1999.  Her legacy of support of Graduate Women in Science continues through this well-deserved ICRS award.


Congratulations to the following outstanding pre- and post-Doctoral students 
who have received recognition from the Monique C. and George L. Braude Foundation:


Pre-Doctoral Braude Foundation Awardees


Clare Diester – "EFFECTS OF ENDOCANNABINOID CATABOLIC ENZYME INHIBITORS AND ∆9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL ON ACUTE PAIN-DEPRESSED NESTING IN MICE"

Clare Johnson – "GPR55 ANTAGONIST ML193 AND AGONIST O-1602 HAVE CELL AND TIME-DEPENDENT EFFECTS ON LIPID REGULATION"

Erin Johnson – "PHYTOCANNABINOID CONCENTRATIONS IN HEMP DERIVED PRODUCTS: LC-MS/MS ASSAY VALIDATION AND QUANTIFICATION OUTCOMES"

Veronika Kondev – "UTILIZING A NOVEL ENDOCANNABINOID BIOSENSOR TO ELUCIDATE CIRCUIT-SPECIFIC ENDOCANNABINOID REGULATION OF VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS-BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA"

Alexis League – "INHIBITION OF MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE ALTERS DENDRITIC BRANCHING COMPLEXITY AND REWARD-RELATED BEHAVIOR IN TAT TRANSGENIC MICE"

Xintian Lyu – "DOSAGE AND FORMULATIONS RECEIVED BY PATIENTS WITHIN A US STATE CANNABIS PROGRAM"

Chante Muller – "UNIQUE ENTRY OF ANANDAMIDE AT TRPV1"

Alexis Papariello – "CB1 ANTAGONISM INCREASES EXCITATORY SYNAPTOGENESIS IN A CORTICAL SPHEROID MODEL OF FETAL BRAIN DEVELOPMENT"

Lucy Sloan – "CANNABIDIOL INHIBITS ANGIOGENIC PROCESSES  IN RETINAL MICROVASCULAR ENDOTHELIAL CELLS"

S. Olivia Vanegas – "NOVELTY-INDUCED HYPOPHAGIA AS A MEASURE OF SPONTANEOUS CANNABINOID WITHDRAWAL"

Beth Wiese – "BRAIN PENETRANT, BUT NOT PERIPHERALLY RESTRICTED, SYNTHETIC CANNABINOID 1 RECEPTOR AGONISTS PROMOTE MORPHINE-MEDIATED RESPIRATORY DEPRESSION"


Post-Doctoral Braude Foundation Awardees


Jacqueline-Marie Ferland – "ADOLESCENT THC HAS DOSE-DEPENDENT EFFECTS ON REWARD, STRESS REACTIVITY, AND DECISION MAKING IN ADULTHOOD VIA PERTURBATIONS IN ASTROCYTES"

Ewa Galaj – "THERAPEUTIC POTENTIAL OF PIMSR1, A NOVEL CB1 NEUTRAL ANTAGONIST, FOR COCAINE USE DISORDER: EVIDENCE FROM PRECLINICAL RESEARCH"

Stephanie Lake – "CANNABIS USE FOR ANXIETY DURING THE COVID-19 PANDEMIC IN THE UNITED STATES"

Francesca Palese – "TARGETING NAAA COUNTERS DOPAMINE NEURON LOSS AND SYMPTOM PROGRESSION IN A MOUSE MODEL OF PARKINSON’S DISEASE"

Kiesha Wilson – "TREATMENT OF SEB-INDUCED ARDS WITH CBD AMELIORATES FATAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE"




ICRS2021 Awardees and Prizewinners

William A. Devane Young Investigator Award:  Robert LaPrairie, Ph.D. (University of Saskatchewan, Canada)


Mechoulam Award:  José Javier Fernandez-Ruiz, Ph.D. (Complutense University of Madrid, Spain)


Pre-Doctoral Presentation Prizewinners:


Samantha Ayoub – "THE EFFECT OF OLEOYL ALANINE ON OPIOID WITHDRAWAL BEHAVIOURS IN MALE SPRAGUE DAWLEY RATS"

Nicholas Dopkins – "CANNABIDIOL TREATMENT IN EXPERIMENTAL AUTOIMMUNE ENCEPHALOMYELITIS INHIBITS PRODUCTION OF THE PRO INFLAMMATORY CYTOKINE IL-1Β"

Radka Kočvarová – "PHYTOCANNABINOIDS FOR TREATING NON-ALCOHOLIC FATTY LIVER DISEASE, DYSLIPIDEMIA, AND TYPE 2 DIABETES"

Charlotte Piette – "THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM GATES FAST LEARNING"


Veronika Kondev – Billy Martin ICRS pre-Doctoral Prize – "UTILIZING A NOVEL ENDOCANNABINOID BIOSENSOR TO ELUCIDATE CIRCUIT-SPECIFIC ENDOCANNABINOID REGULATION OF VENTRAL HIPPOCAMPUS-BASOLATERAL AMYGDALA"



Post-Doctoral Presentation Prizewinners:


Elizabeth Cairns – "THE EXPRESSION OF COMPONENTS OF THE ENDOCANNABINOID SYSTEM PREDICTS PATIENT SURVIVAL IN MELANOMA BUT CANNABINOIDS LACK SELECTIVITY AS POTENTIAL THERAPEUTICS"

Bogna Ignatowska-Jankowska – "DISTINCT KINEMATIC CHARACTERISTICS OF MAGL AND FAAH INHIBITION IN HIGH PRECISION 3D MOTION CAPTURE ANALYSIS OF FREELY BEHAVING MICE"

Elena Martin-Garcia – "NEUROBIOLOGICAL MECHANISMS UNDERLYING VULNERABILITY AND RESILIENCE TO CANNABIS ADDICTION"

Kiesha Wilson – "TREATMENT OF SEB-INDUCED ARDS WITH CBD AMELIORATES FATAL INFLAMMATORY RESPONSE"


Catharine Mielnik – J. Michael Walker ICRS Post-Doctoral Prize – "MONOACYLGLYCEROL LIPASE (MAGL), BUT NOT FATTY AMIDE ACID HYDROLASE, INHIBITION EXACERBATES HYPERDOPAMINERGIC PHENOTYPES IN DOPAMINE TRANSPORTER-KNOCKOUT (DATKO) MICE"



ICRS2021 Student Presentation Prizes - Steve Alexander, PhD.  [5m22s, Vimeo]   



Congratulations to all our awardees and prizewinners.  Best with your continued research!




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