ICRS2022 in Galway

Dear all,

Registration and Call for Abstracts for ICRS2022 in Galway, Ireland was open from Monday 3rd January 2022, with the following deadline dates:

Oral Abstracts Submissions Due: Feb 22

Trainee Grant Application Due: Mar 21
Poster Abstracts Submissions Due: Mar 21

In-Person Arrival June 25

Symposium: June 26 - 29

In-Person Departure: June 30

ICRS2022 was run as a hybrid meeting – with options for delegates to attend and present either in-person or virtually. Both synchronous and asynchronous HD were/are available to our Delegates, streamed all over the world.

The event was a smashing success, and we cannot thank our Delegates, sponsors, speakers, and awardees alike for an incredible scientific event – ICRS2022 was one for the record books.

Best wishes and good health. We look forward to seeing you next year in Toronto for ICRS2023.

David Finn, Ph.D.

President, 2020, 2022
International Cannabinoid Research Society

This year, we were proud to share the beauty of Galway with our ICRS2022 Delegates worldwide – from a spectacular location.

ICRS2022 – A HYBRID SYMPOSIUM

LIVE and ONLINE

from the

BAILEY ALLEN HALL

National University of Ireland Galway

June 25-30, 2022

At all times, the safety of delegates was our top priority. Attendees were required to adhere to all prevailing Irish Government, NUI Galway, Public Health guidelines and the ICRS Code of Conduct:

https://www.gov.ie/en/publication/3361b-public-health-updates/

https://www.nuigalway.ie/covid-19/

Masking and social distancing were encouraged at ICRS2022.

While our intention was for the majority of short oral and plenary talks to be delivered by delegates attending in-person, a minor proportion of short oral and plenary talks were selected for presentation by delegates attending online/virtually.

For delegates unable to attend in-person in Galway, all oral presentations and plenary talks were streamed online, live/simultaneously/synchronously with Q&A, and posters were viewable online. For both in-person and virtual delegates, all presentations (oral and poster) will now be viewable as recorded material, for a significant period of time after the live symposium concluded on June 30.

TRAINEE GRANTS were available for qualifying pre- and post-Doctoral students/trainees
presenting data at ICRS2022. Applications were due by March 21.

All award applicants must be: 1) A pre- or post-Doctoral student/trainee, 2) An ICRS Trainee Member-in-Good-Standing, 3) Sponsored by an ICRS Member-in-Good-Standing, and 4) have submitted an abstract for review to ICRS2022.

Congratulations to the following outstanding students
who met these stringent criteria for an ICRS2022 Trainee Grant:

Pre-Doctoral Trainees

María Andrea Arnanz

Bryant Avalos

Samantha Baglot

Christina Behlke

Tallan Black

Taryn Bosquez

Laura Boullon

Stephanie Bourke

Idan Carmon

Costanza Ceni

Juliet Chung

Maria de Hoz Rivera

Miguel De Leon

Marie-Eve Di Raddo

Kayle Dickson

Megan Drupals

Anthony English

Morgan Ferretti

Rebecca Ferrisi

Tyson Follack

Kelsey Guenther

Charleen Gust

Stefan Hall

Robin Heider

Axel Hentsch

Mary Hopkins

Erin Hughes

Ana Iden

Bryan Jenkins

Clare Johnson

Erin Johnson

Sam Johnson

Matthew Jones

Kimberly Karin

Faiz Kassim

Marta Kedziora

Hye Ji (Jay) Kim

Anastasia Kolousek

Alex Kuklish

Poulami Kumar

Nadia Leen

Savannah Lightfoot

Sarah Lunardi Baccetto

Claudia Lutelmowski

Leonard Mach

Jack Markham

Erin Martin

Renée Martin-Willett

Cesar Martinez Ramirez

Maria Martinez Vega

Melissa McHann

Daniel Mori-Fegan

Mohammed Mustafa

Nathalie Nadales

Bolanle Fatimat Olabiyi

Anna Permyakova

Gavin Petrie

Aria Petrucci

Pavel Powlowski

Antonio Reck

Maria Redmond

Carl Rodriguez

Angela Romero

Sarah Shrader

Simar Singh

Lucy Sloan

Gabriella Smith

Eric Sparkes

Amanda Stueber

Yalin Sun

Anastasia Suraev

Alexa Torrens

Hai Tran

Nir Treves

Mark Tripson

Sarah Vanegas

María Villa-Cruz

Beth Wiese

Courtney P. Wood

Alexander Young

Ayat Zagzoog

Post-Doctoral Trainees

Donovan Argueta, Ph.D.

Samantha Ayoub, Ph.D.

Stevie Britch, Ph.D.

Marieka DeVuono, Ph.D.

Michaela Dvorakova, Ph.D.

Jacqueline-Marie Ferland, Ph.D.

Nicholas Frane, Ph.D.

Briana Hempel, Ph.D.

Catherine Hume, Ph.D.

Richard Kevin, Ph.D.

Stephanie Lake, Ph.D.

lin lin, Ph.D.

Ali Mahmoud, Ph.D.

Catharine Mielnik, Ph.D.

Alan Morris, Ph.D.

Lesley O'Brien, Ph.D.

Karen Oldfield, Ph.D.

Haley Vecchiarelli, Ph.D.

2022 Pre-Doctoral Presentation Prizewinners:

Christina Behlke (USA) – "CELL SPECIFIC ROLES OF THE CB2R IN THE ACUTE LOCOMOTOR RESPONSE TO COCAINE"

Jara Bouma (Netherlands) – "MOLECULAR BASIS FOR SELECTIVE ACTIVATION AND TARGET ENGAGEMENT OF CANNABINOID RECEPTOR 2 AGONISTS"

Yalin Sun (Canada) – "DAILY EXPOSURE TO Δ9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) INDUCES REACTIVE GLIOSIS IN ADOLESCENT, BUT NOT ADULT NONHUMAN PRIMATE AND RAT AMYGDALA: ANTAGONISM BY CANNABIDIOL (CBD)"

Alexa Torrens (USA) – "EVIDENCE FOR SUBSTANTIAL NASAL ABSORPTION OF D9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL AND ITS ACTIVE METABOLITE
FOLLOWING AEROSOL ADMINISTRATION

Alex Kuklish (USA) – ICRS Billy Martin pre-Doctoral Prize – "ENDOCANNABINOID SIGNALING REGULATES MOSSY FIBER AXON GROWTH"

Anastasia Suraev (Australia) – ICRS Ethan Russo Trainee Prize – "EFFECTS OF CANNABIDIOL (CBD) AND Δ9-TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) ON SLEEP AND DAYTIME FUNCTION IN INSOMNIA DISORDER: A RANDOMISED, DOUBLE-BLINDED, PLACEBO-CONTROLLED, PROOF-OF-CONCEPT TRIAL"

2022 Post-Doctoral Presentation Prizewinners:

Marieka Devuono, Ph.D. (Canada) – "LONG-TERM SEX AND DOSE-DEPENDENT NEURODEVELOPMENTAL CONSEQUENCES OF ADOLESCENT EDIBLE THC CONSUMPTION IN RATS"

Michaela Dvorakova, Ph.D. (USA) – "ADOLESCENT THC TREATMENT PROMOTES AN INFLAMMATORY PHENOTYPE IN MALE MEDIAL PREFRONTAL CORTEX"

Jacqueline-Marie Ferland, Ph.D. (USA) – "CANNABIDIOL ALLEVIATES CUE-INDUCED ANXIETY LINKED TO ALTERATIONS IN CNR1 AND LIPID LEVELS IN THE NUCLEUS
ACCUMBENS SHELL"

Briana Hempel, Ph.D. (USA) – "A FUNCTIONAL AND ANATOMICAL ASSESSMENT OF ASTROCYTIC CB1RS IN CANNABINOID ACTION"

Austin Zamarripa, Ph.D. (USA) – "EVALUATION OF CYTOCHROME P450-MEDIATED CANNABINOID-DRUG INTERACTIONS IN HEALTHY ADULT PARTICIPANTS"

Catharine Hume, Ph.D. (Canada) – ICRS J. Michael Walker Post-Doctoral Prize – "EFFECTS OF TETRAHYDROCANNABINOL (THC) VAPOUR EXPOSURE ON RAT FEEDING BEHAVIOURS AND HOMEOSTATIC APPETITE-REGULATING PATHWAYS"

Born in Lisieux, France in 1925, Dr. Monique C. Braude spent her career at the National Institute on Drug Abuse, 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. She was an ICRS member and strong supporter of Graduate Women in Science.

Every year, ICRS selects outstanding female students, selected for academic excellence, abstracts review scores and presentation scores to receive recognition from the Monique C. and George L. Braude Foundation.

2022 Pre-Doctoral Braude Foundation Awardees

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2022 Post-Doctoral Braude Foundation Awardees

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We cannot thank our sponsors enough. Their kind support faciliates Trainee Awards and other aspects of our annual symposium. A major feature of our Annual Symposia has been to facilitate the next generation of cannabinoid scholars by supporting their participation. ICRS is a registered U.S. 501(c)3 not-for-profit organization, and so we are able to use the funds provided by our sponsors to ensure that there is a reduced burden for early career researchers to meet and interact with the world leaders in cannabinoid research.