Current Trends in Drug Abuse Research 7th Annual Symposium
May 20, 2009 9:00 a.m. – 5:30 p.m.
Egan Center, Raytheon Amphitheater
presented by The Center for Drug Discovery at Northeastern University

9:00am
Welcoming Remarks
Alexandros Makriyannis, Director, CDD

9:10am
Molecular Tools to Study Addiction

A. Newman, Deputy Scientific Director, National Institute on Drug Abuse-IRG

9:50am
Medications for Psychostimulant Drugs of Abuse: Old and New Targets
B. Madras, Harvard Medical School

10:30am 
Coffee break

10:45am
Selective Muscarinic Receptor Ligands as Potential Targets for Cocaine Addiction Medication
M. Thomsen, Harvard Medical School

11:25am
How Stress Increases Compulsive Drug-Seeking and Relapse Outcomes: Implications for Addiction Treatment
R. Sinha, Yale University School of Medicine

12:10pm 
Lunch break

1:15pm
Stapled Helical Peptides: Chemical Biology and Drug Design

T. Sawyer, Aileron Therapeutics, MA            

1:55pm
Using fMRI to Screen for Therapeutic Action
C. Ferris, Northeastern University

2:35pm
The Role of the Norepinephrine Transporter in Substance Abuse and ADHD
Y.S. Ding, Yale University

3:15pm
Coffee break

3:30pm
Pharmacological Strategies to Enhance Extinction of Drug-Seeking Behavior
K. Kantak, Boston University

4:10pm
Mass Spectrometry Proteomics Approaches to the Cannabinoid System
M. Papanastasiou, Center for Drug Discovery, Northeastern University

4:50pm
Closing Remarks
Alexandros Makriyannis, Director, Center for Drug Discovery

Program may be altered without prior notification.