SPARC Activities at Experimental Biology, 2022, April 2 to 5, Philadelphia, PA
Our activities include:
Attendees can also browse the SPARC presentations on the EB 2022 site to create a personal itinerary.
SPARC Program Session
Sunday, April 3
- Pennsylvania Convention Center, Room 103 AB
Sunday, April 3
10:30 AM – 11:30 AM
NIH Common Fund’s Stimulating Peripheral Activity to Relieve Conditions (SPARC) Program: What’s New With SPARC?
- "SPARC Program Overview and Vision for the Future" Dr. Felicia Qashu, Program Manager at the National Institutes of Health (NIH)
- Scientific Highlights from SPARC Trainees, Presented by SPARC trainees
- Nicole Thompson (Univ. College London)
- Joseph Hadaya (UCLA)
- Alyssa Mickle (Univ. Florida)
11:30 AM – 12:30 PM
The SPARC Portal: Building a community data and tool resource to propel neuromodulation research
- "Exploring autonomic-end organ interactions through the SPARC Portal" Dr. Maryann Martone, UCSD
- "On the mechanisms of FAIR publishing of complex datasets" Dr. Joost Wagenaar, Univ. Pennsylvania
- "Collaborative computational modeling for bioelectronic medicine and neuroprosthetics: More than the sum of its parts" Dr. Esra Neufeld, IT’IS Foundation
SPARC Booths
Sunday, April 3 to Tuesday, April 5, 9 AM to 4 PM
- Exhibit Hall
1. SPARC Tools & Technology Showcase (Booth #1141)
Stop by the SPARC Tools & Tech Showcase booth, where SPARC investigators will be providing hands-on demonstrations of their innovative devices and technologies:
- The Urological Monitor of Conscious Activity (UroMOCA): A Wireless Catheter-Free Bladder Monitor for Neuromodulation and Mapping Research in Conscious Animals
- The Colonic Monitor of Conscious Activity (ColoMOCA): A Wireless Catheter-Free Bowel Monitor for Neuromodulation and Mapping Research in Conscious Animals
- Anatomically-realistic computational modeling of autonomic nerve stimulation with ASCENT: Automated Simulations to Characterize Electrical Nerve Thresholds
- Noninvasive measurement and stimulation of peripheral nerve and muscle
- Fecobionics, a novel device for functional anorectal studies
- The UCL vagus nerve cuff: Image organ specific fascicle activity with FN-EIT (fast neural Electrical Impedance Tomography) and then avoid unwanted off-target side effects with 14-point focused selective stimulation
- The Heuristic Action Potential Interpreter (HAPI)
- An optical recording setup for high-throughput functional characterization of visceral afferents
2. Open data, tools, and resources on the SPARC Portal (Booth #1140)
Across the aisle from the SPARC Tools & Tech Showcase will be a booth dedicated to exploration of new features on the SPARC Portal! Come take a tour of datasets, tools, maps, models, and simulations on the Portal with the SPARC Data Resource Center.
We’ll also be showcasing SODA for SPARC -- the software for easily curating and sharing SPARC datasets.
Our team of user experience strategists will conduct user research there, too. We can’t wait to get your thoughts!
SPARC Posters and Oral Presentations
Sunday, April 3
10:15 am to 12:15 pm
- Exhibit/Poster Hall A-B
Poster E289, "Topographical Organization and Morphology of Substance-P Axons in the Flat-Mounts of the Mouse Whole Stomach" Anas Mistareehi (Univ. Central Florida), Jichao Ma (Univ. Central Florida), Jazune Madas (Univ. Central Florida), Andrew Kwiat (Univ. Central Florida), Jin Chen (Univ. Central Florida), Kohlton Bendowski (Univ. Central Florida), Duyen Nguyen (Univ. Central Florida), Terry Powley (Purdue Univ.), Zixi Cheng (Univ. Central Florida)
Poster E290, "Topographical Organization and Morphology of Calcitonin Gene-Related Peptide (CGRP) Axons in the Flat-Mounts of Whole Mouse Stomach" Duyen Nguyen (Univ. Central Florida), Jichao Ma (Univ. Central Florida), Jazune Madas (Univ. Central Florida), Anas Mistareehi (Univ. Central Florida), Jin Chen (Univ. Central Florida), Maci Heal (MBF Bioscience), Susan Tappan (MBF Bioscience), Mabelle Lin (Univ. Auckland), Peter Hunter (Univ. Auckland), Terry Powley (Purdue Univ.), Zixi Cheng (Univ. Central Florida)
Poster E291, "Spinal Afferent Innervation of the Rat Stomach: Anterograde Tracing" Jichao Ma (Univ. Central Florida), Duyen Nguyen (Univ. Central Florida), Jazune Madas (Univ. Central Florida), Andrew Kwiat (Univ. Central Florida), Anas Mistareehi (Univ. Central Florida), Nicole Kogut (Univ. Central Florida), Jin Chen (Univ. Central Florida), Terry Powley (Purdue Univ.), Zixi Cheng (Univ. Central Florida)
Poster E530, "Application of Physiological Autonomic Activity Tracking GUI and Computational Algorithms for Measuring Persistent Vagal Nerve Dysfunction After Recovery from SARS-CoV-2 Infection" Damen Wilson (Purdue Univ.), Thomas Nowak (Indiana Univ. Health), Anita Gupta (Indiana Univ. Health), Michael McKinnon (BioCircuit Technologies), Isaac Clements (BioCircuit Technologies), Thomas Everett (Indiana Univ.), Terry Powley (Purdue Univ.), Matthew Ward (Purdue Univ.)
Poster E540, "Heart Rate Variability Parameters Indicate Altered Autonomic Tone in Patients with COVID-19" Gabriel Gruionu (Indiana Univ.), Anita Gupta (Indiana Univ.), Megan Rattin (Indiana Univ.), Thomas Nowak (Indiana Univ. ), Matthew Ward (Purdue Univ.), Thomas Everett (Indiana Univ.)
Poster E538, "Topographical Mapping of Catecholaminergic Axon Distribution and Morphology in the Flat-Mounts of the Mouse Heart" Ariege Bizanti (Univ. Central Florida), Yuanyuan Zhang (Univ. Central Florida), Kohlton Bendowski (Univ. Central Florida), Jin Chen (Univ. Central Florida), Maci Heal (MBF Bioscience), Mahyar Osanlouy (Univ. Auckland), Susan Tappan (MBF Bioscience), Peter Hunter (Univ. Auckland), Zixi Cheng (Univ. Central Florida)
Poster E539, "Topographical Distribution and Morphology of CGRP-IR Axons in the Flat-Mounts of Whole Mouse and Rat Hearts" Jin Chen (Univ. Central Florida), Kohlton Bendowski (Univ. Central Florida), Ariege Bizanti (Univ. Central Florida), Yuanyuan Zhang (Univ. Central Florida), Jazune Madas (Univ. Central Florida), Jichao Ma (Univ. Central Florida), Zixi Cheng (Univ. Central Florida)
Poster E544, "A 3D Anatomical and Molecular Map of Cardiac Vagal Motoneurons" Eden Hornung (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Shaina Robbins (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Sirisha Achanta (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Ankita Srivastava (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Alison Moss (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), James Schwaber (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Rajanikanth Vadigepalli (Thomas Jefferson Univ.)
Poster E564, "Neurochemical Profile of Enteric Neurons in the Submucosal Plexuses of Pig vs. Human Colon" Catia Sternini (Univ. California at Los Angeles), Luis Cabanillas (Univ. California at Los Angeles), Maurizio Mazzoni (Univ. Bologna), Filippo Caremoli (Univ. California at Los Angeles), Million Mulugeta (Univ. California at Los Angeles), Muriel Larauche (Univ. California at Los Angeles), Paolo Clavenzani (Univ. Bologna), Roberto De Giorgio (Univ. Ferrara)
Poster E569, "Non-invasive, Spatiotemporal Characterization of Muscle Activation Patterns from Vagus Nerve Stimulation in Human Subjects" Maria Feucht (Indiana Univ.), Anita Gupta (Indiana Univ.), Dragos Sabau (Indiana Univ.), Thomas Nowak (Indiana Univ.), Rama Coimbatore (Purdue Univ.), Terry Powley (Purdue Univ.), Matthew Ward (Indiana Univ.; Purdue Univ.)
Poster E712, "Soft silicone-based neural interface to modulate bladder function: chronic studies in awake behaving cats" Ritesh Kumar (Univ. Pittsburgh), Chaitanya Gopinath (Univ. Pittsburgh), Tyler Simpson (Univ. Pittsburgh), David Weir (Univ. Pittsburgh), Alexander Thiessen (Ripple LLC), Danny McDonnall (Ripple LLC), Robert Gaunt (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Poster E296, "SPARC: Sex difference in colorectal afferent sensitization in zymosan-induced visceral hypersensitivity as revealed by high-throughput GCaMP recordings in thoracolumbar and lumbosacral DRG" Bin Feng (Univ. Connecticut), Tiantian Guo (Univ. Connecticut), Jia Liu (Univ. Connecticut), Longtu Chen (Univ. Connecticut), Zichao Bian (Univ. Connecticut), Guoan Zheng (Univ. Connecticut)
Poster E633, "Loss of Club Cell Creb Mitigates IL-1B–mediated Muco-obstructive Phenotypes in Male Murine Airways" Mariana Sponchiado (Univ. Florida), Angelina Bonilla (Univ. Florida), Luz Mata (Univ. Florida), Yan-Shin Liao (Univ. Florida), Amy Fagan (Univ. Florida), Victor Moncada (Univ. Florida), Leah Reznikov (Univ. Florida)
Monday, April 4, 2022
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
- Exhibit/Poster Hall A-B
Poster E62, "Ventricular Electrophysiological Effects of Vagal Nerve Stimulation in Humans With and Without Structural Heart Disease" Jonathan Hoang (UCLA), Zulfiqar Lokhandwala (UCLA), Una Buckley (UCLA), Jason Bradfield (UCLA), Yuliya Krokhaleva (UCLA), Houman Khakpour (UCLA), Olujimi Ajijola (UCLA), Noel Boyle (UCLA), Kalyanam Shivkumar (UCLA), Marmar Vaseghi (UCLA)
Poster E255, "SPARC: Development of a TRPA1 Reporter Mouse Model" Parmvir Bahia (Univ. South Florida), Mayur Patil (Univ. South Florida), Seol-Hee Kim (Univ. South Florida), Jana Harsányiová (Univ. South Florida), Marian Kollarik (Univ. South Florida), Thomas Taylor-Clark (Univ. South Florida)
Poster E324, "Median Filter Data Analysis of Bowel Activity using Wireless Intracolonic Sensor" Dario Cabal (Cleveland Clinic), Steve Majerus (Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center), Yaneev Hacohen (Cleveland Clinic), Brett Hanzlicek (Cleveland Veterans Affairs Medical Center), Margot Damaser (Cleveland Clinic), Dennis Bourbeau (MetroHealth Medical Center)
Poster E325, "Impact of Isoflurane Anesthesia on Gastrointestinal Myoelectric Recordings: A Comparative Analysis of Awake and Anesthetized States in Ferrets" Lorenzo Tomaselli (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Michael Sciullo (UPMC Hillman Cancer Center), Stephanie Fulton (UPMC Hillman Cancer Center), Lee Fisher (Univ. Pittsburgh), Bill Yates (Univ. Pittsburgh), Valérie Ventura (Carnegie Mellon Univ.), Charles Horn (Univ. Pittsburgh)
Poster E394, "Mapping and specific viral targeting of peripheral pancreatic innervation" Maria Jimenez Gonzalez (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Rosemary Li (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Lisa Pomeranz (Rockefeller Univ.), Alexandra Alvarsson (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Roberta Marongiu (Weill Cornell Medicine), Rollie Hampton (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai), Rupangi Vasavada (City of Hope), Gary Schwartz (Albert Einstein College of Medicine), Sarah Stanley (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Poster E416, "Biophysical Models of Minipig Right Atrial Ganglionic Plexus Principal Neurons Identified from Transcriptomics Data" Suranjana Gupta (SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ.), Jessica Feldman (SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ.), Adam Newton (SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ.), Lakshmi Kuttippurathu (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Alison Moss (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), James Schwaber (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Rajanikanth Vadigepalli (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), William Lytton (SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ.; SUNY Downstate Health Sciences Univ.)
Poster E418, "Anatomical and Molecular Phenotypes of Fast and Slow Vagal Targets in the Intrinsic Cardiac Nervous System" Ankita Srivastava (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Shaina Robbins (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Sirisha Achanta (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), James Schwaber (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Rajanikanth Vadigepalli (Thomas Jefferson Univ.)
Poster E434, "Modeling and Analysis of Closed-Loop Control of the Cardiovascular System" Michelle Gee (Univ. Delaware; Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Eden Hornung (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Alison Moss (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Lakshmi Kuttippurathu (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), James Schwaber (Thomas Jefferson Univ.), Babatunde Ogunnaike (Univ. Delaware), Rajanikanth Vadigepalli (Thomas Jefferson Univ.)
[SPARC trainee award winner] Poster E553, "Cervical afferents are necessary for closed-loop epidural stimulation-induced respiratory neuroplasticity" Alyssa Mickle (Univ. Florida), Rachel Nosacka (Univ. Florida), Julian Tobon (Univ. Florida), Erica Dale (Univ. Florida)
2:15 PM – 2:30 PM
- Room: 108 A
[SPARC trainee award winner] Oral presentation, "Fascicular Organisation and Neuroanatomy of the Porcine and Human Vagus Nerves: Allowing for Spatially Selective Vagus Nerve Stimulation", Nicole Thompson (Univ. College London), Enrico Ravagli (Univ. College London), Svetlana Mastitskaya (Univ. College London), Francesco Iacoviello (Univ. College London), Justin Perkins (Royal Veterinary College), Paul Shearing (Univ. College London), Kirill Aristovich (Univ. College London), David Holder (Univ. College London)
Tuesday, April 5, 2022
10:15 AM - 12:15 PM
- Exhibit/Poster Hall A-B
Poster C23, "SPARC: The structure of vagal nociceptive nerve fibers in the mouse esophagus" Mayur Patil (USF), Jana Harsanyiova (USF), Seol-Hee Kim (USF), Marian Kollarik (USF), Tom Taylor-Clark (USF)
Poster C27, "SPARC: Intersectional labeling of vagal afferent nerve subsets using Cre and FLP dependent dual reporter strain" Seol-Hee Kim (Univ. South Florida ), Stephen Hadley (Univ. South Florida), Thomas Taylor-Clark (Univ. South Florida)
Poster C28, "SPARC: Visualization of genetically-labeled vagal and spinal afferent subsets innervating the mouse lung" Seol-Hee Kim (Univ. South Florida ), Mayur Patil (Univ. South Florida ), Parmvir Bahia (Univ. South Florida ), Stephen Hadley (Univ. South Florida), Thomas Taylor-Clark (Univ. South Florida)
[SPARC trainee award winner] Poster E4, "Chronic Vagal Nerve Stimulation Rescues Sympathetic Control of the Heart following Myocardial Infarction" Joseph Hadaya (Univ. California), Christopher Chan (Univ. California), Shumpei Mori (Univ. California), Donald Hoover (East Tennessee State Univ.), Kalyanam Shivkumar (Univ. California), Jeffrey Ardell (Univ. California)
Poster E219, "High resolution retrograde tracing, morphological analysis, RNA sequencing and differential expression analysis of identified vagal afferent neurons innervating the muscle or mucosa in 3 different stomach regions in the rat" Martin Stebbing (Univ. Melbourne), Juan Molero (Univ. Melbourne), John Furness (Univ. Melbourne)
Poster E624, "Characterization of Electrodes to Record Neural Signals in the Periphery" Nishant Verma (Univ. Wisconsin - Madison), Bruce Knudsen (Univ. Wisconsin - Madison), Aaron Skubal (Univ. Wisconsin - Madison), Aaron Gholston (Univ. Wisconsin - Madison), Jennifer Frank (Univ. Wisconsin - Madison), Kip Ludwig (Univ. Wisconsin - Madison)
SPARC Social Event
The social event will be held at Brü Craft & Wurst on Sunday, April 3, starting at 5:30pm. SPARC members and interested EB 2022 attendees are welcome.
