Presentations

Talks:

* Indicates invited talk

1) *Front-loading: Evidence that mice consume alcohol to experience its subjective rewarding effects (Jun 2022). Presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism Conference, Orlando, FL.

2) *Alcohol binge drinking results in sex-specific effects on corticostriatal activity (May 2022). Presented at the Oak Ridge Institute for Science and Education (ORISE) seminar series at the United States Army Medical Research Institute of Chemical Defense (USAMRICD), Edgewood, MD.

3) High alcohol preferring mice may represent a rodent model of high intensity drinking (Mar 2021). Virtual presentation at the IUPUI, Wake Forest, and Medical University of South Carolina Alcohol Research Center (ARC) Trainee Showcase.

4) High alcohol-preferring mice show reaction to loss of ethanol reward following repeated binge drinking (Feb 2021). Virtual presentation of my manuscript at the University of Texas Health Science Center at San Antonio Addiction Journal Club.

Symposium Organized:

1) Front-loading your way to an AUD: The relationship between drinking rate, intoxication, and motivation to experience the subjective effects of alcohol (Jun 2022). Research Society on Alcoholism Conference round-table session. Orlando, FL. Organizer: C. Ardinger; Co-organizer: N. J. Grahame. 

Conference  Presentations:

(First-author only. For a full list, please check out my CV)

1) C. Ardinger, Y. Chen, A. Kimbrough, N. J. Grahame, & C. C. Lapish (Jun 2023). Leveraging whole brain imaging to identify brain regions involved in alcohol front-loading. Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcohol Conference, Bellevue, WA. 

2) C. Ardinger, C. C. Lapish, N. J. Grahame, & D. N. Linsenbardt (Apr, Jun & Oct 2022). Sex differences in corticostriatal activity following repeated binge drinking. Poster presented at the Greater Indiana Society for Neuroscience Conference, Indianapolis, IN, Research Society on Alcoholism Conference, Orlando, FL and at the Alcohol and the Nervous System Gordon Research Seminar and Conference, Oxnard, CA.

• Awarded best graduate student poster, Greater Indiana Society for Neuroscience 2022

3) C. Ardinger, C. C. Lapish, N. J. Grahame, & D. N. Linsenbardt (Jun 2020) Binge drinking ethanol is associated with changes in corticostriatal electrophysiology. Poster presented virtually at the Research Society on Alcoholism Conference.

4) C. Ardinger, C. C. Lapish & D. N. Linsenbardt (Oct 2019) Assessing the impact of excessive alcohol consumption on corticostriatal function in mice. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Chicago, IL.

5) C. Ardinger & D. N. Linsenbardt (Jun 2019) Differences in the rate of binge drinking between replicate lines of high alcohol preferring (HAP) mice. Poster presented at the Research Society on Alcoholism Conference, Minneapolis, MN.

6) C. Ardinger, C. Jackson, J. H. McDonough, H. S. McCarren (May 2018) Validation of the CounterACT Neurotherapeutics Screening (CNS) program model. Poster presented at Bioscience Review: Advances in Medical Chemical Defense, Edgewood, MD.

7) C. Jackson*, C. Ardinger, D. Ballough, H. Craigh, J. H. McDonough. H. S. McCarren (Nov 2017) Validating a nerve-agent induced seizure model by evaluating the anticonvulsant and neuroprotective effects of scopolamine, memantine, phenobarbital and ganaxolone. Poster presented at the Society for Neuroscience Conference, Washington, D. C. * Contributed equally

8) C. Ardinger, H. S. McCarren, J. Liu, H. Xi, R. Rais, B. Slusher, J. McCabe, J. H. McDonough (Mar 2017). Assessing the neuroprotective potential of 2-PMPA in rats exposed to soman (GD). Poster presented at Society of Toxicology’s Annual Meeting, Baltimore, MD.

9) C. Ardinger, E. Dunn, K. Gyenai, H. S. McCarren, S. M. Miller-Smith, J. H. McDonough (Jun 2016) The ability of common anticonvulsants to treat nerve agent-induced seizures in pediatric rats. Poster presented at Bioscience Review: Advances in Medical Chemical Defense, Edgewood, MD.

10) C. Ardinger, K. Haines, P. Pistell (May 2016) A comparison of 3NP dosing schedules to create an accelerated aging model in mice. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science’s (APS) Conference, Chicago, IL.

11) C. Ardinger, K. Haines, J. Barry, L. Hyang, S. Peters, P. Pistell (Mar 2014) Evaluation of 3NP as a model of memory impairment in the mouse Stone T-maze. Poster presented at Hunter College Psychology Convention, New York City, NY.

12) C. Ardinger, C. R. Boyer, K. R. V. Sekely, A. M. Hackl, M. P. Galupo (May 2013) Attractive eggs and strong sperm: Online presentation of egg and sperm donors. Poster presented at Association for Psychological Science's (APS) Conference, Washington, D. C.

13) C. Ardinger, K. R. Valliere, A. M. Hackl, C. R. Boyer, M. P. Galupo (Apr 2012) Beauty and passivity, now let's talk viability: Femininity and gendered presentation of egg donors. Poster presented at The Student Research Expo, Towson University, Towson, MD.