These special “meeting-within-a-meeting” tracks integrate focused discussions, oral and poster abstract sessions, and networking opportunities to provide you with the latest research in dedicated topic areas. To view the full listing, please visit the program planner.
Advances in Understanding the GnRH Pulse Generator
- Biophysical Model of GnRH Neuronal Activity and Secretion
Anmar Khadra, PhD, McGill University
- The Role of Circadian Clocks in Reproduction
Pamela L. Mellon, PhD, University of California, San Diego
- The GnRH Pulse Generator in Vivo
Allan E. Herbison, MD, PhD, University of Cambridge
Courting the Melanocortin System
- Hypothalamic MC4R Regulation of Glucose Homeostasis via Renal GLUT2
Kavaljit H. Chhabra, MPharm, PhD, University of Rochester
- Regulating Traffic: Manipulating MC4R Signalling Levels
Giulia Baldini, MD, PhD, University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
- MRAPs in Energy Homeostasis
Li Chan, MB, William Harvey Research Institute
- The Melanocortin System: Modulation of Receptor Signalling and Interactions with Other GPCRs
Joanne F. Murray, PhD, University of Edinburgh
Hunger Games: CNS in Endocrine Function and Metabolism
- Neurocircuitry Control of Feeding
Lora K. Heisler, PhD, University of Aberdeen
- Neurocircuitry Control of Digestion and Metabolism
John N. Campbell, PhD, University of Virginia
- Neurocircuitry Control of Hunger
Michael Krashes, PhD, National Institutes of Health
Hypothalamus: When Development Goes Wrong
- Environmental Disruptors of Hypothalamic Development
Deborah M. Kurrasch, PhD, University of Calgary
- Genetic Disorders Affecting the Hypothalamus
Adda Grimberg, MD, Children's Hospital Philadelphia
- Hypothalamic Development: Cellular Behaviours and Molecular Signals
Marysia Placzek, PhD, Bateson Centre, University of Sheffield
New Kids on the Block: Novel Neuropeptides in Reproductive Axis Regulation
- Chair: Ursula B. Kaiser, MD, Brigham and Women's Hospital
Ali Abbara, PhD, Imperial College London
- Regulation of Phoenixin and Spexin by Fatty Acids, Nitric Oxide and the Endocrine-disrupting Chemical BPA: Molecular Analysis
Denise D. Belsham, PhD, University of Toronto
- Introduction to Novel Neuropeptides in Reproductive Axis Regulation
Sasha R. Howard, MBBS, PhD, Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, QMUL
- Discovery and Introduction to Phoenixin
Gina L.C. Yosten, PhD, Saint Louis University
