Wednesday, 20th August The International Congress of Neuroendocrinology 2014
Registration
7:00AM - 5:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Exhibition Area
The Breakfast Series: "Easing the burden of Obesity - the newly formed Charles Perkins Centre as a model collaborative hub"
7:30AM - 9:00AM
Wednesday, 20th August
Level 4, Room 4 & 5
Sponsored by:
Stephen Simpson, Charles Perkins Centre
Plenary Lecture 3
9:00AM - 10:00AM
Wednesday, 20th August
Ballroom A
Chair: Kim Wallen
Prix SNE lecture
10:00AM - 10:30AM
Wednesday, 20th August
Ballroom A
Chair: Vincent Prevot
Morning Tea
10:30AM - 11:00AM
Wednesday, 20th August
Exhibition Area
Symposium 4: Thyroid signalling in the brain
11:00AM - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Ballroom A
Chairs: Fran Ebling & Belinda Henry
- Role of thyroid hormone transporters under physiological and pathological conditions - Heike Heuer
- Integrating TH signalling in hypothalamic control of metabolism - Marie-Stéphanie Clerget-Froidevaux
- Astrocytes as endocrine regulators of brain development: implications for synapse formation. - Flavia CA Gomes
- Is leptin the cause of hypertension in obesity - Michael Cowley
Symposium 4: Developmental programming of the reproductive axis
11:00AM - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Level 4, Room 1
Chairs: Greg Anderson & Rebecca Campbell
- Development of GnRH neurons in zebrafish - Nancy L Wayne
- Shaping the reproductive system: role of semaphorins in GnRH development and function - Paolo Giacobini
- Factors in early life programming of reproductive fitness - Deborah Hodgson
- Steroidogenic vs. metabolic programming of reproductive neuroendocrine, ovarian, and metabolic dysfunctions - Vasantha Padmanabhan
Symposium 4: Novel effects of stress on the brain - a cellular and mechanistic approach
11:00AM - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Level 4, Room 3
Chairs: Jaideep Bains & Michael Cowley
- Stressor salience gates endocannabinoid signaling at hypothalamic synapses - Jaclyn I. Wamsteeker Cusulin
- Conventional and unconventional inter-neuronal communication modalities after physiological stressors - Javier E Stern
- Effects of stress on glial cells - Rohan Walker
- Medial prefrontal cortex involvement in adaptive and maladaptive responses to stress - Jason Radley
Symposium 4: Luteinizing hormone (LH) and its relationship to memory and Alzheimer's disease (SBN)
11:00AM - 1:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Level 4, Room 4 & 5
Chair: Jan Thornton
- Effects of luteinizing hormone (LH) on spatial memory and the hippocampus in female rats - Jan Thornton
- Brain-produced luteinizing hormone, its changing levels across reproductive status, and its ability to modulate cognitive function, spine density, and Alzheimer's Disease - Gemma Casadesus Smith
- Gonadotropin-based hormonal strategies in the treatment of Alzheimer's disease - Craig Atwood
- LH action on beta amyloid in cell culture, animal studies and human clinical studies - Giuseppe Verdile
Lunch
1:00PM - 1:30PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Exhibition Area
SBN Awards Symposium
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Ballroom A
Frank A. Beach Award
Daniel S. Lehrman Award
WC Young Recent Graduate Awards
Submitted Orals 3: Reproduction 2
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Level 4, Room 1
Chairs: William Colledge & Lance Kriegsfeld
- Decreased number of GnRH neurons due to a conditional neuronal deletion of Dmxl2 in mice: a novel mechanism for delayed puberty and infertility - Brooke Tata
- Leptin evokes cytosolic calcium responses in immortalized RFamide-related peptide-3 neurons - Haluk Kelestimur
- Bisphenol A acts through novel Androgen Receptor signaling mechanism to induce Precocious Neurogenesis and hyperactivity - Cassandra D Kinch
- Stress and emotion influence fertility treatment outcome - Helen Rockliff
- Social isolation impairs Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone neuronal activity in male rats - Tomoko Soga
- Inhibitory actions of serotonin and fluoxetine on tuberoinfundibular dopamine (TIDA) neurons: Novel mechanisms for the sexual side effects of SSRIs - Christian Broberger
- Electrophysiological and pharmacological profile of Gonadotropin Inhibitory Hormone-expressing neurons in the rat. - Jack T Pryor
- Vasopressin excites preoptic kisspeptin neurons in an estrogen dependent manner in female mice - Richard Piet
Submitted Orals 3: Obesity 2
1:30PM - 3:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Level 4, Room 3
Chairs: Jill Schneider & Simon Luckman
- Impact of physical activity in energy metabolism and endocrine adaptations in a mouse model of chronic food restriction - Mathieu Mequinion
- A high-fat diet during rat pregnancy or lactation increases the severity of ischemic stroke in adult offspring - YuanShao Lin
- Estradiol prevents fat accumulation and restores leptin sensitivity in high fat diet fed mice - Pablo J Enriori
- Central inhibition of IKKb-NF-κB signalling attenuates high fat diet- induced obesity and glucose intolerance - Alexander Tups
- Loss of acyl-ghrelin signalling in male ghrelin-O-acyltransferase knockout mice results in reduced pulsatile growth hormone secretion and a derangement of GH pulse pattern - Teresa Xie
- Central neural pathways directed to white, brown and transformed brite / beige fat - Brian Oldfield
- Brain glucokinase plays a central role in the maintenance of blood glucose homeostasis - Emmanuel Ogunnowo-Bada
- Leptin modulates the intrinsic excitability of AgRP/NPY neurons in the arcuate nucleus of the hypothalamus. - Kristen M O'Connell
Afternoon Tea
3:00PM - 3:30PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Exhibition Area
Mick Harbusz Award Lecture BSN
3:30PM - 4:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Ballroom A
Chair: Dave Grattan
Sponsored by:
Mortyn Jones Lecture
4:00PM - 5:00PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Ballroom A
Chair: Kevin O'Byrne
Sponsored by:
Closing Ceremony: Poster and Oral Prizes
5:00PM - 5:30PM
Wednesday, 20th August
Ballroom A