August 7-10, 2022. SEC Glasgow, Scotland.

Programme at a glance

 

ICN 2022 Concurrent Symposia Speakers and Themes

Theme: reproduction

Puberty: metabolic and genetic factors

Speaker: Ana Claudia Latronico, Brazil 
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Deciphering the genetic basis of central precocious puberty

Speaker: Nelly Pitteloud, Switzerland 
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Genetics of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism

Speaker: Jenny Kindblom, Sweden
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Possible interactions between body weight, timing of puberty and consequences in later life

Speaker: Manuel Tena-Sempere, Spain
Presentation Title: 
Linking metabolism and female puberty

Pulse generators – the enduring challenge

Speaker: Kevin O’Byrne, UK
Presentation Title: 
Modelling the GnRH pulse generator

Speaker: Su Han, UK
Presentation Title: 
Illuminating the GnRH pulse generator in mice

Speaker: Hiroko Tsukamura, Japan
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Kndy neurones and pulse LH generation

Speaker: Kellie Breen, USA
Presentation Title: 
Neural pathways controlling LH pulses during stress 

Networks in regulation of the neuroendocrine reproductive axis 

Speaker: Oline Ronnekliev, USA
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Kisspeptin coordinates reproduction and metabolism

Speaker: Denise Belsham, Canada
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Phoenixin: uncovering its receptor, signaling and functions

Speaker: Pablo Chamero, France
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Vomeronasal pathways 

Speaker: Carmen Clapp, Mexico 
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Prolactin/Vasoinhibin axis 

Emerging therapies and hot topics in reproduction

Speaker: Ali Abbara, UK
Presentation Title: 
Translating kisspeptin to treat reproductive disorders

Speaker: Selva Nataraja, USA
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Allosteric modulators of the FSH receptor

Speaker: Claire Newton, South Africa
Presentation Title: 
Restoring function to inactivating GPCR mutations in the reproductive axis

Speaker: Elisabet Stener-Victorin, Sweden
Presentation Title: 
Maternal androgen exposure and risk of transgenerational transmission of psychiatric disorders

Theme: behaviour

Circadian control of behavior

Speaker: Hugh Piggins, UK
Presentation Title: 
Local circadian control of fluid and energy balance neural circuits

Speaker: Mariana Astiz, Germany
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The circadian phase of antenatal glucocorticoid treatment affects the risk of behavioral disorders

Speaker: Valerie Simonneaux, France
Presentation Title: 
Neuroendocrine rhythms in reproduction

Speaker: Charles Bourque, Canada
Presentation Title: 
Control of clock time and output by the organum vasculosum lamina terminalis

A rich diversity of systems neuroendocrinology

Speaker: Rui Oliviera, Portugal
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Social behavior in fish

Speaker: Galit Shohat-Ophir, Israel
Presentation Title: 
Sex, alcohol and neurogenetics of social behavior in flies

Speaker: Isabel Beets, Belgium
Presentation Title: 
Neuromodulation by neuropeptidergic circuits in C. elegans

Speaker: Scott Cummins, Australia
Presentation Title: 
Ecological and chemical biology studies in marine invertebrates

Ingestive behaviour

Speaker: Lotte Bjerre Knudsen, Denmark
Presentation Title: 
Emerging therapies – GLP1 system

Speaker: Denis Burdakov, Switzerland
Presentation Title: 
Sensing and control of ingestion by orexin neurons

Speaker: Ruben Nogueiras, Spain
Presentation Title: 
MCH: Integrating feeding with peripheral metabolism

Speaker: Jong-Woo Sohn, South Korea 
Presentation Title: 
A lateral parabrachial 5HT2C pathway that puts a break on sodium appetite 

Reproductive, social and aggressive behaviour 

Speaker: Dayu Lin, USA 
Presentation Title: 
Neural mechanisms linking reproduction, social behaviour and aggression

Speaker: Oliver Bosch, Germany
Presentation Title: 
Mothers neglect their young when peripartum adaptations of the CRF system fail

Speaker: Hirotaka Sakamoto, Japan
Presentation Title: 
Oxytocin Influences Male Sexual Activity via Non-synaptic Axonal Release in the Spinal Cord

Speaker: Valery Grinevich, Germany
Presentation Title: 
Operating principles of the brain oxytocin system

Theme: stress

Stress Neuroendocrinology and Behavior 

Speaker: Linda Rinaman, USA
Presentation Title: 
Role of the NTS and central GLP-1 in stress behaviour

Speaker: Karl Iremonger, New Zealand 
Presentation Title: 
Plasticity of CRH neuron responses to stress

Speaker: Paula Brunton, UK
Presentation Title: 
Maternal stress and prenatal programming of the offspring’s brain and behaviour

Speaker: Mathias Schmidt, Germany
Presentation Title: 
FKBP51: A molecular link between stress and metabolic disorders

Stress and Emotionality

Speaker: Harm Krugers, The Netherlands
Presentation Title: 
Early life adversity and programming of social behaviour

Speaker: Jamie Maguire, USA
Presentation Title: 
How stress corrupts networks implicated in mood

Speaker: Alejandro de Nicola*, Argentina
Presentation Title: 
Protective and toxic effects of neuroactive steroids

Speaker: Victoria Luine*, USA
Presentation Title: 
Sex differences in chronic stress effects on cognition in rodents  

* Bruce McEwen Lecture, in remembrance

Stress Pathology and emerging therapies

Speaker: Jaideep Bains, Canada
Presentation Title: 
Stress from a synaptic perspective

Speaker: Carla Nasca*, USA
Presentation Title: 
Multidimensional brain-body predictors of susceptibility versus resilience to stress

Speaker: Hazel Hunt, UK
Presentation Title: 
Glucocorticoid receptor antagonists – new developments

Speaker: Peter Trainer, UK
Presentation Title: 
Therapeutic potential of a nonpeptide, orally bioavailable ACTH antagonist 

* Bruce McEwen Lecture, in remembrance

Theme: metabolism

Controlling metabolism

Speaker: Csaba Fekete, Hungary
Presentation Title: 
A glial neuronal-hypothalamic circuit controlling energy expenditure

Speaker: Nuria Casals, Spain 
Presentation Title: 
Hypothalamic regulation of BAT thermogenesis

Speaker: Takeshi Sakurai, Japan
Presentation Title: 
Neural circuits regulating hibernation-like states in rodents

Speaker: Alexander Nectow, USA
Presentation Title: 
A role for brainstem GABA in energy expenditure

Food, motivation and reward

Speaker: Serge Luquet, France
Presentation Title: 
Dietary lipids as regulator of dopamine-associated reward processes

Speaker: Stephanie Borgland, Canada
Presentation Title: 
Neuropeptide and peptide hormone actions in the mesolimbic system

Speaker: Roger Adan, The Netherlands
Presentation Title: 
How does leptin talk to the dopamine system?

Speaker: Alain Dagher, Canada
Presentation Title: 
Cognitive control of food reward: role in obesity 

Spotlight on the brainstem 

Speaker: Clemence Blouet, UK
Presentation Title: 
Nutrient-Sensing in the brainstem

Speaker: Lei Zhang, Australia
Presentation Title: 
Integration of glucose homeostasis control by brainstem NPFF circuits

Speaker: Scott Kanoski, USA
Presentation Title: 
Hippocampus-brainstem interactions in the control of food intake 

Speaker: Cheng Zhan, China
Presentation Title: 
A vagal-NTS pathway that stimulates feeding 

How do circulating hormones talk to the brain?

Speaker: Samuel Breit, Australia 
Presentation Title: 
Central pathways engaged by GDF15, an anorexigenic hormone and metabolic regulator

Speaker: Harriet Schellekens, Ireland
Presentation Title: 
Novel insights into the gut microbiota regulation of neuroendocrine signalling in metabolism, mood and food intake

Speaker: Stephanie Kullmann, Germany
Presentation Title: 
Imaging pathways of insulin action in the control of metabolism and food intake

Speaker: Christelle Le Foll, Switzerland
Presentation Title: 
Amylin actions on the brain

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Hot topics

Hot topics

Speaker: Tibor Harkany, Austria
Presentation Title: 
Ontogenetic rules of neuronal differentiation in the hypothalamus

Speaker: Patrice Mollard, France
Presentation Title: 
Hidden cell networks in the neuroendocrine system

Speaker: Zhihua Gao, China
Presentation Title: 
Reconstruction of the hypothalamo-neurohypophysial system and functional dissection of magnocellular oxytocin neurons in the brain  

Speaker: Daniela Cota, France
Presentation Title: 
Hypothalamic bile acids-TGR5 signaling: a new player in energy balance regulation 

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