
August 7-10, 2022. SEC Glasgow, Scotland.
ICN 2022 Concurrent Symposia Speakers and Themes

Theme: reproduction
Puberty: metabolic and genetic factors
Speaker: Nelly Pitteloud, Switzerland
Presentation Title: Genetics of congenital hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
Speaker: Jenny Kindblom, Sweden
Presentation Title: 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
Presentation Title: 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
Presentation Title: Kisspeptin coordinates reproduction and metabolism
Speaker: Denise Belsham, Canada
Presentation Title: Phoenixin: uncovering its receptor, signaling and functions
Speaker: Pablo Chamero, France
Presentation Title: Vomeronasal pathways
Speaker: Carmen Clapp, Mexico
Presentation Title: 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
Presentation Title: 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
Presentation Title: 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
Presentation Title: 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
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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