Mechanisms, outcomes and applications of insect juvenile hormone signaling.

Marek Jindra

(Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia)

How do cells make heat?

Shingo Kajimura

(Harvard Medical School, USA)

Fish somatostatin family genes: Roles in reproduction, metabolism and development.

Adelino Canário

(University of Algarve, Portugal)

Molecular basis of seasonally regulated physiology and diseases.

Takashi Yoshimura

(Nagoya University, Japan)

Evolution of central regulation of reproduction: solo GnRH and dual GnRH species.

Shinji Kanda

(The University of Tokyo, Japan)

in Symposium 1. From Teleosts to Mammals: Diverse Hypothalamic Mechanisms Driving Reproduction in Vertebrates / Shinji Kanda (Japan), Naoko Inoue (Japan)

Fetal growth restriction and antenatal corticosteroids impact placental growth and cardiac function.

Janna Morrison

(University of South Australia, Australia)

in Symposium 2. How the Placenta, Extraembryonic Membranes, and Host Microbiomes Program Neurobehavioral Responses in Comparative Animal Models / Helen Jones (USA), Cheryl Rosenfeld (USA)

Molecular and functional evolution of HPI signaling: new insights from ancient lineages.

Ciaran Shaughnessy

(Oklahoma State University, USA)

in Symposium 3. Stress Axis I: From Origins to Implications of Actions / Robert M. Dores (USA), Mathilakath M. Vijayan (Canada), Ciaran Shaughnessy (USA)

Neuroendocrine and environmental interactions underlying reproductive behavior in birds.

Simone Meddle

(The University of Edinburgh, UK)

in Symposium 4. New Frontiers for Comparative Endocrinology from Neuroendocrine Research (Joint symposium with the Japan Neuroendocrine Society) / Yoichi Ueta (Japan), Ken-Ichi Matsuda (Japan), Takahiro Sato (Japan)

Spectrum of disorders of sexual development (DSD) cases presenting at a tertiary care hospital in Bangladesh.

Sharmin Jahan

(Bangabandhu Sheikh Mujib Medical University, Bangladesh)

in Symposium 5. New Frontier in the Regulation of Spermatogenesis by Hormones and Long Noncoding RNAs / Atsushi Kimura (Japan), Takashi Yazawa (Japan), Toshio Sekiguchi (Japan)

The role of mineralocorticoid receptor activation in shaping the HPI Axis regulation of stress coping.

Mathilakath M. Vijayan

(University of Calgary, Canada)

in Symposium 6. Stress Axis II: New Insights into the Molecular and Cellular Aspects of HPA/HPI Axis / Robert M. Dores (USA), Mathilakath M. Vijayan (Canada), Ciaran Shaughnessy (USA)

Clinical and biological significance of visualization of steroid hormones.

Yuto Yamazaki

(Tohoku University, Japan)

in Symposium 7. New Advances of Tissue Imaging in Endocrinology (Joint symposium with the Japan Endocrine Pathology Society) / Takashi Suzuki (Japan)

The ecological function of thyroid hormones.

Vincent Laudet

(Okinawa Institute of Science and Technology Graduate University, Japan)

in Symposium 8. Endocrinology of Non-model Organisms / Deborah Power (Portugal), João Cardoso (Portugal)

Regulation of calcium balance and ionocyte plasticity by Stanniocalcin 1a.

Cunming Duan

(University of Michigan, USA)

in Symposium 9. Evolutionary Perspectives on the Hormonal Control of Osmoregulation in Vertebrates / Jason Breves (USA), Andre P. Seale (USA)

Red lights, green lights, and throttles: control of development by hormones.

Daniel Buchholz

(University of Cincinnati, USA)

in Symposium 10. Hormonal Control of Vertebrate Development / Yun-Bo Shi (USA)

The interplay between the GH/IGF axis, myogenic factors and miRNAs in the regulation of fish muscle growth.

Joaquim Gutierrez

(Universitat de Barcelona, Spain)

in Symposium 11. Current Trends in the Endocrine Regulation of Feeding, Metabolism and Growth / Suraj Unniappan (Canada), Munetaka Shimizu (Japan), Joaquim Gutierrez (Spain)

Ontogeny of the renin cells and its clinical significance.

R. Ariel Gomez

(Child Health Research Center, USA)

in Symposium 12. Phylogeny and Ontogeny of the Renin-Angiotensin System and Its Clinical Impact / Hiroko Nishimura (USA), Maria L. S. Sequeira-Lopez (USA)

Acetylcholine (ACh) is a neurotransmitter in the cholinergic nervous system and an intercellular signaling molecule in the non-neuronal cholinergic system (NNCS).

Koichiro Kawashima

(Kitasato Unversity, Japan)

in Symposium 13. New Insights into Acetylcholine Signaling Inside and Outside of the Nervous System (Joint symposium with the Japanese Society for Comparative Physiology and Biochemistry) / Toshio Takahashi (Japan), Koichiro Kawashima (Japan)

Evolutional roots of oxytocin function: lessons from medaka fish study.

Hideaki Takeuchi

(Tohoku University, Japan)

in Symposium 14. Neuropeptides as Regulators of Social Behaviour / Ishwar Parhar (Malaysia), Tomoko Soga (Malaysia)

Neuropeptide evolution and function: new perspectives from the starfish Asterias rubens.

Maurice Elphick

(University of London, UK)

in Symposium 15. Invertebrate Neuropeptides and Behaviours / Angela B. Lange (Canada), Ian Orchard (Canada)

Evolution of corticosterone-mediated responses to environmental challenges in amphibian larvae.

Ivan Gomez-Mestre

(Estación Biológica de Doñana, CSIC, SPAIN)

in Symposium 16. Evolutionary Insights from Amphibian and Reptile Endocrinology and Neurobiology (Organized by the International Symposium on Amphibian and Reptilian Endocrinology and Neurobiology) / Michihiko Ito (Japan)

Hormonal actions of relaxin-like gonad-stimulating peptide on gamete shedding in starfish.

Masatoshi Mita

(Japan)

in Symposium 18. New Insights into Neuropeptide Biology from Marine Invertebrates / Honoo Satake (Japan), Masatoshi Mita (Japan), Maurice R. Elphick (UK)

All light, everywhere? A glimpse on the many roles of non-visual photoreceptors, their role in timing and connection to hormonal pathways.

Kristin Tessmar-Raible

(University of Vienna, Austria)

in Symposium 19. Biological Clocks under Natural Environment / Tomoya Nakayama (Japan), Sakiko Shiga (Japan)

Recent progress in Pacific salmon stock enhancement: from a perspective of comparative endocrinology.

Arimune Munakata

(Miyagi University of Education, Japan)

in Symposium 20. Recent Progress in Pacific Salmon Stock Enhancement: from a Perspective of Comparative Endocrinology / Arinume Munakata (Japan)

Sex-dependent regulation of vertebrate somatic growth and aging by germ cells.

Kota Abe

(Osaka University, Japan)

Direct photoreception by the pituitary melanotrophs triggers hormone release and enhances body pigmentation.

Ayaka Fukuda

(National Institute for Basic Biology, Japan)

Thyrotropin-releasing hormone is the neuroendocrine regulator of teleost hatching.

Deodatta Gajbhiye

(The Hebrew University of Jerusalem-Israel, Israel)

Establishment of xenotransplantation system using testicular germ cells in medaka.

Wataru Kawamura

(Kumamoto University, Japan)

The estrogenic suppression of cckb expression in FSH-RH neurons can be crucial for negative feedback regulation of FSH in teleosts.

Daichi Kayo

(Kyoto University, Japan)

Effects of inhibition of neurotransmission in NPGL-producing cells on energy metabolism.

Yuki Narimatsu

(Hiroshima University, Japan)

New approaches using genome editing technology to elucidate mechanisms of thyroid hormone-dependent adult epithelial stem cell formation during intestinal remodeling in Xenopus.

Yuki Shibata

(Nippon Medical School, Japan)

Finding a novel nonsteroidal antagonist for membrane progesterone receptor α (PAQR7) from marine algae, Padina arborescens.

Mohammad Amin

(Shizuoka University, Japan)

Role of Amhy on sex differentiation-related genes expression in Nile tilapia.

Tomomitsu Arai

(Hokkaido University, Japan)

TRPV1-mediated regulation of FSHβ expression in chub mackerel.

Kyle Dominic Barnuevo

(Kyushu University, Japan)

Transcriptional and translational inhibition reveal differential effects of temperature on induction of thyroid hormone bioindicator transcripts in Rana catesbeiana tadpole olfactory epithelium.

Emma Field

(University of Victoria, Canada)

Olfactory disorder in paqr5b gene knockout zebrafish impaired response to odorants and pheromone.

Md. Hasan

(Shizuoka University, Japan)

Hierarchical development and steroid synthesis of ovarian follicles in cloudy catshark.

Ryotaro Inoue

(The University of Tokyo, Japan)

Functional characterization of kisspeptin-type signalling in an echinoderm.

Tabinda Islam

(Queen Mary University of London, UK)

Characterization of a novel natriuretic peptide receptor-A in Japanese eels.

Ryo Okinishi

(Toho University, Japan)

Expression and purification of recombinant G-protein-coupled receptor 33 (GPR33), a candidate membrane receptor for corticoids.

Yuki Omori

(Shizuoka University, Japan)

C-type natriuretic peptide 4b-expressing neurons in the medulla oblongata modulate esophageal muscle tone in Japanese eels.

Miyu Shoda

(Toho University, Japan)

Role of the activin-inhibin pathway in Gdf9-regulated folliculogenesis in zebrafish.

Xin Zhang

(University of Macau, China)