Speakers

Barrington-Kobayashi Lecture

Characteristics of steroid membrane receptors and their essential functions in teleost ovaries. (Tentative)

Peter Thomas

(University of Texas, USA)

Grace Pickford Medal Lecture

Prolactin and hydromineral balance in fishes: molecular, cellular, and evolutionary perspectives.

Jason Breves

(Skidmore College, USA)

Bargmann-Scharrer Lecture

The thyroid and the brain: a mutual dependence.

Veerle Darras

(KU Leuven, Belgium)

Plenary Speakers

Regulatory processes play a critical role shell development and evolutionary success of bivalves.

Deborah Power

(University of Algarve, Portugal)

Deconstructing the evolution of insect metamorphosis.

Xavier Belles

(CSIC-Pompeu Fabra University, Spain)

How do cells make heat? (Tentative)

Shingo Kajimura

(Harvard Medical School, USA)

Somatostatins: ancient peptides with new functions. (Tentative)

Adelino Canário

(University of Algarve, Portugal)

Molecular basis of vertebrate seasonal adaptation.

Takashi Yoshimura

(Nagoya University, Japan)