Mechanisms, outcomes and applications of insect juvenile hormone signaling. (Tentative)

Marek Jindra

(Czech Academy of Sciences, Czechia)

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)

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

Dr. 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)

Seeing the placenta grow: Linking the role of hormones to placental and fetal growth using MRI.

Dr. Janna Morrison

(University of South Australia, Australia)(Tentative)

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.

Dr. 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 behaviour in birds.

Dr. 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)

The function and regulatory mechanism of lnRNA Gm2044 in germ cell development.

Dr. Meng Liang

(Bengu Medical College, China)(Tentative)

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.

Dr. 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 / biological significance of visualization of steroidogenesis.

Dr. 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)

TBD

Dr. 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.

Dr. 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

Dr. 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.

Dr. 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-angiotensin system in mammals and its clinical relevance.

Dr. 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).

Dr. 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.

Dr. 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.

Dr. 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.

Dr. 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)

TBD

Dr. Gáspár Jékely

(Heidelberg University, Germany)

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.

Dr. Kristin Tessmar-Raible

(University of Vienna, Austria)

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

TBD

Dr. 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)