Wednesday, 28th August The Annual Scientific Meeting of the Endocrine Society of Australia and the Society for Reproductive Biology 2013

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Endocrine career pathways: perspectives
Ee Mun Lim
Jeffrey Zajac
Rebecca Mason
Shaun McGrath

• Type 2 Diabetes:  Insulin resistance or calorie resistance? - Philip Home

• Betaglycan blocks metastatic behaviours in granulosa cell tumours by suppressing TGFβ2/NF-κB-mediated induction of MMP2 expression - Kaye L. Stenvers
• Impaired TGFB signalling in macrophages perturbs mammary gland development - Xuan Sun
• The Müllerian Inhibiting Substance type 2 receptor is an endogenous tumor suppressor and its loss phenocopies PTENloss or activation of Kras in testes with sustained beta catenin signaling. - Pradeep Tanwar
• Altered macrophage phenotypes and collagen level in Tgfb1^-/-/SCID mouse model of endometriosis - M Zahied Johan

• Increased susceptibility to high fat diet in female mice conceived by in vitro fertilisation (IVF) or ovarian stimulation - Miaoxin Chen
• Interactions between media composition, oxygen tension, tropic support and genetic background on the development of mouse embryos in vitro - Xingliang Jin
• Haemoglobin: A gas transport molecule lost during oocyte in vitro maturation (IVM). - Hannah M Brown
• Role of amino acids in self-renewal and directed differentiation of MESCS  – An in vivo model for embryo development - Tanya A Saraogi

• Toll-like receptor 4 regulates LPS-induced inflammation and disease resolution in a new mouse model of lactational mastitis - Wendy V Ingman
• Nucleic acids coding inflammatory cytokines, and the microbiome are detectable in the circulation of pregnant women with intrauterine infection - Owen Stock
• A role for the endometrial microbiome in dysfunctional menstrual bleeding. - Elise S Pelzer
• Exploration of the effects of intra-amniotic delivery of anti-inflammatory drugs on human fetal membranes in an ex-vivo two-compartment model - Demelza J Ireland

• The nuclear hormone receptor, Nor-1/NR4A3, regulates adiposity, substrate utilization and endurance. - George Muscat
• Class IIa HDACs link skeletal muscle metabolic remodelling with muscle cell survival in type 2 diabetes  - Sean L McGee
• The consequences of disrupting the expression of clock genes and circadian rhythms - David Kennaway

• Risk Stratification in thyroid cancer management - Diana Learoyd
• Appropriate and inappropriate use of thyroid hormones - Duncan Topliss
• Thyroid function across the lifespan: do age-related changes matter? - John P Walsh

• The immune response and reproduction – it’s partnership, not conflict - Sarah A Robertson

• The role of insulin receptor signalling in γ-Aminobutyric Acid (GABA) Neurons in the regulation of reproductive and metabolic function in mice - Maggie Corr
• Determining the roles of Stat5a/Stat5b in regulating sexually dimorphic growth - Ryan G Paul
• Stimulation of insulin secretion by preptin and analogues - Zhenzhen Peng

• The plastic pancreas – adaptability and the impact of events on early life - Kathy L Gatford
• Long term outcomes following fetal alcohol exposure - Karen Moritz
• Effects of maternal and paternal diet on offspring - Margaret Morris

• Fertility and pregnancy after age 40 years - Howard Smith
• Telomere reprogramming during preimplantation embryo development and reproductive aging - David Keefe
• AMH: it’s use in prediction of ART outcome and reproductive lifespan - Frank J Broekmans
• Androgen control of male reproductive function and dysfunction - Charles M Allan

• Vitamin D measurements 15 minutes of fame - Chris White
• The measurement of vitamin D is NOT over-rated - Paul Glendenning

• High concentrations of glucose induce ER and oxidative stress and activate the intrinsic apoptosis pathway but not the NLRP3 inflammasome in pancreatic islets. - Jibran Wali
• Age-related impairment in androgen-mediated paracrine regulation of angiogenesis - Laura Lecce
• Uterine gland specific androgen actions regulate PTEN inactivation induced uterine pathology - Jaesung Peter Choi

Margaret Morris

• Characterizing androgen receptor-mediated androgen action in female fertility - Kirsty A Walters
• Wnt signalling in endometrial epithelial progenitor cells - Caroline E Gargett
• Maternal adaptation to pregnancy: changes in circadian expression of hepatic clock genes during mouse gestation - Michaela D Wharfe
• Progesterone receptor genomic interactions are transcriptional partner dependent and isoform specific - J Dinny Graham
• Markers of metabolic disease risk in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Samantha Cassar
• Does late pregnancy methyl donor supplementation reverse effects of placental restriction on immune function in sheep? - Amy L Wooldridge

• Altered activin signalling influences adult testis growth, daily sperm production and endocrine function in the ageing male - Catherine Itman
• Paternal obesity initiates metabolic disturbances in two generations of mice and concomitantly alters the transcriptional profile of testis and sperm microRNA content - Tod Fullston
• Retinoic acid promotes the final phase of Sertoli cell differentiation - Peter G. Stanton
• RAB-Like 2 (RABL2) is a critical regulator of male fertility and fatty acid metabolism - Jennifer Lo
• Effect of testosterone treatment on symptoms of androgen deficiency and sexual function in men with type 2 diabetes and lowered serum testosterone: in a randomised controlled trial. - Philippe Dupuis
• Overriding gametogenic arrest: how much hCG to administer to reliably induce spermatogenesis in the shortfinned eel, Anguilla australis? - Mark Lokman

• Cortisol deficiency in patients with chronic non-malignant pain treated with opioids. - Warrick Inder
• ‘Atypical’ pituitary adenomas – clinical value of the WHO pathological criteria - Monique Costin
• Raised Insulin like growth factor(IGF-1) on the Siemens Immulite. Is it real? - Kalani Kahapola Arachchige
• Cardiovascular examination and echocardiography in prolactinoma patients taking cabergoline: Low prevalence of valvular abnormalities. - Carmela Caputo
• Temozolomide and Aggressive Pituitary Tumours: longer-term followup  - Ann McCormack
• Novel KAL1 sequence variants associated with septo-optic dysplasia (SOD) in three female patients - Mark J McCabe

• Chronic phase shifting in rats impairs glucose tolerance and insulin secretion and sensitivity - Michael J Boden
• Cortisol responsiveness to a Synacthen (ACTH) challenge predicts propensity to obesity in animals through altered melanocortin signalling - Sakda D Hewagalamulage
• Critical role of neuropeptide FF receptor-2 signalling in the regulation of diet-induced thermogenesis revealed in female NPFFR2-/- mice - Lei Zhang
• Adaptive thermogenesis in models of diet-induced obesity and genetic obesity - Rachael Loughnan
• Non-invasive tracking of encapsulated insulin producing cells labelled with iron nanoparticles by Magnetic Resonance Imaging (MRI) - Vijayaganapathy Vaithilingam
• Glucocorticoids enhance the expansion and differentiation of human BAT - Johanna L Barclay

• Fatty acid derivatives as signalling molecules: An overview - Carsten Schmitz-Peiffer
• New genetic architecture of the dyslipidaemias: Frederickson revisited - Gerald F Watts
• New lipid therapies - David Sullivan

• At last --- Relaxin does something useful! - Geoffrey W Tregear