NASCE 2013 Scientific Program
PLENARY LECTURES
Gustavo Somoza (Argentina)
Cortisol and sex differentiation: 11β-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase as a key enzyme
Ian Orchard (Canada)
The Kiss of Death: Hormonal control of diuresis in the kissing bug Rhodnius prolixus, the vector of Chagas’ disease
John P. Chang (Canada)
Multifactorial neuroendocrine control and signalling of somatotrope functions - insights from the goldfish study model
Liliane Schoofs (Belgium)
Neuropeptide signalling and behaviour
Emilie Rissman (USA)
Plastics: immediate and trans-generational actions on brain and behavior
Penny Swanson (USA)
Growth and metabolic regulation of puberty in fish
Hugh Drummond (Mexico)
Sibling conflict, hormones and long-term developmental impacts in the blue-footed booby
Jeffrey Friedman (USA)
Leptin and the homeostatic control of food intake and body weight
AWARD LECTURES
Robert Dores (USA), Gorbman-Bern Memorial Lectureship Award
Chris Martyniuk (CAN), Gorbman-Bern New Investigator Award
SYMPOSIA
Symposium title: PRESIDENT’S SYMPOSIUM: Sexual Development in Vertebrates
Session Chairs:
Vance L. Trudeau, University of Ottawa, CANADA
Dr. Gustavo M. Somoza. IIB-INTECH (CONICET-UNSAM). Chascomús. Provincia de Buenos Aires (ARGENTINA)
Invited Speakers:
Horacio Merchant-Larios. Departamento de Biología Celular y Fisiología. Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (MEXICO).
Mechanisms of sex determination in vertebrates. Conserved genes and variability of mechanisms.
Rafael Henrique Nóbrega. Universidade Estadual Paulista, UNESP, Morphology, Botucatu, (BRAZIL).
Spermatogenesis and spermatogonial germ cells in vertebrates.
Valérie Langlois. Royal Military College of Canada, Chemistry and Chemical Engineering (CANADA).
Sexual differentiation in amphibians.
Symposium title: Reproductive Endocrinology: From Gene to Population
Session Chairs:
Valérie Langlois, Royal Military College of Canada, CANADA
Gabriela Gonzalez Mariscal, CINVESTAV Laboratorio Tlaxcala and Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, MEXICO
Invited Speakers:
Christopher Martyniuk
University of New Brunswick, CANADA
The Yin and the Yang of Androgen Receptor Signaling in Teleost Fish
Gabriela Gonzàlez Mariscal
CINVESTAV Laboratorio Tlaxcala and Universidad Autónoma de Tlaxcala, MEXICO
Contribution of hormones and exteroceptive signals to the expression of maternal behavior in rabbits
Carlos Gutiérrez
Veterinary School, National Autonomus University of Mexico, MEXICO
Testosterone involvement in follicular development and ovulation in hens
Symposium title: Multiple actions of thyroid hormones
Session Chairs:
Veerle M. Darras, KU Leuven, BELGIUM
Aurea Orozco, UNAM, MEXICO
Invited Speakers:
Aurea Orozco, UNAM, MEXICO
Role and action mechanisms of diiodothyronine in teleosts
Paula Duarte-Guterman, The University of British Columbia, CANADA
The unexpected role of thyroid hormone in sexual development
Veerle M. Darras, KU Leuven, BELGIUM
The role of thyroid hormones in neuronal development and regeneration
Symposium title: Hormonal Regulation of Metamorphosis Across Phyla
Session Chairs:
Andreas Heyland, University of Guelph, CANADA
Alex M. Schreiber, St Lawrence University, USA
Invited Speakers:
Daniel R. Buchholz, University of Cincinnati, USA
Beyond Synergy: Corticosterone and thyroid hormone have numerous interaction effects on gene regulation in Xenopus tropicalis tadpoles
Andreas Heyland, University of Guelph, CANADA
Histamine as a regulator of sea urchin metamorphosis
Alex M. Schreiber, St Lawrence University, USA
Flatfish: an asymmetric perspective on metamorphosis
Symposium title: Hormones and behavior
Session Chairs:
Kim Hoke, Colorado State University, USA
H. Bobby Fokidis, University of British Columbia, Canada
Invited Speakers:
Walter Wilczynski, Georgia State University, USA
Social and hormonal interactions in the modulation of neural systems underlying reproductive behavior
H. Bobby Fokidis, University of British Columbia, Canada
Aggressive responses to food insecurity: a novel steroid-neuropeptide interaction
Kim Hoke, Colorado State University, USA
Role for glucocorticoids in coordinating behavioral responses to predation pressure in Trinidadian guppies
Symposium title: Stress and Energy Metabolism
Session Chairs:
James A. Carr, Texas Tech University, USA
Nicholas Bernier, University of Guelph, Canada
Pierre Deviche, Arizona State University, USA.
Stress hormones and energy metabolism in free-ranging birds
Tamas Kozicz, Radboud University, Netherlands.
CRF, urocortins and energy metabolism
David Lovejoy, University of Toronto, Canada.
Neuropeptides, stress and energy balance
Symposium title: Comparative Endocrinology of Leptins and other Adipokines
Session Chairs:
Erica J. Crespi, Washington State University, USA
Richard Londraville, University of Akron, USA
Invited Speakers:
Erica J. Crespi, Washington State University, USA
Novel functions of leptin in early limb development and regeneration
Richard Londraville, University of Akron, USA
Exploring Leptin Function in Fish and Whales
Symposium title: RFamides: evolution and function
Session Chairs:
George Bentley, UC Berkeley, USA
Hamid Habibi, University of Calgary, Canada
Invited Speakers:
Hamid Habibi, University of Calgary, CANADA
Gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone control of hypophyseal hormone production in goldfish
Rebecca Calisi-Rodriguez, University of California at Davis, USA
Sex, stress, and parenting: RFamide response to social environment in birds and rodents
Lance J. Kriegsfeld, University of California, Berkeley, USA Circadian control of kisspeptin and GnIH in female reproductive function
Symposium title: Development and plasticity of neuroendocrine systems
Session Chairs:
David Lovejoy, University of Toronto, CANADA
John Godwin, North Carolina State University, USA
Invited Speakers:
Lauren O’Connell, Harvard University, USA
Title: Evolution of Gene Modules Underlying Social Systems
Elizabeth Adkins-Regan, Cornell University, USA
Title: Plasticity and development in zebra finches and other birds
Robert Denver, University of Michigan, USA
Title: Developmental plasticity mediated by nuclear hormone receptors
Symposium title: Endocrine and osmotic modulation of epithelial cells
Session Chairs:
Andre P. Seale, Hawaii Institute of Marine Biology, USA
Yoonseong Park, Kansas State University, USA
Invited Speakers:
Michael E. Adams, University of Michigan, USA
Endocrine Regulation of Respiratory Epithelia Mediating Tracheal Inflation during the Ecdysis Behavioral Sequence in Drosophila
Jason Breves, University of Massachusetts, USA.
New insights into the molecular and cellular actions of prolactin on teleost osmoregulatory systems
Peter Piermarini, Ohio State University, USA.
Cellular and molecular mechanisms of diuresis in mosquitoes
Symposium title: New hormones and novel functions for old friends
Session Chairs:
Nancy Sherwood, University of Victoria, CANADA
J. Sook Chung, University of Maryland, USA
Invited Speakers:
Frank Hauser, University of Copenhagen, DENMARK.
Orthologues of mammalian neuropeptides and receptors in
Protostomes
J. Sook Chung, University of Maryland, USA.
An old CNS hormone, Bursicon, with a new function in innate immunity
Nancy Sherwood, University of Victoria, CANADA
New hormones and receptors in the Secretin superfamily
Symposium title: Blood vessels as relevant hormonal targets
Session Chairs:
Carmen Clapp, UNAM, MEXICO
Jesús Torres-Vázquez, Skirball Institute, New York University, USA
Invited Speakers:
Jesús Torres-Vázquez, Skirball Institute, New York University, USA
The value of zebra fish for understanding the vertebrate vasculature
Carmen Clapp, UNAM, MEXICO
Hormonal regulation of blood vessels: The prolactin-vasoinhibin connection
Eugene D. Albrecht, University of Maryland, USA
Estrogenic regulation of uterine blood vessels in non-human primates
Symposium title: Endocrinology; advances through genomics, peptidomics and related technologies
Session Chairs:
Natàlia Garcia-Reyero, Mississippi State University, USA
Wei Hu, Institute of Hydrobiology, CHINA
Invited Speakers:
Drew Ekman, EPA, USA
Metabolomics for tracking responses in fish eposed to EDCs both in the lab and in the field.
Natàlia Garcia-Reyero, Mississippi State University, USA
The use of omics to elucidate endocrine disruption effects and mechanisms.
Wei Hu, Institute of Hydrobiology, CHINA
Growth hormone transgenesis affects neuroendocrine regulation and reproduction in the common carp Cyprinus carpio L.
Symposium title: Neuroendocrine disruption
Session Chairs:
Catherine A. Richter, US Geological Survey, USA
Chris Martyniuk, University of New Brunswick, CANADA
Invited Speakers:
Vance L. Trudeau, University of Ottawa, CANADA
Neuroendocrine Disruption: upsetting systems control
Catherine A. Richter, US Geological Survey, USA
Characterizing gene regulatory networks in the brain of largemouth bass inhabiting rivers containing high levels of methyl-mercury
Cheryl S. Rosenfeld, University of Missouri, USA
Effects of bisphenol A on sexually selected cognitive traits in monogamous and polygynous Peromyscus species
Symposium title: Non-genomic actions of steroid hormones
Session Chairs:
Yong Zhu, East Carolina University, USA
Xanthe Vafopoulou, York University, CANADA
Invited Speakers:
Peter Evans, The Babraham Institute, United Kingdom
GPCR-mediated rapid, non-genomic actions of steroids in Drosophila
Xanthe Vafopoulou, York University, CANADA
Mitochondria and microtubules as targets for non-genomic actions of the insect ecdysone receptor
Yong Zhu, East Carolina University, USA
Nongenomic Progestin Receptors and Their Signaling in Zebrafish Model
Symposium title: Comparative endocrinology and application to the management and propagation of captive/endangered species
Session Chairs:
Pierre Comizzoli, Smithsonian Conservation Biology Institute, National Zoological Park, Washington DC, USA
Matthew R. Milnes, Mars Hill College, NC, USA
Invited Speakers:
David Kersey, Western University of Health Sciences, Pomona, CA, USA
Minimally invasive hormone monitoring in endangered species
Martin Dehnhard, Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research, Berlin, GERMANY Application of endocrinology to assisted reproduction and/or captive breeding
Chris Tubbs, San Diego Zoo Institute for Conservation Research, Escondido, CA, USA Potential role of dietary phytoestrogens in the reproductive failure of captive southern white rhinoceros
Symposium title: Diabetic models across species: Lessons from a common pathway
Session Chair:
Dr. Juan R. Riesgo Escovar, Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Intituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, (MEXICO).
Invited Speakers:
Dr. Amira Klip, The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, and Dept. of Biochemistry, Paediatrics & Physiology. University of Toronto, (CANADA).
Cell Biology of Insulin Action
Dr. Laura Sue Corley-Lavine, Department of Entomology, Washington State University, (USA)
Beetle horns and insuling signaling
Dr. Juan R. Riesgo Escovar, Departamento de Neurobiología del Desarrollo y Neurofisiología, Intituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, (MEXICO).
The insulin pathway in Drosophila melanogaster