Wednesday, 22nd August The Joint Annual Scientific Meetings of the Endocrine Society of Australia and the Society for Reproductive Biology 2018

• Androgen Receptor in Breast Cancer:  potential utility as a prognostic indicator or therapeutic target in breast cancer - Jennifer Richer
• Bone Health During Endocrine Therapy for Breast Cancer - Mathis Grossmann
• A renaissance in therapies for hormone receptor positive breast cancers - Elgene Lim
• Fertility considerations for breast cancer patients - Kate Stern

Chair Sophia Zoungas

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• The interplay between insulin resistance and β-cell dysfunction - Rohit Kulkarni

• Defining a human embryo implantation ‘adhesome’ - Jemma Evans
• A genetic mutation in the inhibin βB-subunit disrupts uterine function in mice - Kelly L Walton
• The implantation reaction evolved as a mode of endometrial recognition of pregnancy in the first live bearing mammals - Oliver Griffith
• Reduced SIRT1 levels are evident in 15 weeks maternal serum and in term placentas of pregnancies complicated by gestational diabetes mellitus  - Anna P Ponnampalam

• Maternal low protein diet programmes low ovarian reserve in offspring - Amy L Winship
• Characterisation of 5-methylcytosine and 5-hydroxymethylcytosine in human placenta cell types across gestation - Tina Bianco-Miotto
• In vitro reactivation of the mink blastocyst from embryonic diapause  - Jane C Fenelon
• A living koala genome bank - Stephen D Johnston

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• The Role of the Progesterone Receptor in the Regulation of Endometrial Receptivity - Francesco Demayo

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• The islet ß-cell and type 2 diabetes –victim or perpetrator of the crime? - Christopher Nolan
• Human pancreatic ducts as a source of beta cells. - Rohit Kulkarni
• Local integrin activation in pancreatic beta cells targets insulin secretion to the vasculature - Peter Thorn
• Human beta-cell function and islet transplantation: can we improve? - Jenny Gunton

• Mechanisms controlling hormone secretion in human gut and its relevance to metabolism - Damien Keating
• Contributions of gut functions to the regulation of food intake in humans - Christine Feinle-Bisset
• Mechanisms linking artificial sweeteners to impaired glycaemic control in healthy subjects - Richard Young
• Glucagon-like peptide-1 (GLP-1) - incretin or enterogastrone? - Michael Horowitz

• Critical windows and experimental models programming developmental disease risk - Mary Wlodek
• To what extent is health predetermined? – How environmental exposures of gametes influence the developmental trajectory of embryos? - Michelle Lane
• Epigenetic Regulation in the Germline: Setting a Foundation for the Next Generation. - Patrick Western
• Prenatal alcohol exposure: intervening to prevent disease - Karen Mortiz

Lunch boxes provided

1:00 to 1:20pm

Changes to the NHMRC research funding system- how will this impact early- and mid-career researchers

Speaker A. Prof Zane Andrew

15 minute presentation and 5 minutes of questions

Academic Life: Panel discussion (5 min presentation from each presenter + 20 minutes of discussion)

Panel members will be asked to introduce themselves explain a little about why they chose a teaching/ research career, the highlights and hurdles they have had to face.

1:20-1:25 pm- Prof Brett Nixon (University of Newcastle)

1:25- 1:30 pm- Dr Belinda Henry (Monash University)

1:33- 1:35 pm- Dr Mark Green (University of Melbourne)

1:35- 1:40 pm- Dr Kathy Gatford (University of Adelaide)

1:40- 2:00 pm open discussion and networking

• Making Babies - Sarah Robertson
• Making Meat! Challenges and solutions. - Jeremy G Thompson
• Saving the Environment - Andrew Pask