Day 1 Schedule
Friday, August 5th
8:45-9:00 AM
Welcome and Conference Overview
9:00-10:30 AM
Plenary Session 1: Kisspeptin in health and disease
Session Chair: Mike Lehman
9:00-9:30 Waljit Dhillo (Imperial College London)
"Translating KNDy biology into Humans"
9:30-10:00 Stephanie Seminara (Harvard/MGH)
"The Paradox of Shouting in Silence—A Translational Story"
10:00-10:30 Moshmi Bhattacharya (Rutgers Universit)
"Hepatic kisspeptin signaling in liver disease"
10:15 AM-12:15 PM
Plenary Session 2: Kisspeptin and estrogen negative feedback
Session Chair: Ali Abbara
10:45-11:15 Allan Herbison (Cambridge Univ.)
"Estrogen negative feedback of the GnRH pulse generator"
11:15-11:45 Bryn Owen (Imperial College London)
"Understanding Oestrogen-Mediated Repression of the Kiss1 Gene"
11:45-12:15 Sue Moenter (Univ. Michigan)
"Some observations on kisspeptin and the neurons that make it."
12:15 -2:00 PM
Lunch/Posters
1:00-1:45 PM
Research topics roundtable discussions (for Trainees/ECRs)
3:15 AM-4:45 PM
Plenary Session 3: Kisspeptin: other roles
Session Chair: Stephanie Padilla
3:15-3:45 Julie Bakker (Univ. Liege)
"The role of kisspeptin in female sexual behavior"
3:45-4:15 Alex Comninos (Imperial College London)
"Kisspeptin: Setting the Mood"
4:15-4:45 Carol Elias (Univ. Michigan)
"Beyond GnRH neuronal migration: role of ProkR2 neurons
in reproduction"