
Day 2 Schedule
Saturday, August 6th
9:00-10:30 AM
Plenary Session 4: Kisspeptin, pulses & metabolism
Session Chair: Andy Babwah
9:00-9:30 Aleisha Moore (Kent State)
"Kiss and tell: In vivo imaging reveals a dynamic temporal
organization of the KNDy pulse generator"
9:30-10:00 Margaritis Voliotis (Univ. Exeter)
"How KNDy neurones generate pulsatile dynamics: insights from a mathematical model"
10:00-10:30 Victor Navarro (Harvard/BWH)
"Novel mechanisms in the metabolic regulation of Kiss1 neurons"
12:15 -2:00 PM
Lunch/Posters
1:00-1:45 PM
Research topics roundtable discussions (for Trainees/ECRs)
3:00 -4:30 PM
Plenary Session 5: Kisspeptin and the LH/GnRH surge
Session Chair: Victor Navarro
3:00-3:30 Richard Piet (Kent State)
"Preoptic kisspeptin neurons and the circuits regulating ovulation"
3:30-4:00 Sasha Kauffman (UCSD)
"Steroid hormone influences on AVPV kisspeptin neurons
and the LH surge"
4:00-4:30 Mike Lehman (Kent State)
"Wild and woolly: contributions of the sheep model
to kisspeptin biology"
4:30 -4:40 PM
Wrap up and farewell