Wednesday, 26th August ESA-SRB Conference 2015

• Assessment and management of obesity in Polycystic Ovary Syndrome - Lisa Moran

• TGFB1 is a key regulator of mammary gland macrophages during development and tumourigenesis - Xuan Sun
• Twists and Turns: Balanced Wnt signalling is essential for epididymal coiling. - Manish Kumar
• Gone with the Wnt: Unopposed oestrogen leads to endometrial cancer by regulating Wnt signalling. - Jyoti Goad
• Impaired embryo development due to oxidative stress can be normalised by BGP-15 treatment in vitro - Siew L Wong
• Progesterone regulates regulatory T cell abundance and phenotype in the hormone environment of early pregnancy - Ella S Green
• The significance of aspartate in regulating blastocyst glucose metabolism - Lisa Y.S. Lee

• A common progenitor pool in the foetal ovary specifies granulosa cells of medullary and cortical ovarian follicles - Patrick Western
• Adverse effects of the hyperandrogenic environment on follicle dynamics in culture: a model of Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) - Aimee Caldwell
• BMP15 and GDF9 increase intracellular cyclic AMP concentration and junctional protein mRNA expression in granulosa cells - Michael J Bertoldo
• mTORC1 hyperactivation induces the ovarian phenotype of PCOS - Lisa Sercombe

• Variation in Seminal Plasma Cytokine Content in Repeat Samples from Proven Fertile Men - David J Sharkey
• Alleviating the effects of acrylamide on the male germ line. - Shaun D Roman
• The exposure of sperm to epididymal cysteine-rich secretory proteins (CRISPs) is required for full male fertility - Jinghua Hu
• KATNAL2, a microtubule-regulating enzyme required for male fertility - Jessica Dunleavy

• Culture Expansion of Undifferentiated Human Endometrial Mesenchymal Stem Cells Using a Small Molecule Inhibitor - Caroline E Gargett
• The Changing Faces of ‘Receptive’ Uterine Epithelial Cells after Ovarian Hyperstimulation - Laura A Lindsay
• Toll-like receptor 4 is an essential upstream regulator of on-time parturition and perinatal viability in mice - Hanan Hamimi Binti Wahid
• Comparison and Quantitation of the uterine secretome by mass spectrometry during diapause and reactivation in the tammar wallaby - Florine Cynthia Martin

• Altered hypothalamic metabolic gene expression in obese Kiss1r knockout mice - Julie-Ann P De Bond
• Expression of Kisspeptin, neurokinin B, dynorphin and GnIH prior to and after puberty in sheep - Qun Li
• Can kisspeptin treatment be used to advance/induce ovulation in anoestrous bitches? - Christopher J Scott
• Gonadotrophin releasing hormone challenge for the validation and analysis of luteinizing hormone in non-invasive urine samples from captive female southern hairy-nosed wombats (Lasiorhinus latifrons). - Alyce M Swinbourne

• DHH, ETV5 AND NEDD9 - Novel Targets of Sox9 in Mammalian Sex Determination - Vincent Harley
• Surveying the epigenome landscape of the prostate cancer microenvironment: identification of estrogen receptor α as a key differentially methylated gene - Mitchell Lawrence
• A novel class of Hsp90 inhibitors induce apoptosis in prostate tumours while minimising mechanisms of resistance.  - Heather K Armstrong
• Elf5 is associated with FOXA1 expression in the absence of AR and survival outcomes in triple negative cancer patients. - Keely M McNamara
• Targeting activin to prevent muscle wasting - Craig Harrison
• Active alternative ‘backdoor’ pathway in CAH demonstrated by urine steroid profiles - Sunethra D Thomas
• Characterization of a novel human species-restricted hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase called 11bHSD1L in the hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis - Timothy J Cole
• Activation of the mineralocorticoid receptor promotes tissue inflammation in part via the peripheral molecular clock     - Elizabeth K Fletcher

• Enhanced sensitivity to angiotensin II in the mesenteric arteries of late pregnant relaxin deficient mice. - Sarah A Marshall
• Testicular function and activin A in the Ins2(Akita) mouse, a model of type 1 diabetes - Constanze C Maresch
• Ovarian function is regulated by the mineralocorticoid receptor - Ann E Drummond
• The generation of bioactive inhibins in the absence of activins - Kelly Walton
• Extracellular vesicle-mediated growth in androgen-deprived prostate cancer cells - Carolina Soekmadji
• Unraveling an identity for the androgen receptor-expressing mammary epithelial cell - Gerard A Tarulli

2.00-2.05    Introduction - Associate Professor Sof Andrikopoulos (session Chair)
2.05-2.15    The manuscript submission process - Professor Wayne Tilley
2.15-2.25    The peer review process    - Dr Chris O'Neill
2.25-2.35    Responding to reviewer comments    - Professor Mark Cooper
2.35-2.45    Publishing ethics - Professor Ken Ho
2.45-2.55    Open access - Associate Professor Warrick Inder
2.55-3.05    Increasing the impact of your work - Associate Professor Ross Laybutt  
3.05-3.30    Question and answer session   

• Using translating ribosome affinity purification (TRAP) to investigate gene expression in beige or ‘browned’ adipocytes - Mojgan Nazari
• Expression of hexosamine signaling pathway genes in placentae from women with gestational diabetes mellitus (GDM) - Helen L Barrett
• Beta Adrenergic receptors stimulation attenuates hyperglycemia-induced inflammation and apoptosis via NF-κB and IκBα in endothelial cells - Rajes Qvist
• Age-related changes in estradiol and longitudinal associations with fat mass in men - Albert Wu
• Metabolic and fetal benefits of endurance exercise training for females born small on high fat diet - Mary Wlodek
• Effect of low dose glucocorticoid therapy on arginine metabolism in patients with rheumatoid arthritis - Anjana Radhakutty

• Thrombospondin-1 is a glucocorticoid responsive protein and potential biomarker of glucocorticoid activity. - Warrick Inder
• The role of a day 5 metyrapone test in assessing the HPA axis post pituitary surgery, a prospective trial - Katherine English
• Loss-of-function germline FGFR1 mutation identified in a patient with prolactinoma - Anthony R Lam
• Growth hormone replacement improves anaerobic capacity and physical function in adults with growth hormone deficiency - Viral Chikani
• Germline mutation in the MET proto-oncogene, receptor tyrosine kinase/hepatocyte growth factor receptor (MET) in a patient with phaeochromocytoma – a new gene for this disorder - Jessica E Harris
• A larger cortisol awakening response is associated with improved later day cognitive function - Nicolette A Hodyl

• Reconciling the log-linear and non-linear aspects of the TSH-free T4 relationship: intra-individual analysis of a large population - John P Walsh
• Endocrinopathies associated with immune modulation therapy for the treatment of metastatic melanoma - Emma Scott
• Association between plasma adipocytokine concentrations and microvascular complications in patients with type 2 diabetes mellitus: a systematic review and meta-analysis of controlled cross-sectional studies - Alexander J Rodriguez
• Effect of adrenocorticotropic hormone stimulation on the outcomes of adrenal vein sampling in primary aldosteronism - Jessie Teng
• Ligand-independent activation of FGFR2c leads to XY sex reversal in humans and mice - Stefan Bagheri-Fam
• Fast weight loss does not reduce muscle strength or bone mineral density compared with slow weight loss in obese post-menopausal women - Radhika Seimon