Please see below for details of the online programme for the 4th International Congress of Turkish Neuroendocrinology Society –
Program (Tentative)
4th Turkish Neuroendocrinology Congress
26 – 28th November 2020
Online
26th November Thursday
12:00 – 19:00 Workshop
12:00 – 12:15 Opening & Welcome
12:15 – 12:45 Robert Millar: “Publishing in Neuroendocrinology”
12:45 – 13:15 Stafford Lightman: “How to Write Grants and Obtain Funding”
13:15 – 13:45 Mike Ludwig: “Matters of Credibility”
13:45 – 14:00 Refreshment Break
14:00 – 14:40 Alp Can: “Advanced Microscopy Techniques in Neuroimaging”
14:40 – 15:10 Emre Yakşi: “Measuring Brain Activity Using Imaging Methods: Optogenetic
15:10 – 15:40 Ahmet Ayar: “A Universal Second Messenger Signal Molecule for Neuroendocrine Function: Fluorescence Calcium Imaging”
15:40 – 16:00 Refreshment Break
16:00 – 16:30 Margaritis Voliotis: “Mathematical Modelling in Neuroscience & Neuroendocrinology”
16:30 – 17:00 Kevin O’Byrne: “GnRH Pulse Generator”
17:00 – 17:30 Aylin Yaba Uçar: “Experimental Models for studying Polycystic Ovary Syndrome &
Premature Ovarian Insufficiency”
17:30 – 17:15 Refreshment Break
17:15 – 17:45 Virtual Hall A
Histology & Embryology Laboratory: “Mouse Granulosa Cell Culture”
17:15 – 17:45 Virtual Hall B
Brain Research Laboratory: “Stereotaxic Robotic System (Neurostar) Demonstration & Stereotaxic Surgery Demonstration”
17:45 – 19:15 Oral Communications – I and II (Virtual Halls A & B)
27th November Friday
12:00 – 13:45 Oral Communications – III and IV (Virtual Halls A & B)
13:45 – 14:00 Refreshment Break
14:00 – 14:45 Conference 1: Stafford Lightman
“The Importance of Hormone Dynamics”
14:45 – 15:15 Conference 2: Alex Verkhratsky
“Astroglia in Psychiatric and Neurodegenerative Diseases”
15:15 – 15:30 Refreshment Break
15.30 – 16.30 Poster Communications I & II (Virtual Halls A & B)
16.30 – 17.15 Conference 3: Emre Yakşi
“Interactions between Sensory and Limbic Networks Drive State Transitions of Habenular Activity”
17:15 – 17:30 Refreshment Break
17:30 – 18:15 Conference 4: William Colledge
“Kiss1 Neurons as Hypothalamic Regulators of the Mammalian Reproductive Axis: Insights From Circuitry Mapping and Transcriptomics Profiling”
18:15 – 19:00 Conference 4: Ali Kemal Topaloğlu
“What Starts Puberty? An Epigenetics Explanation: KMT2D”
28th November Saturday
11.00 – 12.00 Poster Communications III & IV (Virtual Halls A & B)
12:00 – 13:45 Oral Communications – V and VI (Virtual Halls A & B)
13:45 – 14:00 Refreshment Break
14:00 – 14:45 Conference 5: Fahrettin Keleştemur
“Pituitary Dysfunction due to Sport-Related Head Injury”
14:45 – 15:30 Conference 6: Mike Ludwig
“Exploring Novel Neuronal Pathways from the Retina to the SCN using Transgenic Rat Models and Viral Transfection Systems”
15:30 – 15:45 Refreshment Break
15:45 – 16:30 Conference 7: John Speakman
“Effects of Graded Caloric Restriction”
16:30 – 17:30 Symposium I: Ghrelin: Leaving Food Intake
Suzanne Dickson: “Ghrelin and Reward”
Tim Wells: “Ghrelin: Harmonizing Rhythms with Feeding Patterns”
17:30 – 17:45 Refreshment Break
17:45 – 18:45 Symposium II: Ghrelin: Returning to Food Intake
Jeffrey S Davies: “Rejuvenating the Adult Mammalian Brain – ‘Ghrelin’ Links Calorie Restriction with Hippocampal Neurogenesis”
Yuxiang Sun: “Ghrelin Receptor on Metabolic Health and Cognitive Function in Aging”
18:45 – 19:15 Presentation of Awards and Closing Session