SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM

26th November Thursday
Workshop IChair: Prof. Dr. Bayram Yılmaz
11:45 – 12:00 Welcome & Workshop Opening
12:00 – 12:30Robert Millar: “Publishing in Neuroendocrinology”
12:30 – 13:00Mike Ludwig: “Matters of Credibility”
13:00 – 13:15Refreshment Break
Workshop II

Chair: Prof. Dr. Gürkan Öztürk

13:15 – 13:45Emre Yakşi: “Measuring Brain Activity Using Imaging Methods”
13:45 – 14:25Alp Can: “Advanced Microscopy Techniques in Neuroimaging”
14:25 – 14:55Ahmet Ayar: “Fluorescence Calcium Imaging: A Powerful Research Tool for Biomedical Science”
14:55 – 15:05Zeiss Exhibition: Artificial Intelligence Sample Finder
15:05 – 15:15Refreshment Break
Workshop III Chair: Prof. Dr. Erkut Attar
15:15 – 15:45Kevin O’Byrne: “GnRH Pulse Generator”
15:45 – 16:15Margaritis Voliotis: “Mathematical Modelling in Neuroscience & Neuroendocrinology”
16:15 – 16:45Aylin Yaba Uçar: “Animal Models for Studying Polycystic Ovary Syndrome (PCOS) & Premature Ovarian Insufficiency (POI)”
16:45 – 17:00Refreshment Break
17:00 – 17:15

Congress Opening Session

Prof. Dr. Bayram Yılmaz (Congress Chair)
Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ayar (President, Turkish Neuroendocrinology Society)
Prof. Dr. Robert Millar (Past President, International Neuroendocrine Federation)
Prof. Dr. Canan Aykut Bingöl (Rector, Yeditepe University)

17:15 – 18:00

Conference 1: Stafford Lightman
“The Importance of Hormone Dynamics”

Chair: Prof. Dr. Robert Millar

18:00 – 19:30

Oral Communications – I (OC01-OC06) (Virtual Hall A)

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Yasemin Gürsoy Özdemir & Prof. Dr. Emel Ulupınar

18:00 – 19:30

Oral Communications – II (OC07-OC12) (Virtual Hall B)

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Süleyman Sandal & Prof. Dr. Sinan Canpolat

27th November Friday
11:30 – 12:30

Poster Communications – I (PC01-PC12) (Virtual Hall A)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Feyza Arıcıoğlu

11:30 – 12:30

Poster Communications – II (PC13-PC23) (Virtual Hall B)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Mete Özcan

12:30 – 12:45 Refreshment Break
12:45 – 14:45

Oral Communications – III (OC13-OC20) (Virtual Hall A)

Chairs: Assoc. Prof. Arzu Aral & Prof. Dr. Ramis Çolak

12:45 – 14:45

Oral Communications – IV (OC21-OC28) (Virtual Hall B)

Chair: Prof. Dr. Gülgün Şengül

14:45 – 15:00Refreshment Break
15:00 – 15:45

Conference 2: Alex Verkhratsky
“Astroglia in Nuropsychiatric Disorders”

Chair: Prof. Dr. Müge Yemişçi Özkan

15:45 – 16:30

Conference 3: Fahrettin Keleştemur
“Pituitary Dysfunction due to Sport-Related Head Injury”

Chair: Prof. Dr. Muzaffer Şeker

16:30 – 16:45 Refreshment Break
16:45 – 17:25

Conference 4: Emre Yakşi
“Interactions between Sensory and Limbic Networks Drive State Transitions of Habenular Activity”

Chair: Prof. Dr. Ahmet Ayar

17:25 – 18:05

Conference 5: Robert Millar
“Rescuing Function of Inactivating Mutations in Human GPCRs”

Chair: Prof. Dr. Kevin O’Byrne

18:05 – 18:20Refreshment Break
18:20 – 19:05

Conference 6: William Colledge
“Kiss1 Neurons as Hypothalamic Regulators of the Mammalian Reproductive Axis: Insights From Circuitry Mapping and Transcriptomics Profiling”

Chair: Prof. Dr. Vincent Prevot

19:05 – 19:50

Conference 7: Ali Kemal Topaloğlu
What Starts Puberty? An Epigenetics Explanation: KMT2D

28th November Saturday
11:30 – 13:30

Oral Communications – V (OC29-OC36) (Virtual Hall A)

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Ercan Kurar & Prof. Dr. Selim Kutlu

11:30 – 13:30

Oral Communications – VI (OC37-OC44) (Virtual Hall B)

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Ertuğrul Kılıç & Prof. Dr. Hakan Parlakpınar

13:30 – 13:45

Refreshment Break

13:45 – 14:30

Conference 8: Mike Ludwig
“Exploring Novel Neuronal Pathways from the Retina to the SCN using Transgenic Rat Models and Viral Transfection Systems”

Chair: Prof. Dr. Gareth Leng

14:30 – 15:30  

Poster Communications – III (PC24-PC34) (Virtual Hall A)

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Soner Doğan

14:30 – 15:30  

Poster Communications – IV (PC35-PC45) (Virtual Hall B)

Chair: Assoc. Prof. Aylin Yaba Uçar

15:30 – 15:45Refreshment Break
15:45 – 16:30

Conference 9: John Speakman
“Effects of Graded Caloric Restriction”

Chair: Prof. Dr. Abdullah Bereket

16:30 – 17:30

Symposium I – Ghrelin: Leaving Food Intake
Suzanne Dickson: Ghrelin and Reward
Tim Wells: Ghrelin: Harmonizing Rhythms with Feeding Patterns

Chairs: Prof. Dr. Haluk Keleştimur & Prof. Dr. Tim Wells

17:30 – 17:45Refreshment 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

Chair: Prof. Dr. Suzanne Dickson

18:45 – 19:15Presentation of Awards and Closing Session

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