Endocrine Abstracts

SWJ Lamberts, Erasmus MC, Rotterdam, Netherlands. AbstractSteven Lamberts is Professor of Medicine at Erasmus Medical Center in Rotterdam, The Netherlands. He has a special interest in endocrinology, notably pituitary diseases, the endocrinology of aging, glucocorticoid sensitivity and neuroendocrine tumours.He serves as an editorial board member on a number of endocrine and medical journals and ...

Prof. Massimo Mannelli is Full Professor of Endocrinology in the Department of Experimental and Clinical Biomedical Sciences ‘Mario Serio’, University of Florence. He is Senior Lecturer in Endocrinology at the Postgraduate School of Endocrinology, University of Florence. He is Director of the Post-graduate School of Endocrinology and Metabolism.He is member of the It...

A statement attributed to Aristotle is: ‘You can easily avoid criticism by saying nothing, doing nothing, and being nothing.’ If you want to do research, apply for competitive grants and publish relevant scientific papers in competitive journals, criticism is a fact of life. There is also a positive twist to criticism: it is a major driving force to advance knowledge in science.Frequently, the first reaction of authors to critical comments of r...

No Network, no Nobel…Networking is a way of life in science. Every rung on the ladder depends on whom you know as well as what you know. The process begins with choice of supervisor and lab for PhD training. By the time the doctorate is awarded, the newly fledged researcher has already accumulated a network of vital contacts that will usually remain of value, personally and professionally, throughout their career. An important early step is ...

The prestigious Geoffrey Harris Prize is awarded to an established researcher in the field of neuroendocrinology and is the first of its kind in Europe. This years recipient is Professor Christos S. Mantzoros, who will receive his prize and deliver his lecture as part of the ECE 2018 Opening Ceremony on Saturday 19 May 2018. Further information on the prize can be found at https://www.ese-hormones.org/grants-and-...

Open access publishing provides authors with the highest possible visibility for their work, as articles are made freely available online to everyone. Many funding bodies and institutions around the world are adopting policies, which require their researchers to publish their work open access. Do you know how open access policies affect you, and how to comply? This talk will clarify what open access publishing means, including the difference between green and gold open access ...

J J Kopchick, Ohio University, Athens, Ohio, USA. AbstractDr John J Kopchick is an internationally recognized leader in the growth hormone (GH) field. Since 1987, he has held the Milton and Lawrence H Goll Eminent Scholar Professorship in Molecular and Cellular Biology and directs the Growth/Obesity/Diabetes Section of the Edison Biotechnology Institute at Ohio University in Athens, Ohio. He also is Professor in the B...

Iain CAF Robinson, National Institute for Medical Research, Mill Hill, London, UK AbstractIain Robinson was born in 1949 and educated at the King Edward VII Grammar School in Sheffield before going to Worcester College, Oxford, to study physiology and medicine. Awarded first class honours in physiology and with medical studies deferred, Iain received an MRC studentship Award for studies on endocrine physiology in the D...

This prestigious prize is intended for established workers in the field of basic and clinical neuroendocrinology and is generously supported by Ipsen. This year’s recipient is Prof. Ashley Grossman. The prize will be presented as part of the ECE 2014 opening ceremony where Prof. Grossman will deliver his lecture. Prof. Grossman will also deliver two other lectures at future ESE scientific meetings. Further information can be found at <a href="http://www.ese-hormones.org/p...

A 57 year-old female patient was admitted for the supervision of supplementary parenteral feeding, due to excessive weight loss and difficulty with gastric motility since having Roux-en-Y gastric bypass surgery a decade ago. During her stay she was noted to have regular episodes of significant resting hypotension, postural hypotension, and tachycardia, which did not respond to fluid replacement or nutritional support. Endocrinology specialist advice were requested by her gastroe...