Endocrine Abstracts

The art of writing papers is extremely important to scientists. Communication of scientific information matters as much as doing the experimental work, and the most definitive form of communication is the research paper that has been peer-reviewed and published in a journal. A well-written paper is a pleasure to read, and can be an inspiration to colleagues – it’s the envy of most of us who take many years to learn how to do it well.In preparin...

There is a plethora of information about the extragonadal expression of gonadotrophin receptors (R), i.e. for LH/hCG and FSH, many of the studies published in high-profile journals. LHCGR has been found to be expressed in almost all organs of the body, and FSHR is expressed in fat and bone tissues, as well as in multiple malignant tumours. On the basis of these findings it has been proposed that direct gonadotrophin action participat...

Maria João Mascarenhas Saraiva received a BSc in Biology from the University of Porto, Portugal, in 1976, and an MSc in Biochemistry from the University of London, in 1978. Between 1980 and 1984, she did a PhD in biochemistry at the University of Porto, and qualified as Professor of Biochemistry in the University of Porto in 1991. She worked for different periods as a Visiting Scientist at the ...

The last year has definitely not been the most easy one for research in general as the COVID-19 pandemic resulted in limitations on how basic research could be performed. Despite this, it is definitely worthwhile to look back on the data that has been published over the last year. During this presentation, I will highlight some publications that, for one or another reason, can be considered of major importance for or impact on the bone field. This selection was made by searchi...

Mehul Dattani is Professor of Paediatric Endocrinology based at the University College London (UCL) Great Ormond Street Institute of Child Health, and Specialty Lead in Endocrinology at Great Ormond Street Hospital for Children (GOSH). He has an active clinical practice in paediatric and adolescent Endocrinology at GOSH and University College London Hospitals (UCLH). He completed a 3-year term as Chair of the British Society for Paediatric Endocrinology and Diabetes, followed ...

The Clinical Endocrinology Trust (CET) Award is given for clinical research that addresses aspects of endocrinology at the forefront of clinical practice. This year’s recipient is Professor Renato Pasquali who will receive his prize and give his lecture as part of the European Congress of Endocrinology (ECE), beginning on the 20th May. The award is sponsored by the Clinical Endocrinology Trust and further information can be found at http://www.ese-hormones.org/prizes/.</p...

Endocrinologists are ideal teachers of physiology and biochemistry, major aspects of the underpinning of the science behind clinical practice. There are many methods that are successful in imparting this core knowledge to our medical students. Patients with endocrine disease also display symptoms and signs that that give clues to diagnoses, and the subject is ideal to serve as a broad general medical education.Evidence that teachers are effective comes f...

Objective: Acromegaly is a rare disease with multiple serious comorbidities. The aim of this study was to gather information on patients diagnosed with Acromegaly from 1955 through 2010.Materials and methods: Information on patients with pituitary adenomas diagnosed from 1950 has aldready been gathered and and imported to patient journals at the National University Hospital in Iceland. In this retrospective study information on patients diagnosed with Ac...

Bruno Allolio, University of Würzberg, Germany AbstractBruno Allolio is Professor of Medicine at the University of Würzburg and Head of the Department of Endocrinology at the University Hospital Würzburg.He trained in Cologne in both clinical and experimental endocrinology. For postdoctoral studies he worked at Bartholomew's Hospital, London, and at the National Institutes of Heal...

Good writing and communication skills are essential in many areas of science and medicine. Good scientific writing can help you with recording your observations, structuring your thinking and organising and explaining your work. Most scientists live in a ‘publish or perish’ environment, but few describe themselves as brilliant (or enthusiastic) writers. In this short talk within a larger session on writing and publishing, we will think about why good and clear writin...