Young Endocrinologists

Prizes

A number of prizes were awarded to Young Endocrinologists as follows:

Two top scoring oral communications:

OC1, Alternative splicing of the thyroid hormone receptor α gene regulates skeletal development
T Galliford, A Ghaffar, J Bassett & G Williams
Imperial College, London

OC8, Quality of life (QoL) in male and female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) compared to healthy subjects and patients with primary adrenal insufficiency
B Bleicken, S Hahner, M Loeffler, M Ventz, B Allolio & M Quinkler
Charite Campus Mitte, Charite Univeristy Medicine Berlin

Overall top scoring posters:

P218, Novel hypothalamic regulation by the Vitamin A signalling pathway
K Shearer, T Goodman, A Ross, P Morgan & P McCaffery 
University of Aberdeen

P332, Mitosis regulates GR trafficking and impacts GR function
L Matthews, D Spiller, C Rivers, M Norman, M White & D Ray
University of Manchester

Top scoring posters by category:

Bone

P12, Mesenchymal stem cell differentiation to osteoblasts and adipocytes is associated with differential adenosine receptor expression
B Gharibi, J Ham & B Evans
Cardiff University, Cardiff

Cytokines and growth factors

P109, Quantum dot labelled IGF-I: a novel technique to study IGF-signal transduction in the human placenta
K Forbes, J Aplin & M Westwood
University of Manchester, Manchester

Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular

P139, Effects of DHEA supplementation on vascular function in primary and secondary adrenal insufficiency: a randomised, crossover trial
S Rice, N Agarwal, H Bolusani, R Newcombe, M Ludgate & A Rees
Cardiff University, Cardiff

P150, Kisspeptin inhibits key stages of angiogenesis in vitro
J Logie, A Roseweir, R Millar, B Walker, P Hadoke & R Reynolds
Jennifer Brown Research Laboratory, University of Edinburgh

Endocrine tumours and neoplasia

P171, Asymptomatic children with multiple endocrine neoplasia type 1 (MEN1) mutations harbour pancreatic and pituitary tumours
P Newey, J Jeyabalan, P Christie, B Shine, R Phillips, F Gleeson, S Gould, Z Soonawalla, P Johnson, F Ryan & R Thakker
Academic Endocrine Unit, OCDEM, Nuffield Department of Clinical Medicine, University of Oxford, Oxford

P176, Adenosine A2 receptor signalling mediates ahromogranin A secretion from neuroendocrine tumours
A Kalhan, M Vazquez, B Jasani, J Stott, J Neal, B Gharibi, M Kidd, I Modlin, R Pfragner, D Rees, & J Ham
Centre for Endocrine and Diabetes Sciences, School of Medicine, Cardiff University, Cardiff

Growth and development

P199, Characterisation of the nuclear localisation signal (NLS) site of GATA3
I Grigorieva, M Nesbit & R Thakker
University of Oxford, Oxford

P208, Antisense oligonucleotides to correct the aberrant Growth Hormone Receptor mRNA splicing caused by the pseudoexon 6Ψ defect
A David, U Srirangalingam, L Metherell, B Khoo & A Clark
Centre for Endocrinology, William Harvey Research Institute, Barts and the London, London

Neuroendocrinology and behaviour

P218, Novel hypothalamic regulation by the vitamin A signalling pathway
K Shearer, T Goodman, A Ross, P Morgan & P McCaffery
University of Aberdeen, Aberdeen

Pituitary

P250, Wnt signalling in oestrogen-induced lactotroph proliferation
A Giles, F Madec, S Friedrichsen, K Featherstone, T Chambers, J Resch, G Brabant & J Davis
University of Manchester, Manchester

P262, Improvements in insulin sensitivity outweigh a decline in pancreatic beta-cell function in newly diagnosed acromegalic subjects treated with primary medical (Somatuline Autogel®) therapy
E Gayton, A Annamalai, A Webb, S O'Toole, S Ariyaratnam, R Semple, H Simpson& M Gurnell
Institute of Metabolic Science, Addenbrooke's Hospital, Cambridge University Hospitals NHS Foundation Trust, Cambridge

Reproduction

P283, Metabolic effects of insulin and modification by androgen in immortalised mouse granulosa cells
J Joharatnam, K Hardy & S Franks
Imperial College, London

P296, Patient reported outcomes for the use of metformin in Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS)
C Hillary, A Conway, J Waung, M Elrishi, M Levy & T Howlett
Leicester Royal Infirmary NHS Trust, Leicester

Steriods

P327, Measuring cortisone production in man using a new stable isotope tracer
K Hughes, R Reynolds, R Andrew & B Walker
University of Edinburgh, Edinburgh

P332, Mitosis regulates GR trafficking and impacts GR function
L Matthews, D Spiller, C Rivers, M Norman, M Whaite & D Ray
University of Manchester, Manchester

Thyroid

P345, UK trends in prescribing thyroid hormone and patient satisfaction survey
A Mitchell, B Hickey, J Hickey & S PearceUniversity of Newcastle upon Tyne, Newcastle upon Tyne

P370, The effects of the thyroid hormone transporter MCT8 on human placental development
E Vasilopoulou, L Loubière, C McCabe, J Franklyn, M Kilby & S Chan
University of Birmingham, Birmingham