Scientific Programme

Theme: Bridging Clinical Care and Basic Research

The Scientific Programme will start on Wednesday 22 September and end on Saturday 25 September. Plenary Lectures, Symposia, Free Communications, Poster Presentations, New Technologies, Meet the Expert Sessions and Exhibitions will allow both clinicians and basic researchers to hear the most recent developments and future perspectives of the field.

Plenary Lectures

Type 1 diabetes epidemiology and genetics in central Europe
Ondrej Cinek, Prague, Czech Republic

Endocrine autoimmunity: lessons from autoimmune polyendocrine syndrome type I
Olle Kämpe, Uppsala, Sweden

How the fetal hypothalamus senses maternal glucose metabolism
Jens C. Brüning, Cologne, Germany

A paradigm of integrative physiology, the crosstalk between bone and energy metabolisms
Gerard Karsenty, New York, NY, United States

Molecular basis of adrenal insufficiency in children
Kenji Fujieda, Asahikawa, Japan

PROP1 and the bridge to Krk
John S. Parks, Atlanta, GA, United States

Specificity and promiscuity of G-protein coupled receptors
Gilbert Vassart, Brussels, Belgium