Neuroendonow's Podcast

Mr Simon April-Monn, PhD student with Prof Perren and Dr Marinoni at the University of Bern, Switzerland, talks with NEN about their recent publication in Neuroendocrinology. Interview by Dr Julie Ann Lough April-Monn S.L., Wiedmer T., Skowronska M., Maire R., Schiavo Lena M., Trippel M., Di Domenico A., Muffatti F., Andreasi V., Capurso G., Doglioni C., Kim-Fuchs C., Gloor B., Zatelli M.C., Partelli S., Falconi M., Perren A., Marinoni I. Neuroendocrinology ePub: 3 April 2020 https://doi.org/10.1159/000507669

Prof Naomi E. Rance, University of Arizona, speaks to NEN at ICN2018 in Toronto, to discusses her body of work on the exciting links between KNDy neurons, menopausal women, and novel approaches to managing hot flushes. Interview by Dr Julie Ann Lough

Eva Viho, PhD student at Leiden University Medical Centre, talks to NEN about her recent publication "Corticosteroid action in the brain: the potential of selective receptor modulation." Interview by Dr Julie Ann Lough Viho, E.M.G., Buurstede J.C., Mahfouz A., Koorneef L.L., van Weert L.T.C.M., Houtman R., Hunt H.J., Kroon J., Meijer O.C. (2019) Corticosteroid action in the brain: the potential of selective receptor modulation. Neuroendocrinology.DOI:10.1159/000499659    

Dr Anna Cariboni from The University of Milan discusses her work on rare GnRH deficiency disease, Kallman Syndrome, and Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism, using gene knockout studies.  Interview by Dr Julie Ann Lough Oleari R., Lettieri A., Paganoni A., Zanieri L., Cariboni A. Semaphorin Signaling in GnRH Neurons: From Development to Disease. (2018) Neuroendocrinology. DOI:10.1159/000495916    

Dr Jimena Ferraris of the Karolinska Institute and the University of Buenos Aires talks with NEN about her recently published work in Neuroendocrinology on the identification of signal transduction pathways that may play a role in the pathogenesis of prolactinomas. Interview by Dr. Julie Ann Lough de Dios, N., Orrillo, S.J., Irizarri, M., Theas, M., Boutillon, F., Candolfi, M., Seilicovic, A., Goffin, V., Pisera, D., Ferraris, J. (2018). JAK2/STAT5 pathway mediates prolactin-induced apoptosis of lactotropes. Neuroendocrinology, doi: 10.1159/000494975.

Dr Mike Trower of KaNDy Therapeutics talks with NEN at ICN 2018 Toronto about a novel non-hormone approach to reducing hot flashes in women. Interview by Dr. Julie Ann Lough

Marissa Kraynak of the University of Wisconsin-Madison talks with NEN at ICN 2018 Toronto about ovarian and extra-ovarian estradiol and how they contribute to sexual receptivity regulation in the marmoset monkey. Interview by Dr. Julie Ann Lough

Dr Stephen Betz of Crinetics Pharmaceuticals talks with NEN at ICN 2018 Toronto about his research on the development of treatments for acromegaly; a condition where a pituitary adenoma causes growth hormone hypersecretion causing gigantism in children and abnormal growths in adults. Interview by Dr. Julie Ann Lough

Dr Aniko Korosi of the University of Amsterdam talks with NEN at ICN 2018 Toronto about the effects of early life stress on metabolism and cognition later in life. Interview by Dr. Julie Ann Lough

Dr Megan Holmes of the University of Edinburgh talks to NEN at ICN 2018 Toronto about early life stress and glucocorticoid signaling and the problems it has on longterm outcomes.   Interview by Dr. Julie Ann Lough

Prof Sir Steven Bloom, Head of Endocrinology at the Imperial College London discusses his career, life's work, and expectations for the future, in an interview with Prof Ashley Grossman of the University of Oxford and St Barts in London. 

David Walker, a Ph.D. student at The University of St Andrews in Scotland discusses his research looking at the impact of early life stress and long-term outcomes in quails. He also explored the impact of the hormonal stress response later in life.  Interview by Dr. Julie Ann Lough Published in: David J. Walker, Cédric Zimmer, Maria Larriva, Susan D. Healy, Karen A. Spencer. Early-life adversity programs long-term cytokine and microglia expression within the HPA axis in female Japanese quail. Journal of Experimental Biology 2019 : jeb.187039 doi: 10.1242/jeb.187039 Walker DJ, Spencer KA. Glucocorticoid programming of neuroimmune function. Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2018;256:80-88.

Ep 24. Professor Rebecca Reynolds interviews doyen of neuroendocrinology, Professor Stafford Lightman about his work spanning 30 years in the field.

In this episode, Professor Gareth Leng talks with the doyen of neuroendocrinology, Professor Hal Gainer about his work over the last 60 years.

Professor Robert Millar speaks with Professor Ei Terasawa about the life and work of the doyen on neuroendocrinology, Professor Charles (Tom) Sawyer.

Dr. Odile Viltart, Associate Professor, Université de Lille, INSERM, CHU Lille, UMR-S1172, JPArc - Jean-Pierre Aubert Research Center Neurosciences and Cancer. "Long-term energy deficit in mice causes long-lasting hypothalamic alterations after recovery."

Dr. Eleanor Raffen, Wellcome Trust Clinical Research Fellow, University of Cambridge.

Sven Mueller from the Department of Experimental Clinical and Health Psychology, Ghent University, talks to us today about his recent published research: A Structural Magnetic Resonance Imaging Study in Transgender Persons on Cross-Sex Hormone Therapy.

Prof. Joerg Schefold of the Bern University Hospital, Switzerland talks about his latest publication in Neuroendocrinology - 'Increased activity of the immunoregulatory enzyme Indoleamine-2,3-dioxygenase (IDO) with consecutive tryptophan depletion predicts death in patients with neuroendocrine neoplasia"

Prof. Rudi Wiesner talks with Dr Julie Ann Lough about his recently published research: Catecholamine metabolism induces mitochondrial DNA deletions and leads to severe adrenal degeneration during ageing