Meeting Abstract BERN.1 Sunday, Jan. 5 19:00 Howard A. Bern Lecture: “The Fragile Fetus” – The Environmental Endocrinology of the Developing Reproductive System GUILLETTE, L.J.; Medical University of South Carolina lou.guillette@gmail.com Professor Louis Guillette is one of the world’s leading figures in endocrine disruptor research. Dr. Guillette holds an Endowed Chair of Marine Genomics at the […]
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The Dark Side of Light at Night
Meeting Abstract BERN.1 Monday, Jan. 5 19:00 The Dark Side of Light at Night NELSON, Randy J; Ohio State University rnelson@osu.edu http://medicine.osu.edu/neuroscience/randy-j-nelson/Pages/index.aspx Life on earth has evolved during the past 3-4 billion years under relatively bright days and dark night conditions. The wide-spread adoption of electric lights during the past century exposed animals to significant light at […]
Comparative Endocrinology of Social Monogamy
Meeting Abstract BERN-1 Tuesday, Jan. 5 19:00 Comparative Endocrinology of Social Monogamy ADKINS-REGAN, E; Cornell University er12@cornell.edu http://reganlab.cornell.edu/ Socially monogamous mating systems marked by highly affiliative and selective female-male pair relationships have evolved multiple times in animals. Only in recent decades has the endocrinology of this behavior been uncovered, and until quite recently birds, the most socially […]
We have soiled our next Now what
Meeting Abstract BERN-1 Friday, Jan. 6 19:00 – 20:00 We have soiled our next: Now what? CREWS, David; University of Texas at Austin crews@mail.utexas.edu http://www.utexas.edu/research/crewslab Our environment is now permanently contaminated. Beginning with the Industrial Revolution to the more recent Chemical Revolution, the confluence of environmental stressors has reached a point of no return. For example, […]
Five Decades of Environmental Comparative Endocrinology
Meeting Abstract BERN-1 Friday, Jan. 5 19:00 – 20:00 Five Decades of Environmental Comparative Endocrinology NORRIS, D.O.; University of Colorado at Boulder david.norris@colorado.edu All physiology and behavior is controlled or modified by hormones and other chemical bioregulators. Environmental endocrinologists study natural abiotic factors as well as biotic factors that operate through the neuroendocrine system to regulate development, […]
Scared, Cold, and Hungry – Stress from the Arctic to the Equator
Meeting Abstract BERN-1 Saturday, Jan. 5 19:00 – 20:00 Scared, Cold, and Hungry – Stress from the Arctic to the Equator ROMERO, L. Michael; Tufts University michael.romero@tufts.edu We are fast approaching the 100-year anniversary for using the word “stress” to describe the suite of behavioral, physiological, and endocrine responses of animals to noxious environmental stimuli. Biomedicine has […]
