Thursday, June 8

TimeSessionSpeakerLocation
2.30 pm Arrival & Coffee Break   Conference Foyer
3.00 pm Welcome & Greetings Dagmar Führer, Jens Mittag, Heiko Krude,
Prof. Astrid Westendorf, Vice-Rector for Research and Early-Career Researchers, University of Duisburg-Essen,
Prof. Jan Buer, Dean of the Faculty of Medicine, University of Duisburg-Essen
Lecture Hall
3.20 pm LOCOTACT Mission Dagmar Führer Lecture Hall
3.40 pm

Session I

Chairs:
Ann-Kathrin
Schörding &
Frank Kaiser

Krishna Chatterjee - “RTHalpha and beta“

Heiko Krude - “Mutations affecting THRA2:
The magic and myths of THRA splicing“

Graham Williams - “Cell-specific mechanisms
of T3 action in bone and cartilage“

Discussion

Lecture Hall
5.30 pm Poster
Session I
  Poster Hall
7.30 pm Dinner    

Friday, June 9

TimeSessionSpeakerLocation
8.00 am

Speed
Session I

Chairs:
Joshua 
Seifert &
Frank Tacke

 Akila Chandrasekar - "Tanycytic thyroid hormone (TH) signalling in the regulation of hypothalamic functions and hormone uptake" (Abstract ID 90)

Amanda Rodríguez Diaz - "Role of TRα and TRβ receptors in the control of Hypothalamic Energy Balance" (Abstract ID 76)

Lisa Roth - "Thyroid hormones regulate Zfp423 expression in regionally distinct adipose depots through direct and cell autonomous action" (Abstract ID 70)

Lecture Hall
8.30 am

Session II

Chairs:
Joshua 
Seifert &
Frank Tacke

Anthony Hollenberg - “The Positive and Negative of Thyroid Hormone Action“

Henrik Oster - “Interaction of thyroid hormones and the circadian clock in the regulation of liver metabolism“

Timo D. Müller - “Targeted-delivery of nuclear acting hormones for the treatment of metabolic diseases“

Denise Zwanziger - “Local thyroid hormone action in acute liver failure“

Discussion

Lecture Hall
10.15 am Coffee Break   Conference Foyer
10.30 am Poster
Session II
  Poster Hall
12.30 am Lunch   Restaurant
1.30 pm

Speed
Session II

Chairs:
Anna 
Molenaar &
Josef Köhrle

 Katarzyna A. Ludwik – "IPSC-derived hepatocytes for investigation of liver-specific thyroid hormone function" (Abstract ID 65)

Eva K. Wirth – "Liver-specific thyroid hormone activity in NAFLD and NASH" (Abstract ID 127)

Kamil Demircan - "Selenium status in breast cancer patients modifies association between tumor deiodinase expression and mortality" (Abstract ID 92)

Lecture Hall
2.00 pm

Session III

Chairs:
Anna 
Molenaar &
Josef Köhrle

Anita Boelen - “A mutation in TBL1X
results in central congenital
hypothyroidism; what happens at the
tissue level“

Monica Dentice - “The role of the
intracellular activation of Thyroid
Hormone in the control of muscle
energy metabolism“

Jens Mittag - "Thyroid hormone
receptors in controlling heart and
liver"

Lars Möller - “Local thyroid hormone
action in alcoholic liver disease“

Discussion

Lecture Hall
from 4.30 pm Networking & Dinner    

Saturday, June 10

TimeSessionSpeakerLocation
8.00 am

Speed Session III

Chairs:
Nuria López
Alcántara &
Helge
Müller-Fielitz

 Stefanie Dörr - "Thyroid hormone (TH) action in chronic ischemic heart disease" (Abstract ID 153)

Rajas Sane - "Establishment of high throughput screen to identify selective deiodinase type 1 inhibitors and assessment of thyroid hormone status in murine hepatocytes" (Abstract ID 166)

Nina Härting - "Role of the enigmatic TRα2 isoform in regulating thyroid hormone function" (Abstract ID 155)

Lecture Hall
8.30 pm

Session IV

Chairs:
Nuria López
Alcántara &
Helge
Müller-Fielitz

Laurent M. Sachs - “Effects of the
combination of thyroid hormones
and corticosterone on transcriptome
and methylome“

Robert Opitz - “Dissecting the pleiotropic
nature of TH action during human
cortex development by single cell
technologies“

Lecture Hall
9.50 pm Coffee Break   Conference Foyer
10.15 pm

Speed Session IV

Chairs:
Larissa
Anthofer &
Paul Pfluger

 Andrea Alcaide Martín - "Impact of thyroid hormone transport on seizure generation" (Abstract ID 114)

Daniel Ullrich - "Local Thyroid Hormone transport and action in ischaemic brain injury" (Abstract ID 60)

Jonas Rotter - "Transcriptomic and proteomic MCT8 expression in the adult human brain" (Abstract ID 131)

Anna Cirkel - "A brain imaging approach to TH function due to mutations in TH receptors and transporters" (Abstract ID 56)

 
11.55 pm

Session V

Chairs:
Larissa
Anthofer &
Paul Pfluger

W. Edward Visser - “Mechanisms
underlying MCT8 deficiency“

Heike Heuer - "Dissecting the cellspecific
function of Mct8 and
Oatp1c1 in the murine CNS"

Markus Schwaninger - “Gene therapy of
MCT8 deficiency“

Peter Kühnen - “Development of an
Experimental Framework to Assess
Thyroid Hormone Action in Human
Cerebral Organoids“

Discussion

Lecture Hall
12.35 pm LOCOTACT – Quo vadis? Dagmar Führer Lecture Hall
1.00 pm Closing Ceremony Dagmar Führer, Jens Mittag, Heiko Krude Lecture Hall
1.15 pm Lunch   Restaurant

 
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