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ETA Project Research Grant for LOCOTACT PostDoc Sebastian Hönes
LOCOTACT Event - Panel Discussion on the movie Picture a Scientist
The fact that discrimination against female scientists is certainly not an outdated problem, but a highly relevant topic, could be experienced by all participants of the panel discussion on September 22. Inspired by the content of the film Picture A Scientist and moderated by Dr. Christina Altstötter-Gleich, the panel guests Prof. Britta Siegmund, Prof. Nicole Krämer, Prof. Karen Shire and Prof. Dagmar Führer-Sakel discussed their impressions of the film, their own experiences in their professional careers and everyday work, as well as cultural and structural differences between Germany, Europe and North America. The panel guests were in agreement that it is important to be a good example, to strengthen and support young female colleagues and, above all, to advocate for equal treatment in decision-making committees.
LOCOTACT would like to thank all panelists for the great contributions and inspirations that were shared with the audience, as well as the openness to talk about very personal experiences and looks back on a successful evening. Thank you!
Frank Tacke in EASL NAFLD Summit 2022 Organising Committee
We congratulate LOCOTACT PI Frank Tacke on his involvement in this year's EASL NAFLD Summit Organising Committee. The congress took place from 15-17 September 2022 in Dublin, Ireland.
Heike Heuer invited to ETJ Lecture Plenary Session at ETA 2023
At the 45th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association (ETA), taking place in Milan, Italy, LOCOTACT PI Heike Heuer was invited to give two talks.
On Saturday, 09.09.2023, she presented in the prestigous plenary ETJ Lecture about "MCT8 deficiency – basic implications and therapeutic approaches".
The next day, 10.09.2023, she moreover held a symposium talk entitled "TH Transporters in the Brain" as a part of the session "Central Responses to Thyroid Hormone".
Thank you for representing our consortium on this international stage!
EndoDiab invites Steffen Mayerl to annual conference
The North Rhine-Westphalian Society for Endocrinology and Diabetology invited Steffen Mayerl to give insights into his work at the society's annual conference.
In the virtual session on 12.09.2022 he talked about "Thyroid Hormone Transporter Deficiency in Mice Impacts Multiple Stages of GABAergic Interneuron Development".
ETA 2022: Steffen Mayerl represents LOCOTACT at symposium
At this year's ETA congress taking place in Brussels, Belgium, Steffen Mayerl was invited to give a symposium talk.
In the session "Thyroid hormone physiology and function" he gave insight into his research with the presentation entitled "Control of TH entry into cells".
Thank you for reprenting LOCOTACT!
Heike Heuer at MCT8 Symposium
After two years of COVID-related cancellations, in 2022 the MCT8 Symposium took place again in Brussels, Belgium.
LOCOTACT PI Heike Heuer was invited to share her well-known expertise in the field and gave her presentation with the title "Dissecting the cell-specific function of Mct8 and Oatp1c1 in the mouse brain".
The MCT8 symposium brings together physicians and researchers from around the world working hard to shed light on this rare disease. Heikes Heuer's borad knowledge in this area was very much appreciated at the symposium.
Lars Möller: Session chair at ETA 2022
Lars Möller, LOCOTACT PI, was invited to this year's ETA 2022 taking place in Brussels, Belgium. In the special session "A Year in..." on September 10th, 2023, he looked back on "A Year in Basic Thyroidology".
This talk was based in his recent publication in Nature Reviews Endocrinology entitled "Translational perspectives from TSHR, MCT8 and TRα research". Find the publication here.
Also, he chaired the Session "Thyroid Hormone Action in health and disease or Thyroid Hormones from Synthesis to Tissue-specific Action" at the 2022 ETA, where he gave another presention himself and spoke about "Differing roles for thyroid hormone receptor isoforms in pituitary feedback."
44th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association
who contributed to ETA and represented LOCOTACT!!!
