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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

During the last four days many of our LOCOTACT researchers traveled to Brussels to participate in the 44th Annual Meeting of the European Thyroid Association!
 
We are proud that many of our members have been invited to give talks and present posters: 
Oral presentations: Dagmar Führer-Sakel (P08, P10, Z03; Essen), Lars Möller (P10, P18; Essen), Josef Köhrle (P16; Berlin), Steffen Mayerl (P19; Essen), Pieter Vancamp (Z03; Essen), Leonardo de Assis (P13; Lübeck), Nina Härting (P11; Essen), Robert Opitz (P06; Berlin)
Poster presentations: Valeria Fernandez-Vallone (Z01; Berlin), Androniki Alevyzaki (P01; Essen), Andrea Alcaide Martín (P19; Essen), Adina Graffunder (P04; Berlin), Nuria López Alcántara (P14; Lübeck), Audrey Bresser (P04; Berlin), Julia Maier (P12; Lübeck), Sabrina Asaad (P17; Berlin)
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Furthermore, several prizes have been awarded to LOCOTACT researchers:
ETA Travel Grant: Nina Härting (group of Frank Kaiser, Essen)
ETA Poster Awards: Andrea Alcaide Martín (group of Steffen Mayerl, Essen), Audrey Bresser (group of Peter Kühnen/Robert Opitz, Berlin)
ETA Lissitzky Career Award: Prof. Josef Köhrle (Berlin). This prestigious prize is awarded every second year to a distinguished member of the Association who has made a life-long and outstanding contribution to thyroid research!
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Congratulations to all winners and many thanks to everyone
who contributed to ETA and represented LOCOTACT!!!​

LOCOTACT Lectures - Mathew Fuxjager

The LOCOTACT consortium thanks Prof. Dr. Mathew Fuxjager, Associate Professor at the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University, Rode Island, for his fascinating lecture on hormones in birds and the effect on skeletal muscle and behaviour  
 
The lively discussion after the talk reflected the broad interest and fascination among the listeners, who are mostly used to hear about endokrine-related topics in human research.
Thank you Matt, for encouraging to thinking out of the box! 

LOCOTACT Lectures - Mathew Fuxjager - Register now

The LOCOTACT Lecture summerbreak is over and we are happy to announce next week's talk.
 
On Thursday, 25th of August 2022, Prof. Dr. Mathew Fuxjager, Associate Professor at the Department of Ecology, Evolution, and Organismal Biology at Brown University, Rode Island, USA, will talk about "Evolution of the androgenic system in birds: a focus on skeletal muscle".
The Fuxjager lab investigates the local effects of testosterone in the brain, the evolution of the hormonal system, and its relationship to the motor functioning for sexual behaviour.
 
You can download there lecture poster here.
 
All Guests are cordially invited to join the LOCOTACT lectures! The online lecture takes place via Zoom at 5.00 pm (CET).
To register, please contact our This email address is being protected from spambots. You need JavaScript enabled to view it.

New publication!

Congratulations to Adriana Arrulo Pereira (PhD candidate in P01), her PI Markus Schwaninger and all team members to this excellent publication doi: 10.1093/brain/awac243

It is Adriana's first shared 1st Authorship!

Well done!!!

Thomas Münte elected as Vice President Medicine, University Lübeck

We congratulate LOCOTACT PI Thomas Münte for his new position as the Vice President of Medicine of the University Lübeck. The Academic Senate of Lübeck University now voted for the so far temporary position holder as the new Vice President of Medicine.

Joachim Spranger elected new Dean of the Charité

LOCOTACT PI Joachim Spranger has been elected as the new dean of Charité, Berlin. Until April 2022 he was the Academic Vice Dean. We congratulate him cordially.

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