Translational impact is not limited to clinical researchers. In this interactive panel discussion, two leading fundamental discovery scientists will share how they have built successful research programs through strategic partnerships with clinicians, leading to research with real-world impact while maintaining strong basic science foundations. Through a brief introduction to their research programs and career journeys, the panellists will highlight the approaches that have underpinned their success, including building meaningful multidisciplinary collaborations, demonstrating translational impact, and securing highly competitive NHMRC Investigator Grants. A facilitated discussion and audience Q&A will provide practical insights and advice for researchers seeking to strengthen the competitiveness, impact, and long-term success of their own research programs.
Chaired by Mark Green
Speakers: Renea Taylor and Robert Gilchrist.
Title: The Evolving Landscape of Thyroid Eye Disease: Evidence, Experience, and Collaborative Care
Speaker: Don O. Kikkawa
Title: Weekly GLP-1s in the Real World: Long-Term Use, Microdosing and the Peptide Problem
Speaker: A/Prof Samantha Hocking
Weekly GLP-1 receptor agonists have changed obesity and metabolic care, but questions from patients and clinicians keep growing. The case for long-term treatment will be set out, given the weight regain and loss of health benefits when therapy stops, and the main safety considerations will be reviewed, including pancreatitis, NAION and changes in body composition. What "microdosing" really means will be examined, along with whether lower doses that suffice for weight loss also preserve weight-independent benefits. The unregulated peptide market will also be addressed, including what patients are actually taking and how clinicians can discuss it constructively and without judgement.
In memory of Ann Robinson
12:10 PM - Q&A Panel Discussion for 20 mins
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Chairs: Arthur Conigrave, Wenhan Chang; Cherie Chiang
Odd poster numbers presented during the 1st hour (5:30 - 6:30 pm)
Even poster numbers presented during the 2nd hour (6:30 - 7:30pm)
ESA Lightning Talks + Posters:
Basic Science -
#138 ERβ Antibody Validation and Multiplex Opal Immunofluorescence Panel Development for Spatial Sex Steroid Receptor Profiling in Gonadotroph Adenomas - Yeung-Ae Park
#135 Distinctive signalling of a novel receptor heteromer revealed with live-cell biosensors - Henry G Purbrick
#136 Development and optimisation of a dual-mode gold nanoparticle biosensor for point-of-care salivary cortisol detection - Kristina Rhee
#140 The usp8 p703h germline mutation impairs 14-3-3 binding in a patient with cushing’s disease - Adwoa Sey
#134 Glucocorticoid receptor isoforms in the lung of fetal sheep after late gestation inhibition of cortisol synthesis - Yoshi Tan
#139 The Spiny Mice (Acomys Cahirinus): a novel rodent model for developmental endocrinology - Nhi T Tran
Clinical -
#110 Validation study of a cost-effective diagnostic algorithm utilising screening transcription factor immunohistochemistry in pituitary tumour characterisation. - Stephanie Baddock
#111 Pregnancy outcomes and blood pressure trends in primary aldosteronism - Anoushka Baruah
#197 Trabecular bone score independently predicts minimal trauma fracture vs more-than-minimal trauma fracture in an Australian re-fracture prevention clinic cohort - Neha Chandrasekar
#198 Management of aromatase inhibitor-associated bone loss in women with hormone receptor-positive breast cancer: a single centre experience - Kimchi Do
#112 Journey to affirmation - review of a public masculinising chest surgery service - Zhiyuan Ma
#113 Clinicopathological features and outcomes of multifocal versus unifocal papillary thyroid carcinoma a retrospective cohort study - Keshi Maheswaran
SRB Lightning Talks + Posters:
Developmental Biology & Stem Cells -
#91 Zygotic ribosome activation establishes autonomous protein synthesis in early embryos - Hongbin Jin
Maternal/Paternal, Neonatal & Offspring Health -
#84 Loss of PRC2 in mouse oocytes results in genetic and epigenetic impacts on neurodevelopment in offspring - Chloe Edwards-Lee
Oocyte, Follicle, Ovary & Female Reproduction -
#89 Reproductive ageing disrupts cumulus-oocyte NAD⁺ homeostasis - Bettina P Mihalas
Pregnancy, Implantation & Placenta -
#90 Paternal beta-defensin 22 promotes uterine receptivity through modulating the endometrial transcriptome at pre-implantation in mice - Hon (Dexter) Y Chan
Sperm, Spermatogenesis & Male Reproduction -
#93 Importin 5 (Ipo5) is essential to spermatogonial differentiation and fertility in adult mouse testes - Penny Whiley
#92 The molecular architecture of human sperm excellence - Avinash S. Gaikwad
#88 Too hot to function: insights into the role of thermosensitive Doa kinase in spermatogenesis and testicular heat stress - Grace E Williams
#87 Managing the paternal mitochondrial pool during early mammalian development - Jazmine Yuson
#85 Viscosity regulates the proteomic landscape of sperm - Farin Yazdan Parast
#86 Seminal extracellular vesicles originate throughout the male reproductive tract and retain tissue-of-origin signatures - Elizabeth Torres-Arce
CaSR-5 Oral Posters
#177 From association to mechanism: rs838717 in regulation of DGKD and CaSR signalling in kidney stone disease - Catherine E Lovegrove
#172 Expanding the CASR variant landscape: integrated in silico and structural triage of previously unreported germline variants - Sarah C Brennan
#174 Long-term Management of Two Patients with Hypoparathyroidism Treated with Palopegteriparatide - Maho Taguchi
#175 A Translational Study of the Novel Dental Phenotype Associated with Familial Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia - Jean-Philippe Bertocchio
#173 Preserved renal function in severe hypercalcemia associated with Acquired Hypocalciuric Hypercalcemia (AHH) - Daiki Narita
#176 Hypercalcaemia and metastatic calcification following chronic calcium loading: a novel role for calcimimetic therapy - Patrice M Forner
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Location: Bottega Coco