1-8 PM

REGISTRATION

1-5:30 PM

WORKSHOP: Sex Differences Caused by Direct Sex Chromosome Effects vs. Hormones: Designing and Interpreting Studies from Mouse and Human Models (Big Ten C)

1:00 PM

Art Arnold (UCLA). Introduction

1:10 PM

Art Arnold (UCLA). Experimental strategies for measuring direct genetic effects that cause sex differences

1:40 PM

Emilie Rissman (University of Virginia). Sex chromosomes, aneuploids, and other odd arrangements

2:15 PM

Stu Tobet (Colorado State University). Murine model for the study of gonad-independent brain sexual differentiation

2:50 PM

Geert De Vries (University of Massachusetts). Sex differences in the brain: agents of change, guardians of status quo

3:25 PM

Erica Eugster (Indiana University) and Sheri Berenbaum (The Pennsylvania State University). Variations of sex chromosomes and hormones in humans

4:10 PM

BREAK

4:25 PM

Breakout groups

5:10 PM

Reconvene for discussion

6-8:30 PM

OPENING RECEPTION (MSU Gardens)

7:30 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Centennial ABC)

8:15 AM

OPENING SESSION (Big Ten A)

Emilie Rissman & Members of the Local Organizing Committee.

Welcome and Opening Remarks

8:30 AM- 10:40 AM

SYMPOSIUM 1: The Endocrine Disruptor Hypothesis: What Do We Know and What Do We Need to Know? (Big Ten A)

8:30 AM

Heather Patisaul (North Carolina State University). Introduction

8:40 AM

Jason Richardson (University of Medicine and Dentistry, New Jersey). Developmental Exposures to Pesticides and Endocrine Disruptors: Common Pathways Leading to Neurobehavioral Dysfunction

9:10 AM

Andrea Gore (University of Texas at Austin). Transgenerational effects of endocrine disruptors on neuroendocrine systems

9:40 AM

Dana Dolinoy (University of Michigan). Epigenetics and environmental estrogens

10:10 AM

Matthew P. Longnecker (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences/NIH). Is there endocrine disruption in humans?

10:40 AM

BREAK (Centennial ABC)

11:00 AM

PRESIDENTIAL KEYNOTE ADDRESS: John Vandenbergh (North Carolina State University). Early hormones: Later effects (Big Ten A)

12-1:30 PM

LUNCH – on your own or MENTOR-MENTEE LUNCH (HB Dining Room [lower level of Kellogg Center])

1:30 PM- 3:40 PM

SYMPOSIUM 2: YOUNG INVESTIGATORS SYMPOSIUM (Big Ten A)

1:30 PM

Introduction. John Godwin (National Science Foundation) and Sheri Berenbaum (The Pennsylvania State University)

1:40 PM

KISSPEPTINS AND THE REGULATION OF REPRODUCTION IN A SEASONALLY BREEDING RODENT
Timothy J. Greives; Indiana University

2:00 PM

NOVEL GENES ASSOCIATED WITH GONADAL STEROID-INDEPENDENT MALE SEXUAL BEHAVIOR
Jin Ho Park, Paul Bonthius, Salehin Rais, Stefan Bekiranov, Emilie Rissman; University of Virginia

2:20 PM

SOCIAL ISOLATION ALTERS ANXIETY-LIKE BEHAVIOR AND CORTICOTROPIN RELEASING FACTOR INTERACTIONS WITH SEROTONIN
Jodi L. Lukkes^{1, 2}, Gina L. Forster¹; ¹University of South Dakota, ²University of Colorado

2:40 PM

PROLONGED EXPOSURE TO HIGH LEVELS OF CORTICOSTERONE DURING GESTATION AND/OR POSTPARTUM CAUSES CHANGES TO MATERNAL CARE, ‘MOOD’ AND OFFSPRING’S OUTCOME
Susanne Brummelte, Liisa A.M. Galea; Univeristy of British Columbia

3:00 PM

ANTERIOR HYPOTHALAMIC VASOPRESSIN REGULATES NATURALLY OCCURING AND DRUG-INDUCED AGGRESSION IN A SOCIALLY MONOGAMOUS RODENT
Kyle L. Gobrogge¹, Yan Liu¹, Larry J. Young², Zuoxin Wang¹; ¹Florida State University, ²Emory University

3:20 PM

SEASONAL AND CIRCADIAN DETERMINANTS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE
Zachary M. Weil¹, Randy J. Nelson², A. Courtney DeVries²; ¹Rockefeller University, ²Ohio State University

3:40 PM

BREAK (Centennial ABC)

4:00-6:00 PM

POSTER SESSION 1 (Big Ten BC)

6:15-7:30 PM

WINE TASTING (MSU Museum)

7:30-9:00 PM

EDUCATION WORKSHOP (Conference Room 62):
Choice careers in Neuroendocrinology
Pizza and beverages will be served.
Diane Witt; National Science Foundation
Pam Tannenbaum; Merck Research Laboratories
Noah Sandstrom; Williams College
Molly McElroy; American Association for the Advancement of Science
Louise Freeman; Mary Baldwin College
Julia Zehr; National Institute of Mental Health, NIH

9:00 PM

SOCIAL EVENT FOR GRADUATE STUDENTS & POSTDOCS

7:30 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Centennial ABC)

8:30 AM- 10:40 AM

SYMPOSIUM 3: Interactions between Natural and Drug Rewards (Big Ten A)

8:30 AM

James Pfaus (Concordia University). Introduction

8:40 AM

Klaus A. Miczek (Tufts University). Episodic and continuous social stress: Escalated and suppressed cocaine reward and tegmental BDNF and ERK

9:10 AM

Lique Coolen (The University of Western Ontario). Sexual behavior induces neural plasticity in the mesolimbic system

9:40 AM

Alfonso Abizaid (Carleton University). Ghrelin modulation of dopamine neurotransmission: Food, drugs, and rock 'n' roll

10:10 AM

Joan Morrell (Rutgers University). What stimulus choice reveals about maternal motivation in the rat

10:40 AM

BREAK (Centennial ABC)

11:00 AM

KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Judy Cameron (University of Pittsburg). The impact of everyday life stresses: Mechanisms underlying stress sensitivity (Big Ten A)

12-1:30 PM

LUNCH – on your own or MENTOR-MENTEE LUNCH (Red Cedar B)

1:30 PM- 3:40 PM

SYMPOSIUM 4: Rapid Actions of Estradiol in Brain: New Approaches, Models, and Insights (Big Ten A)

1:30 PM

Jeff Blaustein (University of Massachusetts). Introduction

1:40 PM

Anne Etgen (Albert Einstein College of Medicine, New York). Neuroprotective actions of non-classical ERs

2:10 PM

Jon E. Levine (Northwestern University). Feedback and fitness: Consequences of non-classical ER signaling in brain

2:40 PM

Oline Ronnekleiv (Oregon Health Sciences University, Portland). Membrane-initiated signaling via a novel estrogen receptor: Role in hypothalamic gene expression and feeding behavior

3:10 PM

Jaclyn Schwarz (Duke University). Non-genomic effects of estradiol on sexual differentiation of the brain and behavior?

3:40 PM

BREAK (Centennial ABC)

4:00-6:00 PM

POSTER SESSION 2 (Big Ten BC)

6:15 PM

Departure for Lansing Lugnuts Baseball Game (OPTIONAL EVENT)
Location: Buses leave from outside Kellogg Center Lobby
Tickets can be purchased with registration or at the ballpark.

7:30 AM

CONTINENTAL BREAKFAST (Centennial ABC)

8:30 AM- 10:40 AM

SYMPOSIUM 5: Evolution and Adaptation in Behavioral Endocrinology: Celebrating the 150th Anniversary of The Origin of Species (Darwin, 1859) and Charles Darwin's 200th Birthday

8:30 AM

James L. Goodson (Indiana University) & Steven M. Phelps (University of Florida) . Introduction.

8:40 AM

Richmond R. Thompson (Bowdoin College). Vasotocin, social approach and the evolution of social regulatory mechanisms in vertebrates

9:10 AM

Anthony J. Zera (University of Nebraska). Integrating insect endocrinology, life history evolution, and chronobiology in a dispersal-polymorphic insect  

9:40 AM

Jamie T. Bridgham (University of Oregon). Molecular evolution of stress hormone-receptor complexity

10:10 AM

Steven M. Phelps (University of Florida). Evolutionary perspectives on individual differences: Forebrain  V1aR and sexual fidelity among male prairie voles

10:40 AM

BREAK (Centennial ABC)

11:00 AM

ELSEVIER KEYNOTE ADDRESS: Tom Hahn (University of California, Davis). Neuroendocrine regulation of avian reproductive schedules: Adaptive specializations, or variations on a theme of white-crowned sparrow? (Big Ten A)

12-1:30 PM

LUNCH – on your own or MENTOR-MENTEE LUNCH (Red Cedar B)

1:30 PM- 3:40 PM

SYMPOSIUM 6: Hormonal Organization of the Nervous System: The 50 th Anniversary of the Publication of Phoenix, Goy, Gerall, and Young, 1959 (Big Ten A)

1:30 PM

Kim Wallen (Emory University). Introduction. A Brief history of the organizational hypothesis

1:40 PM

David Crews (University of Texas, Austin). Evolution of ideas on the organization of neural control of sexual behavior

2:10 PM

Judith Elaine Blakemore ( Indiana University - Purdue University, Fort Wayne ) . The impact of the organizational hypothesis on the study of human gender development: How much, and why not more?

2:40 PM

Cheryl Sisk (Michigan State University). Back to the Future: The Organizational-Activational Hypothesis Adapted to Puberty and Adolescence

3:10 PM

David Abbott (Wisconsin National Primate Research Center). Fetal androgen excess: Does it organize Polycystic Ovary Syndrome?

3:40 PM

BREAK (Centennial ABC)

4:00-4:45 PM

BUSINESS MEETING (Big Ten A)

5:00-6:30 PM

POSTER SESSION 3 (Big Ten BC)

7:00 PM

BANQUET (Big Ten AB)