Monday, 19th August ESA-SRB-AOTA 2019

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• Transmission of a long non-coding RNA in sperm is a candidate mechanism for achieving genomic imprinting through the histone-protamine transition in therian mammals. - Teruhito Ishihara
• Paternal exposure to a toxicant across multiple generations is detrimental to the reproductive health of male progeny - Caitlin G Chambers
• The impact of acute acrylamide exposure on the small non-protein-coding RNA profile of mouse spermatozoa - Natalie A Trigg
• A mouse model of human SRY to study the structure/function relationship of the sex determining gene - Ella Thomson
• Genistein directly impacts penis development causing hypospadias and may contribute to erectile dysfunction - Luke C Govers

• Antenatal corticosteroid treatment alters placental and fetal cardiac hemodynamic function in a gestation stage-dependent manner in mice - Emma N Panting
• Pomegranate polyphenol punicalagin: A potential novel prevention therapy for preterm birth. - Caitlyn Nguyen-Ngo
• High dose radiotherapy directly damages the uterus and influences pregnancy success - Meaghan Griffiths
• AR-45 is a novel placental androgen receptor variant that regulates trophoblast growth and angiogenic pathways - Ashley Meakin
• Maternal overexpression of anti-Müllerian hormone causes post-implantation embryo loss in mice. - Michael W Pankhurst

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• Evolving mechanisms of incretin action. Where and how - Daniel Drucker

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• Digital Medicine in Thyroidology: A New Era of Managing Thyroid Disease  - Jae Hoon Moon
• Immune-checkpoint inhibitors and thyroid diseases  - Hidefumi Inaba
• Thyroid hormone-responsive microRNAs in metabolic regulation  - Hao Ying

• Beyond GLP-1. The Future of Diabetes Therapy  - Daniel Drucker
• Diabetic drugs that protect the kidney  - Usha Panchapakesan
• Using GLP-1 receptor agonists to improve health outcomes for people with type 2 diabetes  - Richard MacIsaac
• Glycogen in the diabetic kidney: hero or villain?  - Mitchell Sullivan

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• Environmental Epigenetics and Reproductive Compromise  - Linda Giudice

• The efficacy of dietary interventions in amending polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) traits in a PCOS mouse model     - Valentina Rodriguez Paris
• Skin glucocorticoid metabolism in burn injury: towards novel treatments that reduce scarring - Kevin HY Tsai
• Altered placental androgen signalling contributes to growth restricted outcomes - Ashley Meakin
• Interrogating Bone Morphogenetic Signalling in cancer cachexia - Adam Hagg
• The impact of menstrual cycling on OncotypeDx recurrence scores in premenopausal breast cancer patients - Sarah M Bernhardt

• Cellular complexity of the embryonic gonads revealed by single cell transcriptomics - Martin A Estermann
• A regulatory role for CHD4 in maintenance of the spermatogonial stem cell pool - Tessa Lord
• Cripto: a potential new player regulating spermatogonial stem cell fate - Guillaume Burnet
• TGFβ signaling crosstalk during fetal germ cell development: a role for the nuclear transport protein, IPO5 - Karthika Radhakrishnan

• The severity of microtubule severing: katanins in oocytes and early embryos - Wai Shan Yuen
• The development of diagnostic biomarkers in classifying ovary ageing - Jessie M Sutherland
• Ageing modulates expression of oocyte DNA repair genes during the germinal vesicle-metaphase II transition in mice after ovulation induction - Fabrizzio Horta
• Oocyte SIRT1 deacetylase activity is dispensable for female reproductive capacity during ageing and obesity - Juvita Iljas

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• Age-related inflammation in the ovary is associated with oocyte depletion and loss of fertility in females - Carolina Lliberos Requesens
• The contributions of epididymosomes to sperm function - Hanah M Hart
• Non-hormonal IUDs: we haven’t even scratched the surface - Kirsten N Shankie-Williams
• Defining the role of EED in the establishment of oocyte transcriptome and how it contributes to maternally inherited disease. - Tesha Tsai
• Quantitative proteomic profiling of sperm maturation along the epididymal tubule. - David A Skerrett-Byrne
• A microenvironment of high lactic acid and reduced pH created by the blastocyst induces changes in endometrial receptivity - Kathryn H Gurner
• Nampt-mediated spindle sizing secures a post-anaphase surge in spindle speed required for extreme asymmetry in oocytes   - Zhe Wei
• Health outcomes in offspring following an acute, low dose of prenatal alcohol: Potential reproductive and metabolic impacts in early and adult life - Lisa K Akison
• FIB-SEM tomography as an innovative tool for spermatogenesis studies - Denis Korneev

• Global coagulation assays in transgender women - Ada S Cheung
• Risk of polycythaemia with different formulations of testosterone therapy in transgender men - Brendan J Nolan
• Relationships between body composition and insulin resistance in transgender individuals on established gender-affirming hormone therapy. - Ada S Cheung
• A novel liver-targeted testosterone-therapy for the prevention of sarcopaenia in androgen deprived men with prostate cancer: a double-blind placebo-controlled study - Ken Ho
• Plasma insulin-like growth factor-I, IGF binding protein 3 and estradiol are associated with longer leucocyte telomere length, a marker of lower biological age, in older men. - Bu B Yeap

• Nuclear receptor ligand screen to identify new therapies for endocrine-sensitive and endocrine-resistant estrogen receptor positive breast cancers - Jean M Winter
• TMEPAI inhibits SMAD2/3-mediated muscle wasting  - Swati Kharoud
• Estrogen receptor alpha controls gene expression via translational offsetting in breast and prostate cancer - Luc Furic
• New combination treatments for castrate-resistant prostate cancer targeting DNA damage and repair - Mitchell Lawrence
• Obesity is associated with BRAF-mutated thyroid cancer - Sabbir T Rahman

• An up date on HRT - Roisin Worsley
• Managing menopause without hormones  - Martha Hickey
• Menopausal hormone therapy under difficult circumstances  - Bronwyn Stuckey
• HRT for fracture prevention: an effective option worth revisiting?  - Emma Duncan

• From lab to paddock: fertility enhancements for the equine breeding industry - Zamira Gibb
• Nuclear Preparation for Embryonic Genome Activation  - Chris O'Neill
• Building the mid-piece of the sperm tail: unexpected insights from a Vdac2 knockout mouse  - Jessica Dunleavy
• The odyssey (and oddity) of gonadal sex determination  - Peter Koopman

• Multifocality is not a significant risk factor for progression during active surveillance of papillary thyroid microcarcinoma - Iwao Sugitani
• Is Childhood, Adolescent and Young Adult Thyroid Cancer in Fukushima after Fukushima Daiichi Nuclear Power Plant Accident different from Chernobyl’ s Thyroid Cancer after the accident ? - Shinichi Suzuki
• Prognostic role of the lymphocyte-to-monocyte ratio for clinical outcomes of patients with progressive radioiodine-refractory differentiated thyroid carcinoma treated by sorafenib - Jonghwa Ahn
• Stimulated thyroglobulin is a predictor of structural recurrence for microscopic positive margins in papillary thyroid cancer - Jayani Jayasekara
• BRAF(V600E) mutation is highly prevalent in the young population in Fukushima   - Manabu Iwadate
• Prognosis of thyroid cancer in patients with Graves disease - Hyungju Kwon
• The Effect of Thyroid Stimulating Hormone Suppression Therapy on Bone Mineral Density and Trabecular Bone Score in Postmenopausal Women with Differentiated Thyroid Carcinoma - Chaewon Chung

• Prognostic value of acoustic structure quantification in patients with Hashimoto’s thyroiditis - Ji Ye Lee
• Association of other autoimmune diseases in patients with Graves’ Disease (with/without Graves’ Ophthalmopathy): review of the literature - Poupak Fallahi
• Worsening profiles of cardiometabolic risk factors after thionamide treatment in Graves’ disease: A 12-month prospective cohort study - Chih-Chen Wang
• The association between low vitamin D status and autoimmune thyroid disease in Korean premenopausal women: The 6th Korean National Health and Nutrition Examination Survey, 2013-2014 - Choonyoung Kim
• Investigating Clinical Characteristics of Cancer Immunotherapy Related Thyroiditis - Hana HN Kim
• Efficacy and Safety of Lithium adjuvant to Radioiodine treatment in Graves’ disease - Nipawan Waisayanand
• Dysbiosis of the gut microbiome is associated with the favorable response to treatment in Graves’ disease patients - Seul Ki Kwon
• The Success Rate of RAI for Graves' disease in Korea - Hyunju Park

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• Balancing needs: Placental mechanisms regulating maternal-fetal resource allocation  - Amanda Sferruzzi-Perri
• Placental ex vivo model infection for pathogenesis studies of Congenital Cytomegalovirus  - William Rawlinson
• Combining in vitro, in vivo and in silico approaches to improve the detection of fetal growth restriction  - Jo James
• Developing novel devices to detect fetal distress  - Fiona Brownfoot

• Management of Osteoporosis in Underserved Populations - Frances Milat

Jennifer Chen 
Winner of the Paul Lee award

• Mice with myocyte-deletion of vitamin D receptor (VDR) have sarcopenia and impaired muscle function - Jennifer Chen
• Effects of diet on human islet function - Heather Burns
• Changes in resting energy expenditure with different schedules of calorie restriction - Dr Brian T Corley
• The human gut is a source of extra-pancreatic glucagon - Damien J Keating
• Gut-derived serotonin is synthesised in sensory cells that influence peripheral metabolism - Alyce M Martin
• Comparison between liquid chromatography-mass spectrometry and immunoassay in the measurement of serum testosterone in adult men at PathWest, Sir Charles Gairdner Hospital - Sharon Lam
• An intrinsic gut melanocortin signalling complex regulates L-cell secretion in humans - Emily W Sun

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• Estradiol method evaluation: DiaSorin Liaison compared to liquid chromatography tandem mass spectrometry (LC-MS/MS) - Caroline Bachmeier
• Lipoprotein X - Caroline Bachmeier
• Need for capacity building of primary care physicians (PCPs) in management of chronic conditions in India - Sandeep Bhalla
• Correlation of pre-operative sestamibi scintigraphy with operative findings in primary hyperparathyroidism - Lauren Burrage
• Glucocorticoids promote mitochondrial fatty acid oxidation in fetal cardiomyocytes - Karen E Chapman
• The effect of medium chain triglycerides on type 2 diabetes mellitus associated disorders - Yang Chen
• Treating Obesity by Activating Beige and Brown Fat; Human Transplant Studies. - Sarah Davis
• Androgen receptor signalling in the female adrenal cortex is dispensable for X-zone regression but protects against early onset spindle cell development - Anne-Louise Gannon
• NCKX3 loss in mice lead to abnormal motor function and social behavior - Eui-Bae Jeung
• Calbindin-D_9k prevent ER stress induced pancreatic beta cell death - Eui-Bae Jeung
• The effects of dexamethasone for calcium channel and mucin-related gene expression in A549 cell line - Eui-Bae Jeung
• Regulatory effect of systemic corticosteroid dexamethasone on tracheal calcium processing proteins and mucin secretion - Eui-Bae Jeung
• The effect of steroid hormone on the calcium-processing proteins in the immature rat brain - Eui-Bae Jeung
• Distribution of and steroid hormone effects on calbindin-D9k (CaBP-9k) in the immature rat - Eui-Bae Jeung
• Effects of endocrine disrupting chemical on calcium signaling in differentiated cardiomyocyte from mouse embryonic stem cell - Eui-Bae Jeung
• Second-phase validation study of developmental toxicity test using mouse embryonic stem cells derived embryoid bodies - Eui-Bae Jeung
• Evidence based education for primary care physicians for diabetes management in India - Pushkar Kumar
• The incidence of adrenal insufficiency in hospitalised patients with primary and secondary adrenal malignancies: An analysis of hospital admission data, NSW, 2006-2017 - Anna J Lubomski
• Rescue of the HSD17B3 knock-out model using lentiviral delivery system. - Diane Rebourcet
• Transthyretin uptake by hepatocytes is regulated by high density lipoprotein and is independent of scavenger receptor class B member 1 - Kerry Richard
• Structural properties of a prehistoric human skeleton found in Malaysia - Ima Nirwana Soelaiman
• Effects of Chronic Moderate Intensity Exercise on Blood Glucose, Fasting Insulin, FFA and Insulin Resistance in Male Wistar Rats Diabetes Mellitus - Aywar Zamri

• Visual loss in pregnancy - Caroline Bachmeier
• Altered gut microbiota composition in early pregnancy in women treated with thyroxine - Helen L Barrett
• The effect of patient-managed stress dosing on electrolytes and blood pressure in acute illness in children with congenital adrenal hyperplasia - Georgina L Chrisp
• Efficacy and safety of fast-acting insulin aspart compared with insulin aspart, both in combination with insulin degludec, in children and adolescents with type 1 diabetes: the onset 7 trial - Maria Craig
• Cardiac paragangliomas in two siblings with SDHB mutations: challenges of management. - Jade Eccles-Smith
• An audit of sodium-glucose co-transporter 2 inhibitors in a specialist outpatient service: are the pharmaceutical benefits scheme approval guidelines too restrictive? - Judith R Fleming
• Clinical outcomes in a hospital bariatric medicine clinic - Spiros Fourlanos
• Predictors of weight loss with personalised management in a hospital bariatric medicine clinic - Spiros SF Fourlanos
• Pre-hospital management of acute illness in Addison's Disease: an audit of patients attending a referral hospital in a large regional area - Thomas Goubar
• Skeletal benefit/risk of long-term denosumab therapy: A virtual twin analysis of fractures prevented to skeletal safety events observed - Jeffrey Hassall
• Subgroup analysis of the effect of denosumab compared with risedronate on percentage change in lumbar spine bone mineral density at 24 months in glucocorticoid-treated individuals - Jeffrey Hassall
• Systemic inflammation and The Effect of a GLP-1 Agonist in Adults with Prader-Willi Syndrome  - Amanda Hor
• Is depression a risk factor for inadequate glycemic control in young adults with type 2 diabetes? Sri Lankan perspective - Anuradha Jayasuriya
• Does depression in young Sri Lankan patients with type 2 diabetes contribute to impaired quality of life? Real world data in a tertiary care setting   - Anuradha Jayasuriya
•  Real world data on prevalence of oral candidiasis  and its associations among patients with diabetes in a tertiary care centre in Sri Lanka   - Charmini Anuradha Jayasuriya
• Progressive increase in bone turnover despite improvement in markers of calcium homeostasis over twelve months post sleeve gastrectomy in obese subjects - Chris Kwan
• Incidence and natural history of hypophysitis secondary to immune checkpoint inhibitor therapy at a tertiary centre - Nicole Lafontaine Bedecarratz
• Watch What Happens Neck: A case report of hyperparathyroidism-jaw tumour syndrome in a 35 year old lady - Andrew Lin
• Treatment induced neuropathy of diabetes an under-recognised cause of peripheral neuropathy   - Andrew G Lin
• Cushing’s syndrome caused by ectopic ACTH/CRH production from neuroendocrine transformation of prostate cancer: two case reports - Andrew G Lin
• Feasibility Comparison of Human Chorionic Gonadotropin (hCG) Combined with Menotropin (hMG) Therapy and Gonadotropin-Releasing Hormone (GnRH) Pump Treatment for Male Adolescents with Congenital Hypogonadotropic Hypogonadism (CHH) - Ying L Liu
• Use of liraglutide and dulaglutide for weight loss: real-world observations on efficacy and tolerability from a community clinic - Stephen Ludgate
• Congenital isolated hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in a cohort of male refugees from the Middle East - Brendan J Nolan
• Hypoglycaemia with mealtime fast-acting insulin aspart versus insulin aspart across two large type 1 diabetes trials - David O'Neal
• Hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy with or without lymph node dissection: A retrospective audit of rates, determinants and recovery. - Michael Papanikolas
• Oma, oedema, cerebrovascular trauma- an enigma to fathom: Protean presentations of hypercatecholaminism - Smitha S Rao
• Patterns of illness and pre-hospital management in patients with Addison’s Disease with and without Type 1 Diabetes Mellitus attending a Sydney Hospital - Louise Rushworth
• Targeting inpatient rehabilitation units to improve antiresorptive therapy administration rates after hip fracture - Matthew Sawyer
• Rate and Extent of Testicular Function Recovery After Ceasing Androgen Abuse - Nandini Shankara Narayana
• Severe hypertriglyceridemia-associated acute pancreatitis: a prospective study of incidence and management. - Hong Lin Evelyn Tan
• Perinatal mental health in women with polycystic ovary syndrome - Chau Thien Tay
• Tumour localisation of phaeochromocytoma or paraganglioma based on plasma metanephrines - Danielle Tu
• Body fat loss after bariatric surgery in Sri Lankan adults - Udai Wijetunga
• Sri Lankan men lose more weight in the short term than women after bariatric surgery - Udai Wijetunga
• Vitamin D deficiency and insufficiency among obese Sri Lankans undergoing bariatric surgery - Udai Wijetunga
• Spaced education; a novel tool to teach junior doctors insulin management. - Ayanthi Wijewardene
• Hyponatraemia as a surrogate marker for frailty and geriatric syndrome: a study in an Australian regional hospital - Ru H New
• Efficacy and Cost Effectiveness of Thyroid Function Tests – An Analysis of Outcomes in the Geriatric wards of a Secondary Hospital in Regional Australia - Ru H New
• Trabecular bone score is reduced in thalassaemia major - Phillip Wong
• Harnessing electronic health record data to optimise screening and management of diabetes mellitus in patients with acute myocardial infarction (AMI)   - Linda Wu
• Body weight and fat mass may negatively influence responses to high-dose vitamin D supplementation in overweight and obese older adults - Cecilia L H Xu
• Prevalence of primary aldosteronism in Australian primary care - Jun Yang

• A prodigious presentation in a previously well indigenous woman - Matthew Balcerek
• An unusual diagnosis to swallow - Matthew Balcerek
• When should back pain be of grave concern? - Matthew Balcerek
• A phaeochromocytoma crisis presenting with a severe takotsubo-like cardiomyopathy treated with ECMO - Emma Boehm
• Renal dysgenesis and delayed puberty: a case of renal and gonadal dysgenesis in a patient with severe chronic kidney disease-mineral and bone disorder (CKD-MBD) - Genevieve L Calder
• A Hairy Conundrum - Thora Y Chai
• Investigation of an adrenal incidentaloma leads to an unsuspected diagnosis - Thomas Chesterman
• Primary thyroid lymphoma: an uncommon cause of compressive goitre - Kay Hau Choy
• Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome secondary to prostate carcinoma: an uncommon cause of Cushing’s syndrome - Kay Hau Choy
• Diabetic ketoacidosis, hypertriglyceridaemia and acute pancreatitis: a case series of the enigmatic triad - Kay Hau Choy
• Linagliptin-associated generalised skin eruption: a case report and review of the literature - Kay Hau Choy
• Severe ketoacidosis in association with a low-carbohydrate ketogenic diet - Kay Hau Choy
• Severe hyponatraemia as the presenting manifestation of empty sella syndrome - Kay Hau Choy
• FGF23-mediated hypophosphataemia following intravenous iron administration in a patient with multiple sclerosis - Lucy Collins
• Carbimazole-induced hepatotoxicity in the treatment of Graves' disease - Jessica Disler
• Secondary hyperparathyroidism and severe hypercalcaemia due to vitamin D deficiency - Jessica Disler
• Graves' disease following radioactive iodine ablation: an unusual occurrence of Marine-Lenhart syndrome - Audrey SY Eer
• A precarious ptosis in pregnancy - Prishila Fookeerah
• Severe gestational hypertriglyceridaemia complicated by acute pancreatitis - Rebecca J Foskey
• Recurrent thyroiditis after early pregnancy loss - Lavanya Gupta
• An endocrine cause of reversible cardiac failure- acute catecholamine cardiomyopathy in patients with a phaeochromocytoma - Lavanya Gupta
• A quintessential of hypokalaemia  - Lavanya Gupta
• Osteopetrosis: A wide spectrum of disease - Rabbia Haider
• Bilateral acute Charcot neuroarthropathy in a young woman with type 1 diabetes, with concomitant osteoporosis and vitamin D deficiency - Kate Hawke
• Denosumab-associated spontaneous vertebral fractures: A case-series - Madhuni Herath
• An uncommon cause of hypertension - Elise Hickey
• Severe hypocalcemia from osteoblastic bone metastases successfully managed with steroids - Jeremy Hoe
• Medical management of tumour-induced osteomalacia after elusive radiological localisation: A Case Report - Caroline Hoong
• Acute transient painful thyroid swelling post fine needle aspiration biopsy of a thyroid nodule - Thaw Dar Htet
•   Blue sclerae and joint dislocations without clinical fractures in a rare and mild variant of osteogenesis imperfecta - Olivia Jarrett
• A rare cause of secondary hypertension in an Indigenous female with primary amenorrhea: 17-alpha Hydroxylase Deficiency  - Melissa Katz
• ACTH assays in Cushing's Syndrome - the need for caution and communication. - Dev Kevat
• Pituitary Lymphoma – a rare case of hypopituitarism. - Albert Kim
• Severe Salt and Water Imbalance in a Woman with Primordial Dwarfism - Johanna Kuehn
• Want to be a boy or girl? - Theingi Kyaw
• Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia Type 2B Diagnosed Early by Conjunctival Neuroma: a Case Report - Dong-Mee Lim
• Severe hyperparathyroidism – primary hyperparathyroidism vs parathyroid carcinoma - Jaime Lin
• Pembrolizumab-induced diabetes presenting as severe diabetic ketoacidosis - A case report - Phillip K Lo
• Retrospective case series on use of tolvaptan for inpatient management of hyponatremia - Nuttaradee Lojanapiwat
• Medical management of a patient with ectopic ACTH syndrome - Stephen Ludgate
• Cyproterone Related Meningioma In A Trans-sexual Female And Regression Following Its Discontinuation - Danish Mahmud
• Hypogonadothrophic Hypogonadism - Phyo Maung Maung Min
• A case of a calcitonin secreting malignant insulinoma  - Mina Mohammad Ebrahim
• Primary adrenal lymphoma and adrenal insufficiency - Ashish Munsif
• Now you see. Now you don't. Pituitary stalk transection syndrome, a misnomer. - Divya Namboodiri
• Proactive about Proinsulinoma, a rare neuroendocrine tumour. - Divya Namboodiri
• Differentiated papillary thyroid cancer with pancreatic solid organ metastases and slowly progressive disease with medical management. - Divya Namboodiri
• A Difficult Case of Tumoral Calcinosis - Kirsten Neal
• A challenging case of an ectopic ACTH-producing tumour - Kirsten Neal
• An interesting case of malignant hypertension and thyroid malignancy - Foong Kien Newk-Fon Hey Tow
• Tale of Two Thyrotropinomas  - Hui Yi Ng
• Plasmacytoma presenting as an invasive pituitary mass - Bianca Nightingale
• Sporadic phaeochromocytoma, pancreatic neuroendocrine tumour and a sacral hibernoma: a case report - Ravind Pandher
• Ectopic adrenocorticotropic hormone syndrome in a patient with metastatic medullary thyroid carcinoma - Ravind Pandher
• Getting to the heart of hyperthyroidism - Vicka Poudyal
• Hypercalcaemia in pregnancy: a diagnostic dilemma - Vicka Poudyal
• Potassium losing aldosterone oozing adrenocortical carcinoma- rare disease, rarer presentation - Smitha Rao
• Casting a wide “NET”:Multiple Endocrine Neoplasia type 1 Phenotype endocrinopathy manifesting in the 7th decade with coexisting primary hyperparathyroidism and a pleurihormone secreting enteropancreatic neuroendocrine tumour - Dhanya Sanjeev
• Primary adrenal insufficiency due to heparin-induced thrombotic thrombocytopaenia syndrome (HITTS): a case report - Matthew Sawyer
• Metastatic phaeochromocytoma, pituitary adenoma, pulmonary chondroscarcoma and lung adenocarcinoma in a patient with a novel MAX germline mutation. - Amanda Seabrook
• Positive Thyroid Receptor Blocking Antibodies identified in patients with severe hypothyroidism- Case report. - Julie Sherfan
• Addisonian crisis secondary to altered prednisolone metabolism following cessation of rifampicin. - Nicholas Shoung
• Intractable Postural Hypotension: Brittle Carcinoid vs Brittle Diabetes - Alanna Tan
• A difficult case of adrenal Cushing's syndrome in a young woman: issues in diagnosis and management - Tunn Lin Tay
• Unilateral gynecomastia as an initial presentation of hyperthyroid Graves’ disease - Yotsapon Dr. Thewjitcharoen
• Familial dysalbuminaemic hyperthyroxinaemia from a mutation in the ALB gene as a cause for discordant thyroid function tests - Matthew JM Ting
• The challenges of post-bariatric surgery hypocalcaemia in pre-existing hypoparathyroidism - Annabelle M Warren
• Case Study: The clinical utility of Tg doubling time in the management RAI-Refractory follicular thyroid cancer. - Ayanthi Wijewardene
• Come dry spells or high water  - Jovitta William
• A unique case of atezolizumab-induced autoimmune diabetes - Mimi Wong
• Nesidioblastosis in an adult with short gut syndrome and type 2 diabetes - Mimi Wong
• When the stakes are high but the calcium is higher - Linda Wu
• Growing concerns: an unusual case of acromegaly - Linda Wu
• A case of multisystem Langerhans-Cell Histiocytosis: A rare but important cause of diabetes insipidus - Christopher J Yates
• Lactation ketoacidosis: case study and literature review of this unusual entity - Aakansha Zala
• Metastatic paraganglioma in an SDHB mutation positive patient - Jasmine J Zhu

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Age-related inflammation in the ovary is associated with oocyte depletion and loss of fertility in females - Carolina Lliberos Requesens

The contributions of epididymosomes to sperm function - Hanah M Hart

Non-hormonal IUDs: we haven’t even scratched the surface - Kirsten N Shankie-Williams

Defining the role of EED in the establishment of oocyte transcriptome and how it contributes to maternally inherited disease. - Tesha Tsai

Quantitative proteomic profiling of sperm maturation along the epididymal tubule. - David A Skerrett-Byrne

A microenvironment of high lactic acid and reduced pH created by the blastocyst induces changes in endometrial receptivity - Kathryn H Gurner

The conference acknowledges the support of

Nampt-mediated spindle sizing secures a post-anaphase surge in spindle speed required for extreme asymmetry in oocytes   - Zhe Wei

Health outcomes in offspring following an acute, low dose of prenatal alcohol: Potential reproductive and metabolic impacts in early and adult life - Lisa K Akison

FIB-SEM tomography as an innovative tool for spermatogenesis studies - Denis Korneev

• Analysis of Histone 3 Lysine 9 acetylation in the 2-cell mouse embryo - Gulfam Ahmad
• Diverse origins of the Fallopian tube epithelium - Arnab Ghosh
• The effects of IVF on the regulation of histone acetylation in the preimplantation embryo - Wed Salah

• Analysis of Circulating MicroRNAs Expression in Heat stressed Dairy Cows   - Jihwan Lee
• Expression of TETs in epithelial cells across the menstrual cycle - Vishakha Mahajan
• Expression quantitative trait loci in endometrial stromal cells isolated from women with and without endometriosis - Brett McKinnon
• RNA-seq analysis of the developing Müllerian duct in the Chicken embryo - Zahida Yesmin Roly

• Differential effects of activin A on the responses to inflammatory activation in cultures of bone marrow-derived and cell line macrophages - Julia Bender
• DLA Class II alleles and haplotype analysis for DLA-identical immunomodulatory effect in canine - Hayeon Wi
• Region-specific inflammatory responses in the male reproductive tract: studies on a murine autoimmune epididymitis model - Rukmali Wijayarathna

• Comparisons of Male Reproductive Parameters between Type 1 and 2 Diabetes Mice - Supatcharee Arun
• Enumerating macrophages in the mouse testis using classical histological and immunohistochemical techniques - Sneha Biniwale
• Effect of artificial insemination with frozen-thawed cauda epididymal spermatozoa in hanwoo Bull - Sangrae Cho
• Melatonin attenuates rat testicular damage induced with methotrexate via decrease of caspase-3 expression and changes of tyrosine phosphorylation - Sitthichai Iamsaard
• The difference in contractility between prostatic ducts and glands and how oxytocin is involved - Beatrix Stadler
• Rapid response to oestrogen in a human testis-derived cell line blocks SOX9 - Melanie K Stewart

• Genetic characteristics and variation of coat color in Jeju Black Cattle - Byoung-Chul Yang
• Structural changes to the pouch of male Pot-bellied Seahorses (Hippocampus abdominalis) facilitate gas exchange during pregnancy - Jessica Dudley
• Differentiation of the gonads of the embryo and hatchling echidna - Jane C Fenelon
• Freezing the rainbow a pot of gold for fish conservation in Australia - Nicola M Rivers

• Telomere elongation patterns during mouse pre-implantation embryogenesis  - Yasmyn E Gordon
• SIRT3 is dispensable for oocyte mitochondrial function and female fertility during ageing and obesity - Juvita Iljas
• Modulatory effects of TGF-β and BMP6 on thecal angiogenesis and steroidogenesis in the bovine ovary - Phil G Knight
• The role of autophagy in the ageing oocyte - Alexandra E Peters
• Effect of nicotinamide mononucleotide on the in vitro maturation of porcine oocytes - Charley-Lea Pollard
• Effect of GMCSF on mouse in vitro oocyte maturation  - Anmol Saini
• Possible involvement of thyroglobulin type-1 domain of IGF-BPs on the development and maturation of ovarian follicles - Motoyuki Shimonaka
• Determining the impact of environmental toxins on the germline epigenome and offspring development - Elyse OK Swindells

• The reduced locomotor activity in male and female Kiss1r KO mice is dependent on gonadal sex steroid status - Raj Patel

• Involvement of Bromodomain and Extra-Terminal (BET) Proteins in Inflammatory Gene Regulation in Human Decidual Stromal Cells (hDSCs) - Sandeep S Ajgaonkar
• Effect of pentoxifylline on straightness rate of cryopreserved boar spermatozoa - SunYoung Baek
• Markers of placental ageing may play a role in gestational disorders   - Lucy Bartho
• Toll-like receptor-4 antagonist (+)-naloxone attenuates LPS-induced fetal programming of offspring adiposity in a fetal sex-specific manner in mice - Peck Y Chin
• Growth Differentiation Factor 15 expression is increased in preeclampsia - Tess Cruickshank
• Association between iodine and selenium and oxidative stress in placenta - Nahal Habibi
• Placental extracellular vesicles released from first-trimester, term, and pre-eclamptic placenta all carry intact fetal genes - Matthew MK Kang
• Maternal hypothyroidism during pregnancy in the rat induces glucose intolerance, reduces fetal growth and alters placental morphology - Nykola Kent
• Long-term trophoblast monolayer cultures may be useful to study placental extracellular vesicles - Yohanes N. S. Nursalim
• Placental syndecan-1 is dysregulated in fetal growth restriction and regulated by matrix metalloproteinases - Damanpreet DS Singh
• The effects of periconceptional ethanol exposure on markers of oxidative stress in maternal liver and late-gestation placental tissue - Sarah E Steane
• Detection of reduced oxygenation in 3D placental volumes by magnetic resonance imaging (MRI) in a rat model of fetal growth restriction (FGR) - Yutthapong Tongpob
• Elevated HtrA4 in the maternal circulation of preeclampsia may promote premature endothelial aging - Yao Wang
• Adrenomedullin promotes functions of extravillous trophoblast and endothelial cells in spiral artery remodeling which be beneficial effect in preeclampsia symptom. - Qing Qing Zhang
• ROS production and localisation of mitochondrial glycerol 3-phosphate dehydrogenase in first trimester placentae - Rachel Zussman

• Exogenous melatonin increases sperm production in the ram during the non-breeding season - Kelsey R Pool

• High density lipoproteins enhance cholesterol efflux and stimulate hyperactivation during ram sperm capacitation - Naomi Bernecic
• Assessment of acrylamide generated DNA damage in sperm on fertilisation and embryo development - Nathan D Burke
• Exploring changes to protein homeostasis in male and female germ cells in response to ageing and oxidative stress - Shenae L Cafe
• L-carnitine is a pro-survival factor for ambient temperature storage of bull spermatozoa  - Erin K Klein
• Mass spectrometry analysis of density separated spermatozoa reveals that nucleoplasm retention plays a role in nuclear maturity - Jacob K Netherton
• Comparison of two methods for sperm viability evaluation in Jeju cross-breed horse - Sang Min Shin
• Effect of Pentoxifylline Concentration on Sperm Quality in Horses - Junkyu Son
• Targeted inhibition of the lipoxygenase – lipid peroxidation pathway protects equine spermatozoa against oxidative stress - Jessica LH Walters
• SEPT14 mutations impact on male infertility due to sperm DNA damage and abnormal morphology - Ya-Yun Wang
• The modified resazurin reduction assay: a predictor of thoroughbred stallion fertility - Stephanie J Waugh
• The impact of elevated activin A on the mammalian fetal testis   - Penny A. F. Whiley
• Environmental Conditions Impact Stallion Fertility - Róisín Griffin

• Genes involved in vascular compliance show dysregulated expression in placental mesenchymal stem/stromal cells (pMSCs) from growth restricted pregnancies. - Anna L Boss
• Investigating the heterogeneity of endometriotic lesions - Eliza M Colgrave
• The Effect of Ovarian Hyperstimulation on Microvillar Length in Uterine Epithelial Cells - Samson N Dowland
• Identification of estrogen driven pathways and novel targets in endometriosis using high throughput drug screens - Jacqueline F Donoghue
• Identifying the functional role of VEZT in endometriosis endometrial stromal cells - Jacqueline F Donoghue
• Similarities in uterine changes during pregnancy in eutherian and marsupial species - Jessica Dudley
• Mass spectrometry imaging to identify the spatial distribution of metabolites within endometriosis tissue - Brayden Fraser
• Obesity does not impact on endometrial gene expression in women with endometriosis - Sarah J Holdsworth-Carson
• Expression and function of the endometriosis risk gene Long Intergenic Non-Coding RNA 339 - Sarah J Holdsworth-Carson
• Modelling human endometrial diseases using patient-derived organoids - Manish Kumar
• Role of vitamin D in spiral artery remodeling - Gendie Lash
• Redistribution of desmosomes in uterine epithelial cells at the time of receptivity after ovarian hyperstimulation in the rat - Laura Lindsay
• Expression of the renin angiotensin system in placental models of syncytialisation: a comparative study - Saije K Morosin

• The impact of repeat gynaecological surgery in patients with endometriosis: a retrospective cohort study using clinical reports and questionnaires. - Sarah Holdsworth-Carson
• The pattern of epigenetic reprogramming during the 8-cell to blastocyst transition in mouse embryo - Yan Li
• Hormones and sedatives used during artificial breeding alter the core body temperature of the ewe - Jessica P Rickard
• Ontogeny of polycystic ovary syndrome (PCOS) traits in a PCOS mouse model - Valentina Rodriguez Paris
• Dose optimisation to mimic the in utero neurosteroid environment in preterm neonates - Julia C Shaw
• Successful detection of ram mating behaviour with tri-axial accelerometers - Emmah L Tumeth

• Response rate and predictive factors of intravenous glucocorticoid treatments in patients with moderate-to-severe and active Graves’ ophthalmopathy   - Hwa Young Ahn
• Graves' disease recurrence after subtotal thyroidectomy presenting with out-of-hospital cardiac arrest - Ting Wei Lee
• Hyperthyroidism in a child treated with human growth hormone - Sin-Ae Park
• Diffusely increased thyroid radionuclide uptake is not always hyperthyroidism: case report - Lijuan Sun

• Synergistic Anti-Cancer Effect of Histone Deacetylase Inhibition and Blockade of the Glycolytic Pathway - Hojin Chang
• Adverse Effects of Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitors - Real World Use - Hojin Chang
• Is the Internal Jugular Node Dissection without Level V Enough in Patients with Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma with Lateral Neck Node Metastasis? - Hye Ryeon Choi
• Thyroid lymphoma: multimodality imaging and pathologic correlation   - Ji-Young Hwang
• Surgery alone for papillary microcarcinoma is more cost effective than long term active surveillance - Jayani Jayasekara
• Radiofrequency ablation of primary papillary thyroid carcinomas: evaluation of the treatment efficacy - Solyung Jung
• Clinical Usefulness of Preoperative Vitamin D Injection for Prevention of Postoperative Transient Hypocalcemia - Kwangsoon Kim
• Initial experiences of transoral robotic thyroidectomy using 3 ports without axillary incision - Wan Wook Kim
• The appropriate extent of surgery according to tumor size in thyroid cancer located in the isthmus - Inhwa Lee
• Ultrasonographic Thyroid Nodule Classification Using a Deep Convolutional Neural Network - Myung-Chul Lee
• Malignancy risk of thyroid nodules with isolated macrocalcification - Wooyul Paik
• The learning curve of robotic thyroid surgery and the avoidance of temporary hypoparathyroidism after total thyroidectomy and concomitant central compartment node dissection: A single surgeon’s experience - Jae Hyun Park
• Celastrol inhibits the proliferation of thyroid cancer cells - Shibiao Sang
• Estimating the growth rate of lung metastases in differentiated thyroid carcinoma: Response Evaluation Criteria in Solid Tumors or doubling time? - Eyun Song
• Does a whole body 18F FDG PETCT imaging have an incremental value in differentiated thyroid cancer patients with TENIS syndrome ? - Shanmuga Sundaram
• Hyperthyroidism due to metastatic T3-secreting follicular thyroid carcinoma: A case report and literature review - Annabelle M Warren
• Diffuse Sclerosing Variant of Papillary Thyroid Carcinoma: Two Case Studies. - Wan-Chen Wu

• Overt hyperthyroidism and insulin resistance: a mini-systematic review - Jessica Marsigit
• Clinical Profiles of Thyroglossal Duct Cyst in Adults: A 20-year Experience from Thyroid Clinic at Theptarin Hospital   - Yotsapon Dr. Thewjitcharoen
• Evaluation of two Estrous synchronization protocols for inducing fertile estrus in Achai Cows in Northern Pakistan - Shah M Khan
• Association between serum free T4 and anemia in euthyroid adults: A nationwide cross-sectional study - Mijin Kim
• Correlation between Thyroid Hormone Replacement Therapy and Lipid Metabolism in Patients Treated with Total Thyroidectomy or Hemithyroidectomy: A Single Center Study. - Jun Sung Moon
• Complexities and conundrums in a case of type ii amiodarone-induced thyrotoxicosis - Uyen Pham
• Differences of Blood Cell Count in Different Thyroid Conditions - Jongky Prajitno
• Clinical and hormonal characteristics among patients with gestational trophoblastic disease in Hasan Sadikin General Hospital, Indonesia - Ervita Yanuari Ritonga
• Serum levels of fibroblast growth factor 21 in patients with hyperthyroidism or euthyroidism - Fen-Yu Tseng