Conference Description
The Hypothalamus GRC is a premier, international scientific conference focused on advancing the frontiers of science through the presentation of cutting-edge and unpublished research, prioritizing time for discussion after each talk and fostering informal interactions among scientists of all career stages. The conference program includes a diverse range of speakers and discussion leaders from institutions and organizations worldwide, concentrating on the latest developments in the field. The conference is five days long and held in a remote location to increase the sense of camaraderie and create scientific communities, with lasting collaborations and friendships. In addition to premier talks, the conference has designated time for poster sessions from individuals of all career stages, and afternoon free time and communal meals allow for informal networking opportunities with leaders in the field.
The Hypothalamus GRC will bring scientists together from a variety of disciplines to share and discuss novel insights, experimental approaches, and therapeutic potential of recent findings. The program will have sessions on the role of the hypothalamus in a variety of health-related behaviors including ingestive behaviors, thermoregulation and metabolism, sleep and circadian rhythms, stress and anxiety, social interactions. Other sessions will focus on hypothalamic regulation of the neuroendocrine system, the brain body interface, and competing homeostatic demands. Taken together, this GRC will allow for extraordinary interaction between scientists who study the hypothalamus across many biological disciplines. The associated GRS will allow graduate student and postdoctoral trainees additional opportunities to share their work and interact with a diverse group of peers. As for all GRCs, the guiding principle of this meeting will be the presentation of new, unpublished results with free, unencumbered discussion. We will emphasize participation of scientists at all career levels, especially PhD students, postdocs, and junior faculty, with a particular focus on promoting diversity and inclusion.
The topics, speakers, and discussion leaders for the conference sessions are displayed below. The conference chair is currently developing their detailed program, which will include the complete meeting schedule, as well as the talk titles for all speakers. The detailed program will be available by March 30, 2024. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Session: Neurobiology of Social and Sickness Behavior
Discussion Leaders
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Dayu Lin (New York University School of Medicine, United States)
Speakers
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Catherine Dulac (Harvard University, United States)
Circuits Controlling Adaptive and Maladaptive Feeding
Discussion Leaders
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Kevin Williams (UT Southwestern Med Ctr, United States)
Speakers
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Mark Andermann (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center, United States)
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Gina Leinninger (Michigan State University, United States)
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Shane Hentges (Washington State University, United States)
Hypothalamic Circuits Under Threat and Stress
Discussion Leaders
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Mario Penzo (National Institute of Mental Health, United States)
Speakers
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Jaideep Bains (Krembil Research Institute, Toronto, Canada)
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Moriel Zelikowsky (University of Utah, United States)
Hypothalamic Circuits for Sleep and Wakefulness
Discussion Leaders
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Antoine Adamantidis (University of Bern, Switzerland)
Speakers
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Philippe Mourrain (Stanford University, United States)
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Shinjae Chung (University of Pennsylvania, United States)
Sensing and Controlling Energy Balance
Discussion Leaders
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Joel Elmquist (UT Southwestern Medical Center, United States)
Speakers
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Ranier Gutierrez (CINVESTAV, Mexico)
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Yeka Aponte (National Institutes of Health, United States)
Hormonal Regulation of The Brain and Body
Discussion Leaders
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Maribel Rios (Tufts University School of Medicine, United States)
Speakers
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Jessica Tollkuhn (Cold Spring Harbor Laboratory, United States)
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Dequina Nicholas (University of California Irvine, United States)
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Troy Roepke (Rutgers University, United States)
Social Interactions From Synapses Through Computation
Discussion Leaders
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Michael Krashes (National Institutes of Health, United States)
Speakers
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Xiaohong Xu (Institute of Neuroscience, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
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Ann Kennedy (Northwestern University, United States)
Competing Demands and Motivations
Discussion Leaders
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Lori Zeltser (Columbia University, United States)
Speakers
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Hyung Jin Choi (Seoul National University, South Korea)
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Denis Burdakov (ETH Zürich, Switzerland)
Hypothalamic Control of Temperature and Metabolic States
Discussion Leaders
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Thomas Kilduff (SRI International, United States)
Speakers
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Jan Siemens (Heidelberg University, Germany)
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Sinisa Hrvatin (Whitehead Institute and MIT, United States)
The GRC Power Hour™
Organizers
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Ames Sutton Hickey (Temple University, United States)
