International Congress on Farm Animal Endocrinology (ICFAE 2021)

Registration

Rates: Scientists $400 / Students $200

Book a room by the July 3, 2021 deadline

SUNDAY, JULY 18, 2021

8:30 AM - 10:00 AM – Opening / Poster Session

10:00 AM - 10:15 AM – Welcome: Dr. Laura Hernandez, University of Wisconsin

10:15 AM - 12:30 PM – Session I: Metabolic and Endocrinology

10:15 AM: Dr. Joseph McFadden, Cornell University – Insulin resistance, nutrient partitioning, and the ceramide hypothesis in dairy cattle
11:00 AM: Dr. Alan J. Conely, University of California-Davis – The steroid metabolism of pregnancy in ungulates: Insights into reproductive strategies and evolution
11:45 AM: Dr. Marion Schmicke, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg – Interaction between the somatropic axis and the local IGF system: Role of IGF-binding proteins

12:30 PM - 2:00 PM – Lunch on Own

2:00 PM - 4:15 PM – Session II: Animal Health

2:00 PM: Dr. Sabine Mann, Cornell University – The role of insulin and related hormones in health and disease of the transition dairy cow
2:45 PM: Dr. Walter Bottje, University of Arkansas – Endogenous hormone signatures: Implications for mitochondria and cell function
3:30 PM: Dr. Jishu Shi, Kansas State University – Control and Impacts of African Swine Fever

4:15 PM - 4:45 PM – Break

4:45 PM - 6:00 PM – Session III: Early Career Endocrinologist Scientists

6:00 PM - 7:00 PM – Wine and Cheese and Posters

7:30 PM - 9:00 PM – Conference Dinner

MONDAY, JULY 19, 2021

8:00 AM - 10:15 AM – Session IV: Reproduction and Endocrinology

8:00 AM: Dr. Dustin T. Yates, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Metabolic fetal programming related to maternal stress, placental insufficiency, and intrauterine growth restriction
8:45 AM: Dr. Sofia Ortega, University of Missouri – TBD
9:30 AM: Dr. Alvaro Garcia Guerra, The Ohio State University – TBD

10:15 AM - 10:30 AM – Break

10:30 AM - 1:00 PM – Session V: Lactation

10:30 AM: Dr. Theresa Casey, Purdue University – Unraveling the interlocked & interregulated circadian-metabolic system to understand the role of clocks mammary development and lactation
11:15 AM: Dr. Jimena Laporta, University of Wisconsin – In-utero heat stress impairs mammary gland development and future productivity
12:00 PM: Dr. Reinhold Erben, University of Vienna, Austria Institute of Physiology – Interaction between the somatotropic axis and the local IGF system: Role of IGF-binding proteins

12:45 PM - 1:00 PM – Closing Remarks: Dr. Laura Hernandez, University of Wisconsin