International Congress on Farm Animal Endocrinology (ICFAE 2021)

Registration

Professional Registration $400

Student Registration $200

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Coming Soon

SUNDAY, OCTOBER 10, 2021

4:30 PM – 6:00 PM – Opening Reception

MONDAY, OCTOBER 11, 2021

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM – Welcome: Dr. Laura Hernandez, University of Wisconsin

9:00 AM – 11:15 AM – Session I: Metabolic and Endocrinology

9:00 AM: Dr. Joseph McFadden, Cornell University – Insulin resistance, nutrient partitioning, and the ceramide hypothesis in dairy cattle
9:45 AM: Dr. Alan J. Conely, University of California-Davis – The steroid metabolism of pregnancy in ungulates: Insights into reproductive strategies and evolution
10:30 AM: Dr. Marion Schmicke, Martin-Luther-Universität Halle-Wittenberg – Interaction between the somatropic axis and the local IGF system: Role of IGF-binding proteins

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM – Lunch on Own

12:45 PM – 3:00 PM – Session II: Animal Health

12:45 PM: Dr. Sabine Mann, Cornell University – The role of insulin and related hormones in health and disease of the transition dairy cow
1:30 PM: Dr. Walter Bottje, University of Arkansas – Endogenous hormone signatures: Implications for mitochondria and cell function
2:15 PM: Dr. Jishu Shi, Kansas State University – Control and Impacts of African Swine Fever

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Break

3:15 PM – 5:30 PM – Session III: Early Career Endocrinologist Scientists

5:45 PM – 6:45 PM – Wine and Cheese and Posters

TUESDAY, OCTOBER 12, 2021

9:00 AM – 11:15 AM – Session IV: Reproduction and Endocrinology

9:00 AM: Dr. Dustin T. Yates, University of Nebraska-Lincoln – Metabolic fetal programming related to maternal stress, placental insufficiency, and intrauterine growth restriction
9:45 AM: Dr. Sofia Ortega, University of Missouri – TBD
10:30 AM: Dr. Alvaro Garcia Guerra, The Ohio State University – Endocrine control of follicle selection in ruminants: A tale of multiple ovulations in cattle

11:15 AM – 12:45 PM – Lunch on Own

12:45 PM – 3:00 PM – Session V: Lactation

12:45 PM: Dr. Theresa Casey, Purdue University – Unraveling the interlocked & interregulated circadian-metabolic system to understand the role of clocks mammary development and lactation
1:30 PM: Dr. Jimena Laporta, University of Wisconsin – In-utero heat stress impairs mammary gland development and future productivity
2:15 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

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM – Break

3:15 PM – 4:45 PM – Poster Session

5:15 PM – 6:45 PM – Conference Dinner

6:30 PM – 6:45 PM – Closing Remarks: Dr. Laura Hernandez, University of Wisconsin