International Congress on Farm Animal Endocrinology (ICFAE 2021)
Sweetgrass Inn at the Wild Dunes Resort
Isle of Palms, South Carolina
October 10-12, 2021
BOLFA/Triennial Lactation Symposium (Overlap day with ICFAE is October 12, 2021)
Sweetgrass Inn at the Wild Dunes Resort
Isle of Palms, South Carolina
October 12-13, 2021
Registration
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ICFAE/BOLFA
- Professional Registration $400
- ICFAE/BOLFA Student Registration $200
BOLFA/Triennial Lactation Symposium ONLY (included in ICFAE registration if attending both)
- $100 professional
- $45 student
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Housing
Wild Dunes Resort
Sweetgrass Inn
200 Grand Pavilion Blvd
Isle of Palms, SC, 29451
Book your room online.
By phone 866-359-5593
Room rates are $219.00 for Single and Double occupancy
Shuttle Information
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Program/Schedule
Submit a poster abstract, submission deadline is July 21, 2021.
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/BOLFA-Triennial Lactation Symposium
- 12:45 PM: BOLFA Welcome
- 12:50 PM: H. Allen Tucker Lactation and Endocrinology Awardee talk
- 1:20 PM: Dr. Theresa Casey, Purdue University – Unraveling the interlocked & interregulated circadian-metabolic system to understand the role of clocks mammary development and lactation
- 2:05 PM: Dr. Jimena Laporta, University of Wisconsin – In-utero heat stress impairs mammary gland development and future productivity
- 2:50 PM: Dr. Reinhold Erben, University of Vienna, Austria Institute of Physiology – TBD
3:35 PM – 3:45 PM – Break
3:45 PM – 4:45 PM – Poster Session
5:15 PM – 6:45 PM – ICFAE/BOLFA Conference Dinner
6:30 PM – 6:45 PM – ICFAE Closing Remarks: Dr. Laura Hernandez, University of Wisconsin
WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 13, 2021
BOLFA/Triennial Lactation Symposium - additional invited talks and posters
