CONFIRMED SPEAKERS

• Alexander S. BUSCH, Department of General Paediatrics, University Children's Hospital Münster, Münster - DE
• Alfredo ULLOA-AGUIRRE, Red de Apoyo a la Investigación, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM)-Instituto Nacional de Ciencias Médicas y Nutrición, Mexico City - MX
• Ali ABBARA, Section of Investigative Medicine, Imperial College London, London - UK
• Claus Yding ANDERSEN, The Department of Clinical Medicine. Faculty of Health and Medical Science, Copenhagen University, Copenhagen - DK
• Antonio LA MARCA, Department of Maternal-Child and Adult Medical and Surgical Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia - IT
• Aylin C. HANYALOGLU, Institute of Reproductive and Developmental Biology, Department Metabolism, Digestion and Reproduction, Imperial College London, London - UK
• Claire L. NEWTON, Centre for Neuroendocrinology, Department of Immunology, Faculty of Health Sciences, University of Pretoria, Pretoria - ZA
• Daniel J BERNARD, Department of Pharmacology and Therapeutics, McGill University, Montreal - CA
• Daniele SANTI, Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena, Italy
• Eric REITER, PRC/INRAe/CNRS/IFCE University of Tours - FR
• Frederic JEAN-ALPHONSE, PRC/INRAe/CNRS/IFCE University of Tours - FR
• Frank TÜTTELMANN, Institute of Reproductive Genetics, Munster - DE
• George R. BOUSFIELD, Department of Biological Sciences, Wichita State University, Wichita - USA
• Jan-Bernd STUKENBORG, Women's and Children's Health, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm - SE
• Jerome F. STRAUSS 3rd, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Virginia Commonwealth University, Richmond - USA
• Joëlle DUPONT, PRC/INRAe/CNRS/IFCE University of Tours, Tours - FR
• Kim C. JONAS, Department of Women and Children's Health, School of Life Course and Population Health Sciences, Kings College London - UK
• Livio CASARINI, Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena - IT
• Manuela SIMONI, Unit of Endocrinology, Department of Biomedical, Metabolic and Neural Sciences, University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Modena - IT
• Mike LUDWIG, Centre for Discovery Brain Sciences, The University of Edinburgh - UK
• Nelly PITTELOUD, Department of Endocrinology, Diabetology and Metabolism, Lausanne University Hospital, Lausanne - CH
• Nikolaos P. POLYZOS, Department of Reproductive Medicine, Dexeus University Hospital, Barcelona, Spain Barcelona - SP
• Paolo GIACOBINI, University Lille, INSERM, CHU Lille, Laboratory of Development and Plasticity of the Neuroendocrine Brain, Lille Neuroscience & Cognition, Lille - FR
• Pascale CREPIEUX, PRC/INRAe/CNRS/IFCE University of Tours - FR
• Pauliina DAMDIMOPOULOU, Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Department of Clinical Science, Intervention and Technology, Karolinska Institutet, Stockholm -  SE
• Rajendra T. KUMAR, Division of Reproductive Sciences, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, Aurora, CO - USA
• Robert P. MILLAR, Centre for Neuroendocrinology, Department of Immunology, University of Pretoria, Pretoria - ZA
• Silvana A. ANDRIC, Center for Reproductive Endocrinology and Signaling, Department of Biology and Ecology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Novi Sad, Novi Sad - RS
• Wayne A. HENDRICKSON, Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biophysics, Columbia University, New York, NY - USA
• Dr Maria SCHUBERT, Department of Clinical and Surgical Andrology, Centre for Reproductive Medicine and Andrology, University Hospital Münster, Münster - DE

• James A. DIAS, Department of Biomedical Sciences, State University of New York at Albany, Albany, NY - USA

• Francesco NEVELLI, Analytical Development Biotech-Global Analytical Development-Global Development & Launch-Global Healthcare Operation, Istituto di Ricerche Biomediche "Antoine Marxer" RBM S.p.A., Turin - IT

• Jia DUAN, State Key Laboratory of Drug Research, Shanghai Institute of Materia Medica, Chinese Academy of Sciences, Shanghai - CH

• Stephen PALMER, Celmatix Inc., New York, NY - USA

• Marina CORREA VIANA, Androfert Clinics, Sao Paulo - BR

• Henry YU, CanWell Pharma Inc., Woburn, MA - USA

• John DAVIS, Omaha, Nebraska - USA

1st DAY – Tuesday 12th March 2024

• 14:00 Registration
• 16:00 Official Opening 
• 16:15 Plenary Lecture 1 - Manuela Simoni - Gonadotropins: A view back and a view forward

Symposium 1 – Neuroendocrine control of HPG axis

• 17:00 Daniel J Bernard - Novel mechanisms controlling gonadotropins release
• 17:30 Mike Ludwig - Kisspeptin on safari
• 18:00 Ali Abbara - New insights in Kisspeptin research
• 18:30 Get together - Networking with wine (or beer) and Cheese

2nd DAY – Wednesday 13th March 2024

 Symposium 2 – New structural insights on gonadotropin receptors

• 08:30 Wayne A. Hendrickson - Evolutionary concepts from crystal structures of glycoproteins and their receptors
• 09:00 Livio Casarini - Receptor-receptor interactions in gonadal physiology
• 09:30 Kim C. Jonas - Modulation of FSHR Oligomerization and cAMP signaling by FSH glycosylation
• 10:00 Plenary lecture 2 - Jia Duan - Cryo-EM structures of gonadotropin receptors
• 10:45 Coffee break

Symposium 3 – Small molecules modulating HPG axis

• 11.15 James A Dias - The implementation of small molecule agonists and antagonists to elucidate gonadotropin receptor structure and function
• 11:45 Claire Newton - Restoring function to inactivating GPCR mutations in the reproductive axis
• 12:15 Stephen Palmer - Optimized highly potent and selective allosteric FSHR agonists
• 12.45 Lunch

Selected oral communications 1

• 14:15 OC 1
• 14:30 OC 2

Symposium 4 – New insights on gonadotropin signalling

• 14.45 Frédéric Jean-Alphonse  - Functional impact of endosomal signaling
• 15:15 Mohammed Akli Ayoub - Steroid-mediated modulation of signalling of gonadotropin receptors and beyond
• 15:45 Aylin C. Hanyaloglu - Spatial Control of LH receptor signalling
• 16.15 Coffee break & posters session

Symposium 5 – genetic regulation of gametogenesis

• 16.45 Silvana A Andric - Mitochondrial dynamics and male (in)fertility
• 17:15 Claus Yding Andersen - Genetics and hormonal hallmarks of oocyte maturation
• 17:45 Frank Tüttelmann - Molecular diagnostics of spermatogenesis - implications for fertility, general health, and the offspring
• 18.15 Plenary lecture 3: Eric Reiter - Synthetic antibodies to modulate gonadotropin receptors
• 19:00 End of day 2

3rd DAY – Thursday 14th March 2024

Symposium 6 – Antibodies to control reproduction

• 8:30  Henry Yu - A Novel Antibody Drug Conjugate Targeting FSHR for Potential Treatment of Ovarian Cancer
• 09:00 Robert P. Millar - Dual kisspeptin-GnRH immunogen for reproductive immunosterilization
• 09:30 Pascale Crepieux - Intra-VHH targeting FSHR and LHR
• 10:00 Plenary lecture 4 - Rajendra T Kumar - Concepts on FSH action from gain-of-function genetic models
• 10:45 Coffee break

Symposium 7 Biased signaling and endocrine disruption

• 11:15 George R Bousfield - Impact of glycan variations in gonadotropins physiology
• 11:45 Pauliina Damdimopoulou - Endocrine disruption of gonadotropins’ signalling in the gonads
• 12:15 Joelle Dupont - Pesticides and impact on reproduction
• 12.45 Lunch

Selected oral communications 2

• 14.15 OC 3
• 14.30 OC 4

Symposium 8 – Molecular insights in infertility

• 14.45  Alexander Busch - Minipuberty of infancy
• 15:15 Paolo Giacobini - Defective AMH signalling disrupts GnRH neuron development and function and contributes to hypogonadotropic hypogonadism
• 15:45 Jerome F Strauss 3rd - Signal transduction abnormalities in PCOS
• 16.15 Coffee break & posters session

Symposium 9 – How to stimulate spermatogenesis in male infertility

• 16.45 Daniele Santi  - Gonadotropin-based clinical treatments for male infertility
• 17:15 Maria Schubert - Pharmacogenetics of FSH action in the male 
• 17:45 Marina Correa Viana - New application of hCG in non-obstructive azoospermia 
• 18.15 Plenary lecture 5 - Nelly Pitteloud - Hypogonadotropic hypogonadism in men 
• 19:00 End of day 3
• 20:00 Social dinner

4th DAY – Friday 15th March 2024

Symposium 10 – Gametogenesis and fertilization

• 9:00 SELECTED BEST ABSTRACT
• Jan-Berndt Stukenborg - In vitro spermatogenesis 
• 10.00 Plenary lecture 6  - Alfredo Ulloa-Aguirre - Misfolding of GPCRs
• 10.45 Coffee break

Symposium 11 – How to improve controlled ovarian stimulation

• 11:15 Francesco Nevelli - Biological Assay to Determine Gonadotropin Potency: From In Vivo to In Vitro Sustainable Method
• 11:45 Antonio La Marca - Any role for LH in early folliculogenesis? the basis for new therapeutical protocols
• 12:15 Nikolaos N Polyzos - Role of FSHR SNPs in controlled ovarian stimulation 
• 12.45 Closing ceremony 
• 13:00 Lunch

Location

Hôtel Univers, 5 boulevard Heurteloup, 37000 Tours

Right in the center of Tours, close to the train station and the tram, the Hôtel Univers welcomes you to a truly mythical establishment facing the town hall. The Tours Oceania L’Univers hotel and restaurant is one of the city’s historic hotels. Since its opening in 1846, the hotel has hosted many famous guests whose portraits you can contemplate in the impressive gallery overlooking the vast lobby, a genuine trip down memory lane... 

 General Information

Congress Venue

 Hôtel Univers, 5 boulevard Heurteloup

37000 Tours, France

Dates

Tuesday, 12 March - Friday, 15 March 2023

Language

The official language of the Congress is English

Welcome pack and Name Badge

 Upon arrival you will receive a welcome pack that includes the printed material of the Conference and your name badge will be given to you at the reception . Please wear your name badge at all times during the Conference and to all official Conference events.

Invitation Letters

 An official letter of invitation facilitating the obtention of an entry visa can be sent upon request . In order to receive an invitation letter for visa purposes, send an email to maurine.villiers@lestudium-ias.fr. Please note that : 
- we only issue an official letter once the payment of the registration fee has been validated.
- such letters do not represent a commitment on the part of the Organisers to provide any financial assistance.

Certificate of attendance

 After the conference, in order to receive a certficate of participation, send an email to maurine.villiers@lestudium-ias.fr

 How to get there ?

By train:

* Tours centre station
 1.5 hour trip from Paris (Montparnasse)

 * Saint Pierre des Corps (4km from Tours town centre)
Bus 5, 20 minutes trip to Tours centre station

> Plan your trip by train: https://www.sncf-connect.com/en-en/

By car:

GPS: 47.390255,0.6905039
Please note that you can't park in front of the Hôtel de Ville.
Paid car parks nearby : 
Parking Gare, Place du Général Leclerc, 37000 Tours
Parking Tours Nationale, 5 rue Emile Zola, 37000 Tours

By plane:

*Arrival at Roissy Charles De Gaulle (CDG) airport: 
Take RER B in direction to Saint Rémy Les Chevreuse, step out at Denfert Rochereau Stop
Metro 6 in direction to Charles de Gaulle Etoile, step out at Montparnasse Bienvenue Stop 

> Then take a train to Tours (see "by train" section above)

*Arrival at Paris-Orly (ORY) airport: 

Take Orlyval Shuttle from Aéroport d’Orly in direction Antony, step out at Antony Stop

Take RER B in direction to Mitry Clave, step out at Denfert Rochereau Stop

Take Metro 6 in direction to Charles de Gaulle Etoile, step out at Montparnasse Bienvenue Stop

> Then take a train to Tours (see "by train" section above)