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27Th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists 1 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists CECE 2014 25-29 August 2014 Rennes, France 2 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists Organized with the generous support and help of our sponsors Université de Rennes 1 European Society for Comparative Endocrinology (Grants) European Union INTEREG TC2N Rennes Métropole European Society of Endocrinology (Grants) Institut National de la Recherche Agronomique Société de Neuroendocrinologie (Grants) Institut National de l'Environnement Industriel et des Risques Institut de recherche sur la santé Research Institut de recherche en Santé Environnement et Travail l’environnement et le travail Laboratoires Servier (Grants) Structure fédérative de recherche Biosit (Grants) International Union of Biological Sciences (Grants) Frontiers in Neuroendocrine Science Université Européenne de Bretagne (Grants) Elsevier (GCE) Centre National de la Recherche scientifique Institut National de la Santé et de la Recherche Médicale Aviesan ITMO BCDE Grosseron (Grants) Dominique Dutscher Société Olympus Destination Rennes 3 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists Welcome to Rennes On behalf of the European Society for Comparative Endocrinology (ESCE), we are extremely pleased to welcome you in Rennes for the 27th Congress of European Comparative Endocrinologists organized on the Campus de Beaulieu of the University of Rennes 1. With the help of many colleagues from all over the world, the organizing committees has developed an exciting scientific programme that includes 5 selected plenary lectures, 18 symposia with 36 State-of-the-Art lectures and 72 symposium communications, plus 2 wine and cheese poster sessions. We strongly appreciate the help of the symposium organizers. Because we believe that a Society like ours must prepare the future, a strong effort has been made to encourage the participation of students and post-docs by providing free or reduced registration, and offering as many travel grants as possible. We have also organized a Young Investigator symposium as an integral part of the scientific programme, offering junior colleagues a unique opportunity to present their work. This effort towards the young generation would not have been possible without the strong support of the University of Rennes 1, but also many local, national and international bodies, scientific societies and private companies (see left page). We are extremely grateful for this. We look forward to seeing you here in Rennes for a fruitful scientific meeting, friendly networking and an enjoyable stay in the capital of Brittany. The organizing committee 4 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists 5 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists Contents Committees ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 8 General Information---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Conference Information and – Registration ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------10 Transportation – Weather ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 11 Social envents – Presentr information -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 12 Awards – Publication policy ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 13 Maps ans bus schedules ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 14 Programme ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 22 Programme at a glance --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 23 Detailed daily programme ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 24 Pleanary lectures ---------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 31 State of the Art lectures -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 35 Symposium presentations ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 55 Posters ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 93 Chronobiology --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 95 Stress and adaptation --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 103 Thyroid hormones -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 111 Pituitary --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 115 Translational comparative endocrinology -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 119 Edocrine and paracrine actors in invertebrates ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 123 Neuropeptides and GPCR receptors -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 131 Developpement sex differentiation ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 139 Reproduction -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 145 Reproduction neuroendocrinology ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 155 EDCS ------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------ 163 Growth, Nutrition feeding ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 177 Authors list ----------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 185 Notes-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------201 6 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists Committees ESCE Council Joaquin Gutiérrez (Spain) Olivier Kah (France) Dan Larhammar (Sweden) President Anne-Sophie Martinez (France) Horst-Werner Korf (Germany) Vice-President Deborah Power (Portugal) Elisabeth Eppler (Switzerland) Secretary/Treasurer Dusan Zítnan (Slovakia) Jozef vanden Broeck (Belgium) Honorary presidents Oliana Carnevali (Italy) Geoff Coast (UK) Magdalena Chadzinska (Poland) Arnold de Loof (Belgium) Billy K. C. Chow (China) Eric W. Roubos (The Netherlands) Charlotte Cornil (Belgium) Hubert Vaudry (France) Robert M. Dores (USA) Julian Dow (UK) International advisory board Robert J Denver (USA) David Lovejoy (Canada) Fabian Canosa (Argentina) Rabia Magoul (Morocco) Rodolfo Cardenas (Mexico) José Antonio Muñoz-Cueto (Spain) Oliana Carnevali (Italy) Yoshitaka Nagahama (Japan) Ching-Fong Chang (Taiwan) Subash Peter (India) Michael Conlon (UAE) Deborah Power (Portugal) Luis Renato de Franca (Brasil) Liliane Schoofs (Belgium) Bert De Groef (Australia) Jay Yong Seong (Korea) Wei Ge (China) Gustavo Somoza (Argentina) Yann Guiguen (France) Manuel Tena-Sempere (Spain) Hamid Habibi (Canada) Vance Trudeau (Canada) Keerikkattil Paily Joy (India) Glen Van der Kraak (Canada) Moses Inbaraj (India) Denise Vizziano-Cantonnet (Urugay) Horst-Werner Korf (Germany) Hélène Volkoff (Canada) Makito Kobayashi (Japan) Yonathan Zohar (USA) 7 27th Conference of European Comparative Endocrinologists National Advisory Board 29, 2014 - François Brion (INERIS) Sylvie Dufour (MNHN/CNRS) Pascal Coumailleau (U. Rennes 1/INSERM) Jack Falcón (CNRS) Barbara Demeinex (MNHN/CNRS) Yann Guiguen (INRA Jean-Jacques Lareyre (INRA) Colette Vaillant (U. Rennes 1/INSERM) Jean-Claude Le Mevel (U. Brest/INSERM) Hubert Vaudry (INSERM) Jean-Louis Nahon (CNRS) Vincent Laudet (CNRS) Farzad Pakdel (INSERM) Pascal Sourdaine (U. Caen) Vincent Prévot (INSERM) Hervé Tostivint (MNHN/CNRS) Patrick Prunet (INRA) Isabelle Franceschini-Laurent (INRA) Pascal Favrel (CNRS) Rennes(France) August 25 Local Organizing Committee Blandine Blanchard (Gestion) Olivier Kah (CNRS) Patricia Rousseau (Secrétariat) Patrick Prunet (INRA) Jean-Claude Le
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