The ECE POC has planned an engaging and informative programme specifically tailored to scientists. We have selected some highlights below which we think will be of great interest to you.
You can also find out more about ESE's offering for scientists including grants, awards, observerships and training here.
Sunday 10 May
Symposium 2: Gonadal-Metabolic Environment Cross-Talk - 10:35-12:25 CEST
- Tanycytes at the crosstalk between reproduction and metabolism - Daniela Fernandois
- Metabolic impact of PFAS and environmental factors on breast milk and microbiota of mother-infant dyads - Matej Orešič
- Anti-Mullerian hormone (AMH) role in programming PCOS - Paolo Giacobini (Lille, France)
- GLP1 induced weight loss and pregnancy - Ursula Winterfeld (Lausanne, Switzerland)
Meet The Expert – Basic Science with Fransesca Coscia: Latest insights of cryo-EM structures in the thyroid field 13:35–13:45 CEST
Monday 11 May
NSA with Taneli Ravio (Finland): Modeling GnRH neurons development 13:15-14:00 CEST
Meet The Expert – Basic Science with Pablo Lopez (Sweden): Neurobiology of the stress response 17:45-18:30 CEST
Tuesday 12 May
Symposium 13: Novel insights into bone biology 14:05-15:35 CEST
- CCN3, a maternal brain hormone stimulating bone building - Thomas Ambrosi (United States)
- Regulation of stem cells in bone regeneration - Agi Grigoriadis
- Fibroblast growth factor 23 (FGF23) and bone mineralization - Marie-Helene Lafage-Proust
Symposium 15: Adipose tissue biology 14:05-15:35 CEST
- Latest Advances in of Adipose Tissue Biology Through Transcriptional Landscapes - Johan Fernø (Norway)
- Human adipose tissue development and therapeutic potential - Silvia Corvera
- Unveiling adipose populations linked to metabolic health in obesity. - Christian Wolfrum
Meet The Expert – Basic Science with Patrice Mollard (France): Seeing is believing: imaging live cell behaviour in the pituitary gland 15:50-16:35 CEST
ESE Congress Committee Chair, Cynthia Andoniadou (UK) talks to Programme Organising Committee Basic-science Co-chair, Sander Kooijman (The Netherlands), about what you can expect at ECE 2026 in Prague, Czech Republic in May 2026.