SY61 - Signaling: Everything, Everywhere, All at Once

Tuesday, June 16, 2026

9:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT

Location: Room W181AB

Symposium Chair(s)

Stephen Hammes, PhD,MD

Chief, Div of Endo & Metabolism
University of Rochester
Rochester, NY, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Stephen R. Hammes, PhD,MD: No financial relationships to disclose

Emilyn Alejandro, PhD: No financial relationships to disclose

Jin-Peng Sun, Professor: No financial relationships to disclose

This symposium examines how endocrine signals operate across diverse tissues and physiological systems, highlighting current advances in metabolic regulation, neural control of energy balance, and molecular mechanisms of interorgan communication.

Presentations:

9:00 AM - 9:30 AM CT

Placental Insulin and mTOR sginaling Modulates Offspring Susceptibility to Metabolic Dysfunction
Symposium Speaker: Emilyn Alejandro, PhD (she/her/hers) – UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA
9:30 AM - 10:00 AM CT

Activins in Type 2 Diabetes, Friend or Foe?
Symposium Speaker: Alexander Banks, PhD – BETH ISRAEL DEACONESS MEDICAL CENTER
10:00 AM - 10:30 AM CT

Identification, Structure, and Agonist Design of an Androgen Membrane Receptor
Symposium Speaker: Jin-Peng Sun, Professor – SHANDONG UNIVERSITY