Seminars
Seminars will be given approximately every third week each semester and will be held both by CEROSS researchers and by invited speakers.
HT2012
Three seminars were arranged this autumn:
September 25th
Interactions between RUNX and Sex Steroid Signaling in Bone Metabolism and Hormonal Carcinogenesis
Baruch Frenkel, DMD, PhD, J. Harold and Edna L. LaBriola Professor, Institute for Genetic Medicine Keck School of Medicine of the University of Southern California, Los Angeles, CA
October 19th
Mechanisms of resistance to hormonal therapy and novel androgen receptor targeting strategies for prostate cancer
Prof Wayne Tilley
The dual faces of the androgen receptor in breast cancer
Dr Theresa Hickey
Dame Roma Mitchell Cancer Research Laboratories, Discipline of Medicine, University of Adelaide/Hanson Institute, Adelaide, Australia and Cancer Research UK, and guest scientists at Cambridge Research Institute, Cambridge, UK
November 7th
Assessment of bone quality in metabolic bone diseases
Associate Professor Hanna Isaksson, Lund University
VT2012
Three seminars were arranged this spring:
May 15th
Genetic determinants of bone mineral density and sex hormone levels
Professor Claes Ohlsson, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, Univeristy of Gothenburg
May 29th
Cytokines and regulation of muscle insulin sensitivity
Professor Anna Krook, Institute for Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institute
June 5th
Tumour microenvironment and breast cancer stem cell hierarchy - oestrogen receptor focus
Professor Gôran Landberg, Sahlgrenska Cancer Center, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
HT2011
Five seminars were arranged this autumn:
October 5th
HSD17B enzymes and pre-receptor regulation of sex steroid action
Professor Matti Poutanen, Turku Center for Disease Modelling, University of Turku
November 1st
Immune-to-brain signaling mechanisms
Professor Anders Blomqvist, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University
November 15th
Are women more complicated than men? Focus on the cardiovascular system in pregnancy and menopause
Professor Karolina Kublickiene, Department of Obsterics and Gynecology, Karolinska University
December 6th
The neurobiology behind drug addiction: Conditional mutagenesis in the mouse
Professor David Engblom, Department of Clinical and Experimental Medicine, Linköping University
December 20th
When the Fallopian tube fails: novel approaches to the diagnosis and management of ectopic pregnancy
Dr Andrew Horne, Center for Reproductive Health, University of Edinburgh
VT 2011
Six seminars were arranged this spring:
January 28th
Mechanogenetics - a new perspective on Wolff's Law
Professor Allen Goodship, Professor of Orthopaedic Sciences, Institute of Orthopaedics and Musculoskeletal Science, University College London
March 15th
Androgen excess in PCOS – where it comes from
Professor Juha Tapanainen, Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Oulu University Hospital
March 29th
Development of sex differences in the brain of mammals
Professor Elena Jazin, Department of Development & Genetics, Uppsala University
April 12th
Gut microbiota - a novel regulator of bone mass
Assistant Professor Klara Sjögren, Centre for Bone and Arthritis Research, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
May 3rd
DHEA and Sjögrens syndrome - clinical and experimental aspects
Professor Yrjö T. Konttinen, Medicine Biomedicum Helsinki
June 7th
Fat tissue turnover in humans
Assistant Professor Kirsty Spalding, Department of Cell and Molecular Biology, Karolinska Institute
HT2010
Five seminars were arranged this autumn:
September 21st
Estrogen, Bone and Exercise
Sara Windahl, PhD
Institution of Medicine, Sahlgranska Academy,
University of Gothenburg
October 12th
Epigenetics and metabolic disease
Associate Professor Charlotte Ling, Lunds University
November 2nd
Total Weight Gain and Pattern of Weight Gain in Pregnancy
Associate Professor Marie Blomberg, the Women´s Clinic in Linköping
November 23rd
Premenstrual dysphoric disorder: an illustration of the interplay between sex steroids and the serotonergic neurons
Professor Elias Eriksson at the Institution of Neuroscience and Physiology, University of Gothenburg
December 14th
Glucocorticoids, retinoids and bone remodeling
Professor Ulf Lerner from Umeå University / University of Gothenburg
VT2010
Five seminars were arranged this spring by different researchers within and outside CEROSS:
February 23rd
Joint effects of lifestyle and genetic polymorphisms on in vivo plasma protein levels: implications for breast cancer
Helena Jernström, Associate Professor, Department of Oncology, Clinical Sciences, Lund University
March 16th
Estrogen signaling and metabolic disease
Karin Dahlman-Wright, Associate Professor, Department of Biosciences and Nutrition, Karolinska Institute
April 6th
Sexuality in the elderly
Nils Beckman, Department of Psychiatry and Neurochemistry, University of Gothenburg
April 27th
Androgens and hormone treatment in prostate cancer
Karin Welén, Assistant Professor, Institute of Clinical Sciences, Department of Urology, University of Gothenburg
May 18th
Bone, estrogens and the immunology connection
Marie Lagerquist, Assistant Professor, Institute of Medicine, Sahlgranska Academy, University of Gothenburg
HT2009
Three seminars were arranged this spring by different researchers within and outside CEROSS:
September 29th
On the neurobiology of sex steroids, oxytocin and vasopressin
Lars Westberg, Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
October 20th
Clinical aspects on pregnancy and sex steroids in rheumatic diseases
Hans Carlsten, Professor, Department of Rheumatology and Inflammation Research, University of Gothenburg
November 17th
Endocrine disrupting chemical and human reproduction and obesity
Professor Tina Kold Jensen, Department of Environmental Medicine, Institute of Public Health, University of Southern Denmark
VT2009
Six seminars were arranged this spring by different researchers within and outside CEROSS:
January 20th
Methods available at the core facilities
The Core Facilities
February 2nd
Progestagen steroids and the brain. Mechanisms, effects and related disorders.
Torbjörn Bäckström, Professor
Department of Clinical Science, Obstetrics and Gynaecology, Umeå University
March 3rd
PCOS, body composition and physical performance
Angelica Linden Hirschberg, Professor
Department of Obstetrics and Gynecology, Karolinska Institute, Stockholm
March 24th
SHBG and dementia
Deb Gustafson, Associate Professor
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
April 14th
Training and doping
Thord Rosén, Associate Professor
Department of Endocrinology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
May 5th
Estrogens, inflammation/angiogenesis and atherosclerosis
Åsa Tivesten, Associate Professor
Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
HT2008
Five seminars were arranged this autumn by different researchers within CEROSS:
December 2nd
Experimentella studier av hormonrefraktär prostatacancer
Jan-Erik Damber, Professor
Institute of Clinical Sciences, Sahlgrenska Academy,
University of Gothenburg
November 11th
Estrogen; an important molecule in rheumatology and immunology
Hans Carlsten, Professor
Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy,
University of Gothenburg
October 21st
The role of estroges for the male skeleton
Claes Ohlsson, Professor
Institute of Medicine, Sahlgrenska Academy,
University of Gothenburg
October 7th
Serotonin is a modulator of sex steroid-driven behaviour
Elias Eriksson, Professor
Institute of Neuroscience and Physiology, Sahlgrenska Academy, University of Gothenburg
September 9th
Estrogen receptors and their coregulators
Sara Windahl, PhD
Institute of Medicine, Sahlgranska Academy,
University of Gothenburg