Society for Endocrinology

Members receive free online access to Clinical Endocrinology

Mon, 23 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

We are very pleased to be able to offer the Society’s official clinical journal - Clinical Endocrinology - published by Wiley-Blackwell, online to members as part of their membership fee at no extra cost. This completes the online package of the Society’s four official journals, all of which members will be able to access via BioSciAlliance.

Members should log on using their membership number and same password used to access the SfE Members’ secure area at www.endocrinology.org. If you require any further assistance, please contact members@endocrinology.org.

Sense About Science Standing Up for Science media workshop - free places

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Now an annual partner of Sense About Science, SfE is once again pleased to offer five of its trainee members free places on a media workshop at the University of Manchester on Friday 23 March.

The workshop is organised by Voice of Young Science (VoYS), Sense About Science's early-career scientist network, and is designed to introduce young scientists to working with the media and engaging in scientific debate in the public arena.

SfE is inviting applications from it's Scientist-in-Training, Clinician-in-Training, Associate and Student Members (excluding undergraduates, who are not eligible to attend the workshop) to attend and receive a travel grant of up to £200. Please visit the page below for full details and an application form. The deadline for applications is 1 March 2012. Places will be offered on a first-come first-serve basis on complete submission of an application.

Standing Up for Science media workshop

Public Event: Hungry?

Thu, 19 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Do you have an appetite for science?

At this year's Brighton Science Festival SfE will be bringing together internationally renowned experts on hunger and appetite to discuss just what it is that drives this most basic of human instincts - the desire to feed.

Come along to Big Science Saturday on 25 February 2012 at the Sallis Benney Theatre, Brighton, to learn why some people find dieting so difficult whilst others eat in moderation with seeming ease, and how hormones can affect our eating habits. Find out more at the link below.

Hungry? 25 March 2012, Brighton.

Society of Biology Life Sciences Careers Conference - London, 1 March 2012

Thu, 12 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

SfE will be attending the second Society of Biology Life Sciences Careers Conferences for 2011/12 in London on 1 March 2012.

The conference is aimed at undergraduates and will include presentations on careers in a wide range of science-related subjects, a CV workshop with tips on how to ensure you secure an interview for your perfect job, and offer a chance to mingle with the experts and ask informal questions over lunch and afternoon refreshments. Please spread the word and encourage your students to attend.

The programme can be viewed at the link below and includes talks about careers in academic research, industry and science policy. You can also register online at £10 per person which includes entry to the exhibition hall, the lectures, a buffet lunch and refreshments. Please direct any queries to the Society of Biology at: education@societyofbiology.org.

Life Sciences Careers Conference

Welcome new committee members

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to welcome the following members to Society committees with effect from 1 January 2012.

Clinical Committee: Dr Helena Gleeson and Dr Aled Rees.

Finance Committee: Dr Mark Gurnell.

Nurse Committee: Ms Lisa Shepherd, Ms Nadia Gordon and Mrs Jean Munday.

Programme Committee: Dr Liz Crowne, Dr Colin Duncan, Professor Bill Farrell, Dr Robert Semple and Dr Andy Toogood.

Public Engagement Committee: Professor Saffron Whitehead (Chair), Professor Pierre Bouloux, Dr Paul Foster, Dr Neil Gittoes, Professor John Wass and Lord Robert Winston.

Science Committee: Professor Karen Chapman (Chair), Professor Julia Buckingham, Dr Anthony Coll, Dr Peter King and Professor Philippa Saunders.

YE Steering Group: Miss Ghazala Begum and Dr Samantha Mirczuk.

We would also like to take the opportunity to thank all those who have stepped down from committees at the end of December having completed their terms of office. Without this input on a voluntary basis, the Society would not be able to run the wide range of initiatives that it offers members and we are very grateful for the time and effort invested.

SfE Committees

Voting for new Council member

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

No e-ballot will be necessary this year for the vacancy arising on Council with effect from the AGM in March 2012. The new Council member will be announced at the AGM during the SfE BES meeting (19-22 March 2012, Harrogate).

SfE BES 2012 - reduced registration rates available until 13 February 2012

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

This year the Society for Endocrinology BES meeting returns to the Harrogate International Centre in the picturesque Yorkshire town of Harrogate from 19-22 March 2012. We look forward to an exciting scientific programme featuring the latest in endocrine research and clinical practice and hope to see you all there. Visit the SfE BES 2012 website to view the scientific and social programmes, information on accommodation and to view an interactive floorplan of the exhibition hall.

The early bird registration deadline of 13 February 2012 is fast approaching - register early to benefit from reduced rates.

You can still submit scientific research cases for the 'Meet the Expert’ sessions at the conference - the deadline for receipt is Monday 6 February. This is a chance to present a case for an informal discussion with the expert. To submit your case, please email a word attachment to conferences@endorinology.org.

Don't forget to check out the SfE BES 2012 blog to keep up to date with news about the conference. If tweeting about the meeting, please use the hashtag #sfebes12. Please direct any questions to the conference secretariat: conferences@endocrinology.org, telephone +44 (0)1454 642210. We look forward to seeing you in Harrogate.

Society endorsed event: Bone Research Society Training Course

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Bone Research Society Training Course: Osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases is endorsed by the Society for Endocrinology and will take place in Oxford, UK on 26-28 March 2012. This is a three-day residential training course which aims to provide trainees, newly qualified consultants, allied health professionals and others with the knowledge and understanding to manage patients with osteoporosis and other metabolic bone diseases. Any queries should be directed to Janet Crompton at janet@janet-crompton.com.

Bone Research Society

Winter edition of The Endocrinologist now online

Tue, 10 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Winter 2011/2012 edition of the Society's quarterly newsletter, The Endocinologist, entitled 'How to excel as a woman in endocrinology' is now available to download from the Society's website.

The Endocrinologist

Professor Steve Bloom receives a knighthood!

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Society for Endocrinology would like to congratulate Professor Steve Bloom on receiving a knighthood in the 2012 New Year Honours list. Professor Sir Steve Bloom (Imperial College London) was Chairman of the Society for Endocrinology from November 2002–2005 and prior to that General Secretary from 1999. He was awarded the Society for Endocrinology Dale Medal in 2003. Professor Sir Steve received his knighthood in recognition of his services to Medical Science and is credited with transforming how obesity is understood. Further information

Professor Bloom has published a number of articles in Society for Endocrinology journals; these are free online including:

Endocrinology: the next 60 years - a commentary published in Journal of Endocrinology in which "designer endocrinology" is discussed as a future possibility.

The Starling Review: Appetite Control - a review published in Journal of Endocrinology as part of a special series to commemorate the centenary of the first use of the word "hormone".

Who’s to say the risk’s worth taking - an interesting article originally published in the New Scientist in September 2002 and reprinted in the Society’s newsletter The Endocrinologist where Professor Sir Steve discusses the potential issues surrounding his groundbreaking research.

These and other papers published by Professor Bloom in Society for Endocrinology journals are free online in the Society for Endocrinology Archive.

Professor Julia Buckingham to be the next Vice-Chancellor of Brunel University

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Society would like to congratulate its President Professor Julia Buckingham on her appointment as the next Vice-Chancellor and Principal of Brunel University. Professor Buckingham of Imperial College London will take up the role on 1 October 2012.

Further details

New! Profiles in Endocrine-Related Cancer

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

Endocrine-Related Cancer has published the first in a new series of Profiles on key figures in endocrinology which are available free online.

In the first Profile 'Chaos theory and a career in medicine' Dr Marc Lippman gives a fascinating insight into his early life and career in cancer research. He describes his career as being the outcome of 'The Butterfly Effect', a culmination of small yet significant opportunities which steered him down the professional road he took. In particular, he describes the outcome of his research on hormone dependent human breast cancer as a combination of serendipity and perseverance. Yet, in hindsight, he reflects that perhaps the path he chose was unavoidable, given the state of science in the 1960s and the vast influences of people around him.

You can read more about the career of this leading figure in Endocrine-Related Cancer free online.

Marc Lippman is currently Kathleen and Stanley Glaser Professor and Chairman of the Department of Medicine, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami and continues his work to understand, at the molecular genetic level, how oestrogen stimulates breast cancer proliferation and to translate this knowledge into the clinic in order to identify patients who will benefit from hormone therapy.

Society endorses updated guidelines on neuroendocrine tumours

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Society for Endocrinology is delighted to endorse these updated guidelines by members of UKINETS on the management of neuroendocrine tumours. The guidelines are published in the journal Gut.

SfE-endorsed guidelines

New policy statements from SfE

Mon, 09 Jan 2012 12:00:00 GMT

The Society has produced new guidance for those seeking endorsement for events or publications and has updated its position statement on the use of dopamine agonists in endocrine disorders. Both documents can be accessed via the SfE Practice & Policy web page.

SfE Conference grants - next deadline 15 April 2012

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Society members can apply for conference grants of up to £500 (£750 for overseas meetings) to attend endocrine conferences. The next deadline for applications is 15 April 2012. Full details and eligibility criteria can be found at the link below.

SfE Conference grants

Video - A Tall Story: Unravelling the genetics behind Charles Byrne, 'the Irish Giant'

Fri, 16 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

On Wednesday 23 November 2011, the Society supported a public event on Charles Byrne (the ?Irish Giant’) and familial isolated pituitary adenoma (FIPA). Professor Márta Korbonits (London) presented the findings of the groundbreaking study that characterised FIPA to a packed room at the Hunterian Museum. She was joined by Brendan Holland, a central participant in the study and a FIPA patient who shares a common ancestor with Charles Byrne. You can view a video of the event at the FIPA Patients website.

Event profile

SfE events in 2012 - save the dates

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

We are pleased to announce the following Society events coming up this year - watch this space for further details.

Regional Clinical Cases 2012 - Oxford - 10 July 2012

Endocrine Nurse Update 2012 - Stratford-upon-Avon - 17-18 September 2012

Autumn Endocrine Retreat - Oxford - 19-21 October 2012

Clinical Update 2012 - Stratford-upon-Avon - 5-7 November 2012

Regional Clinical Cases 2012 - Leeds - December 2012

Society events

SfE Summer Studentships - deadline for applications - 12 March 2012

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The Society's Summer Studentships are to assist undergraduate students in gaining research experience by working in a research environment. A stipend is offered for a period of study of up to ten weeks, together with a sum for the host department consumables.

The student will normally be an undergraduate following a course in endocrinology or a related life science subject. Students will normally take up the award during the summer vacation before their final year. Applications are invited from students whose intended host supervisor is a Society member.

The deadline for applications for the next round of studentships is 12 March 2012.

Summer Studentships

SfE Undergraduate Essay Prize 2012 - deadline for applications - 13 February 2012

Tue, 13 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Calling all undergraduate students - do you have the "write stuff"? We are pleased to launch our 2012 Undergraduate Essay Prize competition with a first prize of £1000!

The competition is open to all students currently studying an undergraduate course. The essay is required to be endocrine-related and based on a topical aspect of endocrinology. The essays must be the original work of the candidate, and extra credit will be awarded for essays illustrating thought–provoking, opinionated and readable content.

Please spread the word among your undergraduate students and encourage them to get creative for this increasingly popular competition. Click on the link below for full details, eligibility criteria and to have a peek at previous winning entries. Please send us your essays by 13 February 2012.

Undergraduate Essay Prize 2012

Thematic reviews issues published in Journal of Endocrinology

Mon, 12 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

Journal of Endocrinology is publishing a series of thematic reviews issues commissioned around central themes. The latest of these 'Understanding the diversity of sex steroid action' edited by Matti Poutanen is now published FREE online. This issue includes:

The diversity of sex steroid action: regulation of metabolism by estrogen signaling by Malin Hedengran Faulds, Chunyan Zhao, Karin Dahlman-Wright and Jan-Ake Gustafsson.

The diversity of sex steroid action: the role of micro-RNAs and FOXO transcription factors in cycling endometrium and cancer by Eric W-F Lam, Kunal Shah and Jan J Brosens.

The diversity of sex steroid action: novel functions of hydroxysteroid (17?) dehydrogenases as revealed by genetically modified mouse models by Taija Saloniemi, Heli Jokela, Leena Strauss, Pirjo Pakarinen and Matti Poutanen.

Society members have free access to Journal of Endocrinology online.

National Clinical Cases 2012 - London - 29 February 2012

Tue, 06 Dec 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The SfE National Clinical Cases meeting in association with the Royal Society of Medicine Section of Endocrinology & Diabetes will take place at the RSM, London on Wednesday 29 February 2012. The meeting will consist of ten oral communication presentations made up from top scoring submitted abstracts. The remaining 29 accepted abstracts will be displayed as posters. The meeting will close with an evening reception and awards ceremony.

The programme for this meeting is now live and can be viewed on the SfE National Clinical Cases 2012 - London website. The Society’s Clinical Cases meetings provide an excellent forum for the presentation and discussion of clinical cases and we recommend that you register as soon as possible.

On-line registration is now available via the link below with reduced rates available for Society members. If you are not a member of the Society and would like to register at the members’ rate, you may do so upon receipt of a membership application form with payment. Free registration is offered to a limited number of medical students and pre-ST3 trainees – see the website for details. If you have any queries, please contact the conference secretariat at conferences@endocrinology.org or call +44 (0)1454 642210.

National Clinical Cases 2012 registration

SfE on JustGiving

Mon, 28 Nov 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The Society for Endocrinology is the major British society representing scientists, clinicians and nurses who work with hormones.

If you'd like to support our aims in advancing education and research in endocrinology by making a donation or holding a fundraising event please visit our JustGiving page at www.justgiving.com/endocrinology.

SfE grants, prizes & awards

Tue, 11 Oct 2011 12:00:00 GMT

The Society for Endocrinology offers a number of grants, prizes and awards which members can apply for throughout the year. Grants include: public engagement grants, clinical department visit grants, sponsored seminars and poster session grants, and conference travel grants.

Prizes are offered at the SfE BES meeting and Clinical Cases meetings for oral and poster presentations, and students can submit essays for the Undergraduate or Postgraduate Essay Prizes. Our newest award is the JOE/JME basic science prize.

For details on how to apply for Society grants, prizes and awards, please visit the website below. If you have any questions, please email: grants@endocrinology.org.

Grants, prizes & awards