SY41 - Novel Approaches to Understand Pituitary Development, Function, and Disease

Monday, June 15, 2026

10:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Location: Room W180

Symposium Chair(s)

AO

Angela Odle, Ph.D.

Assistant Professor
University of Arkansas for Medical Sciences
Little Rock, Arkansas, United States

Disclosure(s): No financial relationships to disclose

Disclosure(s):

Angela Odle, Ph.D.: No financial relationships to disclose

This session focuses on cutting edge technologies, including muliomics and organoid approaches, to understand pituitary and hypothalamic development and function.

Presentations:

10:30 AM - 11:00 AM CT

Pituitary Organoids as Models for Congenital Pituitary Deficiencies
Symposium Speaker: Teddy FAUQUIER, PhD – MMG UMR1251
11:00 AM - 11:30 AM CT

New Advances in Hypothalamus-pituitary Stem Cell Biology: mouse and human
Symposium Speaker: Maria Perez-Millan, PhD – University of Buenos Aires
11:30 AM - 12:00 PM CT

Organoid Models of the Pituitary Gland in Health and Disease
Symposium Speaker: Hugo Vankelecom, PhD – University Leuven/KU Leuven