Belgian Endocrine Society Lecture Award 2023

2023

The winner will be announced later this year

2022

Bruno Lapauw (UGhent)
Determinants and consequences of sex steroid exposure in men.

2021

Katrien Benhalima (KU Leuven) –
Lessons from the Belgian Diabetes in Pregnancy study.

2020

Pieter Gillard (KU Leuven) –
Advanced therapies that improve glucose control and quality of life of people with type 1 diabetes.

 

2019

Liliya Rostomyan (ULIEGE) – Pituitary gigantism: clinical characteristics and new insights into the genetics of GH-secreting pituitary adenomas.

BES 2019 lecture awardee Liliya ROSTOMYAN

2018

Iulia Potorac (ULIEGE) –
Mutations of the luteinizing hormone and its receptor – from phenotype to molecular anomalies.

 2017

Patrice Cani (UCL) –
Gut microbiota, clinical implications in obesity and related metabolic disorders.

2016

Daniel A. Cunha (ULB) – Saving private … beta-cells.

2015

Nico De Leu (VUB) -VEGF and endothelial cells for beta cell protection, (re)generation and transplantation

2014

Anne Simonne Parent (ULg) – Early shaping and disorganization of the endocrine brain by environment.”

2012

Ils Vanhorebeek (KUL) – Multiple organ failure during critical illness: mitochondrial dysfunction and impaired autophagy as key targets for pharmacological intervention.

2011

Prof. Karolien De Bosscher (UGent) – Molecular mechanisms modulating the glucocorticoid receptor”

2010

Myriam Cnop (ULB) – Stress in the ER (endoplasmic reticulum) and the development of diabetes mellitus.

2009

Guy T’Sjoen (UGent) – Presenting a state of the art lecture on endocrine care in treatment of transsexualism.

2008

Adrain F. Daly (ULg) – The clinical, pathological, and genetic features of familial isolated pituitary adenomas. Eur J Endocrinol. 157:371-82, 2007

2007

Kris Poppe, (VUB) – Thyroid autoimmunity and female infertility.Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg. 2006;68:357-77.

2006

K. Spiegel (ULB) – The endocrine and metabolic consequences of sleep lossJ Clin Endocrinol Metab. 2004 Nov;89(11):5762-71.

2005

C. Maenhaut (ULB) – Profiles in gene expression in thyroid tumors and in model systems.Bull Mem Acad R Med Belg. 159 :533-9; discussion 539-40, 2004.

2004

J.C. Jonas (UCL) – Phenotypical alterations of pancreatic beta-cells exposed to supraphysiological glucose concentrations. Diabetologia. 46 :1234-44 , 2003

2003

J.V. Swinnen (KUL) – Androgens, lipogenesis and prostate cancer. Adv Exp Med Biol. 506: 379-87, 2002.

2002

H. Heimberg (VUB)  – Expansion and differentiation of exocrine cells from adult human pancreas towards endocrine b-cells by ectopic expression of key endocrinogenic transcription factors. Diabetes 50 :2219-24, 2001

2001

Chantal Mathieu (KUL) – 1,25-dihydroxyvitamin D3 : Endocrinology meets the immune system Verh K Acad Geneeskd Belg. 64 :71-80; 2002, discussion 80-2.

2000

P. Gilon (UCL) – CA 2+ signaling in the pancreatic B-cell: regulatory mechanisms and role in the control of insulin secretion.
J Biol Chem. 16 : 274(29):20197-205, 1999.

1999

I. Colin (UCL) – Evidence for a role of vasoactive factors, endothelin-1 and nitric oxide, in thyroid specific angiogenic and inflammatory processes. Eur J Endocrinol. 136 (6) : 649-55, 1997.

1998

G. Van den Berghe – Acute and prolonged critical illness as different neuroendocrine paradigms
J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 83 : 1827-1834, 1998

1997

J. Parma – Diversity and prevalence of somatic mutations in the TSH receptor and Gs a -genes as a cause of toxic thyroid adenomas. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 82 : 2695-2701, 1997

1996

F.E. de Zegher – Small as foetus and short as child : from endogenous to exogenous growth hormone . J. Clin. Endocrinol. Metab. 82 : 2021-2026, 1997

1994

F.C. Schuit – Factors determining the glucose sensitivity and glucose responsiveness of pancreatic ß-cells
Horm. Res. 46 : 99-106, 1996

1993

M. Parmentier – Orphan receptors: how many unknown messengers ?

1992

J. Auwerx – Regulation of gene expression by fatty acids and fibric acid derivatives : an integrative role for peroxisome proliferator activated receptors. Horm. Res. 38 : 269-277, 1992.

1991

J.J. Body – Calcitonin : from the determination of circulating levels in various physiological and pathological conditions, to the demonstration of lymphocyte receptors. Horm. Res. 39 : 166-170, 1993.

1990

J. Verhaeghe –  The effect of diabetes mellitus on bone and mineral metabolism. Horm. Res. 34 : 245-248, 1990.

1989

E. Van Cauter – Diurnal and ultradian rhythms in human endocrine functions. Horm. Res. 34 : 45-53, 1990.

1988

J.P. Bourguignon – Time-related neuroendocrine manifestations of puberty. Horm. Res. 30 : 224-234, 1988.

1987

R.J. Paridaens – Characterization and therapeutic use of hormone dependence of breast cancer. Acta Clin. Belg. 43 : 127-138, 1988.

1986

J.Cl. Henquin – Regulation of insulin release by ionic and electrical events in ß-cells. Horm. Res. 27 : 168-178, 1987.

1985

D.G. Pipeleers – Functional dissection of the endocrine pancreas. Horm. Res. 23 : 225-234, 1986