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    Venue - Rolleston Lecture Theatre, University of Otago, Christchurch Campus, 2 Riccarton Avenue, Christchurch

    Join us in beautiful Christchurch New Zealand for the 5th Hypothalamic Neuroscience and Neuroendocrinology Australasia (HNNA) Conference in September 2025. HNNA 2025 will showcase the latest discoveries in neuroendocrinology and hypothalamic neuroscience across Australia, New Zealand and beyond.

    HNNA2025 will be immediately before NZ Medical Sciences Congress (MedSci). MedSci incorporates the annual meetings of the NZ Society of Endocrinology and Physiological Society of NZ and will incorporate 2 full days of plenary and symposia speakers on September 4th and 5th. Click here for more details.

    Hotel Options - Some options for reasonably-priced hotels in vicinity of the University and Convention Centre:

    Ibis, Christchurch (10 minutes walk to University, close to main convention centre)  Around $140 per night.

    Christchurch City Hotel, 10 minutes walk to University, more upmarket, around $220 per night.

    Breakfree on Cashel, 10 minutes walk to University, close to main convention centre)  Around $120 per night.

    Hotel Give, 5 mins walk to University, 10 mins to Convention Centre.  Around $140 per night, but with budget options for groups (Dorms)

    HNNA2025 Registrations and abstract submissions are now open!

    If you wish to be considered for an oral presentation, please submit your abstract to hnna.hormones@gmail.com.

    Abstracts should be 300 words or less.

    The deadline for registration and abstract submission is 1st of July 2025.

    To complete your registration and payment, please purchase "tickets" to the event, however you are not required to bring your ticket to the event as you will be registered on our database.

    To view the program please click https://drive.google.com/file/d/1dARte-DEna74ixuA7aPKt1jHCZ0EEUFn/view?usp=sharing

    Register Here
2024 HNNA Joint Symposium with Australian Appetitive Motivation Symposium
Sept
19
to 20 Sept

2024 HNNA Joint Symposium with Australian Appetitive Motivation Symposium

Your two favourite societies/science crews, HNNA and Australian Appetitive Motivation Symposium (AAMS), are holding a joint symposium in Melbourne.

This two-day FREE event will communicate and celebrate outstanding science at the intersection of hypothalamic drive, reward behaviour and decision-making.

See Program Here.

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Dec
13

2023 HNNA Virtual Seminar - Dr Teodora Georgescu

It’s getting hot in here: Suppression of fever during pregnancy. Dr Teodora Georgescu from The Centre for Neuroendocrinology Department of Anatomy School of Biomedical Sciences University of Otago, Dunedin, NZ will present the 2023 HNNA Virtual Seminar at 12pm AEDT/2pm NZDT. Click here for further details.

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2021 HNNA Symposium
Dec
2

2021 HNNA Symposium

HNNA Symposium across 3 viewing hubs - Melbourne, Sydney, Dunedin.

Plenary Speakers:

Professor Brad Lowell (Harvard, USA) - “The Neural Basis of Hunger”

Professor Alex Caron (University of Laval, Canada) - “Interactions between Nordic environment and Chronobiotics: impact on cardiometabolic and neurometabolic health”

Professor Joel Elmquist (UT Southwestern, USA) - “Using mouse genetics to unravel the roles of melanocortin peptides in regulating metabolism”

See Program Here.

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2017 Australasian Neuroscience Society Satellite - Sydney
Dec
2

2017 Australasian Neuroscience Society Satellite - Sydney

HNNA meeting satellite to the Australasian Neuroscience Society, Sydney.

Plenary Speakers:

Dr Yeka Aponte (NIH, USA) - “Glutamatergic fast-spiking parvalbumin neurons in the lateral hypothalamus regulate feeding”

Professor Gavan McNally (UNSW) - “Lateral hypothalamus and the neurobiology of addiction”

See Program Here.

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