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Early Career Researcher Event - #BSNBradford2025

The British Society for Neuroendocrinology is committed to supporting Early Career Researchers (ECRs) in the field of neuroendocrinology. We offer a range of opportunities at our annual conference to help ECRs develop their careers, network with peers, and showcase their research.

ECR Event: Transitions and Leadership

Join us for an exclusive event tailored for ECRs on Sunday 31 August 2025. This year, our focus is on "Transitions and Leadership," offering practical insights and interactive sessions to support ECR members.

Remember to select this option on your registration form if you are planning to attend.

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Event Highlights


Panel Discussion

We begin with a thought-provoking panel discussion addressing the challenges faced in the early stages of an academic career. Panellists will share their personal experiences and offer strategies for transitioning into leadership roles at different career stages.

Interactive Workshops

Next, participants will take part in a series of focused, 20-minute workshops led by the panel members. Each session provides practical guidance and space for discussion around the following core themes:

  • Communication & Social Media
  • Leadership
  • Grant Writing & Developing Scientific Ideas
  • Collaboration and Networking


ECRs will have the opportunity to submit questions or concerns in advance, which the panellists will address by sharing their insights and experiences.

Speed Networking

We'll conclude the day with an engaging speed networking session. Through quick, small-group conversations, attendees will have the opportunity to connect with peers, exchange ideas, and form valuable professional relationships.

Whether you're looking to step into a leadership role or strengthen your academic profile, this event is designed to equip you with the tools, connections, and confidence to take the next step in your career.

Panel Members

Communication & Social Media

Dan Brierley

Senior Research Fellow

University College London, UK



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Leadership

David Garcia Galiano

Assistant Professor

University of Córdoba, Spain

I graduated in Biology from the University of Jaén in 2002 and began my research career focusing on liver diseases linked to metabolic disorders, particularly non-alcoholic fatty liver disease. I later shifted my focus to the metabolic regulation of puberty and reproductive function, completing a PhD in Biomedicine at the University of Córdoba in 2012, where I studied the Kiss1/Gpr54 system using genetically modified mouse models. I then undertook postdoctoral research at the University of Michigan, USA, under Dr Carol Elías, gaining expertise in molecular and genetic techniques, including CRISPR/Cas9. Since May 2020, I have been a Marie Sklodowska-Curie Fellow in Dr Manuel Tena Sempere’s group at IMIBIC, applying advanced technologies to investigate the metabolic control of reproductive physiology.

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Grant Writing & Developing Scientific Ideas

Su Young Han

Lecturer

St Andrew’s University, UK

Su Young Han is a lecturer in neuroscience at the University of St Andrews, specialising in hypothalamic circuits that regulate hormone secretion. Over the past ten years, she has worked extensively on functional imaging of gonadotropin-releasing hormone (GnRH) pulse and surge generator neural circuits. She recently established her lab in St Andrews to further investigate how neuronal populations coordinate hormone dynamics and interact with other hormone-releasing or -responsive circuits. Her lab specialises in using in vivo calcium imaging, optogenetics, and chemogenetics. Outside the lab, she enjoys baking, playing badminton, board games, and spending time by the sea with her husband and two beautiful children.

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Collaboration & Networking

Monica Imbernon

Senior Lecturer

Queen Mary University London, UK

​Monica Imbernon has been a Senior Lecturer at Queen Mary University of London (QMUL) since August 2023, where she focuses her research on the neuroendocrine control of energy homeostasis. Specifically, she is interested in the physiology and pathophysiology of the liver-brain axis in maintaining glucose homeostasis and in circumventricular organs, which are specialised areas of the brain that allow the entry of peripheral signals for the control of energy homeostasis.

She completed her PhD studies at the University of Santiago de Compostela, under the supervision of Prof Ruben Nogueiras, where she investigated how the hypothalamus can directly modulate liver and white adipose tissue lipid metabolism.

 

Financed by the EU Marie Curie programme and involved in ERC Synergy grants, she carried out her postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Dr Vincent Prevot at INSERM in Lille, France. She specialised in the median eminence, exploring how circulating hormones and anti-obesity drugs reach the hypothalamus to influence feeding behaviour and body weight. She was awarded by the French Society of Neuroendocrinology, receiving the Young Investigator Prize at the International Congress of Neuroendocrinology held in Glasgow in 2022.


At QMUL, her research programme aims to decipher the mechanisms of body-brain communication, to unveil novel therapeutic targets for the treatment of obesity and diabetes.

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