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A reminder that the abstract submission for the ESA-SRB-NZSE conference in Sydney is due on 17 July 2026.

The NZSE is deeply concerned by the recent decision by Aotearoa New Zealand Health Minister, Hon Simeon Brown, to ban the use of gonadotropin-releasing hormone analogues for the treatment of gender dysphoria or incongruence. Read our position statement here.

We’re excited to be part of this trans-Tasman meeting with ESA-SRB in November - a chance to meet with clinical and biomedical scientist endocrinologists on a bigger scale than we typically muster locally! Visit the conference website https://www.esa-srb-nzse.org/ for details. Abstract submissions and registration will open in the new year, so be sure to look out for notifications. We look forward to seeing you in Sydney next November.

Dr Kaj Kamstra, a postdoctoral research fellow in the Department of Anatomy at the University of Otago, is the recipient of the 2025 Emerging Researcher Award. Kaj's award lecture (to be presented at the MedSci meeting in September) is titled "Extreme endocrine plasticity in a sex-changing fish".

NZSE will again participate in the MedSci NZ meeting, to be held at Te Pae, Christchurch on 3-5 September. We will host a pituitary hormone symposium featuring guest speakers Drs Dan Bernard (McGill University, Canada), Kelly Walton (University of Queensland Australia), Zaramasina Clark (Victoria University of Wellington) and Michael Pankhurst (University of Otago), as well as our Medi’Ray Best Student oral presentations, our Emerging Researcher award lecture and poster presentations. See you in Christchurch!

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