Society for Comparative Endocrinology

We are delighted to announce the following winners of awards for the best veterinary endocrine publications of 2010 that were announced at the SCE Business Meeting in Denver, CO. The awards are given in two categories – basic science and clinical science. We thank Oxford Laboratories for their generous support of these awards. Congratulations to these research teams- we all appreciate the high quality of work you achieve! 

Basic Science Category:

First Place:

Sara Galac, Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Publication: Galac, S, Kars VJ, Klarenbeek, S, Teerds, KL, Mol, JA Kooistra, HS. Expression of Receptors for Luteinizing Hormone, Gastric-Inhibitory Polypeptide, and Vasopressin in Normal Adrenal Glands and Cortisol-Secreting Adrenocortical Tumors in Dogs.  Domestic Animal Endocrinology 39, 63-75 .1(2010).

Second Place:

Noelia Rivera, Department of Molecular Physiology, Vanderbilt University School of Medicine, Nashville, TN, USA

Publication: Rivera, N, Ramnanan, CJ, An, Z, Farmer, T, Smith, M, Farmer, B Irimia, JM, Snead, W, Lautz M, Roach, PJ, Cherrington, AD. Insulin-Induced Hypoglycemia Increases Hepatic Sensitvity to Glucagon in Dogs.  The Journal of Clinical Investigation 120, 4425-35 (2010).

Clinical Science Category:

First Place:

Saskia Quante, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, Zurich, Switzerland

Publication: Quante, S, Boretti, FS, Kook, PH, Mueller, C, Schellenberg, S, Zini, E, Sieber-Ruckstuhl, N, Reusch CE. Urinary Catecholamine and Metanephrine to Creatinine Ratios in Dogs with Hyperacrenocorticism or Pheochromocytoma, and in Healthy Dogs.  Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 24, 1093-7 (2010).

Second Place:

Tim Williams, Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Royal Veterinary College, University of London, UK

Publication: Williams, TL, Elliott, J and Syme, HM.  Association of Iatrogenic Hypothyroidism with Azotemia and Reduced Survival Time in Cats Treated for Hyperthyroidism. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 24, 1086-92 (2010).

The Oxford Laboratories Awards for excellence in the advancement of knowledge concerning small animal endocrinology were announced at the SCE Business Meeting in Anaheim CA on June 11th 2010. The awards are presented in two categories: Basic research and clinical studies:

Basic Research:

First Place:

M. Montserrat Diaz-Espineira, Department of Clinical Sciences of Companion Animals, Faculty of Veterinary Medicine, Utrecht University, Utrecht, The Netherlands

Publication: DiazEspineira, M. M.; Mol, J.A.; Rijnberk, A.; Kooistra, H.S.; Adenohypophyseal Function in Dogs with Primary Hypothyroidism and Nonthyroidal Illness. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 23.1 (2009):100-7.

Second Place:

Saskia Kley, College of Veterinary Medicine, Univ. of Illinois, Urbana, IL, USA

Publication: Kley, S.; Hoenig, M.; Glushka, J.; Jin, E.S.; Burgess, S.C.; Waldron, M.; Jordan, E.T.; Prestegard, J.H.; Ferguson, D.C.; Wu, S.; Olson, D.E.; The Impact of Obesity, Sex, and Diet on Hepatic Glucose Production in Cats. American Journal of Physiology. Regulatory, Integrative and Comparative Physiology 296.4 (2009): R936-43.

Clinical studies:

First Place:

Eric Zini, Clinic for Small Animal Internal Medicine, Vetsuisse Faculty, University of Zürich, Switzerland

Publication: Zini, E.; Osto, M.; Franchini, M.; Guscetti, F.; Donath, M.Y.; Perren, A.; Heller, R.S.; Linscheid, P.; Bouwman, M.; Ackermann, M; Lutz, T.A.; Reusch, C.E.; Hyperglycaemia but Not Hyperlipidaemia Causes Beta Cell Dysfunction and Beta Cell Loss in the Domestic Cat. Diabetologia 52.2 (2009): 336-46.

Second Place:

M.I. Rodríguez Piñeiro, Internal Medicine Unit, National Veterinary School of Alfort, France, and Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, Veterinary Faculty of Lugo, Spain

Publication: Pineiro, M. I.R.; Benchekroun, G.; de Fornel-Thibaud, P.; Maurey-Guenec, C.; Garnier, F.; Rosenberg, D.; Accuracy of an Adrenocorticotropic Hormone (ACTH) Immunoluminometric Assay for Differentiating ACTH-Dependent from ACTH-Independent Hyperadrenocorticism in Dogs. Journal of Veterinary Internal Medicine 23.4 (2009): 850-5.