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October 29 - November 2, 2026
GROPRO 2026
2nd Growth Hormone & Prolactin Meeting
Querétaro, México
Advancing Growth Hormone and Prolactin Research Worldwide
GroPro 2026, the 2nd Growth Hormone and Prolactin Meeting, will bring together leading scientists and clinicians from around the world.
Held in Querétaro, México, the meeting fosters scientific exchange in an exceptional academic and cultural setting.
About the meeting
The scientific program is structured around key themes including endocrine axis regulation, neuroendocrine circuits, metabolic physiology, cancer and pituitary tumors, therapeutic innovation, and emerging clinical perspectives.
Across plenary lectures, selected short talks, and poster sessions, the meeting emphasizes mechanistic insight, translational relevance, and clinical advances in endocrine medicine.
Scientific focus
Endocrine Axis Regulation
Mechanisms controlling growth hormone and prolactin secretion, feedback loops, and systemic endocrine integration.
Neuroendocrine Circuits
Hormonal regulation of brain function, parental behavior, sleep, and hypothalamic circuit dynamics.
Metabolic Physiology
Growth hormone and prolactin in energy balance, obesity, cardiovascular health, and glycometabolic regulation.
Cancer & Pituitary Tumors
Molecular mechanisms, tumor signaling pathways, and emerging therapeutic targets in GH- and PRL-related neoplasia.
Therapeutic Opportunities
Novel pharmacological strategies, receptor modulation, biologics, and translational innovation.
From Discovery to Clinical Translation
Bridging basic science with clinical endocrinology, patient outcomes, and precision medicine approaches.
Our sponsors
Speakers
Damasia Becú-Villalobos
Instituto de Biología y Medicina Experimental IBYME-CONICET, Buenos Aires, Argentina.
John Kopchick
Ohio University, Athens, OH, United States.
Peter A. Cattini
Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Manitoba, Canada.
Rhonda D. Kineman
Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology, Diabetes and Metabolism, University of Illinois at Chicago, Chicago, IL, United States
Jesse Brown VA Medical Center, Chicago, IL.
Su Young Han
School of Psychology and Neuroscience, University of St. Andrews, St. UK.
Department of Physiology, Development and Neuroscience, University of Cambridge, Cambridge CB2 3EG, United Kingdom.
Sebastian Neggers
Department of Internal Medicine, Section Endocrinology, Erasmus Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands.
Pituitary Center Rotterdam, Erasmus Medical Center.
Christian Broberger
Department of Neuroscience, Karolinska Institutet, Solna, Sweden.
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, Stockholm University, Stockholm, Sweden.
Moisés Mercado
Unidad de Investigación Médica en Enfermedades Endocrinas, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano del Seguro Social, Ciudad de México, México
Endocrine Research Unit, Hospital de Especialidades, Centro Médico Nacional Siglo XXI, Instituto Mexicano Del Seguro Social, Mexico.
Amanda N. Sferruzzi-Perri
Department of Physiology, Development, and Neuroscience, The Loke Centre for Trophoblast Research, University of Cambridge, Cambridge, UK.
Zhen Gu
Zhejiang University, Jinhua, China.
Tatiana Fiordelisio
Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México, México.
Laboratorio Nacional de Soluciones Biomiméticas para Diagnóstico y Terapia, Facultad de Ciencias, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), México.
Juan Pablo Robles
Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Querétaro, México.
Carmen Clapp
Instituto de Neurobiología, Universidad Nacional Autónoma de México (UNAM), Querétaro, México.
Hugo Alberto Barrera
Universidad Autónoma de Nuevo León, Facultades de Medicina y Ciencias Bilógicas, San Nicolás de los Garza, México.
Andrzej Bartke
Southern Illinois University (SIU) School of Medicine, Springfield, Illinois, USA.
José Donato Júnior
Departamento de Fisiologia e Biofísica, Instituto de Ciências Biomédicas, Universidade de São Paulo.
David J. Waxman
Dept of Biology, Boston University School of Medicine
Carol Huang
Departments of Pediatrics, and Biochemistry and Molecular Biology at the University of Calgary’s Cumming School of Medicine.
Dave Grattan
Centre for Neuroendocrinology, Otago University, New Zealand.
Holly M. Brown-Borg
University of North Dakota, USA.
Vincent Goffin
PRL/GH Pathophysiology: Translational Approaches Laboratory, Institut Necker Enfants Malades (INEM), Paris, France.
Michael Perkinson
Department of Physiology, University of Otago, New Zealand
Andrei Chagin
Department of Internal Medicine and Clinical Nutrition, University of Gothenburg.
Catherine Dulac
Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology at Harvard University
Howard Hughes Medical Institute
Venues
Instituto de Neurobiología, UNAM
Campus UNAM 3001, 76230 Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mx.
Hotel Misión Grand Juriquilla
Blvd. Villas del Meson 56, 76226 Juriquilla, Querétaro, Mx.
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