Laboratory of Integrative Brain Sciences, Department of Biology, Waseda University, and Center for Medical Life Science of Waseda University, 2-2 Wakamatsu-cho, Shinjuku-ku, Tokyo 162-8480, Japan.
Gen Comp Endocrinol. 2013 Jan 15;181:192-6. doi: 10.1016/j.ygcen.2012.04.015. Epub 2012 Apr 25.
The Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology (AOSCE) was founded in 1987, when the first congress was held in Nagoya, Japan. The purpose of the AOSCE is to progress scientific activities in the field of comparative endocrinology in Asia and Oceania and to establish a deep relationship among the members. For this purpose, the AOSCE holds a congress or an intercongress symposium every 2 years, which organizes an attractive scientific program covering the latest progress in the broad aspect of comparative endocrinology. 2012 was the 25th anniversary of AOSCE. Our scientific activities have increased dramatically during the past 25 years. The 7th AOSCE congress was held in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia in 2012. The theme of this congress was "Overcoming challenges in the 21st century". To overcome challenges in the 21st century, we further need to create new research directions in comparative endocrinology from Asia and Oceania. This paper describes a brief history of the AOSCE and also highlights the discovery of gonadotropin-inhibitory hormone (GnIH) and the progress of GnIH research as one of new research directions in comparative endocrinology. In 2000, GnIH was discovered in Japan and now more than 50 laboratories are working on GnIH in the world. The discovery of GnIH has changed our understanding about regulation of the reproductive axis drastically in the past decade.
亚洲及大洋州比较内分泌学会（AOSCE）成立于 1987 年，第一届大会在日本名古屋举行。AOSCE 的宗旨是促进亚洲及大洋州比较内分泌学领域的科学活动，并在成员之间建立深厚的关系。为此，AOSCE 每两年举行一次大会或国际会议专题讨论会，组织一个有吸引力的科学计划，涵盖比较内分泌学广阔领域的最新进展。2012 年是 AOSCE 的第 25 个年头。在过去的 25 年里，我们的科学活动有了显著的增长。第七届 AOSCE 大会于 2012 年在马来西亚吉隆坡举行。本次大会的主题是“迎接 21 世纪的挑战”。为了迎接 21 世纪的挑战，我们还需要从亚洲和大洋州的比较内分泌学中创造新的研究方向。本文简要介绍了 AOSCE 的历史，并强调了促性腺激素抑制激素（GnIH）的发现和 GnIH 研究的进展，这是比较内分泌学的一个新的研究方向。2000 年，GnIH 在日本被发现，现在全世界有 50 多个实验室在从事 GnIH 的研究。GnIH 的发现使我们在过去十年中对生殖轴的调节有了根本性的认识。
