the Asia and Oceania Society for Comparative Endocrinology

About AOSCE

The idea for having a society of comparative endocrinologists in Asia and Oceania was first discussed at the 10th International Symposium for Comparative Endocrinology at Copper Mountain, Colorado, United States in 1985. Only a few domestic scientific societies for comparative endocrinology existed in Asia and Oceania at that time, and an international society for comparative endocrinology to provide a forum to discuss advances in all aspects of comparative endocrinology and to encourage international collaboration　was needed in Asia and Oceania region. Hence the AOSCE was founded in November, 1987, when the first congress was held in Japan. Susumu Ishii (Japan) became the first President of the AOSCE.

The purpose of the AOSCE is to provide a forum for 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 society 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. The AOSCE is affiliated with the journal ''General and Comparative Endocrinology''.

Extracted from Gen. Comp. Endocrinol. 181 (2013) 192-196 written by Prof. Kazuyoshi Tsutsui

Officers and Council Members of the AOSCE 2023-2026

Officers

President: Ishwar S. Parhar, Monash University　[ishwarparhar*gmail.com]
Secretary-General: Wei Ge, University of Macau　[weige*um.edu.mo]
Secretary: Hironori Ando, Niigata University　[hando311*cc.niigata-u.ac.jp]
Treasurer: Kouhei Matsuda, University of Toyama　[kmatsuda*sci.u-toyama.ac.jp]
Auditor: John A. Donald, Deakin University　[john.donald*deakin.edu.au]
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Council Members

Australia
Bronwyn McAllan
John Donald

China
Weimin Zhang
Zandong Li
Wei Ge
Billy Kwok Chong Chow

Iran
Bagher Amiri

India
Arun Bandyopadhyay
Shelley Bhattacharya
Anjali Karande
Umesh Rai

Indonesia
Hera Maheshwari

Japan
Hironori Ando
Mitsuyo Kishida
Akiyoshi Takahashi
Kouhei Matsuda

Korea
Kyungjin Kim
Jae Young Seong
Hae-Chul Park

Malaysia
Ishwar Parhar
Tomoko Soga

New Zealand
John Cockrem

Taiwan
Ching-Fong Chang

Thailand
Narattaphol Charoenphandhu
Suchinda Malaivijitnond

Honorary Council Members
Susumu Ishii (Japan) [1st President]
John Y.L. Yu (Taiwan) [2nd President]
Jean Joss (Australia) [3rd President]
Samir Bhattacharya (India) [4th President]
Hao-Ran Lin (China) [5th President]
Kazuyoshi Tsutsui (Japan) [6th and 7th President]
Ching-Fong Chang (Taiwan) [8th President]

Past Scientific Meetings

AOSCE Congresses and Intercongress Symposia

Congres/Venue/Year/Organizer(s)
1st Congress Nagoya, Japan 1987 Hironori Ishizaki, Eiji Ohnishi
1st Intercongress Symposium Hong Kong, China 1989 Daniel Chan

2nd Congress New Delhi, India 1991 Rajendra N. Saxena
2nd Intercongress Symposium Thailand 1993 Puttipongse Varavudhi

3rd Congress Sydney, Australia 1996 Jean Joss
3rd Intercongress Symposium Kwangju, Korea 1998 Hyuk-Bang Kwon

4th Congress Taipei, Taiwan 200 0 John Y.-L. Yu
4th Intercongress Symposium Guangzhou, China 2002 Hao-Ran Lin

5th Congress Nara, Japan 2004 Tadashi Oishi, Sakae Kikuyama
5th Intercongress Symposium Bangkok, Thailand 2006 Prakong Tangpraprutgul

6th Congress Siliguri, India 2007 Samir Bhattacharya
6th Intercongress Symposium Palmerston North, New Zealand 2010 John Cockrem

7th Congress Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia 2012 Ishwar S. Parhar
7th Intercongress Symposium Keelung, Taiwan 2014 Ching-Fong Chang

8th Congress Seoul, Korea 2016 Jae Young Seong, Kyungjin Kim
8th Intercongress Symposium Sydney, Australia 2018 Bronwyn McAllan

Important News

Updated list of officers released

Next AOSCE Congress