The North American Society for Comparative Endocrinology (NASCE; Societé Nord-Americaine d’Endocrinologie Comparée (SNAEC); Sociedad Norteamericana de Endocrinologìa Comparada (SNAEC)) Trainee Advisory Committee (TAC) includes graduate students or post-doctoral fellows representing trainee members of NASCE. We are currently seeking a representative to serve on the TAC from the USA! Find details here (deadline Sept. 9, 2024).
Our Current TAC Members are
Diana Castañeda-Cortés
Diana Castañeda-Cortés is a postdoctoral fellow at the Ecotoxicogenomics and Endocrine Disruption Laboratory, which is led by Dr. Valérie Langlois at INRS in Quebec. She completed her Ph.D a few years ago at the Biología del Desarrollo IIB-INTECh laboratory in Argentina under the supervision of Dr. Juan Fernandino and Dr. Langlois. During her doctoral research, she studied the genetic and endocrine aspects of sex determination mechanisms and how they are impacted by climate change in aquatic species. Currently, Diana is working on investigating the role of steroid-5α-reductase type 2 in early development and reproduction in amphibians as part of her main project.
Santiago M. Pech Pool
Santiago recently obtained his PhD in chemical-biological sciences, and is interested in the study of neuro-immuno-endocrinology. For that reason, Santiago completed his doctoral thesis in the laboratory of hormone biochemistry of Dr. Carlos Arámburo, in Querétaro, Mexico. Currently he is coordinator of a science program in a private institution, likes photography and I also to do science communication.