Programme

 

Overview Sat 1 April Sun 2 April Mon 3 April Tue 4 April Wed 5 April Posters

Sunday 2 April 2006

   

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 1:Macroprolactinaemia

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: TBA

   

P Chanson (Paris, France)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 2:Gestational diabetes

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: D Johnston (London, UK)

   

R Corcoy (Barcelona, Spain)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 3:Chips, arrays and biosensors:

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: V Pirags (Riga, Latvia)

   

A Turner (Cranfield, UK)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 4:Cell immortalisation in endocrine

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: TBA

   

S Kim (London, UK)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Symposium 1:Thyroid and the heart

   

Thyroid and the heart

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chairs: A Tsatsoulis (Ioannina, Greece) &

   

J Franklyn (Birmingham, UK)

S11

08.10

Cardiac repercussions of thyroid hormones

   

J Franklyn (Birmingham, UK)

S12

08.40

The assessment of cardiovascular risk factors in thyroid disease

   

B Biondi (Naples, Italy)

S13

09.10

Iodothyronamines: rapid-acting thyroid hormone metabolites

   

T Scanlan (San Francisco, USA)

S14

09.40

Role of thyroid hormone receptor isoforms in development and function of heart and other tissues

   

J Samarut (Lyon, France)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Symposium 2:The endocrinology of psychiatric

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: P Bouloux (London, UK)

S15

08.10

Glucocorticoids, enzymes and memory impairments with ageing

   

J Seckl (Edinburgh, UK)

S16

08.40

Effects of hypothyroidism on brain metabolism and its associations with neuropsychiatric impairments

   

M Bauer (Berlin, Germany)

S17

09.10

Overview of neuroendocrine side-effects

   

R Tandon (Ann Arbor, USA)

S18

09.40

Endocrinology of post-traumatic stress

   

C Kirshbaum (Dresden, Germany)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Clinical Management Workshop 1:Green over-the-counter

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: R Sharpe (Edinburgh, UK)

S75

08.10

Regulation of steroid receptor expression and proliferation in prostate cancer by genistein and other flavonoids

   

H Klocker (Innsbruck, Austria)

S76

08.40

Soy, flavonoids and osteoporosis

   

E Lydeking-Olsen (Copenhagen, Denmark)

S77

09.10

Aftermath of WHI: the risks or benefits of red clover and soy extracts in postmenopausal OTC HRT

   

W Wuttke (Göttingen, Germany)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Oral Communications 1:Signal transduction

   

ALSH ROOM

   

Chairs: M Tena Sempere (Cordoba, Spain) &

   

W Knepel (Göttingen, Germany)

OC1*

08.10

Stress response after TIF-2 disruption: loss of grip on feedback control or adrenocortical impairment?

   

AV Patchev, D Fischer, M Herkenham, F Götz, SS Wolf, M Gehin, P Chambon, VK Patchev & OFX Almeida

OC2*

08.25

Signalling and internalisation characteristics of corticotropin-releasing hormone (CRH) receptors

   

D Markovic & D Grammatopoulos

OC3

08.40

Activation of cyclic AMP (cAMP) binding protein (CREB) by gonadotrophinreleasing hormone (GnRH) requires calcium influx and PKC activity in gonadotroph cell lines

   

KC Jonas, IA Thompson, JM Burrin & RC Fowkes

OC4

08.55

The role of MRAP in the functional expression of the melanocortin 2 receptor

   

SN Cooray, JP Chapple, LA Metherell, ME Cheetham & AJL Clark

OC5

09.10

The overexpression Pit-1 pathway, switch on by Ret, get into apoptosis fate

   

C Cañibano, N Rodriguez, M Garcia-Lavancleira, A Viclal , MG Borrello,C Diéguez C, CN Alvaicz

OC6

09.25

Activation of androgen membrane binding sites induces potent regression of prostate cancer cells in vitro and in vivo

   

N Papadopoulou, M Kampa, A Gravanis, E Castanas & C Stournaras

OC7

09.40

The effect of bone marrow stem cell (BMSC) differentiation on growth hormone receptor (GHR)-associated signalling pathways

   

MD Lewis, TE Easter, C Elford, ME Ludgate, BAJ Evans, DA Rees & MF Scanlon

OC8

09.55

Role of the calcium-calmodulin dependent kinase II in oncogenic ras-induced proliferation

   

AL Cavallo, M Illario, E Di Vito, S Monaco, G Fenzi, G Rossi & M Vitale

     
 

08.10-10.10

Young Endocrinologists Session:Presenting your research - Presenting your research - getting your work known

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: W Arlt (Birmingham, UK)

S102

08.10

Giving talks

   

A McNeilly (Edinburgh, UK)

S103

08.35

Practical tips for a perfect poster

   

A Mostyn (Nottingham, UK)

S104

09.00

Papers for peer-reviewed journals

   

S Pearce (Newcastle upon Tyne, UK)

S105

09.25

PhD/MD thesis: a recipe for success

   

D Abayasekara (London, UK)

S106

09.50

Talking to a lay audience

   

T Parkhill (Bristol, UK)

     
 

10.10-10.40

COFFEE

   

HALL 3

     
 

10.40-11.25

Society for Endocrinology Transatlantic Medal Lecture

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: J Wass (Oxford, UK)

S3

10:40

Nuclear receptors and transcriptional control of lipid metabolism

   

D Mangelsdorf (Dallas, USA)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Meet the Expert 1:Macroprolactinaemia

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: TBA

   

P Chanson (Paris, France)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Meet the Expert 2:Gestational diabetes

   

Gestational diabetes

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: D Johnston (London, UK)

   

R Corcoy (Barcelona, Spain)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Meet the Expert 3:Chips, arrays and biosensors:

   

Chips, arrays and biosensors: bioinformatics in endocrine research

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: V Pirags (Riga, Latvia)

   

A Turner (Cranfield, UK)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Meet the Expert 4:Cell immortalisation in

   

Cell immortalisation in endocrine research

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: TBA

   

S Kim (London, UK)

     
 

12.20-13.50

Novartis Pharmaceuticals Satellite Symposium: From controversy to clarity in acromegaly management (PDF) (62kb)

   

FORTH ROOM

     
 

13.50-14.50

POSTERS AND LUNCH

   

HALL 3

     
 

14.50-16.50

Symposium 3:Cancer and the skeleton

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: L Gennari (Sienna, Italy)

S19

14.50

Mechanisms of malignant hypercalcaemia

   

P Clezardin (Lyon, France)

S20

15.20

The management of malignant hypercalcaemia

   

P Selby (Manchester, UK)

S21

15.50

Oncogenic osteomalacia: novel insights into the regulation of phosphate homeostasis

   

H Jueppner (Boston, USA)

S22

16.20

Why does thyroid carcinoma metastasise to bone?

   

J Smit (Leiden, The Netherlands)

     
 

14.50-16.50

Symposium 4:Cannabinoid signalling

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chairs: C Tsigos (Athens, Greece) &

   

M Korbonitz (London, UK)

S23

14.50

Cannabinoids as modulators of neuroendocrine signalling

   

U Pagotto (Bologna, Italy)

S24

15.30

Cannabinoids and feeding behaviour

   

T Kirkham (Liverpool, UK)

S25

16.10

Clinical applications of manipulation of cannabinoid receptors (agonists)

   

R Ross (Aberdeen, UK)

     
 

14.50-16.50

Clinical Management Workshop 2:Management of complex genital

   

Management of complex genital anomalies and the transition from childhood to adulthood

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: A Grüters-Kieslich (Berlin, Germany)

S78

14.50

Management of the infant with ambiguous external genitalia. The pediatric endocrinologist's approach

   

C Dacou-Voutetakis (Athens, Greece)

S79

15.30

Surgical management of ambiguous genitalia in the infant

   

C N Fékété (Paris, France)

S80

16.10

Management of complex genital anomalies and the transition from childhood to adulthood: a patient's perspective

   

P Carmichael (London, UK)

     
 

14.50-16.50

Oral Communications 2:Steroids and reproductive

   

Steroids and reproductive endocrinology

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: I Huhtaniemi (London, UK)

OC9

14.50

11b HSD1: anti-inflammatory mechanism in acute and chronic inflammation?

   

AE Coutinho, M Gray, DA Sawatzky, D Brownstein, J Mullins, JR Seckl, JS Savill & KE Chapman

OC10*

15.05

Progesterone signaling in human myometrium is mediated through two novel membrane G protein-coupled receptors

   

E Karteris, S Zervou, Y Pang, J Dong, EW Hillhouse, HS Randeva & P Thomas

OC11

15.20

The adrenal X-zone is involved in progesterone inactivation

   

F Beuschlein, L Heshkovitz, S Klammer, U Lichtenauer, I Shapiro, M Krup & Y Weinstein

OC12

15.35

Expression profiling of genes in the testis of rhesus macaques during development and aging

   

HF Urbanski, VT Garyfallou, DR Lemos, JL Downs & DI Brown

OC13

15.50

Anti-mullerian hormone (AMH) production by granulosa cells from anovulatory PCO is 100 times higher than from normal ovaries, but is inhibited by metformin

   

L Pellatt, L Hanna, D Feldman, P Malloy, H Brain, S Whitehead & H Mason

OC14

16.05

Endometrial intracrinology: expression of 3b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (3bHSD), and 17b-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 5 (17bHSD-5)

   

SE McDonald, JI Mason & HOD Critchley

OC15

16.20

Role of the Hu proteins, HuR and HuD, and aCP1 in the regulation of androgen receptor expression and activity in prostate cancer cells

   

CF Down, RR Lareu, B Granath, DJ Beveridge, H Furneaux, J Bentel & PJ Leedman

OC16

16.35

17b-estradiol regulates pituitary AnxA1 expression and externalization in vivo and in vitro

   

EL Davies, HC Christian, S Omer, JC Buckingham & JF Morris

     
 

16.50-17.30

TEA

   

HALL 3

     
 

17.30-18.15

Plenary 1

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: S Webb (Barcelona, Spain)

S8

17:30

Vitamin D action

   

R Bouillon (Leuven, Belgium)

     
 

18.30-20.00

Ipsen Satellite Symposium

   

Tailoring therapies for patients with endocrine disorders

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

     
 

From 19.00

The Sunday Social

   

TIGER TIGER


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