Programme

 

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

Monday 3 April 2006

   

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 5: Papillary thyroid cancer management

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: I Szabolcz (Hungary)

   

I Hay (Rochester, USA)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 6: Adrenal carcinoma

    Generously supported by HRA Pharma
   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: M Terzolo (Orbassano, Italy)

   

M Reincke (Munich, Germany)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 7: Transgenic techniques

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: I Robinson (London, UK)

   

M Poutanen (Turku, Finland)

     
 

07.15-08.00

Meet the Expert 8: Pitfalls in signal transduction research

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: L Hunyady (Budapest, Hungary)

   

W Knepel (Göttingen, Germany)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Symposium 5: Novel peptides in reproduction

    Generously supported by AstraZeneca
   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chairs: R Millar (Edinburgh, UK) & A Milewicz (Wroclaw, Poland)

S26

08.10

The kisspeptin-GPR54 axis in reproduction

   

M Tena-Sempere (Cordoba, Spain)

S27

08.40

Use of recombinant leptin in women with hypothalamic amenorrhea

   

C Welt (Boston, USA)

S28

09.10

A genomic analysis of polypeptide ligands and their receptors: examples of relaxin and LGR families

   

T Hsu (Stanford, USA)

S29

09.40

Novel recombinant gonadotropin molecules in human reproductive dysfunction

   

B Mannaerts (Oss, The Netherlands)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Oral Communications 3: Clinical endocrinology

   

HALL 1

   

Chairs: M Grussendorf (Stuttgart, Germany) & S Lamberts (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

OC17

08.10

Copeptin, a precursor of vasopressin, in critically ill patients - an observational study

   

M Christ-Crain, N Morgenthaler, J Struck, A Bergmann & B Mueller

OC18

08.25

Endoscope-assisted pituitary surgery for functioning and non-functioning pituitary adenomas. The experience of the first 80 patients in a single centre

   

PL Hanson, SM Joshi, G Alusi, HI Sabin, WM Drake & JP Monson

OC19

08.40

Disease remission in long term treated acromegalic patients after somatostatin analogs withdrawal

   

C L Ronchi, V Varca, A Lania, M Arosio, A Spada & P Beck-Peccoz

OC20

08.55

A European prospective real-life observational study of quality of life in patients with acromegaly

   

SM Webb, A Colao, P Caron, M Carvalheiro, E Ertürk, A Pokrajac-Simeunovic, J Schopohl, S Tsagarakis, IV Pearson, X Badia, S Caglio & B Vincenzi

OC21

09.10

Adjuvant radiation therapy of the tumor bed prevents local recurrences in adrenocortical carcinoma

   

M Fassnacht, S Hahner, B Polat, AC Koschker, M Flentje & B Allolio

OC22

09.25

Detection of phaeochromocytoma: the emerging role of plasma metanephrines

   

RT Peaston, SG Ball, R Quinton, RA James, S Pearce, TWJ Lennard & RDG Neely

OC23

09.40

Improved prognosis in midgut carcinoid patients by treating raised circulating neurokinin A (NKA)

   

JES Ardill, BJ Johnston, GB Turner, A McGinty & DR McCance

OC24

09.55

Low testosterone and atherogenic lipid profile in aging men

   

JI Mäkinen, A Perheentupa, K Irjala, P Pöllänen, J Mäkinen, I Huhtaniemi & O Raitakari

     
 

08.10-10.10

Symposium 6: Hot topics

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chairs: Pierre Bouloux (London, UK) & J Köhrle (Berlin, Germany)

 

08.10

The obesity epidemic glutamate and umami regulation of food intake

   

J Tresguerres (Madrid, Spain)

 

08.35

Transthyretin and neuropeptide processing

   

M Mendes Sousa (Porto, Portugal)

 

09.00

Tissue specific effects of a novel plant derived SERM: 8-prenyl-naringenin

   

WD Schleuning (Berlin, Germany)

 

09.25

Genetic polymorphism redefine setpoints of the pituitary thyroid axis

   

R Peeters (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)

 

09.50

Oligonucleotide microarrays and their applications in thyroid cancer

   

B Jarzab (Gliwice, Poland)

     
 

08.10-10.10

Symposium 7: Flies, worms and fish: use in endocrine research

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: K Docherty (Aberdeen, UK)

S30

08.10

Long live the worm:C. elgeans, insulin and aging

   

D Gems (London, UK)

S31

08.40

Dietary restriction and altered insulin/Igf1 signalling: conserved mechanisms regulating lifespan in worms, flies and rodents

   

D Withers (London, UK)

S32

09.10

Giant flies and more: probing the functions and genetics of insulin signalling in

   

Drosophila C Wilson (Oxford, UK)

S33

09.40

Specifying the cellular responses to IGF signalling by IGF binding proteins: new lessons from the zebrafish model

   

C Duan (Ann Arbor, USA)

     
 

10.10-10.40

COFFEE

   

HALL 3

     
 

10.40-11.25

Clinical Endocrinology Trust Visiting Professor Lecture

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: L Rees (London, UK)

S4

10.40

Understanding the genetic control of puberty in the human

   

W Crowley (Boston, USA)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Meet the Expert 5: Papillary thyroid cancer management

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: I Szabolcz (Hungary)

   

I Hay (Rochester, USA)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Meet the Expert 6: Adrenal carcinoma

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: M Terzolo (Orbassano, Italy)

   

M Reincke (Munich, Germany)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Meet the Expert 7: Transgenic techniques

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: I Robinson (London, UK)

   

M Poutanen (Turku, Finland)

     
 

11.35-12.20

Meet the Expert 8: Pitfalls in signal transduction research

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chair: L Hunyady (Budapest, Hungary)

   

W Knepel (Göttingen, Germany)

     
 

12.20-13.50

Shire Pharmaceuticals Satellite Symposium PCOS - The cruel face of a complex disease

   

FORTH ROOM

     
 

12.20-13.50

Pfizer Satellite Symposium 1 Young, middle-aged and elderly patients with GHD: insights into age-related responses to GH replacement

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

     
 

13.50-14.00

Society for Endocrinology EGM

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

     
 

14.00-14.45

British Thyroid Association AGM

   

ALSH ROOM

     
 

13.50-14.50

POSTERS AND LUNCH

   

HALL 3

     
 

14.50-16.50

Symposium 8: Clinical lessons from novel aspects of G protein-coupled receptors signalling

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chairs: A Spada (Milan, Italy) & A Breit (Marburg, Germany)

S34

14.50

How the pattern of GPCR co-expression can regulate function

   

G Milligan (Glasgow, UK)

S35

15.20

Alpha- and beta-adrenoceptor dysfunction

   

L Hein (Würzburg, Germany)

S36

15.50

Molecular pathology of the FSH receptor

   

M Misrahi (Paris, France)

S37

16.20

Therapeutic implications from new aspects in V2 vasopressin receptor dysfunction

   

T Schöneberg (Leipzig, Germany)

     
 

14.50-16.50

Clinical Management Workshop 3: Management of Graves' ophthalmopathy

   

LOMOND AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: W Wiersinga (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)

S81

14.50

Prevention of thyroid eye disease

   

G Krassas (Thessaloniki, Greece)

S82

15.20

Medical treatment

   

C Marcocci (Pisa, Italy)

S83

15.50

Alternative immunomodulatory therapies for Graves' ophthalmopathy

   

J Banga (London, UK)

S84

16.20

Ophthalmic management of thyroid eye disease

   

G Rose (London, UK)

     
 

14.50-16.50

Basic Workshop:In vivo imaging of signalling

   

HALL 1

   

Chair: TBA

S85

14.50

OPT: a novel wholemount imaging technology for visualising gene and protein expression

   

S Wedden (Edinburgh, UK)

S86

15.30

A mouse reporting on estrogen receptor (ER) transcriptional activity to understand the complexities of female physiology in mammals

   

A Maggi (Milan, Italy)

S87

16.10

Micro PET-ing in mice

   

M Kreissl (Wuerzburg, Germany)

     
 

14.50-16.50

Oral Communications 4: Diabetes and metabolism

   

FORTH ROOM

   

Chairs: R Corcoy (Barcelona, Spain) & H Romijn (Leiden, The Netherlands)

OC25

14.50

Cannabinoids increase AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) enzyme activity in the hypothalamus and heart via different signalling pathways - studies in CB1 knockout animals

   

B Kola, M Christ-Crain, G Wittman, C Leontiou, A Grossman, C Fekete & M Korbonits

OC26

15.05

Neuropeptide S is a novel peptide, which potently stimulates the hypothalamopituitary- adrenal axis and inhibits food intake

   

KL Smith, M Patterson, WS Dhillo, SR Patel, NM Semjonous, JV Gardiner, MA Ghatei & SR Bloom

OC27

15.20

A selective increase in adipose 11b-HSD1 expression in corticosterone-treated POMC-null mice is associated with development of metabolic syndrome

   

ZM Michailidou, APC Coll, NMM Morton, CJ Kenyon, S O'Rahilly, JR Seckl & KE Chapman

OC28

15.35

11b-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 oxoreductase activity is increased in patients with alcoholic chronic liver disease: the key to the phenotype of the alcoholic pseudo-Cushing's state?

   

A Ahmed, S Saksena, E Elias & PM Stewart

OC29

15.50

A choline deficient diet in mice prevents high fat diet-induced insulin resistance in spite of more severe fatty liver disease

   

PJ Raubenheimer, MJ Nyirenda & BR Walker

OC30

16.05

The release of the adipocytokine visfatin is regulated by glucose and insulin

   

DG Haider, G Schaller, S Kapiotis, C Maier, A Luger & M Wolzt

OC31

16.20

Comparative analysis of the effects of dehydroepiandrosterone (DHEA) on white and brown pre-adipocyte proliferation/differentiation

   

SPL Rice, E Wang, MF Scanlon, M Ludgate & DA Rees

OC32

16.35

The in vitro effects of resistin on the innate immune signalling pathway in isolated human subcutaneous adipocytes

   

CM Kusminski, NF da Silva, AL Harte, S Kumar & PG McTernan

     
 

16.50-17.30

TEA

   

HALL 3

     
 

17.30-18.15

Plenary 2

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

Chair: B Ake Bengtsson (Sweden)

S9

17.30

Statins and rhabdomyolysis

   

M Law (London, UK)

     
 

18.30-20.00

Pfizer Satellite Symposium 2 Clinical management of acromegaly: applying 10 years of human experience with pegvisomant

   

CLYDE AUDITORIUM

   

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