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Preliminary Scientific Programme

Preliminary programme [PDF]

SUNDAY 27 APRIL

1600-1800
  
REGISTRATION
  
Welcome Cocktail Party
1800-1815 Welcome
1815- 2000 Reception/Mixer Delegates and Guests
         

MONDAY 28 APRIL

Location: The Royal Society
Symposium 1: History
0830-0845 Introduction
0845-0930 History Discovery Isolation and Identification of Aldosterone
0930-1000 Aldosterone beyond 1960
1000-1030
   
The Evolution of Aldosterone Antagonists
  
1030-1100
  
Break
  
Symposium 2: The State of the Clinical Art
1100-1130 Primary Aldosteronism
1130-1200 Genes Salt and RAAS
1200 1230 Aldosteronism and the kidney
1230-1300
  
The RALES Trial
  
1300-1530
     
Lunch / POSTERS
  
Posters
1330-1530
    
Poster Session
       
Symposium 3: Biosynthesis
1530-1600 Perspective on Biosynthesis
1600-1630 In vitro studies
1630-1700 Local production
1700-1730
    
Clinical disorders
  
Evening Free
          

TUESDAY 29 APRIL

Location: The Royal Society
Symposium 4: Signal Transduction and Aldosterone Action
0830-0900 The Angiotensin Receptor
0900-0930 Novel Mechanisms of Action
0930-1000 New Adrenal Proteins
1000-1030
   
Cholesterol Transport
  
1030-1100
   
Break
   
Symposium 5: MR/HSD2
1100-1130 Mutant MR
1130-1200 Transgenic mice
1200-1230 Rapid non-genomic actions
1230-1300
     
11beta HSD2
    
1300-1530
   
LUNCH /POSTERS
      
Posters
1330-1530
   
Poster Session
     
Symposium 6: MR Structure and Function
1530-1600 Lessons from elsewhere
1600-1630 Novel Ligand– MR interactions
1630-1700 Mutants
1700-1730
   
Clinical studies
    
Conference Dinner
           

WEDNESDAY 30 APRIL

Location: The Royal Society
Symposium 7: Epithelial Action - Induced Proteins
0830-0900 SGK1 /sodium
0900-0930 Enac
0930-1000 Induced Proteins
1000-1030
  
Receptor Binding Properties
   
1030-1100
  
Break
   
Symposium 8: Non Epithelial Action
1100-1130 Cardiac synthesis/action
1130-1200 Blood Pressure
1200-1230 End Organ Protection by Antagonists
1230-1300
    
Vasculature
   
1300-1400
  
Lunch
   
Symposium 9: Rales and After
1400-1430 Allelic variations
1430-1500 Clinical studies; antagonists
1500-1530 Studies on novel clinical antagonists
1530-1600 Where to now?