Schedule
Arrival: Tuesday, June 5, 2007 & Day 1: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
Arrival: Tuesday, June 5, 2007
| 3:00 - 10:00pm | Hospitality Welcome Desk and Registration |
Day 1: Wednesday, June 6, 2007
| 7:30 - 8:30am | Continental Breakfast | |
| 8:30am | Opening | |
| 8:45 - 9:30am | PLENARY LECTURE 1 (Chairs: David L. Kleinberg, USA / Mary Lee Vance, USA) Control of the onset of puberty John Marshall (USA) |
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| 9:30 - 11:00am | SYMPOSIUM 1 Neuroendocrinology of aging (Chairs: Steven W.J. Lamberts, The Netherlands / Rolf Gaillard, Switzerland) Aging brain and neuroendocrine system Roy G. Smith (USA) Endocrine genetics of aging Elisabeth F.C. Van Rossum (The Netherlands) The gonadal axis and male aging Frederick Wu (UK) |
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| 11:00 - 12noon | POSTER VIEWING/COFFEE BREAK | |
| 12:15 - 1:45pm | MEET THE PROFESSORS (LUNCH SEMINARS) | |
| MP1 | Pitfalls in diagnosis and treatment of Cushing's syndrome Xavier Bertagna (France) Giorgio Arnaldi (Italy) |
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| MP2 | Management of aggressive pituitary tumors Ashley Grossman (UK) Michael Buchfelder (Germany) |
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| MP3 | GH replacement therapy adolescence and adulthood Ken Ho (Australia) Paul Saenger (USA) |
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| MP4 | Acromegaly: What's new in diagnosis and treatment John A.H. Wass (UK) Ariel L. Barkan (USA) |
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| MP5 | Craniopharingioma Edward R. Laws (USA) |
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| MP6 | Imaging and diagnosis of pituitary masses Nina Musolino (Brazil) Kalmon Post (USA) |
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| MP7 | New technology in lab Nelson Horseman (USA) Ameae Walker (USA) |
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| MP8 | Bring on your difficult clinical cases William Chandler (USA) Brooke Swearingen (USA) Francesco Cavagnini (Italy) Ilan Shimon (Israel) |
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| 2:00 - 3:30pm | SYMPOSIUM 2 GH and PRL signalling (Chairs: Vincent Goffin, France / Michael J. Waters, New Zealand) Role of STAT5 in PRL feedback David R. Grattan (New Zealand) Multiple gene transcription mechanisms mediate GH action Jessica Schwartz (USA) Post-receptor signalling defects as a cause of short stature Vivian Hwa (USA) |
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| 3:30 - 4:30pm | POSTERS/COFFEE BREAK | |
| 4:45 - 6:15pm | SYMPOSIUM 3 Neuroendocrine aspects of obesity and appetite (Chairs: Aart J. van der Lely, The Netherlands / Cesar Boguszewski, Brazil) Hypothalamic circuitry and appetite control Shane Hentges (USA) The hypothalamic melanocortin system and the regulation of energy balance and neuroendocrine function Sharon Wardlaw (USA) Ghrelin action Steven Grinspoon (USA) Ghrelin and obestatin interplay Matthias Tschoep (USA) |
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| 7:00 - 10:00pm | Rooftop Reception at the Mid-America Club |