21st Joint Meeting of the British Endocrine Societies

Programme: Tuesday 9th April

Mon 8 Apr | Tues 9 Apr | Wed 10 Apr | Thu 11 Apr | Attended Posters



What would the Expert do?
07.15-08.15 Royal Hall, HIC Chair: Weetman AP (Sheffield)
Abnormal thyroid function in pregnancy
Lazarus JH (Cardiff)
       
What would the Expert do?
07.15-08.15 Spa Suite, Majestic Hotel Chair: Zweit J (Manchester)
New imaging techniques: from live cells to whole organisms
White MRH (Liverpool)
What would the Expert do?
07.15-08.15 King’s Suite, HIC Chair: Franks S (London)
Ovulation induction
Buckler HM (Manchester)
            
Society for Endocrinology Transatlantic Medal Lecture
08.30-09.30 Main Auditorium, HIC Chair: Franks S (London)
S2 08.30 Mechanisms of preterm birth, and influences on disease in later life
Challis JRG (Toronto), Lye SJ, Gibb W, Dong X, Bloomfield F, Patel F, Sloboda D, Newnham J, Gupta S, Giannoulias D, Whittle W & Alfaid N
                      
TEA/COFFEE
09.30-10.00 Hall D, HIC
                 
Symposium 1: Hormonal control of female reproduction
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY OXFORD BIO-INNOVATION-DSL
   
10.00-12.00 Royal Hall, HIC Chair: Hillier SG (Edinburgh)
S6 10.00 Transgenic models to study ovarian folliculogenesis and oogenesis
Matzuk MM (Houston)
S7 10.30 The generation of the preovulatory LH surge
McNeilly AS (Edinburgh)
S8 11.00 Role of cofactors for nuclear receptors in reproduction
Milligan SR (London), White R, Leonardsson G, Soulez M, Jacobs M, Rosewell I & Parker M
S9 11.30 Role of COX-2 in implantation
Dey SK (Kansas)
       
Clinical Management Workshop 1: Insulin resistance and type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults
10.00-12.00 Main Auditorium, HIC Chair: Dunger DB (Cambridge)
S34 Epidemiology of type 2 diabetes in childhood and adolescents in North America: possible lessons for the UK
Engelgau MM (Atlanta)
S35 Pathophysiology of type 2 diabetes in adolescents and young adults
Arslanian S (Pittsburgh)
S36 Management of adolescents and young adults with insulin resistance
Lee WRW (Singapore)
          
Oral Communications 1: Genetics: new insights into endocrine disease
10.00-12.00 King’s Suite, HIC Chair: Dominiczak AF (Glasgow) & Pearce SHS (Newcastle)
OC1 10.00 All in the family: site and gender specificity of the genetic control of bone mineral density
Duncan EL, Cardon L, Wass JAH & Brown MA
OC2 10.15 GATA3 mutations in the hypoparathyroidism, deafness and renal dysplasia (HDR) syndrome
Nesbit MA, Bowl MR, Harding B, Crowe C, Dobbie A, Hampson G, Holdaway I, Rigden S, Sampson J & Thakker RV
OC3 10.30 A molecular deletional-insertion involving chromosomes Xq27 and 2p25 causes X-linked recessive hypoparathyroidism
Bowl MR, Nesbit MA, Harding B, Levy E, Schlessinger D, Whyte MP & Thakker RV
NOVARTIS AWARDS WINNER (NP1), ALSO PRESENTED AT TWO DEDICATED POSTER SESSIONS: TUESDAY AT 14.00–14.30 AND WEDNESDAY AT 13.30–14.00, BOTH IN HALL D, HIC
OC4 10.45 Analysis of novel mutations in the HSD11b2 gene: implications for AME and possibly IUGR
Lavery GG, Ronconi V, Draper N, Chalder SM, Walker EA, Mcternan CL, Mantero F, Hewison M & Stewart PM
OC5 11.00 Identification of differentially expressed genes in rat chromosome 2 congenic strains
McBride MW, Carr FJ, Graham D, Clark JS, Strahorn P, Anderson NH & Dominiczak AF
OC6 11.15 Y chromosome consomic strains and metabolic syndrome in the stroke prone spontaneously hypertensive rat
Strahorn P, Graham D, Crawford L, Morton JJ, Sattar N & Dominiczak AF
OC7 11.30 The vitamin D receptor gene is associated with susceptibility to development of Graves’ disease in the UK
Collins JE, Heward JM, Allahabadia A, Franklyn JA, Gough SCL & Nithiyananthan R
OC8 11.45 Identification and characterization of a novel missense mutation in the growth hormone gene in a child with short stature
Lewis MD, Procter AM, Millar DS, Horan M, Easter TE, Newsway V, Fryklund L, Gregory J, Scanlon MF & Cooper DN
        
Oral Communications 2: Endocrine neoplasia
10.00-12.00 Spa Suite, Majestic Hotel Chair: Hewison M (Birmingham) & Farrell WE (Stoke-on-Trent)
OC9 10.00 Breast cancer cells express the vitamin D activating enzyme 1a-hydroxylase
Townsend K, Evans KN, Hughes SV, Mørk Hansen C, Colston KW, Campbell MJ & Hewison M
MICHAEL WHITE MEMORIAL PRIZE WINNER
     
OC10 10.15 2-Methoxyestradiol sulphamates induce G2-M arrest and apoptosis in ER-VE MDA-MB-231 breast cancer cells
Malini B, Purohit A, Leese MP, Potter BVL & Reed MJ
OC11 10.30 CYP24 action: an intrinsic mechanism of resistance in breast and prostate cancer cells
Moore J, Miles AE, Townsend K, Colston KW, Stewart PM, Hewison M & Campbell MJ
OC12 10.45 Ghrelin inhibits proliferation of breast cell lines acting via the growth hormone secretagogue receptor (GHS-R)
Taylor JP, Hughes BA, Sheppard MC, Stewart PM & Toogood AA
OC13 11.00 Disruption of the SH3 domain of pituitary tumor transforming gene (PTTG) reveals distinct mechanisms of FGF-induction and cell transformation
Boelaert K, Tannahill LA, McRobbie LJ, Moore JS, Young LS, Sheppard MC, Franklyn JA, Gittoes NJL & McCabe CJ
OC14 11.15 Expression and function of vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) and its receptor KDR in pituitary tumours
McCabe CJ, Boelaert K, Tannahill LA, Khaira JS, McRobbie LJ, Hussain S, Sheppard MC, Gittoes NJL & Franklyn JA
OC15 11.30 Regional gene expression in the colon of patients with and without acromegaly
Kelly PA, Ogunkolade BW, Fairclough PA, Monson JP, Grossman AB, Besser GM, Bustin SA & Jenkins PJ
OC16 11.45 BPDZ-154 is a potent activator of ATP-sensitive potassium channels in pancreatic b-cells
Lee AT, Cosgrove KE, Barnes PD, Lindley KJ, Aynsley-Green A, de Tullio P, Pirotte B, Lebrun P & Dunne MJ
           
Extraordinary General Meeting of the Society for Endocrinology
12.00-12.30 Main Auditorium, HIC
      
LUNCH
12.00-14.00 Hall D, HIC
          
Ipsen Satellite Symposium: Somatostatin analogues: clinical update on new developments
12.30-14.00 Main Auditorium, HIC
       
Novartis Awards Poster Session
14.00-14.30 Hall D, HIC
      
Attended Posters (even numbers)
14.00-15.30 Hall D, HIC
        
Symposium 2: Recent advances in biological rhythms
15.30-17.30 Spa Suite, Majestic Hotel Chair: Loudon ASI (Manchester)
S10 15.30 Molecular mechanisms of the circadian clockwork
Hastings MH (Cambridge)
S11 16.00 Photoperiodic regulation of the neuroendocrine system
Morgan PJ (Aberdeen), Ross AW, Mercer J & Barrett P
S12 16.30 Human physiological implications of biological timing
Arendt J (Guildford)
S13 17.00 Endocrine and other biological rhythms in man
Wehr TA (Bethesda), Duncan Jr WC & Aeschbach D
          
Symposium 3: Vascular risk in diabetes - genetic and environmental interactions
15.30-17.30 Royal Hall, HIC Chair: Connell JMC (Glasgow)
S14 15.30 Diabetes and vascular risk
Holman RR (Oxford)
S15 16.00 Genetic basis of type 2 diabetes
Hattersley AT (Exeter)
S16 16.30 From QTL locus to insulin resistance gene
Aitman TJ (London)
S17 17.00 Lifestyle and environmental interactions in type 2 diabetes
Laakso M (Kuopio)
        
Clinical Management Workshop 2: New treatments for osteoporosis
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY ELI LILLY & COMPANY
15.30-17.30 Main Auditorium, HIC Chair: Eastell R (Sheffield) & Russell RGG (Oxford)
S37 Prospects for new treatment approaches in osteoporosis
Russell RGG (Oxford)
S38 Parathyroid hormone for osteoporosis treatment
Lindsay R (New York)
S39 Statins for the prevention of postmenopausal osteoporosis
Eastell R (Sheffield)
         
Oral Communications 3: Growth regulation
15.30-17.30 King’s Suite, HIC Chair: Di Lauro R (Naples) & Logan A (Birmingham)
OC17 15.30 The identification of cryptic gene sequences that encode putative ligands: the example of POP1
Baird A (London), Burg M, Jensen-Pergakes K, Ravey P, Gonzalez AM & Larocca D
WINNING ABSTRACT FROM THE 2001 BES AWARDS SUPPORTED BY PHARMACIA
OC18 15.45 Overexpression of insulin-like growth factor binding protein-5 (IGFBP-5) induces severe growth retardation in transgenic mice
Salih DAM, Szestak TAM, Carter EJ, Gonzalez I, Eisemann JH & Pell JM
OC19 16.00 Thyroid hormone activates fibroblast growth factor receptor-1 in bone
Scott AJ, Harvey CB, O’Shea PJ, Stevens DA, Samarut J, Chassande O & Williams GR
OC20 16.15 Advanced bone formation in mice with resistance to thyroid hormone due to a targeted mutation in the thyroid hormone receptor b gene
O’Shea PJ, Harvey CB, Suzuki H, Kaneshige M, Kaneshige K, Cheng S-Y & Williams GR
OC21 16.30 Decidual matrix metalloproteases MMP-3 and MMP-9 proteolyse insulin-like growth factor binding protein-1
Coppock HA, Aplin JD, White A & Westwood M
OC22 16.45 The epidermal growth factor receptor (EGFR) tyrosine kinase inhibitor ZD1839 (‘Iressa’) inhibits growth of human pituitary cells expressing a mutated form of the EGFR
Borg SA, Kerry KE, Suliman ME, Royds JA, Wharton SB & Jones TH
OC23 17.00 Follicle-stimulating hormone and transforming growth factor-b superfamily members regulate granulosa cell connective tissue growth factor (CTGF) gene expression in vitro and in vivo
Harlow CR, Davidson L, Burns KH, Yan C, Matzuk MM & Hillier SG
OC24 17.15 Abnormalities of folliculogenesis in polycystic ovaries start at the primordial stage
Webber LJ, Wright CS, Stubbs S, Margara R, Trew GM, Hardy K & Franks S
TEA/COFFEE
17.30-18.00 Hall D, HIC
          
Clinical Endocrinology Trust Visiting Professor Lecture
18.00-19.00 Main Auditorium, HIC Chair: Rees LH (London)
S3 18.00 The neuroendocrinology of stress
Chrousos GP (Bethesda)
          
Pharmacia Satellite Symposium: Clinical dilemmas in growth hormone deficiency
19.15-21.15 Main Auditorium, HIC