23rd Joint Meeting of the British Endocrine Societies

Programme: Tuesday 23rd March

Sun 21 & Mon 22 Mar | Tues 23 Mar | Wed 24 Mar | Attended Posters

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Tuesday 23 March
The expert's view
07.30-08.15 Alpha Room Chair: M Press (London)
Diabetic retinopathy
Taylor R (Newcastle)
 
The expert's view
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY SERONO LTD
07.30-08.15 Beta Room Chair: SM Shalet (Manchester)
Myths about short stature
Stanhope R (London)
 
The expert's view
07.30-08.15 Board Room Chair: P Selby (Manchester)
BMPs
Vukicevic S (Zagreb, Croatia)
 
Clinical Endocrinology Trust Visiting Professor Lecture
08.30-09.15 Main Hall Chair: LH Rees (London)
S2 08.30 Prediction and prevention of autoimmune thyroid disease
Wiersinga W (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
 
COFFEE
09.15-09.45 Main Foyer and Hewison Hall
   
Symposium 5: Neural migration in neuroendocrine systems
09.45-11.45 Alpha Room Chair: JF Morris (Oxford)
S20 09.45 Recent advances in the understanding of GnRH neuronal migration in mammals
Tobet SA (Waltham, MA, USA) & Schwarting GA
 
S21 10.15 GnRH neuronal ontogeny: lessons from the investigation of Kallmann's syndrome
Bouloux PMG (London), Hu Y, Kim S & Martinez Gonzalez D
 
S22 10.45 Overview of neuronal migration and axonal guidance. The role of the extracellular matrix
Pini A (London)
 
S23 11.15 Recent advances in pituitary development
Dattani MT (London)
 
Oral Communications 4: Endocrine tumours
09.45-11.45 Beta Room Chairs: JAH Wass (Oxford) & P Trainer (Manchester)
OC23 09.45 Expression of vitamin D metabolism and signalling components in breast tumours compared with paired normals
Townsend K, Guy M, Colston KW, Mansi J, Campbell MJ & Hewison M
     
OC24 10.00 Microarray analysis of IGF-I mRNA positive and negative breast tumours
Laban CA, McCarthy K, Ogunkolade BW, Bustin SA, Ahmed S, Carpenter R & Jenkins PJ
     
OC25 10.15 PPAR gamma expression in pituitary tumours
Emery MN, Merulli C, Bonner SE, Nanzer AM, Musat M, Galloway M, Grossman AB & Korbonits M
 
OC26 10.30 Mechanisms of HER2 resistance in endocrine tumours
Myers E, Hill ADK, McDermott EW, O'Higgins NJ & Young LS
     
OC27 10.45 Gamma knife stereotactic radiosurgery for acromegaly
Nawaz A, Newton D, Sandeman DD, Rowe J, Ross RJM, Kemeny A & Newell-Price J
     
OC28 11.00 Biochemical and genetic screening in isolated and familial MEN1
Lee S, Roper E, Kirk R, Howie H, Doane A, Quarrell O, Harrison BJ & Ross RJM
     
OC29 11.15 Clinical experience of intra-arterial calcium gluconate-stimulated hepatic venous sampling in the localisation of insulinomas
Kassim SB, Ellis PK, Atkinson AB, Hunter SJ, Sheridan B, Russell CFJ & McCance DR
     
OC30 11.30 Effect of human growth hormone in haemato-oncology patients receiving intensive chemotherapy. A double blind randomized, placebo-controlled study
Powles R, Sirohi B, Das M, Kulkarni S, Treleaven JG, Dearden C, Morgan GJ, McCormack R & Wass JAH
 
Clinical Management Workshop 2: Insulin delivery systems
09.45-11.45 Main Hall Chair: D Johnston (London)
S38 09.45 Pancreatic islet transplantation
Press M (London)
 
S39 10.25 Continuous glucose monitoring and pump technology
Hurel S (London)
 
S40 11.05 Insulin analogues in diabetes mellitus
Owens DR (Cardiff)
 
LUNCH
11.45-13.00 Main Foyer and Hewison Hall
 
Society for Endocrinology Extraordinary General Meeting
11.45-13.00 Main Hall
 
Attended Posters (even numbers)
12.00-13.00 Main Foyer and Hewison Hall
 
Novartis Awards Poster Session
12.30-13.00 Hewison Hall
 
Focused Science Session: The use of BRET in endocrinology
13.00-14.00 Alpha Room Chair: JRE Davis (Manchester)
S43 13.00 Monitoring the dynamic of interaction between the insulin receptor and protein tyrosine phosphatase-1B in living cells using BRET (bioluminescence resonance energy transfer)
Boute N, Boubekeur S, Lacasa D & Issad T (Paris, France)
 
Ipsen Ltd Satellite Symposium
13.00- 14.00 Main Hall
Abnormal growth hormone status: from deficiency to excess
 
Symposium 6: Hair: too little, too much
14.00-15.30 Main Hall Chair: IW Henderson (Sheffield)
S25 14.00 Gene regulation and the developing hair follicle
Philpott MP (London)
     
S24 14.30 Androgen-dependent human hair growth: a biological paradox
Randall VA (Bradford)
 
S26 15.00 The clinical management of hirsutism: evidence based practice
Azziz R (Los Angeles, CA, USA)
 
Clinical Management Workshop 3: When and how to remove the overactive parathyroid
14.00-15.30 Alpha Room Chair: JAH Wass (Oxford)
S41 14.00 When and how to remove the overactive parathyroid
Sadler G (Oxford)
 
S42 14.45 Imaging and diagnosis in parathyroid disease
Selby PL (Manchester)
 
Young Endocrinologists Session: How to compete for grant funding
14.00-15.30 Beta Room Chairs: A Mostyn (Nottingham) & L Noon (London)
S47 14.00 How to compete for grant funding
Lowry PJ (Reading)
 
S48 14.30 A good academic CV
TBC
 
S49 15.00 Experience with applications for fellowships
Bicknell AB (Reading)
 
TEA
15.30- 16.00 Main Foyer and Hewison Hall
 
The expert's view
16.00-16.45 Alpha Room Chair: AP Weetman (Sheffield)
Weird thyroid function tests
Wiersinga W (Amsterdam, The Netherlands)
 
The expert's view
16.00-16.45 Beta Room Chair: J Morris (Oxford)
Ubiquitin/proteasome
Mayer R (Nottingham)
 
The expert's view
16.00-16.45 Board Room Chair: A Logan (Birmingham)
Intellectual property
Thorpe G (Birmingham)
 
Society for Endocrinology Dale Medal Lecture
17.00-17.45 Main Hall Chair: SR Bloom (London)
S3 17.00 Corticotropin releasing factor (CRF) family of ligands and their receptors
Vale W (San Diego, USA), Bale T, Li C, Reyes T, Perrin M, Jamieson P, Chen A, Brar B, Vaghan J & Rivier J
 
BES Banquet
19.30 Glyndebourne House (entrance by ticket only)