24th Joint Meeting of the British Endocrine Societies

Programme: Tuesday 5th April

Mon 4 Apr | Tues 5 Apr | Wed 6 Apr | Attended Posters

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The Expert's View 1: Clinical
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY SERONO LTD
07.30-08.15 Queen's Suite 1       Chair: Conway G (London)
Precocious puberty
Stanhope R (London)
 
The Expert's View 2: Clinical
07.30-08.15 Queen's Suite 2       Chair: Vanderpump M (London)
Amiodarone, lithium and thyroid dysfunction
Sheppard M (Birmingham)
 
The Expert's View 3: Science
07.30-08.15 King's Suite       Chair: Bland R (Warwick)
The polypeptide hormone stanniocalcin, no longer just a fish-tale
Wagner G (London, Canada)
 
Clinical Endocrinology Trust Lecture
08.30-09.15 Main Auditorium       Chair: Wass JAH (Oxford)
S3 08.30 Thyroid disease - causes and effects
Franklyn JA (Birmingham)
 
COFFEE
09.15-09.45 Hall D
   
Symposium 4: Intracellular transport of steroids
09.45-11.45 Queen's Suite 1       Chair: Hewison M (Birmingham)
S16 09.45 An introduction to lipid rafts and their role in protein targeting
Shennan K (Aberdeen)
 
S17 10.15 The steroid hormone response element binding proteins
Adams JS (Los Angeles, USA)
 
S18 10.45 The molecular mechanism of nuclear trafficking
Stewart M (Cambridge)
 
S19 11.15 Intracellular trafficking of vitamin D receptors and interacting proteins
Barsony J (Bethesda, USA)
 
Clinical Management Workshop 2: HRT in women - who should get what?
09.45-11.45 Main Auditorium       Chair: Buckler H (Manchester)
S41 09.45 Current state of HRT in post-menopausal women
Prelevic G (London)
 
S42 10.15 Hormone replacement in pre-menopausal women
Conway GS (London)
 
S43 10.45 DHEA and its role in women
Allolio B (Würzburg, Germany)
 
Oral Communications 3: Neuroendocrinology
09.45-11.45 Queen's Suite 2       Chairs: Buckingham JC (London) & Davis JRE (Manchester)
OC18 09.45 Genetic ablation of the AgRP neuron leads to a lean, hypophagic phenotype
Bewick GA, Gardiner JV, Dhillo WS, Kent AS, Ghatei MA & Bloom SR
NOVARTIS AWARD WINNER (NP1) ALSO PRESENTED AS A POSTER
 
OC19 10.00 The nadir growth hormone after an octreotide test dose predicts the long term efficacy of somatostatin analogue therapy in acromegaly
Gilbert JA, McGregor AM & Aylwin SJB
 
OC20 10.15 Transcriptional activation of the prolactin gene by TNF-alpha is mediated via NFkB
Friedrichsen S, Wilding M, Harper C, Nelson G, Spiller DS, White MRH & Davis JRE
 
OC21 10.30 Adenosine expression and function in the anterior pituitary gland
Francis K, Pexa A, Lewis BM, McNicol AM, Jasani B, Deussen A, Scanlon MF, Rees DA & Ham J
 
OC22 10.45 Modulators of the SUR2B/Kir6.1 ATP-sensitive K+ channel regulate annexin 1 release in the TtT/GF folliculostellate cell line
Payne JP, Morris JF, Solito E & Buckingham JC
 
OC23 11.00 Ghrelin and cannabinoid interactions on food intake
Korbonits M, Tucci SA, Rogers EK & Kirkham TC
 
OC24 11.15 Feeding effects of the gut hormones ghrelin, peptide YY (3-36) and oxyntomodulin in lean and obese mice
Druce MR, Neary NM, Small CJ, Monteiro M, Thompson EL, Ghatei MA & Bloom SR
 
OC25 11.30 Does GH replacement increase the risk of recurrence in patients with craniopharyngioma?
Karavitaki N, Warner JT, Shine B, Stratton IM, Turner HE & Wass JAH
 
Society for Endocrinology Extraordinary General Meeting
11.45-12.00 Main Auditorium
   
LUNCH
11.45-13.00 Hall D
   
Attended Posters (even numbers)
11.45-13.00 Hall D
   
Novartis Awards Poster Session
12.30-13.00 Hall D
   
Molecular Endocrinology Workshop
13.00-14.00 Queen's Suite 1       Chair: Davis JRE (Manchester)
S57 13.00 Protein chip technology
Banks R (Leeds)
 
Schering Health Care Ltd Satellite Session
13.00-14.00 Main Auditorium
New quarterly intramuscular testosterone undecanoate and the future of testosterone replacement therapy
 
Debate: Growth hormone in adults: did NICE get it right?
13.00-14.00 Queen's Suite 2       Chair: Shalet SM (Manchester)
  For: Barkan A (Ann Arbor, USA) Against: Wass JAH (Oxford)
   
Symposium 5: Cardiovascular endocrinology
14.00-16.00 Main Auditorium       Chair: Bouloux P (London)
S20 14.00 Adipokines, metabolic syndrome and atherogenesis
Sattar N (Glasgow)
 
S21 14.30 Inflammatory markers in coronary heart disease
Danesh J (Cambridge)
 
S22 15.00 Endothelial function and atherogenesis
Deanfield JE (London)
 
S23 15.30 Oxidative stress and cardiovascular disease
Dominiczak AF (Glasgow)
 
Symposium 6: Novel approaches for defining oestrogen action
14.00-16.00 Queen's Suite 1       Chair: Parker M (London)
S24 14.00 Imaging of E2 action in vivo
Maggi A (Milan, Italy)
 
S25 14.30 New roles for oestrogens as revealed by models of oestrogen insufficiency
Simpson ER (Melbourne, Australia)
 
S26 15.00 Profiling in endometrium - genomic approaches to defining oestrogen action
Moggs JG (Macclesfield)
 
S27 15.30 Oestrogen receptors and growth factor interactions: implications for cancer development and treatment
Nicholson RI, Hutcheson IR, Giles MG & Gee JMW (Cardiff)
 
Oral Communications 4: Steroids
14.00-16.00 Queen's Suite 2       Chairs: Ray D (Manchester) & Adams JS (Los Angeles, USA)
OC26 14.00 Identification of a defective gene in familial glucocorticoid deficiency type 2 as an ACTH receptor accessory factor responsible for cell surface trafficking
Metherell LA, Chapple JP, Cooray S, Naville D, Begeot M, Huebner A, Cheetham ME & Clark AJL
 
OC27 14.15 Interaction of the ACTH receptor C-terminal tail with a nuclear envelope protein
Doufexis M & Clark AJ
 
OC28 14.30 Impact of dietary chenodeoxycholic acid on the hypothalamic-pituitary-adrenal axis in rats
McNeilly AS, Walker BR & Andrew R
 
OC29 14.45 Characterisation of a novel protein interacting with the glucocorticoid receptor
Rice LM, Waters CE, Garside HJ, White A & Ray DW
NOVARTIS AWARD WINNER (NP2) ALSO PRESENTED AS A POSTER
 
OC30 15.00 Cortisol, DHEA and DHEAS in severe sepsis - a paradigm revisited
Arlt W, Hammer F, Sanning P, Filko D, Allolio B, Stewart PM & Annane D
 
OC31 15.15 Functional effects of mutations in the 11beta-hydroxylase (CYP11B1) gene
Barr M, Wilkinson DM, Holloway CD, Miller S, MacKenzie SM, Kazi S, Fraser R, Connell JMC & Davies E
 
OC32 15.30 Differential induction of fibroblast 11beta-HSD1: a mechanism for tissue-specific regulation of inflammation
Hardy RS, Cooper MS, Filer A, Parsonage G, Buckley CD, Stewart PM & Hewison M
 
OC33 15.45 Generation of glucocorticoids by 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase isozymes in the perfused mouse hindlimb
Dover AR, Hadoke PWF, Miller E, Newby DE & Walker BR
 
Nurses Session: Skeletal health
14.00-16.00 King's Suite       Chairs: Smethurst L (Manchester) & Campbell K (Glasgow)
S50 14.00 Techniques of bone mass measurement
Alsop C (Manchester)
 
S51 14.30 Steroids and the skeleton
Francis RM (Newcastle)
 
S52 15.00 Management of osteoporosis
Selby PL (Manchester)
 
S53 15.30 Osteoporosis and fracture: the role of the endocrine nurse
Nelson DA (Glasgow)
 
TEA
16.00-16.15 Hall D
   
NURSES' TEA
GENEROUSLY SUPPORTED BY SERONO LTD
16.00-16.30 Conference Suite
   
The Expert's View 4: Science
16.15-17.00 King's Suite       Chair: Lowry P (Reading)
The use of genomics to identify key transcriptional pathways of mammalian implantation
Smith S (Glasgow)
 
The Expert's View 5: Clinical
16.15-17.00 Queen's Suite 1       Chair: Arlt W (Birmingham)
Controversies in androgen replacement
Bouloux P (London)
 
The Expert's View 6: Clinical
16.15-17.00 Queen's Suite 2       Chair: Williams G (Bristol)
Dyslipidaemias in diabetes
Durrington P (Manchester)
 
Society for Endocrinology Transatlantic Medal Lecture
17.00-17.45 Main Auditorium       Chair: Bloom SR (London)
S4 17.00 Consequences from loss of estrogen receptor activity in endocrine physiology
Korach KS (Research Triangle Park, North Carolina, USA)
 
Ipsen Ltd Satellite Session
18.00-19.00 Main Auditorium
Would you recognise LOH if it walked into your clinic? Interactive case presentations on the diagnosis and management of late-onset hypogonadism (LOH)
 
BES Banquet
19.30-late Majestic Hotel (ticket only)