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Tuesday 8 April
 07:15 08:00    Clinical Expert 1: Management of prolactinoma
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 1
Chair: R Murray (Leeds)
J Bevan (Aberdeen)
     
 07:15 08:00    Clinical Expert 2: Clinical management of MEN 1 or 2
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 2
Chair: J Davis (Manchester)
R Thakker (Oxford)
     
 08:15 10:15    Symposium 3: Hypoxia: its effects on physiology and pathophysiology
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: M Westwood (Manchester) & K Forbes (Manchester)
08.15 S17 Hypoxia signalling and VHL
P Maxwell (London)
08.45 S18 Prenatal hypoxia and early origins of heart disease
D Giussani (Cambridge)
09.15 S19 Hypoxia, angiogenesis and proliferative diabetic retinopathy
P Bishop (Manchester)
09.45 S20 Understanding VEGF Action: the role of a novel factor, Dll4
S Wiegand (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals)
     
 08:15 10:15    Oral Communications 3: Bone, Diabetes and Tumours
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: R Rosenfeld (Palo Alto, USA) & A Swali (Birmingham)
08.15 OC17 Cinacalcet is an effective and well tolerated treatment for MEN1 associated primary hyperparathyroidism
AMEND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD WINNER
V Moyes; K Alexandraki; J Monson; S Akker; S Chew;
08.30 OC18 Human omental adipose tissue as a key site for the inflammatory 15-lipoxygenase pathway: Implications for metabolic disease.
M Hill; P McTernan; N da Silva; K McGee; C Kusminski; A Baker; S Kumar; A Harte;
08.45 OC19 Expression of the parathyroid-specific transcription factor glial cell-Missing B (GCMB) is regulated by GATA3
I Grigorieva; M Nesbit; A Ali; M Stechman; R Thakker;
09.00 OC20 Serum 18 hydroxycortisol identifies aldosteronoma in the differential diagnosis of primary aldosteronism
S Narasimhan; A McGregor; J Miell; S Chambers; H Abraha (Daines); S Aylwin;
09.15 OC21 Delineating the mechanisms of visfatin regulation in human AT and the implications of TZD treatment in type 2 diabetes
K McGee; A Harte; N da Silva; S Creely; A Baker; C Kusminski; M Khanolkar; M Evans; M Chittari; V Patel; S Boardman; S Kumar; P McTernan;
09.30 OC22 Cataracts are a phenotypic feature of autosomal dominant hypocalcaemia with hypercalciuria (ADHH): lessons from the Nuf mouse model with an activating calcium sensing receptor (CaSR) mutation
F Hannan; A Curley; P Christie; B Harding; M Nesbit; M Cheeseman; A Bron; R Thakker;
09.45 OC23 Obesity resulting from Gs-alpha mutations in the maternal (but not paternal) allele is a consequence of Gs-alpha imprinting in the central nervous system
M Chen; K Dickerson; J Wang; J Kelleher; O Gavrilova; Q Zhang; T Xie; L Weinstein;
10.00 OC24 The calcilytic agent NPS2143 rectifies hypocalcaemia in a mouse model, Nuf, that is due to an activating calcium-sensing-receptor (CaSR) mutation: Relevance to Autosomal Dominant Hypocalcaemia with Hypercalciuria
NOVARTIS AWARD WINNER
F Hannan; G Walls; E Kallay; M Nesbit; T Hough; R Cox; J Hu; A Spiegel; R Thakker;
     
 08:15 10:15    Clinical Management Workshop 2 - PCOS: Impact on long term health outcomes
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Main Auditorium
Chairs: J Ahlquist (Southend) & T Sathyapal (Hull)
08.15 S47 Fat metabolism, obesity, NASH in PCOS and insulin resistant states
S Atkin (Hull)
08.55 S48 Cardiovascular implications of PCOS
F Orio (Naples, Italy)
09.35 S49 Long-term implications of PCOS in children and adolescents
K Ong (Cambridge)
     
 10:15 10:40    Coffee
Hall Q
     
 10:40 11:25    Society for Endocrinology Dale Medal Lecture
Main Auditorium
Chair: J Wass (Oxford)
S1 Hormones and ovaries: a lifelong journey
A McNeilly (Edinburgh)
     
 11:25 11:55    Society for Endocrinology Transatlantic Medal Lecture
Main Auditorium
Chair: J Wass (Oxford)
S2 Insulin-like growth factors and the evolution of human growth
R Rosenfeld (Palo Alto, USA)
     
 12:00 13:30    Lunch
Hall Q
     
 12:15 13.00    Attended posters
Hall Q
     
 13:30 15:30    Symposium 4: Thyroid hormones in development: physiology and clinical implications
Main Auditorium
Chairs: S Cheng (Bethesda, USA) & D Bassett (London)
13.30 S21 Thyroid Hormone Transport and Neurological Development
T Visser (Rotterdam, The Netherlands)
14.00 S22 New roles of deiodinases in development
A Bianco (Boston, USA)
14.30 S23 The HPT axis in control of skeletal development
G Williams (London)
15.00 S24 Clinical implications of fetal and neonatal thyroid development
R Hume (Dundee)
     
 13:30 15:30    Oral Communications 4: Pituitary and steriods
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: J Connell (Glasgow) & O Evuarherhe (Bristol)
13.30 OC25 Identification of MC2R receptor accessory protein domains required for interaction with MC2R and formation of a functional ACTH responsive receptor
T Webb; P Chapple; L Metherell; S Cooray; M Cheetham; A Clark;
13.45 OC26 A role for CD38 in anterior pituitary somatotrophs? Studies in CD38 null mice
S Patel; J Prescott; J Morris; H Christian;
14.00 OC27 Adipose GR knockdown protects against obesity in female mice
E marshall; T Man; N Morton; C Kenyon; J Seckl; K Chapman;
14.15 OC28 Pre-receptor cortisol metabolism is a critical regulator of insulin signalling in human adipose tissue
L Gathercole; I Bujalska; P Stewart; J Tomlinson;
14.30 OC29 Targeting Cyp11b1 expression in mice to model sequelae of congenital adrenal hyperplasia
L Mullins; A Peter; N Wrobel; E Aldujaili; J McNeilly; D Brownstein; A McNeilly; J Mullins; C Kenyon;
14.45 OC30 Local cortisol generation by human macrophage subsets by 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 enzyme and its role in ocular immune privilege
V Joganathan; A Al-Hakami; S Rauz; P Stewart; G Wallace; I Bujalska;
15.00 OC31 Do polyunsaturated fatty acids stimulate steroidogenesis through expression of liver x receptor?
L Barton; P Jones; C Wathes; R Abayasekara;
15.15 OC32 Coupling of GR cellular distribution and function to the cell cycle
L Matthews; D Spiller; C Rivers; M Norman; M White; D Ray;
     
 13:30 15:30    Young Endocrinologist Session: Obtaining funding for Young Endocrinologists
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: K Jonas (London) & A Munir (Sheffield)
13.30 S66 Funding for research fellowships
T Skerry (Sheffield)
14.00 S67 Clinical Research Fellowships: an insider’s account
F Swords (London)
14.30 S68 Basic science research lectureships: a day in the life of ...
M Westwood (Manchester)
15.00 S69 The 'been-to-America' degree revisited: is it really still worth it?
R Fowkes (London)
     
 15:30 16:00    Tea
Hall Q
     
 16:00 18:00    Clinical Debate: This house believes that males become menopausal
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Main Auditorium
Chair: F Wu (Manchester)
D1 For
P Bouloux (London)
D2 Against
A Andersson (Copenhagen, Denmark)
     
 16:00 18:00    Oral Communications 5: Thyroid
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: S Cheng (Bethesda, USA) & P Beck-Peccoz (Milan, Italy)
16.00 OC33 Effect of thyroid status on the skeleton in post-menopausal women: the OPUS study
NOVARTIS AWARD WINNER
E Murphy; C Glüer; D Reid; D Felsenberg; C Roux; R Eastell; G Williams;
16.15 OC34 Maternal isodisomy for a novel human FOXE1 gene mutation in syndromic congenital hypothyroidism
M Castanet; U Mallya; M Agostini; C Mitchell; M Polak; S Demuth; L Raymond; M Gurnell; K Chatterjee;
16.30 OC35 Circulating endothelial progenitor cells are reduced in subclinical and overt hypothyroidism
A Shakoor; A Aldibbiat; L Ingoe; S Campbell; L Sibal; J Isaacs; J Shaw; P Home; J Weaver;
16.45 OC36 Increased skeletal mineralisation in mice lacking type 2 iodothyronine deiodinase
J Bassett; A Boyde; P Howell; T Galliford; M Archanco; D St. Germain; V Galton; G Williams;
17.00 OC37 Endocytosis involves a CLC-5 and KIF3B Interaction: relevance to thyroid and renal tubular function.
A Reed; N Loh; J Lippiat; C Partridge; J Galvanovskis; S Williams; F Jouret; F Wu; P Courtoy; M Nesbit; O Devuyst; P Rorsman; F Ashcroft; R Thakker;
17.15 OC38 Serious vascular events for patients on long-term thyroxine: the TEARS Study
G Leese; R Jung; R Flynn;
17.30 OC39 HIF-1α is a common downstream target of PI3K and MAPK/ERK signalling in thyroid carcinomas
K Williams; R Cowen; R von Wasielewski; M Uenalan; J Resch; C West; G Brabant;
17.45 OC40 Direct actions of T3 in proliferating chondrocytes regulate endochondral ossification and linear growth
BRITISH THYROID ASSOCIATION AWARD WINNER
N Bernstein; R Swinhoe; M Kester; M Archanco; Y Lu; P O'Shea; T Visser; J Bassett; G Williams;
     
 16:00 18:00    Symposium 5: Androgen receptors – physiology and disease
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: I McEwan (Aberdeen) & V Bombail (Edinburgh)
16.00 S25 Tissue-specific androgen receptor knockout models: novel tools in the study of androgen action
G Verhoeven (Leuven, Belgium)
16.40 S26 Loss of androgen receptor bindingto selective androgen response elements causes a reproductive phenotype in transgenic SPARKI mice
F Claessens (Leuven, Belgium)
17.20 S27 Androgen receptors in development: biochemical and clinical correlates
I Hughes (Cambridge)
     
 16:00 17:00    Clinical Expert 1 (repeat): Management of prolactinoma
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
King's Suite
Chair: R Murray (Leeds)
J Bevan (Aberdeen)
     
 17:00 18:00    Clinical Expert 2 (repeat): Clinical management of MEN 1 or 2
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
King's Suite
Chair: J Davis (Manchester)
R Thakker (Oxford)
     
 19:30 onwards     Society for Endocrinology banquet
Old Swan Hotel