Prize Winners

Novartis award winners

Clinical
OC33  Effect of thyroid status on the skeleton in post-menopausal women: the OPUS study
Dr Elaine Murphy, London

Basic science

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
Dr Fadil Hannan, Oxford

British Thyroid Association award winner

OC40  Direct actions of T3 in proliferating chondrocytes regulate endochondral ossification and linear growth
Dr Nicholas Bernstein, London

AMEND award winner

OC17  Cinacalcet is an Effective and Well Tolerated Treatment for MEN1 Associated Primary Hyperparathyroidism
Dr Veronica Moyes, London

Overall oral communication winners

Clinical
OC3    Does 11beta-HSD1 in visceral adipose tissue (VAT) deliver cortisol to the liver? Studies with portal vein sampling and tracer infusion in humans
R Stimson, Edinburgh

Basic science
OC6    MRAP2 permits the functional expression of the melanocortin-2-receptor: a new member of a new family of melanocortin receptor accessory proteins
L Chan, London

Overall poster winners

Clinical
P288    Association of variants within the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene and polycystic ovary syndrome
T Barber, Oxford

Basic science

P178    A novel mechanism of NIS repression in differentiated thyroid cancer
V Smith, Birmingham

Poster winners by category

Bone
P9        Estrogen Augments Shear Stress-induced Signaling and Gene Expression in Osteoblasts by integrins highly expression
C Yeh, Taipei, Taiwan

P12      Pre-operation imaging of parathyroid gland in primary hyperparathyroidism
I Malik, Sunderland

Cytokines and growth factors
P106    Expression and purification of the leptin receptor
B Carpenter, Sheffield

P109    Relationships of IGF-I & its binding proteins to cardiac, large & small vessel structure and function in premenopausal women
M Banerjee, Manchester

Diabetes, metabolism and cardiovascular
P145    Tamm-Horsfall Glycoprotein Mutants, which cause Familial Juvenile Hyperuricaemic Nephropathy (FJHN), are retained in the Endoplasmic Reticulum (ER), resulting in delayed maturation and trafficking to the plasma membrane
S Williams, Oxford

P150    Activation of the Unfolded Protein Response Pathway in the Skeletal Muscle of Hexose-6-Phosphate Dehydrogenase Knockout Mice Induces a Severe Myopathy
G Lavery, Birmingham

Endocrine tumours and neoplasia
P191    In vivo delivery of an adenoviral gene therapy vector to pituitary tumours in MEN1 deficient mice
M Lemos, Oxford

P178    A novel mechanism of NIS repression in differentiated thyroid cancer
V Smith, Birmingham

Growth and development
P200    Growth retardation in inflammatory bowel disease (IBD) is not universally associated with growth hormone resistance
S Wong, Glasgow

Neuroendocrinology and behaviour
P211    The influence of Annexin A1 on the apoptosis of PC12 cells
V Kasivisvanathan, London   

P206    High Prevalence of Sleep Apnoea in Craniopharyngioma Patients after Surgical Intervention
R Crowley, Dublin, Ireland

Pituitary
P236    Locked Nucleic Acid Modified siRNAs Maintain Efficacy of Gene silencing, but have Reduced Serum Stability in a Model of Cushing’s Disease.
A Munir, Sheffield

P238    Successful use of once weekly pegvisomant administration in patients with acromegaly
C Higham, Manchester

Reproduction
P288    Association of variants within the fat mass and obesity-associated (FTO) gene and polycystic ovary syndrome
T Barber, Oxford

P296    Hormonal regulation of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase (11betaHSD) enzyme activities in boar testis and caput epididymidis
V Sharp, London

Steroid
P303    Mechanisms of altered glucocorticoid metabolism and adrenal insufficiency in cholestatic liver disease
A McNeilly, Edinburgh

P326    The cell surface expression of MC2R mutations found in Familial Glucocorticoid Deficiency
T Chung, London

Thyroid
P380    A role for 3-iodothyronamine in regulation of adipocyte lipolysis
F Mitchell, Dundee

P365    A different relationship between thyroid function and mood in people on thyroxine compared to the general population: results from the HUNT study
V Panicker, Bristol