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