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Mon 16 March
 09:00 10:45    Registration
Main foyer
     
 10:45 12:15    PCOS Special Interest Group Satellite: Major scientific and clinical issues in PCOS
Generously supported by Almirall Ltd
Main auditorium
Chairs: S Atkin (Hull) & H Randeva (Warwick)
10:45 Androgens and human hair growth
V Randall (Bradford)
11:15 Insulin resistance and fatty acid metabolism in PCOS
D Sandeman (Southampton)
11:45 Female libido and PCOS
H Buckler (Manchester)
     
 10:45 12:15    Pituitary Special Interest Group Satellite: Cushing's disease: present and future
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: R Murray (Leeds) & R Fowkes (London)
10:45 Welcome
R Murray (Leeds)
10:50 The molecular pathogenesis of corticotroph tumors
A Grossman (London)
11:15 Current therapeutic modalities: roles and limitations
J Newell-Price (Sheffield)
11:40 New Therapies: potential new medical therapies
B Atkinson (Belfast)
12:00 New therapies: is there a future for siRNA in management of Cushing's?
J Newell-Price (Sheffield)
     
 10:45 12:15    Andrology Special Interest Group Satellite: Recent advances in andrology
Generously supported by Bayer Schering Pharma
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: H Jones (Barnsley) & F Wu (Manchester)
10:45 Androgens and bone
D Vanderschueren (Leuven, Belgium)
11:15 Molecular genetics of Kallmann’s syndrome and IHH
P Bouloux (London)
11:45 Testosterone and cardiovascular disease
H Jones (Barnsley)
     
 12:15 13:00    Lunch
Hall Q
     
 13:00 15:00    Symposium 1: Finding the right balance of dietary and metabolic influences in fetal and adult life
Nutritional and environmental factors in early life influence endocrine function in adult life
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: M Symonds (Nottingham) & B Kola (London)
13:00 S10 Glucocorticoids, chronic stress, and obesity
M Dallman (San Francisco, USA)
13:30 S11 Transgenerational programming of the glucocorticoid axis and maternal stress
A Drake (Edinburgh)
14:00 S12 Maternal undernutrition and endocrine development
M Hanson (Southampton)
14:30 S13 The fetal cost of maternal cafeteria diets
N Stickland (London)
     
 13:00 15:00    Clinical Management Workshop 1: Measuring hormones: what does your result mean?
What every clinical endocrinologist needs to know
Supported by the Clinical Endocrinology
Main Auditorium
Chairs: S Ball (Newcastle-upon-Tyne) & E Murphy (London)
13:00 S46 What service does the laboratory provide?
J Barth (Leeds)
13:30 S47 Is what is normal for me normal for you?
G Wieringa (Manchester)
14:00 S48 What new tests are on the horizon?
G Beastall (Glasgow)
14:30 S49 Interpreting results: a Clinician’s perspective
S Shalet (Manchester)
     
 13:00 15:00    Applied Physiology Workshop: Metabolic phenotyping in human endocrine disorders
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: M Gurnell (Cambridge) & J Wells (London)
13:00 S77 Characterising over consumption: appetite expression and food choice
J Halford (Liverpool)
13:30 S78 Limitations of DEXA as a measure of body composition
J Wells (London)
14:00 S79 The hyperinsulinaemic euglycaemic clamp and stable isotope methodology for in-vivo physiological studies
H Simpson (Cambridge)
14:30 S80 Magnetic Resonance Spectroscopy – a window into carbohydrate and lipid metabolism
D Savage (Cambridge)
     
 15:00 15:30    Coffee
     
 15:30 17:30    Symposium 2: Calcium conundrums: too high, too low and what to do
Hyper and hypocalcaemia are common and important endocrine problems. This symposium will cover presentation, diagnosis and management of common disorders of calcium metabolism.
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: J Walsh (Sheffield) & R Lindsay (New York, USA)
15:30 S14 Management of severe hypercalcaemia
D Hosking (Nottingham)
16:00 S15 Diagnosis and management of post-operative hypocalcaemia following (para)thyroidectomy
N Gittoes (Birmingham)
16:30 S16 Familial benign hypocalciuric hypercalcaemia (FHH) – an update
K Brixen (Odense, Denmark)
17:00 S17 Mild hyperparathyroidism: to treat or not to treat, that is the question
R Mihai (Oxford)
     
 15:30 17:30    Oral Communications 1: Young Endocrinologists prize session
Main auditorium
Chairs: J Wass (Oxford) & N Morton (Edinburgh)
15:30 OC1 Alternative splicing of the thyroid hormone receptor α gene regulates skeletal development
T Galliford; A Ghaffar; J Bassett; G Williams;
15:45 OC2 Anti-inflammatory effects of 5 alpha-reduced glucocorticoids in vitro and in vivo
C Yang; A Rossi; R Duffin; D Livingstone; C Kenyon; B Walker; R Andrew;
16:00 OC3 The Role of Glucocorticoid Metabolism in Osteosarcoma Pathogenesis and Treatment
P Patel; R Hardy; N Gittoes; E Rabbitt; L Kindblom; P Stewart; M Cooper;
16:15 OC4 KISSPEPTIN POTENTLY INCREASES REPRODUCTIVE HORMONE RELEASE IN WOMEN WITH HYPOTHALAMIC AMENORRHOEA – A POTENTIAL NOVEL THERAPY FOR INFERTILITY
C Jayasena; O Chaudhri; G Nijher; K Murphy; A Ranger; A Lim; D Patel; A Mehta; C Todd; R Ramachandran; V Salem; G Stamp; M Donaldson; M Ghatei; S Bloom; W Dhillo;
16:30 OC5 Selective inhibition of 11 beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 improves insulin sensitivity in skeletal muscle through modulation of IRS1 serine phosphorylation
S Morgan; L Gathercole; G Lavery; M Sherlock; I Bujalska; J Sethi; K Hegyi; P Stewart; D Smith; J Tomlinson;
16:45 OC6 Locally generated glucocorticoids, rather than pro-inflammatory cytokines, directly regulate synovial DKK-1 expression in inflammatory arthritis
R Hardy; M Ahasan; P Patel; A Filer; E Rabbitt; K Raza; P Stewart; C Buckley; M Cooper;
17:00 OC7 In Vivo and Ex Vivo Regulation of Visfatin Production by Leptin in Human and Murine Adipose Tissue: Role of the PI3K and MAPK Pathways
B Tan; J Chen; J Brown; R Adya; M Ramanjaneya; C Bailey; H Lehnert; H Randeva;
17:15 OC8 Quality of life (QoL) in male and female patients with congenital adrenal hyperplasia (CAH) compared to healthy subjects and patients with primary adrenal insufficiency
B Bleicken; S Hahner; M Loeffler; M Ventz; B Allolio; M Quinkler;
     
 15:30 17:30    Oral Communications 2: Neuroendocrine and steriods
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: J Connell (Glasgow) & V Sharp (London)
15:30 OC9 11 beta-HYDROXYSTEROID DEHYDROGENASE TYPE 1 ACTIVITY LIMITS FIBROSIS FOLLOWING BLEOMYCIN LUNG INJURY BY AUGMENTING ACTIVE GLUCOCORTICOIDS
F Yang; R Duffin; D Brownstein; A Coutinho; A Rossi; J Savill; J Seckl; K Chapman;
15:45 OC10 PAPSS2 Deficiency: A novel monogenic cause of androgen excess
V Dhir; C Noordam; J McNelis; F Schlereth; N Hanley; N Krone; J Smeitink; R Smeets; F Sweep; H Claahsen-van der Grinten; W Arlt;
16:00 OC11 Familial and Phenotypic Associations of the Aldosterone Renin Ratio in the General Population
S Alvarez-Madrazo; S Padmanabhan; M Wallace; M Campbell; J Smith; E Friel; C Dorrian; B Keavney; E Davies; J Connell;
16:15 OC12 Absence of hexose-6-phosphate dehydrogenase specifically induces skeletal myopathy in mice
N Semjonous; G Lavery; E Walker; P Stewart;
16:30 OC13 Inhibition of 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 promotes intra-retinal vascularisation in a murine model of ischaemic retinopathy.
A Dover; A Stitt; C McVicar; C Kitson; P Hadoke; B Walker;
16:45 OC14 Urinary steroid profiling as a biomarker tool for the detection of adrenal malignancy – Results of the EURINE ACC Study
W Arlt; S Hahner; R Libe; B Hughes; M Biehl; H Stiekema; P Schneider; D Smith; C Shackleton; G Opocher; J Bertherat; B Allolio; M Mannelli; F Mantero; M Fassnacht; X Bertagna; P Stewart;
17:00 OC15 Identification of the gene for FGD type 3 on chromosome 8
L Metherell; D Naville; M Begeot; A Huebner; M Racine; G Halaby; A Clark;
17:15 OC16 Immunohistochemical Evidence that Argillin, the Product of the ECRG4 Gene, Encodes a Novel Neuroendocrine Peptide
A Roberton; A Gonzalez; E Stopa; W Leadbeater; R Coimbra; C Johanson; B Eliceiri; A Baird;
     
 17:30 17:45    Tea
Hall Q
     
 17:45 18:25    Young Endocrinologist Prize Lectures
Main Auditorium
Chairs: P Trainer (Manchester) & M Korbonits (London)
17:45 S71 In search of the genetic basis of polycystic ovary syndrome and its metabolic consequences
T Barber (Oxford)
18:05 S72 An anti-inflammatory role of interleukin-4 in the human ovarian surface epithelium
G Papacleovoulou (Edinburgh)
     
 18:25 18:55    Society for Endocrinology Jubilee Medal Lecture
Main auditorium
Chair: D Ray (Manchester)
S1 Per ardua ad pituita - more than just phlegm
J Wass (Oxford)
     
 19:00     Welcome Reception
Join us to celebrate the 70th anniversary of Journal of Endocrinology
     
 19:45     Young Endocrinologists' Quiz Night
Hall D
     
Tue 17 March
 07:15 08:00    Clinical Expert 1: Thyroid eye disease (clinical evaluation and classification – EUGOGO)
P Perros (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Supported by Clinical Endocrcinology
Queen's Suite 1
Chair: M Vanderpump (London)
     
 07:15 08:00    Clinical Expert 2: Delayed puberty
J Kirk (Birmingham)
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 2
Chair: J Wales (Sheffield)
     
 08:15 10:15    Symposium 3: What's WNT? - a novel signaling pathway in endocrinology
Although widely established as a critical regulator of development, the Wnt signaling pathway has only recently been identified as a major regulator of endocrine cell function.
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: M Dattani (London) & R Fowkes (London)
08:15 S18 Wnt signaling and its role in adrenal cancer
G Hammer (Ann Arbor, USA)
08:45 S19 Targeting mediators of Wnt signalling by GnRH
A Pawson (Edinburgh)
09:15 S20 Defects in Wnt signalling in hyperparathyroidism
G Westin (Uppsala, Sweden)
09:45 S21 Paracrine signalling in the ovary: the role of Wnt
D Boerboom (Québec, Canada)
     
 08:15 10:15    Oral Communications 3: Cardiovascular metabolism
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: R Stimson (Edinburgh) & E Davies (Glasgow)
08:15 OC17 Effect of Single High vs Low Glycemic Index (GI) Meal on Gut Hormones.
A Norouzy; A Leeds; P Emery; I Bayat;
08:30 OC18 Non Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease is associated with increased 5 alpha-reductase expression and activity and consequent HPA-axis activation.
A Ahmed; J Tomlinson; J Dowman; P Newsome; E Elias; A Wagenmakers; P Stewart;
08:45 OC19 Glucocorticoid and Insulin Regulation of Lipogenesis in Human Adipose Tissue
L Gathercole; I Buljalska; P Stewart; J Tomlinson;
09:00 OC20 THE NOVEL PEPTIDE PROKINETICIN-2 POTENTLY INHIBITS FOOD INTAKE IN RODENTS AND IS A POTENTIAL NOVEL ANTI-OBESITY THERAPY
A Bataveljic; J Gardiner; N Patel; G Bewick; D Roy; J Cooke; D Campbell; N Semjonous; K Murphy; S Hameed; H Prosser; P Jethwa; F Ebling; S Vickers; S Cheetham; P Maleuwe; M Ghatei; S Bloom; W Dhillo;
09:15 OC21 Cerebellin1 is a novel orexigenic factor which potently increases food intake via hypothalamic neuropeptide Y release.
D Roy; W Dhillo; J Gardiner; A Bataveljic; D Campbell; N Patel; M Ghatei; S Bloom;
09:30 OC22 The effects of ghrelin and cannabinoids on AMP-activated protein kinase (AMPK) activity in growth hormone-secretagogue receptor (GHS-R) knockout mice
C Lim; B Kola; D Feltrin; D Perez-Tilve; A Grossman; M Tschop; M Korbonits;
09:45 OC23 Insulin Increases and Metformin Decreases the Novel Adipokine Chemerin in Insulin Resistant Subjects: PCOS as a Paradigm
B Tan; J Chen; R Adya; J Kaur; D Heutling; K CLewandowski; H Lehnert; H Randeva;
10:00 OC24 Metformin improves arterial stiffness and endothelial function in young women with PCOS: a randomised, crossover trial
N Agarwal; S Rice; H Bolusani; R Newcombe; M Ludgate; A Rees;
     
 08:15 10:15    Clinical Management Workshop 2: Improving mortality and morbidity in pituitary disease
Patients suffer and die early after treatment of pituitary disease-How to improve outcomes
Supported by the Clinical Endocrinology
Main Auditorium
Chairs: J Ahlquist (Southend) & V Moyes (London)
08:15 S50 Mortality in patients with pituitary disease
J Newell-Price (Sheffield)
08:45 S51 Does hormone replacement normalise life expectancy?
W Drake (London)
09:15 S52 Why craniopharyngioma remains a condition with a high mortality and morbidity?
N Karavitaki (Oxford)
09:45 S53 Adverse outcomes following pituitary radiotherapy
J Ayuk (Birmingham)
     
 10:15 10:45    Coffee
Hall Q
     
 10:40 10:45    What the Research Network can do for you

J Wilding (Liverpool)
     
 10:45 11:25    Society for Endocrinology Dale Medal Lecture
Main auditorium
Chair: J Wass (Oxford)
S2 Healthspan: How far can it be extended into aging?
M Thorner (Charlottesville, USA)
     
 11:25 11:30    New funding opportunities for biochemical and clinical research
UK research funding has recently been reorganised to ensure that there are opportunities for all researchers in basic science, translational medicine and clinical trials. These will be discussed
Main Auditorium

R Thakker (Oxford)
     
 11:30 12:00    Society for Endocrinology Transatlantic Medal Lecture
Main auditorium
Chair: J Wass (Oxford)
S3 Estrogen action: two decades of humbling predictions
L Jameson (Chicago, USA)
     
 12:00 13:30    Lunch and posters
Hall Q
     
 13:30 15:30    Symposium 4: What is the TSH set point? Does it matter in clinical disease?
Your TSH level: nature, nurture and misadventure
Main auditorium
Chairs: G Williams (London) & M Gurnell (Cambridge)
13:30 S22 Physiological determination of HPT axis
R Weiss (Chicago, USA)
14:00 S23 Genetic determinants of HPT axis set point
R Peeters (Rotterdam, Netherlands)
14:30 S24 Abnormalities of HPT axis – lessons from paediatric endocrinology
T Cheetham (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
15:00 S25 Pathological conesquences of altered HPT axis set-point; sub-clinical thyroid disease?...
S Pearce (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
     
 13:30 15:30    Oral Communications 4: Bone and calcium
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: R Eastell (Sheffield) & S Khaana (Glasgow)
13:30 OC25 Genome-wide Abnormalities in Parental Inheritance Patterns and DNA Methylation in Russell-Silver Syndrome
R Dias; I Bogdarina; L Johnston; C Buchanan; M Savage; A Hokken-Koelega; A Clark;
13:45 OC26 Primary Hyperparathyroidism (Nationwide Cohort Study): An increased risk of cancer and decreased survival
S GHOSH; A COLLIER; D CLARK; T ELHADD; I MALIK;
14:00 OC27 Adipokines may modify osteoblast wnt-signalling through dickkopf-1, and promote osteoclastogenesis by altering RANK-L and osteoprotegerin signalling in obese children.
P Dimitri; J Wales; N Bishop;
14:15 OC28 Novel Glial Cells Missing B (GCMB) mutations (Arg39Stop and Arg110Trp) that result in loss of subcellular localization and DNA binding, respectively, are associated with autosomal recessive hypoparathyroidism
M Bowl; S Mirczuk; T Cranston; S Bahl; J Allgrove; M Nesbit; R Thakker;
14:30 OC29 Nuf mice with an activating calcium sensing receptor mutation, Leu723Gln, have hypercalciuria and diabetes insipidus
F Hannan; G Walls; M Nesbit; T Hough; B Shine; M Cheeseman; M Lyon; R Cox; R Thakker;
14:45 OC30 Mice deleted for the Hyperparathyroidism-Jaw Tumour (HPT-JT) syndrome allele have abnormal parathyroids with increased proliferation rates.
G Walls; M Bowl; J Jeyabalan; A Reed; B Harding; A Ali; K Bradley; P Wang; J Chen; B Williams; B Teh; R Thakker;
15:00 OC31 A mouse with a Trp589Arg mutation in N-acetylgalactosaminyltransferase 3 (Galnt3) provides a model for familial tumoural calcinosis
C Esapa; R Head; C Chan; E Crane; M Cheeseman; T Hough; E McNally; A Carr; G Thomas; M Brown; P Croucher; S Brown; R Cox; R Thakker;
15:15 OC32 Human primary cytotrophoblasts from normal and IUGR pregnancies respond differently to T3 treatment in vitro
E Vasilopoulou; L Loubière; C McCabe; J Franklyn; M Kilby; S Chan;  ;
     
 13:30 15:30    Young Endocrinologists' Symposium: The ‘how-to’ guide on scientific communication
A skills based session covering all aspects of written and oral scientific communication skills necessary for all Young Endocrinologists today
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: K Jonas (London) & K Forbes (Manchester)
13:30 S73 How to write a scientific paper
J Davis (Manchester)
14:00 S74 Conference presentations – how to engage your audience.
T Michael (London)
14:30 S75 Poster presentations: from poster layout to data presentation
G Lavery (Birmingham)
15:00 S76 Scientific networking - how to make the most of networking opportunities
S Hillier (Edinburgh)
     
 15:30 16:00    Tea
Hall Q
     
 16:00 17:00    Clinical Debate: This house believes that radioactive iodine is the first line of treatment for Graves' disease
Main audtorium
Chair: J Franklyn (Birmingham)
For: K Meeran (London)
Against: W Wiersinga (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
     
 16:00 17:00    Clinical Expert 1 repeat: Thyroid eye disease (clinical evaluation and classification – EUGOGO)
P Perros (Newcastle-upon-Tyne)
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
King's Suite
Chair: M Vanderpump (London)
     
 16:00 18:00    Oral Communications 5: Thyroid, reproduction and endocrine tumours
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: C Dayan (Bristol) & K Jonas (London)
16:00 OC33 Thyrotropin Receptor (TSHR) Activation Increases Hyaluronan (HA) Production in Preadipocyte-Fibroblasts; Explanation for HA Accumulation in Thyroid Dysfunction?
L Zhang; T Bowen; C Paddon; J Webber; P Giles; R Steadman; M Ludgate;
16:15 OC34 Reduction of type I 5'-iodothyronine deiodinase activity and mRNA level in renal clear cell carcinoma (ccRCC): potential role of 3’ UTR and miRNA.
J Boguslawska; A Master; A Piekielko-Witkowska; A Wojcicka; I Brozda; P Poplawski; A Macke-Nauman;
16:30 OC35 Bio-informatic identification of novel endocrine markers of gestational disease in the human placenta
V Karanam; N Anim-Nyame; N Page;
16:45 OC36 Spatio-temporal expression of bone morphogenetic protein (BMP) antagonists during early follicle development
M Fenwick; S Franks; J Stark; K Hardy;
17:00 OC37 Elderly patients presenting with hyperthyroidism have a paucity of symptoms and signs – a cross-sectional study of 3563 UK patients
K Boelaert; B Torlinska; J Franklyn;
17:15 OC38 Bone morphogenetic protein-2 and -4 enhance FSH-induced p38 activation leading to upregulation of estradiol production through oocyte-granulosa cell interaction
T Miyoshi; F Otsuka; K Inagaki; M Yamashita; J Goto; N Tsukamoto; M Takeda; J Suzuki; H Makino;
17:30 OC39 Contrasting clinical manifestations of SDH-B and VHL associated chromaffin tumours.
U Srirangalingam; B Khoo; L Walker; F MacDonald; R Skelly; E George; D Spooner; L Johnston; J Monson; A Grossman; S Akker; W Drake; P Pollard; N Plowman; N Avril; D Berney; J Burrin; R Reznek; V Kumar; E Maher; S Chew;
17:45 OC40 THE CLINICAL AND GENETIC CHARACTERISTICS OF PATIENTS WITH FAMILIAL ISOLATED PITUITARY ADENOMA
H Chahal; S Igreja; M Gueorguiev; R Quinton; J Wass; V Popovic; A Ribeiro-Oliveira Jr; J Monson; S Akker; P Gallego; S Orme; A Goldstone; J Bevan; T Cheetam; J Davis; R Clayton; D Flanagan; L Frohman; A Grossman; M Korbonits;
     
 16:00 18:00    Symposium 5: The endoplasmic reticulum – an important link between inflammation, stress and diabetes
The endoplasmic reticulum has recently emerged as a key organelle responsive to cellular stress with critical roles in metabolism and immune responses. Here, its role in these processes is addressed.
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: K Chapman (Edinburgh) & G Lavery (Birmingham)
16:00 S26 Endoplasmic reticulum: inflammation, obesity and diabetes
R Kaufman (Ann Arbor, USA)
16:30 S27 Regulation of hepatic lipid metabolism: interplay between insulin and the endoplasmic reticulum
P Ferre (Paris, France)
17:00 S28 The endoplasmic reticulum as a metabolic compartment
G Banhegyi (Budapest, Hungary)
17:30 S29 Glucose sensing in the endoplasmic reticulum: maintaining the cellular environment
G Lavery (Birmingham)
     
 17:00 18:00    Clinical Expert 2 repeat: Delayed puberty
J Kirk (Birmingham)
Suppported by Clinical Endocrinology
King's Suite
Chair: J Wales (Sheffield)
     
 18:00 19:15    The future delivery of endocrine care in the NHS - have your say
An opportunity for you to learn how the Society's Clinical Committee has been responding to recent consultations on how endocrine care will be delivered in the NHS and allow members of the audience to comment on how best the Society can continue to represent the views of its membership.
Chair: P Trainer (Manchester), Chair of the Society's Clinical Committee
     
 19:30     Conference dinner
Majestic hotel
     
Wed 18 March
 07:15 08:00    Clinical Expert 3: Turner Syndrome - how to smooth the transition between paediatric and adult clinic
M Davies (London)
Generously supported by Ipsen Ltd
Queen's Suite 1
Chair: G Conway (London)
     
 07:15 08:00    Clinical Expert 4: Vitamin D deficiency, diagnosis and management
Z Mughal (Manchester)
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 2
Chair: P Selby (Manchester)
     
 08:10 08:55    Society for Endocrinology Annual General Meeting
Main auditorium
     
 09:00 11:00    Symposium 6: Polycystic Ovarian Syndrome (PCOS): when does it start, why and what to do about it?
Update on why does PCOS start, PCOS in the adolescent and is there a place metforin
Main auditorium
Chairs: C Duncan (Edinburgh) & T Barber (Oxford)
09:00 S30 Searching for candidate genes: what are the players?
S Franks (London)
09:30 S31 Evolution of obesity and insulin resistance: relevance to PCOS
T Barrett (Birmingham)
10:00 S32 The teenager with polycystic ovarian syndrome
C Kelnar (Edinburgh)
10:30 S33 Metformin – a storm with few good data
K Hoeger (Rochester, USA)
     
 09:00 11:00    Symposium 7: Phosphoinositide 3- kinase (PI3K) signalling in health and disease: an old system with new potential
PI3 is a pivitol signaling molecule in the action of multiple hormone including insulin and leptin
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: R Abayasekara (London) & L Matthews (Manchester)
09:00 S34 Signalling from cell surface receptors: molecular mechanisms and physiological significance of the phosphoinositide 3-kinase signalling system
P Hawkins (Cambridge)
09:30 S35 Disordered phosphoinositide signalling and the basis of tumour formation
N Leslie (Dundee)
10:00 S36 Insulin: role of PI3 kinase signalling in growth and metabolism – lessons from flies and mice
M Birnbaum (Philadelphia, USA)
10:30 S37 PI3 kinase inhibitors: fantasy or reality
P Workman (London)
     
 09:00 11:00    Nurses' Session 1: Sex hormone replacement
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: M Carson (Edinburgh) & V Kieffer (Leicester)
09:00 S62 Hormone replacement therapy
H Buckler (Manchester)
09:30 S63 HRT case presentation: gonadal dysgenesis
A Webb (Cambridge)
09:45 S64 When HRT causes a headache
B McAllister (Manchester)
10:00 S65 Recent advances in male hypogonadism
F Wu (Manchester)
10:30 S66 Androgen replacement in female to male transgender
D Wright (Bradford)
     
 11:00 11:25    Coffee
Hall Q
     
 11:25 11:30    European Society of Endocrinology: Why should I be a member?
Main auditorium

E Nieschlag (Münster, Germany)
     
 11:30 12:05    Society for Endocrinology European Medal Lecture
Main auditorium
Chair: J Wass (Oxford)
S4 Early stages of thyroid autoimmunity
W Wiersinga (Amsterdam, Netherlands)
     
 12:05 12:40    Society for Endocrinology International Medal Lecture
Main auditorium
Chair: J Buckingham (London)
S5 Hormones and behaviour: new insights from GFP molecular imaging and neuroanatomy
M Kawata (Kyoto, Japan)
     
 12:40 14:15    Lunch and posters
Hall Q
     
 14:15 16:15    Symposium 8: Novel aspects of bone physiology in relation to osteoporosis treatment
Besides bisphosphanates there are several agents with the potential to improve the management of osteoporosis
Main auditorium
Chairs: P Selby (Manchester) & K Javaid (Oxford)
14:15 S38 New tools for the study of bone-active drugs
R Eastell (Sheffield)
14:45 S39 Bone signalling pathways – their importance in the treatment of osteoporosis
G Williams (London)
15:15 S40 Anabolic treatments in osteoporosis
R Lindsay (New York, USA)
15:45 S41 Bisphosphanates uses and abuses (including young people and duration of therapy)
A McLellan (Glasgow)
     
 14:15 16:15    Symposium 9: Kisspeptin a Novel Regulator of puberty and fertility
Kisspeptin is crucial for your first kiss
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: L Jameson (Chicago, USA) & K Murphy (London)
14:15 S42 Kisspeptin signalling and fertility
W Colledge (Cambridge)
14:45 S43 Role of Kisspeptin in the Metabolic Regulation of Fertility
M Tena-Sempere (Cordoba, Spain)
15:15 S44 Human kisspeptin receptor mutations and puberty
S Seminara (Boston, USA)
15:45 S45 What does kisspeptin do in humans?
W Dhillo (London)
     
 14:15 16:15    Nurses' Session 2: Thyroid disease
Queen's Suite 2
Chairs: J Munday (Portsmouth) & P Pickett (Oswestry)
14:15 S67 Thyroid hormone replacement
C Dayan (Bristol)
14:45 S68 Raised TSH: hypothyroidism, poor compliance or what?
S Sharma (London)
15:15 S69 Congenital hypothyroidism
P Hindmarsh (London)
15:45 S70 Autoimmune thyroid disease with subsequent biochemical abnormalities and pregnancy
A Hawkins (London)
     
 16:15 16:45    Tea
Hall Q
     
 16:15 16:45    Nurses' Tea and poster viewing
Conference Suite
     
 16:45 16:55    Awards ceremony
Main auditorium
     
 16:55 17:30    British Thyroid Association Pitt-Rivers Lecture
Supported by the Clinical Endocrinology Trust
Main auditorum
Chair: J Franklyn (Birmingham)
S6 A 30-year perspective on radioiodine therapy for nontoxic goitre. From non-acceptance to implementation of rhTSH-augmented therapy
L Hegedüs (Odense, Denmark)
     
 17:30 18:05    Clinical Endocrinology Visiting Professor Lecture
Supported by the Clinical Endocrinology Trust
Main auditorium
Chair: A Weetman (Sheffield)
S7 What have we learned about the management of patients with prolactinomas?
M Molitch (Chicago, USA)
     
 18.05 18.30    Steroid Special Interest Group Satellite reception
A buffet will be available for those attending the satellite
Queen's Suite Foyer
     
 18:05 18:35    Novo Nordisk Satellite reception
A buffet will be available for those attending the satellite
Upper Foyer
     
 18:30 18:35    What the Research Network can do for you

J Wilding (Liverpool)
     
 18:35 19:35    Steroid Special Interest Group Satellite: Measuring steriods - opporunities and pitfalls
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: A Wallace (Glasgow) & D Grammatopoulos (Warwick)
18:35 Pitfalls in measuring testosterone - a US perspective
W Rosner (New York, USA)
19:00 Plasma corticosteroid profiling
R Fraser (Glasgow)
19:25 Urinary steroid profiling by GC/MS as a diagnostic tool in adrenal disease
W Arlt (Birmingham)
19:50 Vitamin D – why move to LC/MS/MS?
A Wallace (Glasgow)
     
 18:35 19:35    Novo Nordisk Satellite: Metabolic syndrome
Main auditorium
Chair: K Boelaert (Birmingham)
A translational journey from L cells to b cells
S Gough (Birmingham)
     
Thur 19 March
 07:15 08:00    Clinical Expert 5: Differential diagnosis of Cushing’s
A Grossman (London)
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 1
Chair: K Meeran (London)
     
 07:15 08:00    Clinical Expert 6: The tired patient
J Miell (London)
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 2
Chair: S Aylwin (London)
     
 08:15 08:50    Society for Endocrinology Medal Lecture
Main auditorium
Chair: D Ray (Manchester)
S8 New genes, new diabetes and new treatments
A Hattersley (Exeter)
     
 08:55 09:30    Clinical Endorinology Trust Lecture
Supported by the Clinical Endocrinology Trust
Main auditorium
Chair: L Rees (London)
S9 The metabolic consequences of pituitary insufficiency
D Johnston (London)
     
 09:30 10:00    Coffee
Hall Q
     
 10:00 12:00    Clinical Management Workshop 3: Endocrine consequences of cancer treatment
Survivorship following cancer, a new endocrine epidemic
Supported by the Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 1
Chairs: R Ross (Sheffield) & H Spoudeas (London)
10:00 S54 Survivorship following cancer - an overview
M Hawkins (Birmingham)
10:30 S55 Gonadal function and fertility potential
R Anderson (Edinburgh)
11:00 S56 Pituitary and thyroid dysfunction, who gets it, when to test and where?
H Gleeson (Manchester)
11:30 S57 Survivorship and Models of Care for Endocrinologists
A Toogood (Birmingham)
     
 10:00 12:00    Clinical Management Workshop 4: Interfaces between endocrinology & internal medicine
Important endocrine consults
Supported by the Clinical Endocrinology
Main auditorium
Chairs: J Bevan (Aberdeen) & A Brooke (London)
10:00 S58 Amiodarone-associated hyperthyroidism, a practical guide to investigation and therapy
A Weetman (Sheffield)
10:30 S59 Epilepsy in women – what are the endocrine, metabolic and reproductive health considerations?
M Morrell (Stanford, USA)
11:00 S60 Iatrogenic adrenal suppression: Diagnosis and management
P Stewart (Birmingham)
11:30 S61 Hyponatraemia: investigation and management
C Thompson (Dublin, Ireland)
     
 10:00 12:30    Retired Endocrinologists' session
Chairs: D Anderson (Umbria, Italy) & G Vinson (London)
10:00 S81 The adrenal cortex and life
G Vinson (London)
10:25 S82 Importance of comparative studies to general understanding of endocrine systems
R Balment (Manchester)
10:50 S83 Photoperiodic signalling in birds
P Sharp (Edinburgh)
11:15 S84 The use of anabolic steroids in the gym
M Wheeler (Exmouth)
11:40 S85 Leadership for creation of excellence
R Dyer (Cambridge)
12:05 S86 Jade, Sex and a Chinese Neolithic Culture
D Anderson (Umbria, Italy)
     
 12:00 12:45    Clinical Expert 3 repeat: Turner Syndrome - how to smooth the transition between paediatric and adult clinic
M Davies (London)
Generously supported by Ipsen Ltd
Queen's Suite 1
Chair: G Conway (London)
     
 12:00 12:45    Clinical Expert 4 repeat: Vitamin D deficiency, diagnosis and management
Z Mughal (Manchester)
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 2
Chair: P Selby (Manchester)
     
 12:45 13:30    Clinical Expert 5 repeat: Differential diagnosis of Cushing’s
A Grossman (London)
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 1
Chair: K Meeran (London)
     
 12:45 13:30    Clinical Expert 6 repeat: The tired patient
J Miell (London)
Supported by Clinical Endocrinology
Queen's Suite 2
Chair: S Aylwin (London)