Sunday, Feb. 4 (1930 -2115)
Retina as Model for Pineal
- C. Craft, Discussion Leader
- Michael Iuvone "Retinal signal transduction and melatonin"
- Carla Green "Control of gene expression by a retinal circadian clock"
Monday, Feb. 5 (0900 - 1215)
Pinealocyte Signal Transduction
- C. Chik, Discussion Leader
- Yukimoto Morita "Cell types and responses of pineal photoreceptors"
- Stuart Dryer "Ionic mechanisms in avian pinealocytes"
- Horst Korf "Imaging of second and third messengers in pinealocytesd"
- Rubin Baler "Circadian expression of pineal Fos related antigen 2 (Fra -2)"
Monday, Feb. 5 (1930 - 2115)
Pinealocyte Transcriptional Regulation
- P. Voisin, Discussion Leader
- Paolo Sassone-Corsi "Title to be provided "
- David Klein "Cloning and regulation of expression of the sNAT gene"
Tuesday, Feb. 6 (0900 - 1215)
Melatonin Action
- D. Blask, Discussion Leader
- Wade Warren "Pineal gland: Photoreception and coupling of multiple circadian outputs"
- Peter Morgan "Transcriptional signalling, melatonin, and the pituitary"
- Cathy Mahle "Melatonin modulates vascular smooth muscle tone"
- Russel Reiter "Intracellular actions of melatonin: Role as antioxidant"
Tuesday, Feb. 6 (1930 - 2115)
Melatonin Action in Humans
- J. Arendt, Discussion Leader
- Irina Zhdanova "Melatonin's role in human sleep and mood"
- Alfred Lewy "Melatonin: Soporific or chronobiotic?"
Wednesday, Feb. 7 (0900 - 1215)
Pinealocyte Entrainment
- Y. Morita, Discussion Leader
- Yoshitaka Fukada "Chicken pineal photoreceptor pinopsin and its signalling pathway"
- Marianna Max "Pineal opsin: Its expression, purification, and regeneration"
- Martin Zatz "Calcium and entrainment in chick pineal cells"
- R. Keith Barrett "Temperature effects on the chick pineal circadian clock"
Wednesday, Feb. 7 (1930 - 2115)
Retina-Pineal Linkage
- G. Brainard, Discussion Leader
- Ian Morgan "A retinal dark-light switch signals to the pineal"
- Jens Mikkelsen "The retina-pineal linkage: One or multiple pathways?"
Thursday, Feb. 8 (0900 - 1215)
Melatonin Receptors
- V. Cassone, Discussion Leader
- Margarita Dubocovich "Melatonin receptor subtypes"
- Steven Reppert "Molecular biology of the melatonin receptor"
- Michael Becker-Andre "Nuclear receptor RZRbeta: Distribution to function"
Thursday, Feb. 8 (1600 - 1800): Business Meeting
Thursday, Feb 8 (1930 - 2115)
Melatonin Analogs
- S. Reppert, Discussion Leader
- Beatrice Guardiola-Lemaitre "Melatonin receptor agonists and antagonists: Pharmacological tools or therapeutic agents:
- David Sugden "Mapping the melatonin receptor"
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