SUNDAY |
2:00 PM | Arrival & Registration (continues to end of evening session) |
6:00 PM | Dinner |
7:30 - 7:35 PM | Klaus W. Beyenbach (Ithaca, NY) Welcome |
7:35 - 8:30 PM | Alexander M. Cruickshank Award Presentation & Lecture |
| Alexander Cruickshank Award Presentation to Dr. Richard P Lifton
presented by Dr. John Law (Gordon Research Conference) |
| The Cruickshank Lecture: Dr. Richard P. Lifton (New Haven, CT) Genetic approaches to magnesium homeostasis in humans. |
8:30 - 10:30 PM | MAGNESIUM TRANSPORT AND INTRACELLULAR MAGNESIUM DISTRIBUTION |
| Discussion Leader: Dorothee Günzel (Düsseldorf, Germany) |
8:30 - 8:55 PM | Robert E. London (Research Triangle Park, NC) Redesign of fluoroquinolone antibiotics as magnesium indicators. |
8:55 - 9:20 PM | Ian Reynolds (Pittsburgh, PA) Magnesium movement in neurons: Real and imagined. |
9:20 - 9:45 PM | Frank Mooren (Münster, Germany) Intracellular magnesium pools in epithelial and non-epithelial cells. |
9:45 - 10:10 PM | Peter Flatman (Edinburgh, Scotland) Sodium-dependent magnesium transport in the mammalian heart. |
10:10 - 10:30 PM | Dorothee Günzel (Düsseldorf, Germany) Sodium-independent magnesium extrusion from leech neurons. |
10:30 - 11:30 PM | SOCIAL HOUR (no oral poster presentations on Sunday evening) |
MONDAY |
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | MAGNESIUM AND THE HEART |
| Discussion Leader: Elliot Antman (Boston, USA) |
9:00 - 9:30 AM | Michael Schechter (Tel Hashomer, Israel) Benefits of magnesium in chronic ischemic heart disease. |
9:30 - 10:00 AM | Elliott Antman (Boston, MA) Clinical trials of magnesium in acute myocardial infartion. |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break, Conference Photo |
10:30 - 11:00 AM | Steven Gottlieb (University of Maryland) Role of magnesium in treating patients with congestive heart failure. |
11:00 - 11:30 AM | Peter L. Jorgensen (Copenhagen, DK) The role of Mg2+ in the reaction mechanism of the Na,K-pump. |
11:30 - 12:00 AM | Larry Resnick (New York, NY) Role of magnesium in hypertension and the metabolic disorder syndrome. |
12:00 - 12:10 PM | Tong Mak (Washington DC) Endothelial protection by Mg-gluconate against oxidative stress injury. |
12:10 - 12:30 PM | Panel Discussion |
12:30 - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
1:30 - 4:00 PM | Free Of All Formal Activity |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | POSTER SESSION I (see poster staffing schedule on the doors of Santa Rosa and San Miguel) |
6:00 PM | Dinner |
7:30 - 9:30 PM | MAGNESIUM, GENETICS AND GENOMICS |
| Discussion Leader: David Cole (Toronto, Canada) |
7:30 - 8:00 PM | David E.C. Cole (Toronto, Canada) Inherited disorders of magnesium metabolism: Molecular update and clinical review. |
8:00 - 8:30 PM | Iwan Meij (Netherlands) Dominant isolated renal magnesium loss is caused by misrouting of the Na/K ATPase gamma subunit. |
8:30 - 9:00 PM | Gary Quamme (Vancouver, Canada) Role of differential gene expression in control of renal magnesium transport. |
9:00 - 9:30 PM | Martin Konrad (Marburg, Germany) Paracellin-1 mutations in familial hypomagnesemia with hypercalciuria: genetic and clinical aspects. |
9:30 - 10:30 PM | POSTER SOCIAL I (brief oral presentations and poster awards) |
TUESDAY |
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | MOLECULAR BIOLOGY OF MAGNESIUM |
| Discussion Leader: Rudolf Schweyen (Vienna, Austria) |
9:00 - 9:30 AM | Michael Maguire (Cleveland, OH) New aspects of the CorA magnesium transporter in bacteria. |
9:30 - 10:00 AM | Richard Gardner (Auckland, New Zealand) Magnesium transport genes from yeast and plants. |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
10:30 - 11:00 AM | Monika Schweigel (Berlin, Germany) The physiology of magnesium transport by Alr1 and Mrs2 across the plasma membrane and the mitochondrial membrane. |
11:00 - 11:30 AM | Rudolf Schweyen (Vienna, Austria) Mg2+ transporters Mrs2, Alr1 and factors controlling Mg2+ homeostasis. |
11:30 - 12:00 AM | Andrea Fleig (Honolulu, HI) Magnesium transport through ion channels. |
12:00 - 12:30 PM | Eduardo A. Groisman (St. Louis, MO) A Mg2+-regulated signal transduction system governing
Salmonella virulence. |
12:30 - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
1:30 - 4:00 PM | Free Of All Formal Activity |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | POSTER SESSION II (see poster staffing schedule on the doors of Santa Rosa and San Miguel)
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6:00 PM | Dinner |
7:30 - 9:30 PM | MAGNESIUM, INFLAMMATION AND IMMUNOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Ives Rayssiguier (St. Genes Champanelle,
France) |
7:30 - 8:00 PM | André Mazur (St.Genes Champanelle, France) Non-specific and specific immune response alterations in magnesium deficiency. |
8:00 - 8:30 PM | William B. Weglicki (Washington DC, USA) Neuroimmune dysfunction and cardiac pathobiology in magnesium deficiency. |
8:30 - 9:00 PM | Akira Nishio (Kagoshima, Japan) Effects of low extracellular magnesium concentration on the production of nitric oxide and pro-inflammatory cytokines from alveolar macrophages.
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9:00 - 9:30 PM | C. Dubray (Clermont Ferrand, France) Magnesium and pain: Are inflammatory processes involved? |
9:30 - 10:30 PM | POSTER SOCIAL II (brief oral presentations and poster awards) |
WEDNESDAY |
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | MAGNESIUM AND NEUROSCIENCE |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Vink (Adelaide, Australia) |
9:00 - 9:30 AM | Keith Muir (Glasgow, Scotland) Clinical trials of magnesium in acute stroke: Experience and ongoing studies. |
9:30 - 10:00 AM | Maria Delivoria-Papadopoulos (Philadelphia, USA) Expression of Bax and Bc1-2 proteins during hypoxia in cerebral cortical nuclei of the fetus and newborn following administration of magnesium. |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
10:30 - 11:00 AM | Raffaele Lodi (Bologna, Italy) In vivo studies of migraine and related disorders. |
11:00 - 11:30 AM | Mike Hoane (Greenville, USA) The effects of magnesium treatment following cortical injury on recovery of function in the rat. |
11:30 - 12:00 AM | Corinna Van Den Heuvel (Adelaide, Australia) Studies on the effect of MgSO4 administration on ATP expression following a focal head impact. |
12:00 - 12:30 PM | Paul Franken (Stanford, USA) Is magnesium implicated in sleep? Genetic and nutritional mouse models. |
12:30 - 1:30 PM | Lunch and Business Meeting (Election of Vice-Chair) |
1:30 - 4:00 PM | Free Of All Formal Activity |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | POSTER SESSION III (see poster staffing schedule on the doors
of Santa Rosa and San Miguel)
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6:00 PM | Dinner |
7:30 - 9:30 PM | MAGNESIUM IN DEVELOPMENT AND GROWTH |
| Discussion Leader: Federica Wolf (Rome, Italy) |
7:30 - 8:00 PM | Riahn M. Touyz (Montreal-Canada) Regulation of growth signaling pathways by magnesium in vascular smooth muscle cells from genetically hypertensive rats. |
8:00 - 8:30 PM | Jeannette A. Maier (Milano-Italy) Magnesium and the endothelial cell: implications in inflammation, atherosclerosis and angiogenesis. |
8:30 - 9:00 PM | Richard C. Krueger (Los Angeles-CA) Proliferation and apoptosis of cultured neuronal cells after exposure to increased extracellular magnesium: Possible mechanisms of action. |
9:00 - 9:30 PM | Federica I. Wolf (Rome-Italy) Intracellular and extracellular Magnesium and growth of cells in culture. |
9:30 - 10:30 PM | POSTER SOCIAL III (brief oral presentations and poster awards) |
THURSDAY |
9:00 AM - 12:30 PM | CLINICAL USE OF MAGNESIUM |
| Discussion Leader: Robert Rude (Los Angeles, USA) |
9:00 - 9:30 AM | Ron Elin (Louisville, KY) Diagnostic Guidelines of Magnesium Deficiency |
9:30 - 10:00 AM | Mario Barbagallo (Palermo, Italy) Magnesium Deficiency: Effect on Insulin secretion and Action |
10:00 - 10:30 AM | Coffee Break |
10:30 - 11:00 AM | Katherine Tucker Dietary Magnesium and Bone: Epidemiological Studies. |
11:00 - 11:30 AM | Robert Rude Magnesium Deficiency and Osteoporosis: Fact or Fiction? |
11:30 - 11:55 AM | Linda Massey Magnesium Therapy for Renal Nephrolithiasis: Is it Scientifically Based and Useful? |
11:55 - 12:05 PM | Jay H. Kramer (Washington DC) Treatment with Mg-gluconate improves post-ischemic cardiac recovery beyond that observed with MgSO4. |
12:05 - 12:20 PM | Fong Wang (Ann Arbor, MI) Magnesium Therapy for Migraine in Children. |
12:30 - 1:30 PM | Lunch |
1:30 - 4:00 PM | Free Of All Formal Activity |
4:00 - 6:00 PM | POSTER SESSION IV (see poster staffing schedule on the doors
of Santa Rosa and San Miguel)
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6:00 PM | Banquet Dinner |
7:30 - 9:30 PM | MAGNESIUM AND PUBLIC HEALTH |
| Discussion Leader: Kay Franz (Provo, UT) |
7:30 - 8:00 PM | Mildred S. Seelig (Atlanta, GA) The epidemiology of cardiovascular and bone disease as affected by magnesium, calcium, and boron. |
8:00 - 8:30 PM | Ragner Rylander (Götenborg, Sweden) Magnesium and heart infarction - support for causality. |
8:30 - 9:00 PM | Kay Franz (Salt Lake City, USA) An hypothesis of why magnesium in drinking water appears to be protective against stroke and possibly other chronic diseases. |
9:00 - 9:30 PM | Bella & Burton Altura (New York, NY) Highlights of the conference and concluding thoughts |
9:30 - 10:30 PM | FAREWELL SOCIAL |