SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PROLACTIN FUNCTION IN NON-LACTATING MAMMALS |
| Discussion Leader: Shlomo Melmed (Cedars-Sinai Medical
Center) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Nelson Horseman (University of Cincinnati)
"Do Non-Lactating Adults Require Prolactin?" |
8:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Paul Kelly (INSERM Paris)
"Do Non-Lactating Adults Require Prolactin?" |
9:30 pm | Welcome Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | SOMATO-LACTOTROPH BIOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Priscilla Dannies (Yale University) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Hiroaki Kiyokawa (University of Illinois)
"Cdk4 regulation of pituitary cell growth" |
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Ning Ai-Liu (Cedars-Sinai Medical Center)
"Development of zebrafish pituitary" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Nancy Cooke (University of Pennsylvania)
"Long-range growth hormone gene activation by its locus control region" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Julian Davis (University of Manchester)
"Lactotroph secretion dynamics" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Invited Platform Talks |
| Susie Saunders "Altered phosphorylation of ß-catenin in glucocorticoid treated 235-1 rat pituitary tumor cells" |
| Scott E. Diamond
"The Pit-1 beta-domain Prevents Functional Interaction with CBP by Pit-1" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PROLACTIN AND GH SIGNALING |
| Discussion Leader: Hallgeir Rui (Georgetown University) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Christin Carter-Su (University of Michigan)
"GH signalling" |
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Beverly S Chilton (Texas Tech University)
"RUSH: a nuclear effector of prolactin signals" |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Arieh Gertler (Hebrew University, Jerusalem)
"Visualization of prolactin and growth hormone receptor signals" |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CONTROL OF PRL AND GH EXPRESSION |
| Discussion Leader: Marc Freeman (University of Florida) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Emiliana Borrelli (IGBMC Strasbourg)
"Lactotroph dopamine signaling" |
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Paul R. Albert (University of Ottawa)
"G Protein specificity in prolactin and GH regulation |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break
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10:30 am - 11:00 am | Harry P. Elsholtz (University of Toronto)
"G Protein inhibition of prolactin-gene transcription" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Dawn Duval (University of Colorado)
"Signaling convergence at prolactin gene composite elements" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Invited Platform Talks |
| Michael Hodsdon "Structural Studies of Human Prolactin" |
| Eva Biener "Homo and heterodimerization of ovine prolactin and ovine growth hormone receptors in living cells studied by fluorescence resonance energy transfer (FRET) microscopy" |
| Dunyong Tan "Prolactin-Induced Dimerization of Both the Long and Short Forms of the Human Prolactin Receptor Detected in Living Cells with Bioluminescence Resonance Energy Transfer (BRET2)" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | GROWTH HORMONE REGULATION |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Thorner (University of
Virginia) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Michael Culler (Biomeasure)
"New insights into Ghrelin-physiology" |
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Roy Smith (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Structure-function of GHS receptors" |
8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Gloria Tannenbaum (McGill University)
"GH regulation revisited" |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PRL TARGETS |
| Discussion Leader: Li-Yuan Yu-Lee (Baylor College of Medicine) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | Nira Ben-Jonathan (University of Cincinnati)
"Prolactin in human adipose tissue: Implications for breast cancer and obesity" |
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Marja Nevalainen (Georgetown University)
"PRL/Stat5 system regulating prostate cell survival" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Gail Prins (University of Illinois)
"PRL regulation of prostate growth and inflammation" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Betty Diamond (Albert Einstein College of Medicine)
"Prolactin regulation of B lymphocytes" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Invited Platform Talks |
| Dave Grattan "Mechanisms of prolactin regulation of
tuberoinfundibular dopamine neurons" |
| Samantha Oakes "Prolactin acts directly on the mammary epithelium to modulate tumour formation in a model of mouse mammary carcinogenesis" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | REPRODUCTIVE AXIS |
| Discussion Leader: Geula Gibori (University of Illinois) |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Nadine Binart (INSERM Paris)
"Rodent vs human ovary: can PRL and GH action be reconciled?" |
8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Thomas E. Spencer (Texas A&M University)
"Prolactin regulation of uterine tissue" |
8:30pm - 9:00 pm | Ken Ho (Garvan Institute)
"GH and estrogens - friends or foes?" |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | PITUITARY ADENOMA BIOLOGY |
| Discussion Leader: Marcello Bronstein (University of Sao
Paolo) |
9:00 am - 9:30 am | John Wass (Radcliffe Infirmary)
"Role of angiogenesis in prolactinoma development" |
9:30 am - 10:00 am | Andrea Giustina (University of Brescia)
"Markers for prolactin action" |
10:00 am - 10:30 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Ariel Barkan (University of Michigan)
"Role of GH receptor antagonists in therapy" |
11:00 am - 11:30 am | Annamaria Colao (University of Naples)
"Long-term outcome of resistant prolactinomas" |
11:30 am - 12:30 pm | Invited Platform Talks |
| Yazmin Macotela "Prolactin proteolysis by the cartilage: Functional implications" |
| David Piwnica
"16K-like proteolytic fragments of human prolactin display anti-angiogenic properties" |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | PROLACTIN REGULATION OF BRAIN DEVELOPMENT |
| Discussion Leader: Arthur Gutierrez-Hartmann (University of
Colorado) |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Sam Weiss (University of Calgary)
"Adult brain cell production stimulated by prolactin" |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |