Sunday, July 27

8:00 p.m. Opening Address

• Richard Palmiter, University of Washington, Seattle, Washington: Life without Catecholamines

Monday, July 28

9:00 a.m. - Nuclear Receptor Regulation and Actions

• Benita Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois, Champaign-Urbana, Illinois: Mechanisms of Estrogen Receptor Activation
• Jan-Åke Gustafsson, Huddinge University Hospital, Huddinge, Sweden: Characterization of a Novel Estrogen Receptor, ERß
• Mitchell Lazar, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia: Principles Underlying Repression by Nuclear Hormone Receptors
• Ronald Evans, The Salk Institute, San Diego, California: Nuclear Receptor Cofactors and Crosstalk in Signaling Pathways

7:30 p.m. G Proteins and G Protein-Coupled Receptors

• Heidi Hamm, Northwestern University, Chicago, Illinois: Structural and Functional Studies of Heterotrimeric G Protein Complexes
• Jim Keen, Thomas Jefferson University, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania: Role of arrestins in the Regulation of G Protein Coupled Receptor Trafficking
• Jacques Dumont, University of Brussels, Brussels, Belgium: The TSH Receptor: from Mutations to Tumorigenesis
• Axel Themmen, Erasmus University, Rotterdam, The Netherlands: LH Receptor Mutations and Gonadal Function

Tuesday, July 29

9:00 a.m. Membrane Receptors and Cell Signaling

• Jeffrey Wrana, Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada: MADR Proteins in Signaling by the TGFß and Activin Receptors
• James Florini, Syracuse University, Syracuse, New York: Separate Pathways for IGF-Induced Proliferation and Differentiation in Muscle Cells
• Christin Carter-Su, Unicersity of Michigan, ann Arbor, Michigan: Signaling Pathways Activated by the Growth Hormone Receptor
• R. Charles Coombes, Imperial College and Charing Cross Hospital, London, England: Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors: Their role in Normal and Neoplastic Breast Cells

7:30 p.m. Neuroendocrine HPA Axis

• Wylie Vale, The Salk Institute, San Diego, California: Hormonal and Behavioral Actions of CRF and Urocortin
• Jacques Drouin, Inst. de Recherches Clique de Montreal. Montreal, Canada: Multifactoral Regulation of POMC Gene Expression in the Pituitary
• Günther Schütz, German Cancer Research Center, Heidelberg, Germany: Analysis of Glucocorticoid and cAMP Signaling by Gene Targeting
• Joseph Torchia, University of California, San Diego, California: The Transcriptional Coactivator p/CIP Binds CBP and Mediates Nuclear Receptor Function

Wednesday, July 30

9:00 a.m. Hormones and Development

• Daniel Linzer, Northwestern University, Evanston, Illinois: Placental Angiogenic and Antiangiogenic Hormones
• Sally Camper, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Cell Lineages in the Development of the Pituitary Gland
• Holly Ingraham, University of California, San Francisco, California: Regulation of Mammalian Gonadal Gene Expression by SF-1
• Sophia Tsai, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas: The Orphan Receptors COUP-TFs in Neural Development and Bone Morphogenesis

7:30 p.m. Regulation and Trafficking of Steroid Receptors

• David Toft, Mayo Clinic, Rochester, Minnesota: Molecular Chaperones in the assembly and activation of Steroid Receptors
• Don DeFranco, University of Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania: Chaperoning Steroid Receptors through distinct Subcellular and Subnuclear Compartments
• Nancy Weigel, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas: Regulation of the Progesterone Receptor by Phosphorylation
• Avrom Caplan, Mount Sinai Medical Center, New York, New York: Regulation of Ligand Binding to the Estrogen Receptor Expressed in Yeast

Thursday, July 31

9:00 a.m. Signal Transduction Mechanisms

• Melanie Cobb, University of Texas Southwest Medical School, Dallas, Texas: Regulation of the MAP Kinases
• Alan Saltiel, Parke Davis Research, Ann Arbor, Michigan: Diverse Signaling Pathways in the Cellular Actions of Insulin
• Lothar Hennighausen, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland: Prolactin and Stat-5 Signaling in Mammary Gland Development
• Paolo Sassone-Corsi, IGBMC, Strasbourg, France: Transcriptional Responses to cAMP

7:30 p.m. Closing Symposium: Hormonal Control of Postembryonic Development

• Carl Thummel, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, Utah: Nuclear Receptors in Drosophila Metamorphosis
• Jamshed Tata, National Institute for Medical Research, London, England: Hormonal Regulation of programmed Cell Death during Amphibian Metamorphosis
• Yun-Bo Shi, National Institutes of Health, Bethesda, Maryland: Thyroid Hormone Regulation of Tissue Remodeling: Receptor Function in Pre- and Metamorphosing Tadpoles