February 1
Evening |
Session 1: Keynote Presentation |
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Richard GoodmanDirector,
Vollum Institute Portland, Oregon |
CBP: Discovery and Characterization of a Transcriptional Integrator |
February 2
Morning |
Session 2: Prolactin in the Mammary Gland
Discussion Leader: Barbara Vonderhaar, NCI |
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Berndt Groner
Tumor Biology Center, Frieburg |
Stat5 activation and coactivation |
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James Rillema
Wayne State University, Detroit |
Lactogen regulation of iodide transport in mammary gland |
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Nelson Horseman
University of Cincinnati |
Functional characterization of PRL knockout mice |
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Lothar Hennighausen
NIDDK |
Mammary gland function in Stat5 knockout mice |
February 2
Evening |
Session 3: Prolactin in the Brain and Behaviors
Discussion Leader: John Buntin, University of Wisconsin, Milwaukee |
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Joan Morrell
Rutgers University |
PRL receptor distribution in the brain |
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Minoru Tanaka
Mie University |
PRL influences on maternal behavior in rodents |
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Michelle Kelly
Vollum Institue, Oregon |
Dopamine D2 receptor knockout |
February 3
Morning |
Session 4: Growth Hormone and Prolactin Action in Whole Body Physiology
Discussion Leader: John Chipman,
Eli Lilly Research Center |
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Ken Ho
Sidney, Australia |
Metabolic effects of hGH in the Aging |
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Peter Rotwein
Washington University, Saint Louis |
Regulation of Hepatic Gene Expression by GH |
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Andrzej Bartke
S. Illinois University |
Functional consequences of GH and PRL transgene overexpression |
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Jorgen Isgaard
Sahlgrenska Univ Hospital, Sweden |
Growth hormone actions in aging |
February 3
Evening |
Session 5: Neuroendocrine Regulation of Prolactin
Discussion Leader: Rick Samson, University of North Dakota |
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Mark Freeman
Florida State University |
Neuroendocrine control of PRL release |
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Karen Gregerson
University of Maryland |
Ion Channels regulating PRL release |
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Marvin Gershengorn
Cornell University |
TRH: Receptor structure and function |
February 4
Morning |
Session 6: PRL/Cytokine Receptor Function and Signal Transduction
Discussion Leader: Hallgein Rui, USUHS, Bethesda |
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Paul Kelly
INSERM Unite 344, Paris |
Development and physiology of PRL receptor-null mice |
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Anthony Kossiakoff
Genetech, San Francisco |
Structure of PRL:PRL-R complexes in 3 dimensions |
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Nicholas Wrighton
Affimax, Palo Alto |
Receptor-ligand interactions of cytokine peptide mimetics |
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David Waxman
Boston University |
Kinetics of Stat5 activation and desensitization |
February 4
Evening |
Session 7: Short Platform Talks
Discussion Leader: Li-yuan Yu-Lee, Baylor College of Medicine |
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Li-yuan Yu-Lee
Baylor College of Medicine |
Contributors selected from Abstracts |
February 5
Morning |
Session 8: Lactogens and Reproductive Function
Discussion Leader: Bergit Gellerson, University of Hamburg |
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Geula Gibori
University of Illinois, Chicago |
Uterine lactogens in rodents |
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Joanne Richards
Baylor College of Medicine |
Activation of granulosa-lutein gene expresion |
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Stuart Handwerger
Children's Hospital, Cincinnati |
Transcriptional regulation of human placental lactogen |
February 5
Evening |
Session 9: Immunoregulatory actions of Prolactin and Growth Hormone
Discussion Leader: David Montgomery, VAMC, Tucson Arizona |
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Sue Richards Genzyme |
Immunomodulation by human PRL |
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Ron Kooijman
Brussels |
Regulation of macrophage and neutrophil function by PRL |
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James Ihle
St. Jude Children's Research Hospital |
Jak/Stat mediators of Development and Physiology |
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