PROGRAM Tuesday, June 4

Openings Endocrinology Keynote lecture
Chairperson: Paul Lucassen (Amsterdam)
Jonathan Seckl (Edinburgh, UK)  
11ß-Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1: a new approach to the metabolic syndrome 
 

Parallel sessions 1-3
 
Session 1
The hypothalamus-pituitary-gonadal axis and metabolism
(sponsored by BCN, Groningen)
Moderators: Eline van der Beek (Wageningen) and Esther van de Wall (Groningen)
Clive Coen (London, UK)
CNS regulation of LH release (30) 
Annelieke Franke (Wageningen)
Age and female reproductive functioning (15)
Inge Palm (Wageningen)
In search for a rat model for polycystic ovary disease (15) 
Evelien van Dam (Amsterdam)
LH secretion in response to caloric restriction in obese women with polycystic ovary disease (15)
Esther van de Wall (Groningen)
The nutritional state and reproductive functioning (15)

Session 2 
Pituitary-dependent hyperadrenocorticism (PDH) 
(sponsored by Graduate School Animal Health, GSAH)
Moderators: Hans Kooistra and Björn Meij (Utrecht)
Hans Kooistra (Utrecht) 
Correlation between impairment of glucocorticoid feedback, plasma concentrations of ACTH precursors and the size of the pituitary gland in dogs with PDH (15) 
Nico Schoenmaker (Utrecht)
Hyperadrenocorticism in the ferret (15)
Rosalinda van der Vlugt-Meijer (Utrecht)
Imaging of the canine and feline pituitary gland (15)
Wouter de Herder (Rotterdam)
Optimizing the results of transpheniodal pituitary surgery in humans with Cushing's disease (30)
Björn Meij (Utrecht)
Transsphenoidal hypophysectomy for treatment of PDH in dogs and cats (15)

Session 3
Fetal origin of adult disease 
Moderator: Henriette Delemarre-van de Waal (Amsterdam)
Bertie Lumey (New York, NY, USA)
Prenatal nutrition and adult disease (30)
Michel Aubert (Geneva, Switzerland)
Metabolic sequelae of intrauterine malnutrition in the rat (15)
Mirjam van Weissenbruch (Amsterdam)
Metabolic sequelae of a low birth weight in children (15)
Joost Bakker (Utrecht)
Metabolic imprinting by dexamethasone in the rat (15)
Roel Bolt (Amsterdam)
The pituitary adrenal axis in children born small for gestational age (15)
  

Session 5
Hormonal and metabolic effects of food supplements 
(sponsored by Numico Research, Wageningen)
Moderator: Arie Nieuwenhuizen (Wageningen)
Arie Nieuwenhuizen (Wageningen)
Research on food supplements (15)
Hink Perdok (Rotterdam)
Feed additives in animal nutrition (15)  
Peter Wielinga (Groningen)
Hormonal and metabolic effects of hydroxycitrate (15)
Eva Kovacs (Maastricht)
Hydroxycitrate reduces de novo lipogenesis in humans (15)
Monica Mars (Wageningen)
Leptin and insulin responses to a four-day energy deficient diet in men with different weight history (15)
Zhi-Chao Dang (Leiden)
Molecular mechanisms of soy isoflavone genistein action (15)
 
Session 6
Towards therapy for hormonal cancers 
Moderator: Leen Blok (Rotterdam)
Gerald Mickisch (Rotterdam)
New aspects of hormone therapy for prostate cancer (30) 
Mike Grossmann (Rochester, MN, USA) 
Immunotherapy for prostate cancer (30)
Eline Hanekamp (Rotterdam)
Progesterone receptor and invasion of endometrial cancer (30)

Session 7
Clinical and experimental mutations in thyroid-related genes 
Moderators: Theo Visser (Rotterdam) and Marianne Everts (Utrecht) 
Ralf Paschke (Leipzig, Germany)
Activating TSH receptor mutations in patients with thyroid adenoma (30)
Carrie Ris (Amsterdam)
Gene mutations in patients with congenital hypothyroidism (30)
George Kuiper (Rotterdam)
Mutational analysis of iodothyronine deiodinases (30)
 
Session 8
Type 1 diabetes: clinical impact of basic research 
Moderator: Bart Roep (Leiden)
Bart Roep (Leiden)
The pathogenesis of type 1 diabetes: how to resist an indecent proposal (30)
Ralph Kupda (Utrecht)
Bipolar disorders: thyroid autoimmunity and autoreactive T-cells (15)
Wai Kwan Tse (Rotterdam)
Autoantibodies to neuroendocrine tissues in type 1 diabetes (15)
Jeroen Visser (Groningen)
Early dietary changes and the influence on development of diabetes (15)
Astrid van Halteren (Leiden)
Modulation of dendritic cells in type 1 diabetes (15)