PROGRAM

Monday, June 5
morning 

afternoon
(speaker times including discussion are given between brackets)
09.30     Registration and coffee

10.00     Posters Endocrinology to be mounted

10.25     Opening

10.30    'LAQUEUR' LECTURE

Maria New (New York, NY, USA) 
Steroid hormone disorders
(sponsored by Organon B.V.)
Chairperson:  E. Ron de Kloet (Leiden)

11.15    Plenary Session
  • Session 1  
    PANCREATIC HORMONES (1)
    Moderator:     Anton Scheurink (Groningen)
    Gerald Taborsky (Seattle, WA, USA)
    Neural regulation of pancreatic hormone release (45)
    Christian Lehn Brand (Copenhagen, DK)
    The role of glucagon and insulin in experimental diabetes (45)

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

   

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12.45    Poster session ENDOCRINOLOGY
             during lunch break 

14.45    Plenary session 

  • Session 2
    THYROID HORMONES (1) 
    Moderator: Wilmar Wiersinga (Amsterdam)
    Eric Fliers     (Amsterdam)
    Thyroid hormone and the adult brain: what's new? (45)
    Juan Bernal     (Madrid, E)
    Thyroid hormone and the developing brain: what's new? (45)

16.15    Break

16.45    Parallel sessions      
  • Session 3
    PANCREATIC HORMONES (2)            
    Moderator: Anton Scheurink (Groningen)
     Susanne la Fleur (Amsterdam)
    Circadian rhythmicity in insuline release (15)
    Stephan Bouman     (Groningen)
    Counter regulatory responses to insulin-induced hypoglycemia (15)
    Dorte Xenia Gram     (Copenhagen, DK)
    Capsaicin-sensitive nerves influencing insulin release (15)
    Susan Jansen     (Nijmegen)
    Progressive changes in beta-cell functioning in a rat model for non-insulin-dependent diabetes mellitus (15)
    Arie Nieuwenhuizen (Wageningen)
    Pancreatic hormone release during pregnancy and lactation (30)
         
  • Session 4 
    THYROID FUNCTIONS (2)
    Moderators: Eric Fliers (Amsterdam) and Marjanne Everts (Utrecht)
    (sponsored by Nourypharma)
    Theo Visser (Rotterdam)
    Regulation of thyroid hormone bioactivity in the brain (15)
    Aleid van Wassenaer (Amsterdam)
    Early fetal (intrauterine) and very preterm (extrauterine) thyroid hormone requirements (15)
    Monique Kester (Rotterdam)
    Role of thyroid hormone sulfotransferases during pregnancy (15)
    Paul van Trotsenburg (Amsterdam)
    TSH bioactivity in children with Down's syndrome (15)
    Cassandra Zuketto (Amsterdam)
    Thyroid hormone and depression (15)
    Ralph Kupka (Utrecht/Rotterdam)
    Manic depressive illness, pro-inflammatory monocytes, activated T cells and thyroid autoimmunity (15)
           
  • Session 5 
    PRENATAL PROGRAMMING AND DISEASE IN LATER LIFE
    Moderators: Mariann Fodor, Mirjam Weissenbruch (Amsterdam) and E. Ron de Kloet (Leiden)
    John Yudkin (London, UK)
    Insulin resistance and low birth weight: is it due to central obesity? (30)
    Eric Serne (Amsterdam)
    Hypertension and low birth weight (15)
    Melly Oitzl (Leiden)
    Maternal deprivation: immediate and persistent effects (15)
    Jonathan Seckl (Edinburgh, Scotland)
    Glucocorticoid programming of adult disease (30)
18.15    Endocrinology Poster Award Ceremony 

Awards for two poster presenters of the Endocrinology poster session
(sponsored by Netherlands Society for Endocrinology)

18.30    Dinner     

20.30    'MARIUS TAUSK' LECTURE  

Roger Bouillon (Leuven, B)
Vitamin D, a pluripotent secosteroid hormone: action, mode of action and therapeutic potential
(sponsored by Netherlands Society for Endocrinology)
Chairpersons: Huib Pols and Hans van Leeuwen (Rotterdam)

21.15    NVE annual meeting