SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Address |
| Introductory remarks: Fred vom Saal (University of Missouri) |
| Michael Skinner (Washington State University)
Epigenetic Transgenerational Actions of Endocrine Disruptors on Male Fertility |
9:00 pm - 11:30 pm | Opening Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Mechanisms of endocrine disruption in rodent models |
| Session leader: Rex Hess (University of Illinois) |
| L. Earl Gray (US-EPA) Developmental effects of environmental androgens and antiandrogens |
| Elaine Francis (US-EPA)
Federal programs concerned with endocrine disrupting chemicals |
| Coffee break and photograph of GRC attendees |
| Paul Terranova (University of Kansas Medical School) Endocrine disruption of ovarian function |
| Taisen Iguchi (Okazaki National Research Institutes, Japan) Evaluation of endocrine disruptors based on gene expression using a DNA microarray |
| General discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Emerging Issues |
| Session leader: Kembra Howdeshell (University of Michigan) |
| Kara Koehler (Case Western University)
Bisphenol A exposure disrupts multiple aspects of meiosis |
| Wendie A. Robbins (UCLA Center for Occupational & Environmental Health) Differential effects of boron on X and Y sperm and sex ratio at birth |
| Toshi Shioda (Harvard Medical School)
Genoregulatory actions of xenoestrogens - In what sense, and to what extent, are they estrogens? |
| Gilbert Schonfelder (Free University of Berlin)
Genetic differences and transcriptional regulation: New insights into mechanisms of endocrine disruption |
| General Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Developmental effects of low doses of endocrine disruptors |
| Session leader: Ana Soto (Tufts University) |
| Matthew Hardy (Rockefeller University) Phthalates, glucocorticoid action and regulation of Leydig cell steroidogenesis |
| Barry Timms(University of South Dakota) Estrogenic disruption of the male urogenital system |
| Coffee break |
| Tom Zoeller (University of Massachusetts) Endocrine Disruptors and thyroid homeostasis |
| Beverley Rubin (Tufts University) Endocrine disruption of neuroendocrine function |
| General discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Human exposures and effects |
| Session leader: Paolo Mocarelli (University Milano-Bicocca, Italy) |
| Dana Barr (Centers for Disease Control) Biological monitoring of exposure to environmental chemicals: How, when and why |
| Russ Hauser (Harvard School of Public Health) Phthalates: Understanding human exposure and health risks |
| Matthew Longnecker (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) Human health effects of pesticide exposure |
| General discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Endocrine disruption in wildlife |
| Session leader: Jorg Oehlmann (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany) |
| Jean Bachmann (Johann Wolfgang Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, Germany) Endocrine disruption in invertebrates with special emphasis on mollusks |
| Werner Kloas (Leibniz Institut of Freshwater Ecology, Germany) Endocrine disruption in amphibian |
| Coffee break |
| Charles R. Tyler (University of Exeter, UK) Molecular approaches to unravel sexual disruption in fish |
| Edward F. Orlando (St. Mary's College of Maryland) Endocrine activity of feedlot effluent and effects on reproduction in fathead minnows |
| General Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Phytoestrogens and endocrine disruption |
| Session leader: Dan Doerge (FDA National Center for Toxicological Research) |
| William Helferich (University of Illinois) Isoflavones and Breast Cancer. Complex issues of dose and timing |
| Barry Delclos (FDA National Center for Toxicological Research) Multigeneration/chronic exposures of Sprague-Dawley rats to genistein |
| Wade Welshons (University of Missouri) Endocrine Disruption by "Estrogen-Free" Feeds |
| General discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Dioxin as an endocrine disruptor |
| Session leader: Richard Peterson (University of Wisconsin) |
| Bernard Weiss (University of Rochester) Sexually dimorphic neurobehavioral effects of dioxin |
| Suzanne E. Fenton (US-EPA) Dioxin effects mammary gland function |
| Coffee break |
| Robert Moore (University of Wisconsin) Region-specific abnormalities in urogenital sinus and prostate development in TCDD-exposed mice |
| Chiharu Tohyama (National Institute for Environmental Studies, Japan) Mechanisms of dioxin toxicity: Implications for assessing risk to humans |
| General Discussion |
| Oral Presentation of the two most innovative and ground-breaking posters |
| General discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Topic: Future directions |
| Session Leader: Koji Arizono (Kumamoto University, Japan) |
| Jerrold Heindel (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) New issues in endocrine disruptor research |
| Shanna Swan (University of Missouri) Human exposure to endocrine disruptors: New challenges to epidemiology and public health |
| General discussion |
| Closing Remarks: Fred vom Saal, Paolo Mocarelli and Rex Hess |
9:30 pm - 11:30 pm | Closing reception |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |