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Hormone Action in Development and Cancer (GRS)

Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

Hormonal Control of Development and Disease

July 30 - 31, 2011
Chairs Katherine B. Szarama and Emily A. Witham
Bryant University
1150 Douglas Pike
Smithfield, Rhode Island, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar on Hormone Action in Development & Cancer is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is to address how quantitative biochemical methods, in vitro and in vivo models, can be applied to understand both the environmental and endogenous regulation of hormone function. The meeting will also bring together scientists and clinicians from diverse disciplines to discuss the molecular basis of hormones in development in order to emerge with new ways to address cancer prevention and therapy.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Hormone Action in Development and Cancer" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote address
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Andrea C. Gore (University of Texas at Austin)
"Endocrine disruption of hormones, brain, and behavior"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmHormone Action: Implications for Breast Cancer
Discussion Leader: Emily Witham (UCSD)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm Felicity J. Ashcroft (Baylor College of Medicine)
"High content analysis of the estrogenic effects of bisphenol-A"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Valerie Cortez (University of Texas at San Antonio)
"Targeting PELP1-KDM1 axis as a therapeutic strategy for breast cancer"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm Karen Hegney (University of Edinburgh)
"Quantitative proteomic analysis of chromatin to identify biomarkers in breast cancer"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm Milos Lazic (Northwestern University)
"Programming of the metabolic syndrome in female rodents via androgen exposure at critical periods of development"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amHormone Action: Lessons from Development
Discussion Leader: Saraswati Sukumar (Johns Hopkins School of Medicine)
9:00 am - 9:20 am Daniel Gorelick (Carnegie Institution)
"Zebrafish reporter reveals tissue-specific differences in estrogen receptor activation"
9:20 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am Jian Jun Sun (Carnegie Institution)
"SF-1-related nuclear hormone receptor Hr39 functions as a master regulator of female reproductive gland formation in Drosophila"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am Naoki Yamanaka (University of Minnesota)
"Vesicle-mediated steroid hormone secretion in Drosophila melanogaster"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am Vincent J. Lynch (Yale University)
"The antiestrogenic effects of progesterone in the uterus evolved during the origin of pregnancy in mammals"
10:50 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmMentorship Through Your Science Career: a panel discussion exploring the professional relationships that lead to successful science
Discussion Leader: Katherine Szarama (NIH, NIDCD)
Andrea C. Gore (University of Texas at Austin), Amanda Hunt (American Institute of Biological Sciences) and Pierce Gardner (Stony Brook University School of Medicine; Fogarty Center, NIH)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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