| Sunday PM |
eIF5A |
| 7:30 |
Philip Coffino & Kazuei Igarashi- Welcome |
| 8:00 |
David Morris- Session Chair |
| 8:10 |
Myung Hee Park
"Structure/function studies of deoxyhypusine synthase" |
| 8:50 |
Dorit Zuk
"A temperature-sensitive allele of eIF-5A promotes the accumulation of uncapped mRNAs in yeast" |
| 9:30 |
Reception |
| Monday AM |
Cancer |
| 9:00 |
John Cleveland- Session Chair |
| 9:10 |
Eugene Gerner
"Polyamine dependent gene expression" |
| 9:50 |
Carl Porter
"Polyamine interactions with cell cycle regulatory pathways" |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Thomas O'Brien
"Polyamines and susceptibility to cancer" |
| 11:40 |
Heather Wallace
"Polyamines, cytotoxicity and apoptosis" |
| Monday Afternoon |
- |
| 2:30-5:00 |
Poster Set I |
| Monday PM |
Structure |
| 7:30 |
Meg Phillips - Session Chair |
| 7:40 |
Steve Ealick
"X-ray crystallographic studies of SAMDC structure" |
| 8:20 |
Marvin Hackert
"Mouse ODC x-ray crystal structure" |
| 9:00 |
D. R. Davies
"Crystal structure of the NAD complex of human deoxyhypusine synthase" |
| Tuesday AM |
Ion Channels |
| 9:00 |
Mark Mayer- Session Chair |
| 9:10 |
Keith Williams
"NMDA receptor" |
| 9:50 |
C. Nichols
"Polyamines and K channel activity: New insights" |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
D. Bowie
"Polyamine block confers a novel plasticity mechanism on glutamate receptors in the CNS" |
| 11:40 |
Poster Presentations |
| Tuesday Afternoon |
- |
| 2:30-5:00 |
Poster Set I |
| Tuesday PM |
Translational- and Post-Translational Regulation |
| 7:30 |
Kazuei Igarashi - Session Chair |
| 7:40 |
John Atkins and Ivaylo Ivanov
"Analysis of newly discovered antizyme" |
| 8:20 |
J. Mitchell
"Antizyme, antizyme-inhibitor and the mitochondrial connection." |
| 9:00 |
Bruce Stanley
"Degradation of SAMDC" |
| Wednesday AM |
Polyamine Function |
| 9:00 |
Seymour Cohen - Session Chair |
| 9:10 |
Tony Michael
"Molecular aspects of the regulation of polyamine content in plant cells" |
| 9:50 |
Richard Poulin
"Polyamine transport and sequestration in yeast: genetic and biochemical characterization" |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
Heather Webb
"Antimitotic polyamines: Mechanistic studies" |
| 11:40 |
Bruce Zetter
"Control of Prostate Cancer Cell Growth by Polyamine Regulatory Enzymes" |
| Wednesday Afternoon |
- |
| 2:30-5:00 |
Poster Set II |
| Wednesday PM |
Transgenic Mice |
| 7:30 |
Olle Heby - Session Chair |
| 7:40 |
Anthony Pegg
"Transgenic mice expressing antizyme, dominant negative ODC and ODC from cell specific promoters" |
| 8:20 |
Senya Matsufuji
"Knockout of mouse antizyme (AZ1) gene" |
| 9:00 |
Juhane Janne
"Overexpression of SSAT in transgenic rodents results in multiple phenotypic changes" |
| Thursday AM |
Parasites |
| 9:00 |
Buddy Ullman - Session Chair |
| 9:10 |
C.C. Wang
"Ornithine decarboxylase and proteasome in African trypanosomes" |
| 9:50 |
Cy Bacchi
"Polyamine and related pathways as drug targets in parasitic protozoa" |
| 10:30 |
Break |
| 11:00 |
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| 11:40 |
Poster Presentations |
| Thursday Afternoon |
- |
| 2:30-5:00 |
Poster Set II |
| Thursday PM |
- |
| 5:00 |
Election of Vice-chairs |
| 5:30 |
Rowland Davis - Keynote Address
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