IBMS/ECTS 2001 - PROGRAM and ABSTRACTS

IIIrd INTERNATIONAL SYMPOSIUM ON
COMPARATIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY OF CALCIUM METABOLISM

Chairs: Jack Martin (Australia), Herbie Fleisch (Switzerland), Jean-Luc Riond (Switzerland),
Mark Pines (Israel), Evelyne Lopez (France)

Tuesday, June 5, 2001
10:00 - 16:00 in Room 8

The abstract text of symposium presentations (prefix SY) can be found in the Abstracts section. Click on the Abstract number.

09:30 Coffee available

09:55 WELCOME

10:00 SY1 Overview Paper
SUBCELLULAR CA HOMEOSTASIS DURING TRANSEPITHELIAL CA FLUX ASSOCIATED WITH CRUSTACEAN MOLTING: WHAT ROLE DO SERCAS AND PMCAS PLAY?
M. Wheatly1, Y. Gao1, Z. Zhang1, D. Chen1, F. Zanotto2, M. Hubbard1
1 Wright State University, Dayton, OH, USA
2 University of Sao Paulo, Brazil
10:30 SY2
BIOLOGICAL EFFECT OF THE WATER-SOLUBLE MATRIX EXTRACT FROM THE NACRE OF THE BIVALVE MOLLUSC PINCTADA MAXIMA ON VERTEBRATE CELL PROLIFERATION AND DIFFERENTIATION
L. Pereira, C. Milet, M. J. Almeida, M. Rousseau, F. Robichon, E. Lopez
Laboratoire de Physiologie GZnZrale et ComparZe. UMR CNRS 8572. MusZum National d'Histoire Naturelle, 7, Rue Cuvier, 75 231 PARIS, Cedex 05, France
10:45 SY3 Overview Paper
CALCIUM REGULATING FACTORS IN BONY AND CARTILAGINOUS FISH
J. A. Danks
St Vincent's Institute of Medical Research, Fitzroy, 3065, Australia
 
11:15 SY4
THE ROLE OF SCALES IN CALCIUM METABOLISM Oreochromis mossambicus
G. Flik
Department of Animal Physiology, Faculty of Science, University of Nijmegen, Toernooiveld 1 6525 ED Nijmegen, The Netherlands
 
11:30 SY5 Overview Paper
THE IMPORTANCE OF CALCIUM AND CALCIOTROPIC HORMONES IN THE AVIAN SKELETON
C. Farquharson
Bone Biology Group, Roslin Institute, Roslin, Midlothian EH25 9PS, Scotland
 
12:00 SY6
BIOCHEMICAL AND CELLULAR ASPECTS OF OSTEOPOROSIS IN LAYING HENS SELECTED FOR DIVERGENT SKELETAL CHARACTERISTICS
R. H. Fleming, H. A. McCormack, C. C. Whitehead
Roslin Institute, Edinburgh, Scotland, UK
 
12:15 SY7
A SEARCH FOR GENES INVOLVED IN AVIAN EGGSHELL CALCIFICATION: IDENTIFICATION, LOCALIZATION AND REGULATION
I. Lavelin, N. Meiri, M. Pines
Institute of Animal Science, The Volcani Center
 
12:30 SY8
LOCALISATION AND SEMIQUANTITATIVE ANALYSIS OF ESROGEN RECEPTOR-ALPHA AND BETA mRNAs IN AVIAN MEDULLARY BONE
T. Sugiyama1, E. Minagawa2, T. Imamura1, S. Kusuhara1
1Department of Animal Science, Nigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
2Graduate School of Science Technology, Niigata University, Niigata 950-2181, Japan
 

12:45-14:15  Lunch with posters

SY9
PLASMA MEMBRANE CALCIUM ATPASE, SODIUM CALCIUM EXCHANGER AND PTHrP RECEPTOR IN OSTEOBLASTS FROM YOUNG AND AGED RAT LONG BONE
C. V. Gay, Y. Zeng, A. M. Mastro
The Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA, USA
 
SY10
GESTATIONAL AND PUERPERAL HIGH RESORPTION OF BONE IS MEDIATED BY CYTOKININS RELEASED BY PERIPHERAL BLOOD MONONUCLEAR CELLS AND BY SOLUBLE IL-6 RECEPTOR RESPECTIVELY
H. Fukuoka, M. Haruna
Department of Developmental Medical Sciences, the University of Tokyo
 
SY11
MOLECULAR CLONING OF FELINE PREPROPARATHYROID HORMONE
R. E. Toribio, C. W. Kohn, D. J. Chew, G. W. Leone, C. C. Capen, T. J. Rosol
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
 
SY12
CLONING OF EQUINE CALCITONIN, CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE –I, AND CALCITONIN GENE-RELATED PEPTIDE –II cDNAs
R. E. Toribio, C. W. Kohn, G. W. Leone, C. C. Capen, T. J. Rosol
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA
 
SY13
PARATHYROID POLYHORMONE ACTION ON OVIDUCT MOTILITY IN BIRDS AND MAMMALS
M. Francis, M. Arkle, L. Martin, T. M. Butler, M. C. Cruz, J. F. Brown, C. G. Dacke
Division of Pharmacology, University of Portsmouth, St Michael's Building, White Swan Road, Portsmouth, PO1 2DT, UK
   

Poster presenters will be invited to present a short (5 min) summary of their work towards the end of the lunch break.

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14:00 SY14 Overview Paper
SKELETAL GROWTH, MODELLING REMODELLING AND METABOLISM DURING MAMMALIAN REPRODUCTION
S. C. Miller
University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT, USA 84108
 
14:30 SY15
SERUM PARATHYROID HORMONE, IONIZED CALCIUM AND FRACTIONAL URINARY CLEARANCE OF CALCIUM AND PHOSPHORUS IN HORSES WITH ENTEROCOLITIS AND HYPOCALCEMIA
R. E. Toribio, C. W. Kohn, D. J. Chew, R. A. Sams, T. J. Rosol
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USAMammalian talk
 
14:45 SY16
EFFECTS OF SWEAT LOSS ON CALCIUM AND MAGNESIUM HOMEOSTASIS IN HORSES
D. Weiss1, D. Burger2, A. Fakler3, U. E. Spichiger3, R. Forrer4, M. Weishaupt5, M. Wanner1 and J. L. Riond1
1 Institute of Animal Nutrition, University of Zurich
2 National Studfarm, Avenches
3 Department of Pharmacy, ETH, Zurich
4 Department of Vet. Int. Med., University of Zurich
5 Department of Vet. Surgery, University of Zurich
 
15:00 SY17
INFLUENCE OF A VEGETARIAN VERSUS A DIET WITH FISH-MEAL ON BONE IN PIGS
A. Liesegang1, E. Bürgi2, M-L. Sassi3, J. Risteli3, M. Wanner1
1 Institute of Animal Nutrition, Zurich, Switzerland
2Unit for Swine Medicine, University of Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland
3 Department of Clinical Chemistry, Oulu, Finland

 

15:15 CONFERENCE OVERVIEW
T. Rosol
The Ohio State University, Columbus, OH, USA

15:45-16:00 THANK YOU AND FAREWELL

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