The Old Parliament
Programme
09.00-09.15 Christian Beckers, Belgium: The birth of the spirit of ETA
09.15-10.05 Cellular uptake of thyroid hormones
- Georg Henneman, Netherlands: Kinetics and pathophysiology
- Edith Friesema, Netherlands: Molecular biology and human disease
10.05-10.55 Thyroid hormone action
- Albert Burger, Switzerland - Thyroid hormone action
- Domenico Salvatore, Italy - Thyroid hormone deiodinases
10.55-11.15 Coffee
11.15-12.05 Thyroid Autoimmunity
- Aldo Pinchera, Italy - Thyroid autoimmunity: 40 years of lights and shadows
- Nils Morgenthaler, Germany – Autoimmunity towards the TSH receptor
12.05-12.50 Clinical Thyroidology
- Jacques Orgiazzi, France - Clinical thyroidology
- Nils Knudsen, Denmark – Aetiology and regional variations in the prevalence of nontoxic goitre
13.00-14.00 Luncheon
14.00-14.50 Pathology of Thyroid Cancer
- Dillwyn Williams, UK - Thyroid cancer is special: pathology, aetiology, inheritance
- Jorge Lima, Portugal – Recent molecular studies of thyroid cancer and their correlation with pathological observations
14.50-15.40 Molecular Biology of Thyroid Cancer
- Giancarlo Vecchio, Italy – New insights in the molecular pathogenesis and therapy of thyroid neoplasia: the contribution coming from in vitro and in vivo model systems
- Cornelia Schmutzler, Germany – The control of gene activity and redifferentiation therapy of thyroid cancer
15.40-16.00 Tea
16.00-16.50 Thyroid Cell Biology
- Jacques Dumont, Belgium – Gene expression and tumours
- Olivier Chassande, France - Thyroid hormone receptors
16.50-17.40 Thyroid and Pregnancy
- John Lazarus, UK - Thyroid and pregnancy
- Kris Poppe, Belgium - Thyroid and reproduction
17.40-18.00 David Evered, UK: Notes on ETA history
20.00 Gala Dinner |
