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Symposium on Estrogens and Human Health

2nd Symposium on Estrogens and Human Health
October 1 & 2, 2004
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Beckman Institute for Advanced Science and Technology

Friday, October 1, 2004

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast and Registration

8:15 Welcome: Dr. Romana Nowak, Chair of Organizing Committee

Introductions of Honorary Chairman and Keynote Speaker: Dr. Benita Katzenellenbogen and Dr. Milan Bagchi

Chair of Session I: Dr. Jack Gorski

8:30 Keynote Speaker – Signaling Through the Co-activators to the Genome, Dr. Bert O’Malley, Baylor College of Medicine

9:20 Estrogen Receptors Alpha and Beta: Mechanisms of Action and Regulation of Gene Expression in Target Cells,
Dr. Benita Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

10:00 Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators as Novel Therapeutics, Dr. William Chin, Eli Lilly and Company

10:40 Break

11:00 Estrogens: Protective or Risk Factors in the Adult Brain, Dr. Phyllis Wise, University of California at Davis

11:40 Physiological Disruption from Loss of ER Action: Whose to Blame and Where?, Dr. Kenneth Korach, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences

12:30 PM Lunch (provided)

Chair of Session II: Dr. Ann Nardulli

1:30 Regulation of Chromatin by SERMS, Dr. Milan Bagchi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

2:10 Nuclear Receptors as Targets for New Drug Discovery, Dr. Donald McDonnell, Duke University Medical Center

2:50 Estrogen Receptor Coregulators and Cancer, Dr. Myles Brown, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute

3:30 Break

4:00 Estrogen Receptor Actions in Cardiovascular Physiology: 2004 Update, Dr. Michael Mendelsohn, Tufts-New England Medical Center

4:40 Estrogen Effects on Gene Expression in the Heart Dr. David Gross, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

5:30 Reception

Saturday, October 2, 2004

7:30 AM Continental Breakfast

Chair of Session III: Dr. David Shapiro

8:30 Estrogen Receptor – Beta Selective Agonists: Characterization and Possible Clinical Utility, Dr. Heather Harris, Wyeth Research

9:10 Estrogen Regulated Pathways in Implantation, Dr. Indrani Bagchi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

9:50 Estrogens and Metabolic Syndrome in Mice and Men, Dr. Evan Simpson, Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Australia

10:30 Break

10:50 Gender Differences in Autoimmunity: Molecular Basis for Estrogen Action in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Dr. Virginia Rider, Pittsburg State University

11:30 Role of Estrogens in Adipocyte Development and Function, Dr. Paul Cooke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign

12:10 PM Adjournment

Sponsored by

University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
Olga G. Nalbandov Fund
NIH Reproductive Biology Training Program

Additional support provided by
University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
College of Agricultural, Consumer and Environmental Sciences
Department of Animal Sciences

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7:30 AM		Continental Breakfast and Registration
8:15		Welcome: Dr. Romana Nowak, Chair of Organizing Committee
		Introductions of Honorary Chairman and Keynote Speaker: Dr. Benita Katzenellenbogen and Dr. Milan Bagchi
		Chair of Session I: Dr. Jack Gorski
8:30		Keynote Speaker – Signaling Through the Co-activators to the Genome, Dr. Bert O’Malley, Baylor College of Medicine
9:20		Estrogen Receptors Alpha and Beta: Mechanisms of Action and Regulation of Gene Expression in Target Cells, Dr. Benita Katzenellenbogen, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
10:00		Selective Estrogen Receptor Modulators as Novel Therapeutics, Dr. William Chin, Eli Lilly and Company
10:40		Break
11:00		Estrogens: Protective or Risk Factors in the Adult Brain, Dr. Phyllis Wise, University of California at Davis
11:40		Physiological Disruption from Loss of ER Action: Whose to Blame and Where?, Dr. Kenneth Korach, National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences
12:30 PM		Lunch (provided)
		Chair of Session II: Dr. Ann Nardulli
1:30		Regulation of Chromatin by SERMS, Dr. Milan Bagchi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
2:10		Nuclear Receptors as Targets for New Drug Discovery, Dr. Donald McDonnell, Duke University Medical Center
2:50		Estrogen Receptor Coregulators and Cancer, Dr. Myles Brown, Dana-Farber Cancer Institute
3:30		Break
4:00		Estrogen Receptor Actions in Cardiovascular Physiology: 2004 Update, Dr. Michael Mendelsohn, Tufts-New England Medical Center
4:40		Estrogen Effects on Gene Expression in the Heart Dr. David Gross, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
5:30		Reception

7:30 AM		Continental Breakfast
		Chair of Session III: Dr. David Shapiro
8:30		Estrogen Receptor – Beta Selective Agonists: Characterization and Possible Clinical Utility, Dr. Heather Harris, Wyeth Research
9:10		Estrogen Regulated Pathways in Implantation, Dr. Indrani Bagchi, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
9:50		Estrogens and Metabolic Syndrome in Mice and Men, Dr. Evan Simpson, Prince Henry’s Institute of Medical Research, Clayton, Australia
10:30		Break
10:50		Gender Differences in Autoimmunity: Molecular Basis for Estrogen Action in Systemic Lupus Erythematosus, Dr. Virginia Rider, Pittsburg State University
11:30		Role of Estrogens in Adipocyte Development and Function, Dr. Paul Cooke, University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign
12:10 PM		Adjournment