November 1997 Meeting - Final Announcement

SYMPOSIUM

Growth Factors and Signal Transduction

To be held on Wednesday 26 November at the Governors' Hall, St Thomas' Hospital, Lambeth Palace Rd, London. Registration and coffee from 10:30 am and symposium starts at 11:15 am.

10:30 Registration and coffee

11.15 P. De Meyts (Denmark)

• Mechanism of receptor activation and signal transduction by insulin, the IGFs and growth hormone

12:15 R. Vernon (Ayr): Growth hormone signalling in ovine adipocytes

• Growth hormone signalling in ovine adipocytes

12:30 A. Pettiffer (Bristol)

• IGF-independent effects of IGFBP-3 on apoptosis require cell surface attachment and proteolytic modification

12:45 B. Crossett (Cambridge)

• Characterisation of a novel equine protein and its possible role in pre-implantation development

13:00-14:00 Lunch and posters

14:00 E. Lam (London)

• Modulation of E2F transcription activity and cell cycle control

14:40 J. van der Sman (London)

• Molecular & functional study of the E2F transcription factor

15:00 Posters & Coffee & Pastries

15:25 L. Mahadevan (London)

• MAP kinases, chromatin and Immediate-Early gene induction

16:05 C. Hazzalin (London)

• Role of p38/RK MAP kinase in growth factor-and stress-induced nuclear responses

16:20 M. White (Liverpool)

• Analysis of real-time transcriptional activation in living mammalian cells

17:00 Wine & Cheese & Posters