SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Office Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanisms of Melatonin Biosynthesis |
| Discussion Leader: David C. Klein (NICHD) |
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm | Mario Guido (National University of Cordoba, Argentina)
"Melatonin Biosynthesis in the Chick Inner Retina"
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8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm | Jacques Falcon (Universite Pierre et Marie Curie, France)
"Teleost Arylalkyl N-Acetyl Transferase"
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9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Retina and Pineal |
| Discussion Leader: P. Michael Iuvone (Emory University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Chad Jackson (Vanderbilt University, USA)
"Retinal Dopamine Mediates Multiple Dimensions of Light-Adapted Vision"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Gladys Ko (Texas A&M University, USA)
"Signal Transduction in Circadian Rhythms of Retinal L-Type Currents"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Gianluca Tosini (Morehouse School of Medicine, USA)
"Melatonin: An Underappreciated Player in Retinal Physiology and Pathophysiology"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Melatonin and Cancer |
| Discussion Leader: David Blask (Tulane University, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Steven Hill (Tulane University, USA)
"Effects of Melatonin on Circadian Oscillations in Breast Cancer Cells"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | TBA
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Melatonin Receptors |
| Discussion Leader: David Weaver (University of Massachusetts Medical School, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Gabriella Gobbi (McGill University, Canada)
"MT1/MT2 Receptor Knockout Mice and Sleep"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Ralf Jockers (CNRS, France)
"MT1/MT2 Heterodimerization"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | Paul Klosen (CNRS, France)
"Melatonin Receptors in the Brain and the Retina: Are Transgenic Reporter Mice the Key to Their Localization?"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Comparative Melatonin Biosynthesis |
| Discussion Leader: Russel Reiter (University of Texas Health Sciences Center, San Antonio, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Cathy Vaillencourt (Universite du Quebec, Canada)
"Placental Melatonin Production"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Dun-Xian Tan (University of Texas Health Sciences Center San Antonio, USA)
"Melatonin in Fruit"
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9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Photoperiodism |
| Discussion Leader: Timothy Bartness (Georgia State University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Valerie Simonneaux (CNRS, France)
"Melatonin, Kisspeptins and Seasonal Reproduction"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Takashi Yoshimura (Nagoya University, Japan)
"Photoperiodic Regulation of Reproduction in Birds"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | TBA (Late-Breaking Topics)
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Melatonin and Infectious Disease |
| Discussion Leader: Regina Markus (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil) |
7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Celia Garcia (Universidade de Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Melatonin Signaling in Malaria"
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8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:10 pm | Snehasikta Swarnakar (Indian Institute of Chemical Biology, Calcutta India)
"Melatonin and Metalloproteinases" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Melatonin, Psychiatric and Neurologic Disease |
| Discussion Leader: Beth Malow (Vanderbilt University, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:40 am | Sarah Elsea (Baylor College of Medicine, USA)
"Circadian Gene Expression and Sleep Disturbance in Smith-Magenis Syndrome and Other Neurodevelopmental Syndromes"
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9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:10 am | Helen Burgess (Rush University, USA)
"Melatonin and Sleep Disorders"
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11:10 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:10 pm | James Olcese (Florida State University)
"Melatonin and Neurodegenerative Disease"
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12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Keynote Session |
| Discussion Leader: TBA |
7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Michael Menaker (University of Virginia, USA)
"Central and Peripheral Pacemakers"
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8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |