6th International Congress On Farm Animal Endocrinology-ICFAE - November 14-16, 2008 - The Hotel Roanoke & Conference Center -   Roanoke, Virginia
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Tentative Agenda (9-30-08)

Friday November 14th
7:45 a.m. Welcome and Introduction - Mike Akers and Jim Sartin

Checks, Balances and Energy
8:00 a.m. Iain Clarke (Australia)
Central and Direct Manipulation of Energy Expenditure in Muscle; Realistic Targets
8:45 a.m. Frank Dunshea (Australia)
Indirect Calorimetry in Ruminants
9:30 a.m. Mike Allen (USA)
Effects of Metabolites on Feed Intake in Dairy Cows
10:15 a.m. Rick Barb (USA)
Feed Intake Regulation: Interface with the Reproductive Axis
11:00 a.m. Chantal Farmer (Canada)
Mammary Arteriovenous Differences of Metabolites and Hormones in Lactating Sows
11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Lunch Break
12:45 p.m. Rupert Bruckmaier (Switzerland)
Mastitis in Dairy Cows
1:30 p.m. Bob Collier (USA)
Heat Stress Effects on Mammary Gene Expression
2:15 p.m. Lance Baumgard (USA)
Effects of Heat stress on Endocrine Regulation of Metabolism
3:00 to 3:30 Afternoon Break
3: 30 p.m. Sean Limesand (USA)
Heat Stress Effects on Fetal Endocrine System
4:15 p.m. Beverly Mulhauser (Australia)
The Effects of Maternal Nutrition/Energy Balance and the Subsequent Leptin Expression in Offspring
5:00 p.m. Guoyao Wu (USA)
Role of Amino Acids in Fetal Development
5:45 p.m. - 7:00 p.m. Reception and Posters
7:00 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. Dinner Break
8:30 p.m. - 10:00 p.m. Posters
Saturday November 15th
ENDOCRINE AND METABOLIC REGULATION
8:00 a.m. Tony Capuco (USA)
Steroid Hormone Stimulation of Bovine Mammary Stem Cells and Gene Expression
8:45 a.m. Steve Ellis (USA)
Ovarian Regulation of Myoepithelial Cell Ontogeny in Heifers
9:30 a.m. Milo Wiltbank (USA)
Changes in Reproductive Physiology of Lactating Dairy Cows
10:15 a.m. to 10:45 a.m. Morning Break
10:45 a.m. Gary Williams (USA)
Leptin Signaling in Reproduction and Metabolism
11:15 p.m. Marie-France Palin (Canada)
Adiponectin and Ovarian Function
12:00 p.m. to 12:45 p.m. Lunch Break
12:45 p.m. Bob Goodman (USA)
Kisspeptin as an Integrator of Reproduction
2:15 p.m. Frank Bartol (USA)
Uterine Development and Maternal Lactocrine Programming of the Endometrium
3:00 p.m. Lokinga Badinga (USA)
Impact of Dietary Trans-Fatty Acids on Regulation of Bovine on Endometrial Prostaglandin Biosynthesis and Fertility
3:45 p.m. to 4:15 p.m. Afternoon Break
4:15 p.m. Tom Spencer
Conceptus Endometrial Interactions in Sheep
5:00 p.m. Thomas R. Hansen - (USA) Conceptus-dependent Uterine-Mediated Lymphocyte Programming and Establishment of Pregnancy in Ruminants
6:30 p.m. Conference Dinner
8:00 p.m. Posters
Sunday November 16th
GROWTH AND METABOLIC ENDOCRINOLOGY
8:00 a.m. Leon Spicer (USA)
FSH and IGF-II Regulation of Granulosa Cell Steroidogenesis and Mitosis
8:45 a.m. Akio Miyamoto (Japan)
Local regulation of the Corpus Luteum Development and Regression in the Cow
9:30 a.m. TG Ramsey (USA)
Uncoupling Protein Expression in Skeletal Muscle and Adipose tissue in Response to in vivo Porcine Somatotropin Treatment
10:15 a.m. Mike Spurlock (USA)
Adipocyte Derived Hormones and Inflammatory Responses
11:00 a.m. Roland Leach (USA)
Investigation of the Insulin-like Growth Factor System in the Avian Epiphyseal Growth Plate
11:45 a.m. to 12:45 p.m. Lunch Break
12:45 Bill Dayton (USA)
Cellular Regulation of Muscle Growth
1:30 p.m. Dave Gerrard (USA)
ß-agonist Regulation of Muscle Proteins
2:15 p.m. Teresa Davis (USA)
Amino Acids and Insulin in Neonatal Growth
3:00 to 3:30 Afternoon Break
3:30 p.m. Ted Elsasser (USA)
Hepatic GH Signaling in Disease
4:15 p.m. Honglin Jiang (USA)
GH and IGF Interactions in Cattle
5:00 p.m. Conclusion

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