17th International Symposium on Regulatory Peptides


The symposium will be divided into 9 thematic sessions, placing emphasis in GPCR conformation, trafficking, signal transduction, physiology, neuroscience and cell signaling of specific peptides. Initiating each session, an invited speaker will present a lecture (30 min lecture and 10 min discussion) emphasizing the state of the field and their current contributions. The lecture will be followed by 3 oral presentations (15-min) pre-selected from submitted abstracts by the program committee. The presentations will be chosen based on scientific novelty and merits with preference to young new investigators; the remaining abstracts will be presented in evening poster sessions. The transfer of research findings to therapeutics is critical and one session will be devoted to clinical applications. Each session will end with a general discussion in which speakers and Chairs are available to the audience for questions pertinent to the session.
To allow students and young investigators to meet distinguished researchers, prominent investigators are invited to deliver the Viktor Mutt and Werner Creutzfeldt Lectures. As interactions and exchange of ideas are critical to the meeting, the conference participants will stay at the same site, share all meals together and have unscheduled time in the late afternoons. The planned main program with confirmed invited speakers is as follows:

17th International Symposium on Regulatory Peptides
25 January, 2009
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Sunday, January 25, 2009

2:00-6:00 PM Arrival and Registration at the Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort, Santa
Barbara, California.

6:00-7:30 PM Opening Reception and Dinner at the Fess Parker's Doubletree Resort.

7:45-8:00 PM Opening Remarks: J. Pisegna, E. Rozengurt and Yvette Taché

8:00-9:00 PM Opening Lecture: Joseph L. Goldstein, Dallas, USA. Novel modifications of gut regulatory peptides

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Monday, January 26, 2009

7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast/Registration

8: 30-10:00 AM Session 1: GPCR Structure and Regulation
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

10:00-10:30 AM Break-Exhibits

10:30 AM-Noon Session 2: GPCR Trafficking
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

Noon-12: 30 PM General Discussion with the participation of Speakers and Chairs of Session
1 and 2

12:30-1:30 PM Lunch and Exhibits

4:00-5:30 PM Session 3: GPCR-mediated Signal Transduction
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

5:30-5:45 PM General Discussion on with the participation of Speakers and Chairs of Session 3

6:00-7:00 PM Viktor Mutt Lecture:

Poster Session: 20:30 - 22:00 PM
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Tuesday, January 27, 2009

7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast/Registration

8: 30-10:30 AM Session 4: Gut-Brain Peptides and Energy Homeostasis
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

10:00-10:30 AM Break-Exhibits

10:30 AM-Noon Session 5: Translational Reseach and Clinical Applications of Gut Regulatory Peptides
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

Noon-12: 30 PM General Discussion with the participation of Speakers and Chairs of Session
4 and 5

12:30-1:30 PM Lunch and Exhibits

2:30-4:00 PM Session 6: Regulatory Peptides, Stress and Metabolic Syndrome
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

4:00-5:30 PM Session 7: Novel Peptides
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

5:30-5:45 PM General Discussion on with the participation of Speakers and Chairs of Session 6

6:00-7:00 PM Werner Creutzfeldt Lecture:

8.00 PM Banquet
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Wednesday, January 28, 2009

7:00-8:30 AM Breakfast/Registration

8: 00-9:30 AM Session 8: Stem cells, Regulatory Peptides and Cancer
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

9:30-10:00 AM Break-Exhibits


10:00-11:30 AM Session 9: Enteroendocrine Cell Disease
Plenary Lecture (Lecture 30 min and 10 min discussion): Followed by 3 Poster Lectures (short lectures of 10 min and 5 min of discussion each)

11:30 AM-Noon General Discussion with the participation of Speakers and Chairs of Session
8 and 9


Noon-12:30 PM Announcement of next REGPEP Symposium: D. Fourmy (INSERM, France)

Registration Fees Payment of registration fees permits attendance at all scientific sessions. An official badge is required for sessions and special events. Registration fees are due with registration and cover the Welcome Reception on Sunday evening, Closing Banquet on Tuesday Evening, lunches, morning and afternoon refreshment breaks, and a meeting portfolio. Registration fees are discounted for early payment and for trainees. Payment options are VISA, MasterCard, or American Express. Purchase orders are not accepted. Registration Categories (all amounts are in US dollars) Through December 1 After December 1 Regular $550.00 $650.00 Trainee $300.00 $350.00 Accompanying person2 $125.00 $125.00 1: Midnight, Eastern Standard Time 2: Accompanying person fee includes the Welcome Reception and Closing Banquet.