University College, Cork, 7 - 9 September 1999

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Meeting programme
Meeting timetable
General information

Tuesday 7 September/Wednesday 8 September

Host/Molecular Enzymology Group/Molecular Pharmacology Group Colloquium
Chemoprotection

Organizers:
D. Sheehan (Cork)
M. Coughtrie (Dundee)
G. Williamson (IFR, Norwich)

Programme

Tuesday 7th September
Chair:
G. Williamson (IFR, Norwich)
Speakers:
09.00 D. Sheehan (Cork)
Chemical modulation of chemotherapy resistance in cultured oesophageal carcinoma cells
09.35 T. Mantle (Dublin)
The alpha-2 loop of GSTP1: a redox sensor?
10.10 L. Lian (Leicester)
Dynamics of interactions of GSTs and their mechanistic significance
10.45 Coffee
11.00 Colworth Medal Lecture
12.00 J. Hayes (Dundee)
Glutathione-related enzymes and chemoprevention
12.35 C. Pickett (New Jersey)
Regulation of gene expression by oxidative stress
13.10 Lunch
Chair:
T. Mantle (Dublin)
Speakers:
14.10 H. Glatt (Berlin)
An overview of bioactivation of chemical carcinogens
14.45 C. Henderson (Dundee)
Cytochrome P-450 and chemoprevention
15.20 D. Harrison (Edinburgh)
Apoptosis as a target for chemopreventive agents
16.30 Poster Session

Wednesday 8 September

Chair:
M. Coughtrie (Dundee)
Speakers:
09.00 D. Keppler (Heidelberg)
Multiple drug resistance
09.35 R. Strange (Keele)
Genetic polymorphisms predisposing to basal cell carcinoma
10.10 M. Manson (Leicester)
Modulation of signal transduction pathways by chemopreventive agents
10.45 Coffee
11.15 S. Bingham (Cambridge)
Diet and cancer prevention
12.00 G. Williamson (IFR, Norwich)
Human metabolism of dietary chemopreventive compounds
12.35 Lunch
Chair:
S. Bingham (Cambridge)
Speakers:
14.00 N. O'Brien (Cork)
Modulatory effects of phytochemicals in cell culture model systems
14.35 Speaker to be announced
15.10 Poster Session
17.00 EMBO Lecture

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