University College, Cork, 7 - 9 September 1999
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Tuesday 7 September/Wednesday 8 September
Regulation in Metabolism Group and Molecular Enzymology Group Colloquium
Organisms, Organs, Cells and Organelles: in vivo and in vitro Experimental Systems
- Organizers:
- P. Quant (London)
- R. Ramsay (St. Andrews)
- S. Eaton (London)
- R. Ramsay (St. Andrews)
Tuesday 7 September
Session 1 - Organisms and Organs
- Chair's Introduction:
- 09.00 P. Quant (London)
- 09.05 I. Graham (Glasgow)
- 09.00 P. Quant (London)
- Fatty acid catabolism in transgenic plants
- 09.40 G. Kemp (Liverpool)
- Studying metabolic regulation in human muscle in vivo
- 10.15 Coffee
- 11.00 Colworth Medal Lecture
- 12.00 V. Zammit (Hannah Research Institute)
- 11.00 Colworth Medal Lecture
- Simultaneous, liver-specific targeting of acyl moieties and insulin in vivo: studies on triacylglycerol secretion
- 12.35 S. Soboll (Duesseldorf)
- The use of haemoglobin-free perfused liver in metabolic control analysis
- 13.10 R. Evans (Oxford)
- Perfused heart studies
- 13.45 Lunch
- 14.45 C. Cooper (Essex)
- NMR studies of the neonatal brain
Session 2 - Cells
- Chair's Introduction:
- 15.20 V. Zammit (Hannah Research Institute)
- 15.25 R. Vernon (Hannah Research Institute)
- 15.20 V. Zammit (Hannah Research Institute)
- Adipocyte studies: systems for investigating the effects of growth hormone and other chronically acting factors
- 16.00 M. Berry (South Australia)
- Hepatocytes in suspension
- 16.35 R. Coleman (Birmingham)
- Hepatocyte couplets
- 17.10 Discussion Session
- 17.15 Close and Poster Session
Wednesday 8th September
Session 3 - Organelles
- Chair's Introduction:
- 09.00 A. Halestrap (Bristol)
- 09.05 R. Wanders (Amsterdam)
- 09.00 A. Halestrap (Bristol)
- Functions and dysfunctions of peroxisomes in lipid metabolism
- 09.40 B. Winchester (London)
- The molecular basis of lysosomal storage diseases and their treatment
- 10.15 Coffee
- 10.45 P. Selwood (Newcastle)
- Chronic inhibition of mitochondrial translation induces an increase in mtDNA transcription without concomitant amplification
- 11.15 W. Kunz (Bonn)
- Muscle fibres
- 11.50 F. Gellerich (Halle, Germany)
- ADP-transport into mitochondria studied in reconstituted systems simulating in vivo oncotic conditions
- 12.25 A. Halestrap (Bristol)
- Mitochondria and cell death
- 13.00 Lunch
Session 4 - Enzymes
- Chair's Introduction:
- 14.00 P. Engel (Dublin)
- 14.05 S. Eaton (London)
- 14.00 P. Engel (Dublin)
- Trifunctional protein of mitochondrial
-oxidation
- 14.40 R. Ramsay (St Andrews)
- The carnitine acyltransferases: modulators of acyl-CoA-dependent reactions
- 15.15 L. Fothergill-Gilmore and D. Rigden (Edinburgh)
- Leishmania pyruvate kinase: the crystal structure reveals the structural basis of its unique regulatory properties
- 15.50 Discussion
- 16.00 Close and Poster Session
- 17.00 EMBO Lecture
- 16.00 Close and Poster Session
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