Lipocalins in Health and Disease

Thursday, September 14
3:00 - 5:00 Registration
4:00 - 5:00 Reception
5:00 - 5:15 Welcome and Introduction
Session 1: Evolution of Lipocalin Structural Motifs
5:15 - 6:00 Diego Sanchez: “Evolution of the lipocalin protein family: A tale of gene duplication and multifunctionality”
6:00 - 7:30 Dinner
7:30 - 8:15 Matthew Cordes: “A new structural motif of lipocalins”

Friday, September 15
8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
Session II: Molecular Features of Lipocalins
8:30 - 9:15 Roland Strong: “Siderocalins: Innate anti-bacterial responses based on nutrient depletion”
9:15-10:00 Jane Hurst: “The mouse urinary proteins and their pheromone ligands”
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:00 Arne Skerra: “Structure and function of natural and engineered lipocalins - anticalins as a novel class of tailored ligand-binding proteins”
11:00-12:00 Bernhard Redl: “Lipocalin Receptors”
12:00 - 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:15 Poster Session I with refreshments
Session III: Physiology and Pathology; Lipocalins in Blood
3:15 - 4:00 Niels Borregaard: “NGAL in immunity”
4:00 - 4:45 Marsha Moses: “NGAL: a diagnosis and therapeutic target in human cancers”
4:45 - 5:15 Break
5:15 - 6:00 Bo Åkerström: “Anti-heme and anti-oxidation protective properties of the lipocalin alpha-1-microglobulin”
6:00 - 7:00 Short Talks I
7:00 - 8:30 Dinner

Saturday, September 16
8:00 - 8:30 Continental Breakfast
Session IV: Physiology and Pathology of the Lipocalins; Lipocalins in Disease
8:30 - 9:15 Jonathan Barasch: The role of the Lcn2 in ischemia-reperfusion injury”
9:15 -10:00 Yoshihiro Urade: “Prostaglandin D2 synthase and many physiological functions”
10:00-10:15 Break
10:15-11:00 Robert Matusik: “Regulation of Lipocalin expression in the Reproductive Organs”
11:00-12:00 Marit Nilsen-Hamilton: “Lcn2 in the Female Reproductive System”
12:00- 1:00 Lunch
1:00 - 3:15 Poster Session I with refreshments
Session V: Insect Lipocalins;
3:15 - 4:00 William Montfort: “Trapping Nitric Oxide in Lipocalins from Blood-Sucking Insects”
4:00 - 4:45 John Andersen: “The role of lipocalins in feeding by blood sucking insects”
4:45 - 5:15 Break
5:15 - 7:00 Short Talks II
7:00 - 8:30 Dinner

Sunday, September 17
8:00 - 9:00 Continental Breakfast
Session VI: Physiology and Pathology of the Lipocalins; Apoptosis and Differentiation
9:00 - 9:45 Yukio Nakamura: “Lcn2, a regulator of red blood cell lineage”
9:45 -10:30 Ralph Arlinghaus: “The Mechanism of hematopoietic suppression in Chronic myelogenous leukemia”
10:30-11:00 Break
11:00-11:45 Fiorella Descalzi: “Lipocalins as promoters of Cell Differentiation and Survival”
11:45-12:00 Closing Remarks

Deadline for registration: August 14, 2006