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Upcoming SCE Meeting in Quebec City, Quebec May 31-June 2, 2009 Downloadable Program Program 2009 SCE Meeting Program, Quebec City, May 31^st – June 2^nd, 2009 Sunday May 31^st, 2009 4 - 4:15 Rebecka Hess: Welcome 4:15-5:15 Katherine Cianflone: Adipokines and Adipose tissue 5:15 – 5:45 Melanie Osto: Subacute endotoxemia temporarily impairs insulin sensitivity and B-Cell function in Cats (abstract, winner of ESVE travel award). 5:45 – 6:15 Break 6:15 – 6:45 Eric Zini: Clinical remission of diabetes in cats: a review of the literature and own data. 6:45 – 7:15 Pascale Smets: Urinary markers and plasma iohexol clearance in healthy dogs and dogs with pituitary dependent hyperadrenocorticism (abstract, winner of ESVE travel award). 7:15 Dinner Monday June 1^st, 2009 7 – 8:30 Breakfast 8:30 – 9:30 Vincent Poitout: Pancreatic beta-cell failure in Type 2 diabetes - Lessons from preclinical studies 9:30 – 10:00 Duncan Ferguson: Development of a Feline Thyroglobulin Assay as an Adjunct to the Diagnosis of Hyperthyroidism 10:00 – 10:30 Kate Hill: The efficacy and safety of a Novel lipophilic formulation methimazole for the once daily transdermal treatment of cats with hyperthyroidism. 10:30 – 10:50 Break 10:50 – 11:40 Michal Mazaki-Tovi: The effect of n-3 fatty acids on adiponectin 11:40 – 12:10 Thomas A. Lutz: Multi-faceted actions of amylin in the control of energy balance. 12:10-5:00 Break 5 – 6 Andre Lacroix: Aberrant hormone receptors: new insights in the molecular mechanisms of excess steroids in adrenocortical tumors. 6:00 – 6: 30 Catharine Scott-Moncrieff: Comparison of the characteristics of PZI insulin obtained from different commercial sources 6:30 – 6:50 Break 6:50 - 7:20 Jack Oliver: Atypical Cushing's Syndrome; Aspects of Diagnosis and Treatment 7:20 - 7:50 Tom Graves: The Feline Calcium-Sensing Receptor in Health and Disease 8:00 Dinner Tuesday June 2^nd, 2009 7:00 – 8:30 Breakfast 8:30 – 9:30 Lucy Davison: A review of recent findings in the genetics of canine diabetes mellitus. 9:30 – 10:00 Linda Fleeman: Does chronic pancreatitis cause diabetes in dogs? 10:00-10:20 Break 10:20 – 11:10 Johan Schoeman: Delta cortisol and relative adrenal insufficiency – all a bit relative? 11:10 – 12:00 Todd Towell: Cats and Carbohydrates: What do we really know? 12:00 Lunch and farewell Any inquiries on the SCE meeting should be directed to Dr. Rebecka Hess: rhess@vet.upenn.edu ; Phone: (215) 898-9427 Please check the following links for upcoming meetings: Click here to link to the ACVIM site Listing of most American and European Endocrine Societies (www.mednets.com/endocrinass.htm) Individual Listings: American Diabetes Association (www.diabetes.org) Endocrine Society (www.endocrinology.org) American Thyroid Association (www.thyroid.org) European Association for the Study of Diabetes (www.easd.org) American Veterinary Medical Association (www.avma.org) Product Announcement (9/4/07)- Trilostane (Vetoryl(TM)) - Dechra