Friday, April 27
8:10 AM - 5:00 PM

 

7:30 am            Continental breakfast

8:10 am             The structural basis for GPCR oligomerization: Implications for activation
                              Jonathan A. Javitch, Columbia University College of Physicians and Surgeons

8:50 am            Heterooligomerization of Class A GPCRs creates novel signaling units distinct from their
                        constituent GPCR homooligomers
                              Susan R. George, University of Toronto

 

9:30 am             GPCR ligand binding and release: Insights and mysteries
                               David L. Farrens, Oregon Health and Science University

 

10:10 am           Coffee & posters in room 206

 

10:40 am           G proteins and their accessory proteins
                              Stephen M. Lanier, Medical University of South Carolina
 

11:20 am           Is Helix VIII of G Protein-Coupled Receptors (GPCRs) a lipid-activated signalling
                         sensor?
                              John Huynh, Baker Heart Research Institute, Australia

 

11:50 am           Lunch

 

1:20 pm            Interactions between GPCRs and receptor tyrosine kinases
                             Kevin J. Catt, NICHD, NIH

2:00 pm            GPCRs, arrestins, and ubiquitination
                             Sudha K. Shenoy, Duke University Medical Center

  

2:40 pm            Allosteric agonists and allosteric modulators are differentially affected by mutations 
                        within the allosteric binding pocket of M2 muscarinic acetylcholine receptors.     

                              Karen Gregory, Monash University, Australia

 

3:10 pm           Coffee & posters in room 206

 

3:40 pm            Multiplexing resonance energy transfer approaches to study GPCR signaling complexes inliving cells
     Michel Bouvier, University of Montreal

 

4:20 pm            Use of genetically engineered mice to unravel the functions of dopamine receptors
                             Emiliana Borrelli, University of California, Irvine

 

5:00 pm            Wine & cheese reception/poster presentation in room 206
 

 

 

 

 

 

Saturday, April 28 
8:20 AM - 4:30 PM

 

 

7:30am             Continental breakfast

 

8:20am             Kisspeptin and GPR54 in the regulation of puberty and reproduction
                             Ursula Kaiser, Brigham & Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical School

 

9:00 am            GPCRs in arousal and anxiety
                             Rainer K. Reinscheid, University of California, Irvine

 

9:40 am            Vasoactive intestinal polypeptide receptor 2 female knockout mice are resistant to diet-
                        induced obesity
                              Mari Candelore, Merck & Company

 

9:55 am            Dynorphin A activates bradykinin receptors to maintain neuropathic pain
                              Josephine Lai, University of Arizona Health Sciences Center                       

 

10:10 am           Coffee break

 

10:40 am           The role of GPR30 in estrogen signaling
                             Eric R. Prossnitz, University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
 

11:20 am          Inverse agonist vs. full antagonist properties of rimonabant in systems with
                       overexpressed vs. native CB1 receptors 
                             Douglas Greene, Sanofi-aventis

 

12:00 noon        Lunch

 

1:30 pm            Novel aspects of the melanocortin receptors
                             Roger D. Cone, Oregon Health and Science University
 

2:10 pm            Leucocyte chemoattractant receptors: New molecules and new concepts
                             Marc Parmentier, Free University of Brussels

 

2:50 pm            Break

 

3:20 pm                                                  Special Lecture                                                             
The function and regulation of G protein coupled glutamate receptors in the 
neural network
Shigetada Nakanishi, Osaka Bioscience Institute
 

4:30 pm             End of Meeting

Continental Breakfast and lunch will be provided both days.
Pre-registration deadline is April 6, 2007.

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