SCHEDULE

SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM


ABSTRACTS, INVITED SPEAKERS


PLENARY


TRAINEE AFFAIRS AND MINORITY AFFAIRS SYMPOSIUM
Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 12:00 PM-1:00 PM
Univ Ottawa-UCU Auditorium
Chair: Trainee Affairs Committee and Minority Affairs Committee
Speaker: Chandra Louise

STATE-OF-THE-ART LECTURES
Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 4:15 PM-6:15 PM
Westin-Ballroom
Chair: Barbara Sanborn, President, SSR
Speakers: Robert E Braun, Teresa K Woodruff

MINISYMPOSIA SESSIONS


MINISYMPOSIUM VI: Regulation of Gene Expression in Gametogenesis
Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Westin-Confederation I
Chair: Norman B. Hecht
Speakers: Norman B Hecht, Clinton C MacDonald, Daniel L Kilpatrick

MINISYMPOSIUM VII: New Insights on the Role of Estrogens in the Brain
Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Westin-Confederation II
Chair: Darrell W. Brann
Speakers: Darrell W Brann, Margaret M McCarthy, Frederick Naftolin

MINISYMPOSIUM VIII: Gene Expression and Initiation of Embryogenesis
Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Westin-Confederation III
Chair: Richard A. Schultz
Speakers: Richard A Schultz, Barbara B Knowles, Andrew J Watson

MINISYMPOSIUM IX: New Actions of Relaxin and Relaxin-like Peptides.
Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Westin-Provinces I/II
Chair: Gillian Bryant-Greenwood
Speakers: Gillian Bryant-Greenwood, Robert D Koos, Richard Ivell

MINISYMPOSIUM X: Signaling Processes During the Periovulatory Period
Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 10:30 AM-12:00 PM
Univ Ottawa-UCU Auditorium
Chair: Eli Y Adashi
Speakers: Eli Y Adashi, Lawrence L Espey, Marco Conti

ABSTRACTS, POSTER & SLIDE SESSIONS


POSTER SESSION II.
Tuesday, July 31, 2001, 8:00 AM-10:00 AM
Ottawa Congress Centre-Congress Hall, Salons D & H

MALE REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM


Spermatogenesis


Epididymis and Sperm Maturation


Prostate


REPRODUCTIVE ENDOCRINOLOGY


Hormone Receptors


Corpus Luteum


Gonadal Function


Gonadal Steroids


Fertility Regulation


Neuroendocrinology


Gonadotropins and Pituitary


SLIDE SESSION 16: FERTILIZATION
Chairs: William Breed, Nuch Tanphaichitr, Becky Sortini (Trainee)
Univ Ottawa-UCU Auditorium
1:30 PM-3:30 PM


SLIDE SESSION 17: PREIMPLANTATION DEVELOPMENT
Chairs: Richard Leach, Carol Brenner, David Natale (Trainee)
Arts Hall 026
1:30 PM-3:30 PM


SLIDE SESSION 18: HORMONE RECEPTORS, STEROID HORMONE ACTION
Chairs: Terry Nett, Leslie Heckert, Dustin Vale-Cruz (Trainee)
Univ Ottawa-Arts Hall 257
1:30 PM-3:30 PM


SLIDE SESSION 19: ENDOCRINOLOGY OF PREGNANCY
Chairs: Mike Henson, Caniel Castracane, Deborah Edwards (Trainee)
Univ Ottawa-Monpetit 202
1:30 PM-3:30 PM


SLIDE SESSION 20: GENE EXPRESSION AND HORMONE / CYTOKINE REGULATION IN THE CORPUS LUTEUM
Chairs: Milo Wiltbank, Richard Stouffer, Matthew Cannon (Trainee)
Univ Ottawa-Monpetit 203
1:30 PM-3:30 PM


SLIDE SESSION 21: FOLLICLE DEVELOPMENT: INPUTS TO FUNCTIONAL MATURATION
Chairs: Jeff May, Jerry Menon, Kari Doyle (Trainee)
Univ Ottawa-Lamoureaux 122
1:30 PM-3:30 PM


SLIDE SESSION 22: OOCYTE DEVELOPMENT
Chairs: Hugh Clarke, David Albertini, Maria Viveiros (Trainee)
Univ Ottawa-Morisset 218
1:30 PM-3:30 PM