9th International Workshop on Resistance to Thyroid Hormone & Thyroid Hormone Action

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9th International Workshop on Resistance to Thyroid Hormone & Thyroid Hormone Action Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, UK 8 - 11 Sept 2010 For further information contact: Teresa Wallman Institute of Metabolic Science University of Cambridge [email protected] Tel: 0044-1223-762618 Organizers: K. Chatterjee, University of Cambridge P. Beck-Peccoz, University of Milan S. Refetoff, University of Chicago Cambridge, a city of academic excellence, is an ideal venue for the 9th International Workshop on Resistance to Thyroid Hormone and Thyroid Hormone Action, preceding the 14th International Thyroid Congress (Paris, 11-16 September). Cripps Court, a part of historic Magdalene College, provides a state-of- the-art conference centre in a peaceful setting near the river Cam, very close to the city centre. Topics will include: TR: evolution, structure, function and cofactors Animal models: RTH, TRα & β, cofactors RTH: phenotype, diagnosis, treatment MCT8: biology, genetics, treatment Deiodinases & selenoproteins: synthesis, biology, disorder

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9th International Workshop on

Resistance to Thyroid Hormone & Thyroid

Hormone Action

Magdalene College, University of Cambridge, UK

8 - 11 Sept 2010

For further information contact: Teresa Wallman

Institute of Metabolic Science University of Cambridge

[email protected]: 0044-1223-762618

http://www.mrl.ims.cam.ac.uk/RTHworkshop.php

Organizers: K. Chatterjee, University of Cambridge P. Beck-Peccoz, University of Milan S. Refetoff, University of Chicago

Cambridge, a city of academic excellence, is an ideal venue for the 9th International Workshop on Resistance to Thyroid Hormone and Thyroid Hormone Action, preceding the 14th International Thyroid Congress (Paris, 11-16 September). Cripps Court, a part of historic Magdalene College, provides a state-of-the-art conference centre in a peaceful setting near the river Cam, very close to the city centre.

Topics will include:

TR: evolution, structure, function and cofactors

Animal models: RTH, TRα & β, cofactors

RTH: phenotype, diagnosis, treatment

MCT8: biology, genetics, treatment

Deiodinases & selenoproteins: synthesis, biology, disorder