In this session prior to the break at 3:30, the first three talks are 20 minutes each with 5 minutes for questions; 
    the last four are ten minutes each with 5 minutes for questions.  Short talks will also be presented as posters.
Cellular and Molecular Mechanisms
Chair: Sandy Martin
 
  Friday, July 30th, 2004 Speaker Schedule and Topics
  1:30 Sandy Martin, University of Colorado, School of Medicine, Denver, Colorado, USA
  1:55 Reversible molecular events during torpor-arousal cycles in mammalian hibernation
  1:55 Frank van Breukelen, University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA
  2:20 Proteolysis in hibernators
  2:20 Art DeVries, University of Illinois, Urbana/Champaign, USA
  2:45 Ice, antifreeze proteins & antifreeze genes in polar fishes
    Short Talks
  2:45 Martin Jastroch, Philips University Marburg, Germany
  3:00 Tracing the origin of mammalian uncoupling proteins
  3:00 Kyle Hoehn, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
  3:15 Seasonal, tissue-specific regulation of akt/proteinkinase b a glycogen synthase in hibernators
  3:15 Fiona Crawford, Manchester University, UK
  3:30 Analysis of gene expression during torpor in the heart of the Djungarian hamster (Phodopus sungorus)
  3:30 Coffee
  3:45 Break
     
  3:45 Andy Cossins, University of Liverpool, UK
  4:15 Transcriptomic approaches to cold responses in non-model species: Fish and mammals
Genomic and Proteomic Approaches
Chair: Matt Andrews
 
4:15 Matt Andrews, University of Minnesota, Duluth, USA
  4:45 Genes, proteins, and small molecules involved in hibernation
  4:45 Greg Florant, Colorado State University, Fort Collins, USA
  5:15 Use of subtractive hybridization to elucidate novel gene products related to physiological events during turpor
  5:15 Elaine Epperson, University of Colorado School of Medicine, Denver, USA
  5:45 Proteomic analysis of seasonal liver gene expression in a mammalian hibernator, Spermophilus lateralis
  5:40 Discussion
  6:30 Session
     
  7:15 Captain's Party
     
  8:30 Dance