Tuesday, July 27th, 2004 Speaker Schedule and Topics
Biological Rhythms
Chair: Roelof Hut
 
1:30 Norman Ruby, Stanford University, California, USA
  2:00 The suprachiasmatic nucleus influences energy balance of golden-mantled ground squirrels during hibernation
  2:00 Patricia DeCoursey, University of Scouth Carolina, Columbia, USA
  2:30 The role of the suprachiasmatic pacemaker (SCN) in energy expenditure during hibernation of the golden-mantled ground squirrel
  2:30 Marina Marjanovic, Eastern Illinois University, Charleston, USA
  3:00 Effect of temperature on regular and modified circannual rhythms in the European grounds squirrel under free-running conditions
  3:00 Paul Pévet, Université L. Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
  3:30 How the photoperiod times the annual reproductive and hibernation cycles
  3:30 Coffee
  4:00 Break
Physiology
Chairs: Florant/Marjanovic
 
   
  4:00 Tom Tomasi, S.W. Missouri State University, Springfield, USA
  4:30 Role of pesticides in altering thyroid function in hibernators
  4:30 Mark Chappell, University of California, Riverside, USA
  5:00 Adaptation to high altitude in deer mice: effects of cold and hypoxia on aerobic capacity
  5:00 Walter Arnold, University of Vienna, Austria
  5:30 Basal metabolism in red deer: is there any such thing?
  5:30 André Malan, Université L. Pasteur, Strasbourg, France
  6:00 Does hibernation violate biological laws?
     
  8:30 Dinner