Swiss Steroid Symposium 2019
Thursday, November 21, 2019
Clinical, Technical and Research Aspects
SITEM-Insel, Bern
10-17h
Program:
Time | Session | Speaker | Title |
9.55 | Opening and Welcome | Michael Grössl, Christa Flück |
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10.00 | Keynote Lecture | Stefan Wudy & Michaela Hartmann, University Hospital Giessen | GC-MS and LC-MS based Steroid Analysis in Clinic and Research |
10.40 | Analytical Aspects | Flaminia Fanelli, University of Bologna | Comparability of serum steroid measurements by LC-MS/MS among ten European laboratories: the HarmoSter initiative |
11.05 | Stephen Bruce, University Hospital Lausanne | LC-MS in the clinical laboratory: analytical aspects and method validation | |
11.30 | Serge Rudaz, University of Geneva | Automatic annotation in LC-MS for the steroid profile analysis in biological matrices | |
12.00 | Lunch |
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13.00 | Clinical Aspects | Christa Flück, Inselspital | Changes in steroid profiles over life-time |
13.25 | Christoph Schumacher, Damian Pharma AG | Steroids & Drug Development | |
13.50 | Daniel Ackermann, Inselspital | Clinical Applications of Steroid Profiles | |
14.15 | Raul Nicoli, Swiss Laboratory for Doping Analyses | The Athlete Biological Passport: state of the art and future developments of the steroidal module | |
14.40 | Break |
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15.00 | Research Aspects | Juan Zhang, Novartis | On the traces of oxysterols |
15.25 | Carine Gennari, University of Bern | Progesterone Metabolism in Lymphatic Endothelial Cells | |
15.50 | Alex Odermatt, University of Basel | 11beta-hydroxysteroid dehydrogenases: novel roles in oxysterol metabolism | |
16.15 | Amanda Swart, University of Stellenbosch | C11-oxy steroid pathways impacting the endocrine system | |
16.45 | Closing Remarks | Michael Grössl, Christa Flück |
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Organizers:
PD Dr. Michael Grössl (contact for information)
Prof. Dr. med. Christa Flück
Thanks to our sponsors, the meeting is free of charge but registration is required for organizational reasons.
Registration
Credits:
This symposium is recognized by the following professional societies:
- Swiss Society of Nephrology - 5 credits
- Swiss Society of Endocrinology and Diabetology (SGED/SSED) - 6 credits
- Swiss Society of Pediatrics (SSP/SGP) - 6 credits
Location:
Inselspital Campus
Swiss Institute for Translational and Entrepreneurial Medicine (SITEM-Insel)
Ground Floor, Felix Frey Auditorium
https://goo.gl/maps/tuuExK1qrkJaWVM96
How to get there:
- Public Transport: Bus 11 from Bern main station (Hauptbahnhof), direction Holligen - get off at "Inselplatz"
- By car: Motorway A1, Exit Bern-Forsthaus. Follow directions for "Inselspital", parking available at the hospital car park "Insel-Parking"
- By foot: it's only a 10-15 minute walk from the main station!
