Dear Colleagues,

We are pleased to invite you to the meeting on Indirect Calorimetry in Rodent Models: Applications to Studies of the Metabolic Syndrome, organized as a post-congress satellite of the 13th European Congress on Obesity (ECO) in Prague. Although at times neglected, indirect calorimetry is a classical technique and a critical tool in research on metabolic diseases. This is not only due to technical developments which have brought the technique to a new level of sensitivity and have added multifunctional modes of monitoring additional aspects of the phenotype of the experimental animal, but it is also reflection of the necessity to characterize the metabolic features of many new models of mice and rats developed by genetic manipulation as well as by conventional breeding in order to unmask specific phenotypes and for elucidation of metabolic effects of specific diets. The use of such models is particularly rewarding for studies of the pathophysiology of the metabolic syndrome. Indirect calorimetry is being increasingly applied in this field, implying the necessity for better understanding of the possibilities and limitations of the method by many scientists. Therefore, we hope that this meeting will be rewarding for the participants.

Looking forward to welcoming you to Prague, 

Barbara Cannon, Jan Kopecky, and Jan Nedergaard

Members of the Scientific Committee  

Important deadlines to remember:

April 23, 2004:   Submission of abstracts

                           Early registration at reduced fee

 

April 30, 2004:    Reservation of accommodation in Vila Lanna or AMU

                           Advanced payment of accommodation by bank transfer

                           Notification of acceptance of abstracts for short talks and posters

 

Main topics:                                                                                                                   

 

Programme outline:

Saturday, May 29, 2004    

14:00 – Meeting reception open (at the entrance to the Police Museum)

17:30 – 18:10   

What can indirect calorimetry really tell us? -  Nedergaard, J. (S)

18:10 – 18:50   

Some mathematical and technical issues in open-circuit,  indirect calorimetry -Arch, J.  (UK)

18:50 – 19.15   

Somedic a.s. system for indirect calorimetry -  Johanson, B. (S)

19:15 – 19:30   

Historical reflections -  Jansky, L. (CZ)

19:30 – 22:30   

Dinner

Sunday, May 30, 2004  

  8:00 – Meeting reception open (at the entrance to the Police Museum)

  9:00 –  9:30   

Major biological issues in phenotyping rodent models for metabolic susceptibility to obesity by indirect calorimetry - Dulloo, A.G. (CH)

  9:30 – 10:00   

Indirect calorimetry in the assessment of dietary interventions in different rodent models - Klaus, S. (D)

10:00 – 10:30   

Coffee

10:30 – 11:00   

Understanding leptin's function: The role of use, misuse and missung use of indirect calorimetry - Schmidt, I. (D)

11:00 – 11:30   

Measurements of spontaneous activity and food intake combined with indirect calorimetry in the rat and the mouse – Even, P.C (F)

11:30 – 11:40   

Break

11:40 – 11:55 SR141716 (Rimonabant) an inverse cannabinoid receptor type I agonist does not increase oxygen consumption and motility in post-absorptive mice lacking CB1 (CB1-/-) -Kunz, I. (CH)
11:55 – 12:10 Effect of leptin and characterization of energy expenditure in mice using in vivo indirect calorimetry - Alberts, P. (S)
12:10 – 12:25 Adequate Procedures to Obtain the Dynamics of Open-Respirometry Systems - Chaudi-Berlinck, J.G. (BR)
12:25 – 12:40 Influence of mouse strain on energy balance -Backlund, E.C. (S)  

12.40 – 12.45   

Closing remarks - Cannon, B. (S)

 

General information    

For space reasons, the number of participants is limited. The registration will be performed on a first-come first-served basis.

 

Meeting dates and times

The meeting starts at 17:00 on Saturday, May 29, 2004, and ends on Sunday, May 30, 2004, at 13:15.

 

Meeting venue

The lecture hall of the Police Museum of the Czech Republic, in the building of a former monastery adjacent to the medieval church  "Na Karlove". Address: Ke Karlovu 453/1, Prague 2. This is about 10 minutes walk across the bridge from the Congress Centre, the site of the 13th ECO. All the activities, including the buffet dinner on Saturday, May 29, will take place in the Museum. (see  map)

Registration desk  

The on-site registration will proceed:

A)    between  8:00 and 19:00, on Wednesday, May 26, through Friday, May 28, 2004, at the Registration Desk of the 13th ECO, located at the Congress Centre (exit Vysehrad – metro line C); and

B)     between 14:00 – 19:30, on Saturday, May 29, and between 8:00 – 8:30 on Sunday, May 30, at the place of the meeting (i.e. across the bridge from the Congress Centre), at the Meeting Reception at the entrance to the Police Museum (see above).   

Registration and accommodation  

Registration  

Participants are requested to register in advance by filling in the relevant section of the Registration and Accommodation Form, and sending the Form by fax (+420 241 062 599) or as an e-mail message attachment to the address of the meeting office icalor@biomed.cas.cz. In parallel, an the appropriate registration fee must be sent (see below). The receipt of the Form, as well as of the payment, will be confirmed by e-mail within a week. You may also register on-site. 

 

 

  

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Registration fees

 

Early

Late

On-site

Date of the fee receipt

Before

April 23, 2004

After        

 April 23, 2004

After

May 26, 2004

euro

45 55

60*

*Payable only in cash

 

  Registration fee covers

·         Abstract book and CD-ROM

·         Buffet dinner on Saturday, May 29, 2004

·         Coffee and refreshments on Sunday, May 30, 2004

 

    

Accommodation    

 

·         Providing that you participate in the 13th ECO, you may book a hotel room in several hotels in Prague through the 13th ECO Organizers (see www.eco2004.cz, and the relevant section of the Registration Form for the Congress). Please note that  full payment for the hotel reserved through the 13th ECO Organizers must be completed by April 15, 2004 and must be paid to GUARANT.

   

·         Providing that you participate in the satellite meeting, you may ask the meeting organizers for a reservation of your accommodation in one of two non commercial-type of facilities, Vila Lanna and AMU. Both facilities are in Prague , approximately 40 minutes (10 minutes by walk and trip by subway with one change of train) from the place of the satellite meeting (see map). Single (approximately euro 38/night) and double (approximately euro 33 to 55/room/night) rooms are available. The reservation may be made only for the nights May 26/27, 27/28, 28/29, 29/30 and 30/31, 2004. Ask the meeting organizers for reservation of your accommodation at these facilities by filling in the appropriate section of the Registration and Accommodation Form  and sending the Form by fax (+420 241 062 599) or as an e-mail message attachment (see Registration above). The number of rooms is limited: therefore the reservation will be performed on a first-come first-served basis. The reservation must be made, and your registration fee must be obtained, before April 30, 2004. If you ask for this reservation, you will be informed about the accommodation and its total cost within a week of the receipt of your registration fee. Cost of your accommodation at Vila Lanna or AMU may be covered either in advance, before April 30, 2004 (in euro; see Method of payment, below), or in cash (in Czech crowns) after your arrival.

 

Method of payment

All payments in advance are in euro, and can be made only using a bank transfer.

Name of the bank:        Ceskoslovenska obchodni banka

Address of the bank:      Na Prikope 14

110 00 Praha 1

Czech Republic

BIC/SWIFT-code:        CEKOCZPP

Account name:             Institute of Physiology - ICALOR

Account number:         185525486/0300           

IBAN:                           CZ81 0300 0000 0001 8552 5486

Details of payment:      your name  

 

Make participant‘s name clearly legible, otherwise payment cannot be identified! 

 

 

Please contact the meeting organizers to receive bank details for payments of Czech participants.

 

Payment using credit card is not possible.  

 

Meeting secretariat   

ICALOR

Institute of Physiology

Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic

Videnska 1083

142 20 Prague 4

Czech Republic

 

Contact person:            Pavel Flachs

Tel:                               +420 241062554

FAX:                            +420 241062599

e-mail:                          icalor@biomed.cas.cz

Internet:                        http://www.biomed.cas.cz/fgu/icalor

 

Scientific committee

Barbara Cannon1, Sweden

Jan Kopecky2, Czech Republic

Jan Nedergaard1, Sweden

 

 

 

Organising committee and conference organisers (Czech Republic)

Jan Kopecky2, chairman

Pavel Flachs2, vice-chairman

 

Petr Brauner2

Ondrej Kuda2

Olga Matejkova2

Tomas Prazak2

Martin Rossmeisl2

Jana Ruzickova2

Jana Sponarova2 

 

Affiliations 

1 The Wenner-Gren Institute, University of Stockholm, Stockholm, Sweden

2 The Institute of Physiology and Center for Integrated Genomics, Academy of Sciences of the Czech Republic, Prague, Czech Republic

 

Last update:  May 18, 2004