Abstracts selected for oral presentation

14:00 - 14:15
C. Barandier, Z. Yang.
MATURE ADIPOCYTES AND PERIVASCULAR ADIPOSE TISSUE STIMULATE VASCULAR SMOOTH MUSCLE CELL PROLIFERATION: EFFECTS OF OBESITY AND AGING.
Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg.
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14:15 - 14:30
Clive M. Brown
, Luc Barberini, Abdul G. Dulloo and Jean-Pierre Montani
Cardiovascular autonomic regulation in response to water and saline drinking in humans.

Department of Medicine, Division of Physiology, University of Fribourg.
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14:30 - 14:45
K. Eckhardt (1), D.M. Katschinski (2), H.H. Marti (3) and R.H. Wenger (1).
PASKIN, a PAS, AMP-like, serine/threonine kinase highly expressed in the testis.
Institute of Physiology, University of Zürich (1); Cell Physiology Group, Medical Faculty, Martin-Luther-University Halle (2); Institute of Physiology and Pathophysiology, University of Heidelberg (3).
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14:45 - 15:00
M. Keller (1), B. Vacher (2), C. Pignier (2), E. Niggli (1), M. Egger (1).
Ca2+ SIGNALLING IN MYOCYTES: TARGETING BY A NOVEL HORMONE-LIKE COMPOUND EXERTING POSITIVE INOTROPIC EFFECTS.
(1) Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern, Switzerland. (2) Centre de Recherche Pierre-Fabre, Castres, France.
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15:00 - 15:15
Aleksandar A. Kondratyev and Jan P. Kucera.
The size of the current source to load mismatch determines the temporal evolution of intermittent conduction block across expansions of cardiac tissue during rapid pacing.
Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern , Bühlplatz 5, CH-3012 Bern , Switzerland.
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15:15 - 15:30
S. König, V. Hinard, S. Arnaudeau, A. Béguet, C.R. Bader, and L. Bernheim.
Membrane Hyperpolarization Triggers Myogenin and Myocyte Enhancer Factor-2 Expression during Human Myoblast Differentiation.
Department of Basic Neurosciences, Centre Medical Universitaire, CH-1211 Geneva , Switzerland.
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15:30 - 15:45
M. Miragoli, G. Gaudesius, S. Rohr.
ARRHYTHMOGENESIS IN NON-UNIFORM CARDIAC TISSUE EXHIBITS A HIGHLY NON-MONOTONIC DEPENDENCE ON EXTRACELLULAR POTASSIUM.
Dept. of Physiology, University of Bern, Bühlplatz 5, CH-3012 Bern, Switzerland.
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15:45 - 16:00
C. W. Wong (1), T. Christen (1), B.F. Foglia (1), I. Roth (1), D.A. Goodenough (2), and B.R. Kwak (1).
CONNEXIN37 PARTICIPATES IN ATHEROSCLEROSIS BY REGULATING LEUKOCYTE RECRUITMENT.
(1) Division of Cardiology, University Hospital of Geneva, Switzerland and (2)Department of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA 02115, USA.
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16:00 - 16:15 Jury session

16:15 Award of the Asher-Hess Prize 2004