J. steroid Biochem. Vol. 22, No. 1, p. iii, 1985 Pergamon Press Ltd. Printed in Great Britain
ANNOUNCEMENTS PROSTATIC
CARCINOMA:
NEW FRONTIERS
March 21-23, 1985 Sponsored by the Division of Urology, Stanford University School of Medicine. A multidisciplinary course, it will present an integrated overview of the frontiers of knowledge on prostate cancer to the urologist, oncologist, pathologist, and research scientist. For further information, contact Office of Postgraduate Medical Education, Room TC-129 Medical Center, Stanford, California 94305; phond15/497-5594, Monday-Friday, 8:30-l 1:30 a.m. and 1:3&4:30 p.m.
FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT
PLANT FLAVONOIDS IN BIOLOGY AND MEDICINE: BIOCHEMICAL, PHARMACOLOGICAL, AND STRUCTURE-ACTIVITY RELATIONSHIPS JULY 22-26, 1985 BUFFALO, NEW YORK This interdisciplinary symposium will review the role of flavonoids in plants and animals and their effects in numerous mammalian cell systems. Invited lecturers will review recent advances in our understanding of their significance in physiology and function and explore their potential therapeutic uses. Contributed papers and posters are invited. The proceedings will be published. Forjiirther information: please contact DR ELLIOTTMIDDLETON,JR, Department
of Medicine, Buffalo General Hospital, 100 High Street, Buffalo, New York 14203, 716/845-2985 to have your name and address added to the mailing list for subsequent information on the program. Please also send the names of other interested colleagues. CME credit available.
ACTA
ENDOCRINOLOGICA August
SATELLITE
2nd-4th,
SYMPOSIUM
1985
A satellite symposium Novel Aspects in the Hormonal Regulation of Testicular Function will be arranged before the XV. Acta Endocrinologica Congress in Helsinki, Finland, on August 2nd-4th, 1985. The program will include invited lectures and free communications on the following topics: Regulation of testicular function by GnRH and its analogs, basic and clinical aspects; Paracrine interactions between testicular cell compartments; Role of non-gonadotropic hormones in testicular regulation. For further information,
please write to: Dr ILPO HUHTANIEMI Department of Clinical Chemistry University of Helsinki Meilahti Hospital 00290 Helsinki Finland