Poster Session-Wednesday, April 04, 2007 08:30 am - 05:00 pm Poster Session P- 70 FERRITIN ENDOCYTOSIS IN CACO-2 CELLS, A GUT IRON ABSORPTION MODEL, IS MEDIATED BY ASSEMBLY PEPTIDE-2. C. SanMartin, PhD(candidate), C. Garri, PhD (candidate), F. Pizarro, PhD, T. Walter, MD, E. Theil, PhD and M. Nunez, PhD, Biology, Faculty of Sciences, University of Chile (Presented By: M. Nunez, PhD) P- 71 REGULATION OF INTESTINAL HEME ABSORPTION IN HFE-KNOCK OUT AND HPX MICE. A. Laftah, PhD, G. Latunde-Dada, PhD, R. Simpson, PhD, S. Fakih, PhD, R. Hider, Prof and A. Mckie, Prof, King's College London (Presented By: A. Laftah, PhD) P- 72 FERRITIN - A NOVEL MECHANISM FOR DELIVERY OF IRON TO THE BRAIN AND OTHER ORGANS. J. Connor, PhD, J. Fisher, K. Devraj, J. Ingram, B. Slagle-Webb, A. Madhankumar, PhD, M. Klinger and I. Simpson, PhD, Pennsylvania State University College of Medicine (Presented By: J. Connor, PhD)

Friday, April 06, 2007 INVITED LECTURE -9 (Co-Chairs: Kathryn Robson, Yoshiro Niitsu) 08:30 am - 09:00 am IL-17: Friedrich Ataxia Helene Puccio, PhD 09:00 am - 09:30 am IL-18: Cancer Des Richardson, PhD 09:30 am - 10:00 am IL-19: Anemia Iain C. Macdougall, MD 10:00 am - 10:30 am Break

Thursday, April 05, 2007 INVITED LECTURE - 8 (Co-Chairs: Carole Beaumont, Naoko Nishizawa) 08:30 am - 09:00 am IL-15: IRON UPTAKE AND STORAGE IN PLANTS J. Briat, PhD, N. Arnaud, Graduate student, F. Cellier, PhD, C. Curie, PhD, F. Gaymard, PhD, K. Ravet, Graduate student, M. Sgula, Graduate student and G. Vert, PhD, CNRS (Presented By: J. Briat, PhD) 09:00 am - 09:30 am IL-16: INFECTION REVIEW Guenter Weiss, MD 09:30 am - 10:00 am Break

Wednesday, April 04, 2007 INVITED LECTURE - 6 (Co-Chairs: Lowrie Powell, Hisao Hayashi) 08:30 am - 09:00 am IL-11: The Pathogenesis of Porphyria Cutanea Tarda James Kushner, MD 09:00 am - 09:30 am IL-12: Fibrosis Grant A. Ramm, BSc, PhD INVITED LECTURE -7 (Co-Chairs: Robert Fleming, Pensri Pootrakul) 09:30 am - 10:00 am IL-13: Secondary Iron Overload and ICL670 Antonio Piga, M.D. 10:00 am - 10:30 am IIL-14: QUANTITATIVE IMAGING OF HUMAN LIVER IRON CONCENTRATIONS IN VIVO T. St. Pierre, PhD, A. Fleming, BSc, W. Chua-anusorn, PhD, P. Clark, PhD, E. Rossi, PhD, G. Jeffrey, MD/PhD and J. Olynyk, MD/PhD, The University of Western Australia (Presented By: T. St. Pierre, PhD) 10:30 am - 11:00 am Break

Tuesday, April 03, 2007 INVITED LECTURE - 3 (Co-Chairs: Tracey Rouault, Jonathan Glass) 08:30 am - 09:00 am IL-05: FLVCR, Heme Transporter Janis Abkowitz 09:00 am - 09:30 am IL-06: Ferritin Paolo Arosio, PhD INVITED LECTURE - 4 (Co-Chairs: Matthias Hentze, Greg Anderson) 09:30 am - 10:00 am IL-07: Crystal Structure of IRP William Walden, PhD 10:00 am - 10:30 am IL-08: IRP Regulation Martina Muckenthaler, PhD 10:30 am - 11:00 am Break

Monday, April 02, 2007 08:30 am - 09:00 am Opening Ceremony Location: Hall I (Room A) INVITED LECTURE - 1 (Co-Chairs: Yutaka Kohgo, Elizabeth Theil) 09:00 am - 09:45 am IL-02: POSTTRANSLATIONAL PROCESSING OF HEPCIDIN IN HUMAN HEPATOCYTES IS MEDIATED BY A FURIN-TYPE PROHORMONE CONVERTASE T. Ganz, PhD, MD and E. Valore, MS, Depts. of Medicine and Pathology, David Geffen School of Medicine, UCLA (Presented By: T. Ganz, PhD, MD) 10:30 am - 11:00 am Break INVITED LECTURE - 2 (Co-Chairs: Graca Porto, Prem Ponka)