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The 10th Annual Meeting of the SLTBR in 1998 was
memorable for being the first joint meeting with the Society for Research on Biological Rhythms (SRBR).
Under the capable direction of program chair, Dr. Anna Wirz-Justice, there was an outstanding scientific
program ranging from molecular neuroscience to clinical applications of light.
One of the highlights was the joint SLTBR/SRBR/SRS symposium discussing the
history and future directions of the biological rhythms community.
The scientific program was greatly enhanced by the fabulous
weather and the wonderful resort setting of Amelia Island,
Florida. For more on this beautiful destination, check here.
A brief summary of the meeting was written by science
writer, Lynne Lamberg, and published in the Journal of the American Medical
Association. For the full text, see the JAMA site.
The SLTBR program is listed below:
1998 SLTBR ANNUAL MEETING
PROGRAM
Friday, May 8, 1998
8:30 - 10 :30 SYMPOSIA
By the Dawns Early Light: Effects of
Twilight on Entrainment
Chair: A. Wirz-Justice
Mechanisms of Rhythmic Transcription
Chair: P. Hardin
Evolutionary and Comparative Studies of
Circadian Systems
Chair: C. H. Johnson
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 SLIDE SESSIONS SRBR/SLTBR
15:30 - 16:30 SLTBR BOARD MEETING
16:30 - 18:30 WORKSHOPS
Chronobiologic Studies of Melatonin in Humans
Discussion Leader: A. J. Lewy
What Value Should We Place on Human Tau?
Discussion Leaders: T. H. Monk and S. S. Campell
Pacemaker Cells in Insects
Discussion Leader: D. Saunders
Why the Cultured Retina Should Replace the
SCN as the In Vitro Model of Choice
Discussion Leader: M. Menaker
18:30 - 19:30 SRBR BUSINESS MEETING
20:00 --- POSTER SESSION SRBR/SLTBR
Saturday, May 9, 1998
8:30 - 10:30 SYMPOSIA
The Impact of Blindness on Human Circadian
Rhythms
Co-chairs: J. Arendt and A. J. Lewy
Molecular and Cellular Interactions in the
SCN
Chair: S. M. Reppert
The Role of Clocks in Photoperiodic Flower
Initiation
Chair: C. R. McClung
10:30 - 11:00 Coffee Break
11:00 - 13:00 SLIDE SESSIONS SRBR/SLTBR
16:30 - 18:00 PITTENDRIGH MEMORIAL LECTURE
Serge Daan
18:00 - 19:00 SLTBR BUSINESS MEETING
20:00 --- COMBINED BANQUET SRBR/SLTBR
Sunday, May 10, 1998
8:30 - 10:30 SLTBR ROUNDTABLE DISCUSSION
Chairs: Anna Wirz-Justice (SLTBR), Mary Carskadon (SRS), Larry Morin
(SRBR)
Invited participants:
SLTBR: Ray Lam, Al Lewy, Dan Oren, Norm Rosenthal, Michael Terman
SRS: Mary Carskadon, Chuck Czeisler, Dave Dinges, Tim Roehrs
SRBR: Jay Dunlap, Fred Turek
ISC: Rae Silver, Jim Waterhouse
and: Christine Acebo, Jo Arendt, Stuart Armstrong, Scott Campbell,
Charmane Eastman, Dan Kripke, Masako Okawa, Eve van Cauter, Tom Wehr
TOPICS
1. Introduction: a history of light therapy (Tom Wehr)
2. A decade of SLTBR: Why it began and what it has achieved (Michael
Terman)
3. Light therapy around the world: how it is accepted and used
Stuart Armstrong (Australia), Bengt Kjellman (Scandinavia), Wilfried K๖hler
(Germany), Ray Lam (Canada), Alexander Neumeister (Austria), Masako Okawa
(Japan), Dan Oren (USA), Anna Wirz-Justice (Switzerland).
4. Summary of new applications.
Light in circadian sleep disorders (Scott
Campbell)
The reality of applications in shift work (Charmane Eastman)
Melatonin overview (Jo Arendt)
5. The future of applied chronobiology
Scenario 1 Al Lewy SLTBR
Scenario 2 Dave Dinges SRS
Scenario 3 Fred Turek SRBR
with Mary Carskadon, Chuck Czeisler, Dan Kripke, Tim Roehrs, Eve van Cauter,
Tom Wehr
6. Functional issues (suggested themes)
* Coordination of teaching issues
(diagnosis/therapy)
* Consensus statements
* LTBR Bulletin - a newsletter for the SRBR as
well? To provide in-between-meetings information.
* Public/patient brochures on light therapy,
melatonin
* Standards, e.g., with respect to medical
devices (lamps) or melatonin (what else is in those pills?)
* Patents
* Publicity