QJM 2007 100(10):649-657; doi:10.1093/qjmed/hcm086
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The Association of Physicians of Great Britain and Ireland 2007
One Hundred and First Annual General Meeting
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The One Hundred and First Annual General Meeting was held in the Chemistry Lecture Theatre on the Main Campus of the University of Bristol, on 29 and 30 March 2007. The attendance book was signed by Ordinary Members and Senior Members.
The President, Professor Edwin Gale, took the chair.
The Minutes of the last Annual General Meeting, having been published in the QJM, were taken as read, confirmed and signed. The following Officers and Executive Officers were elected:
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Executive Committee
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| President: |
Professor E. Gale |
| President-elect: |
Professor H. Thurston |
| Honorary Treasurer: |
Professor J. Iredale |
| Honorary Secretary: |
Professor Dermot Kelleher |
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Members for England and Wales
| Professor B. Casadei |
Professor K. Moore |
| Professor A. Finlay |
Professor W. Rosenberg |
| Professor D.A. Lomas |
Professor P. Woo |
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Members for Scotland
| Dr A. Jardine |
Professor D. Webb |
| Professor A.D. Morris |
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Members for Ireland
| Dr S. Donnelly |
Professor E. Trimble |
| Professor D. Kelleher |
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Honorary Members
| Professor Sir G. Duff |
Professor Sir M. Rutter |
| Professor A. Lumsden |
Professor Sir J. Tooke |
| Dr C.N. Martyn |
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Senior Members
| J.K. Aronson |
R.J. Hay |
| S.G. Ball |
S.T. Holgate |
| M.F. Bassendine |
R. Hume |
| C. Bunch |
R.G. Long |
| P. Crome |
J. MacDermot |
| G.W. Duff |
J.R. Peters |
| P.N. Durrington |
P.F. Semple |
| C.J. Ellis |
M.C. Sheppard |
| J. Feely |
R.A. Stockley |
| S. Franks |
J.A.H. Wass |
| B.M. Frier |
I. Leigh |
| D. Gordon |
C.J. Hawkey |
| G.E. Griffin |
D.R. Matthews |
| N.E. Haites |
P.W. Jones |
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Ordinary Members
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There were 23 nominated from 35 proposals received.
Aitman, Timothy, BSc, MB ChB, MSc, D.Phil, FRCP, FMedSci. Group Head and Section Chair, Physiological Genomics & Medicine Group, MRC Clinical Sciences Centre, Hammersmith Hospital, Du Cane Road, London W12 0NN.
Burden, David, BSc, MBChB, MD, MRCP, DTM&H. Consultant Dermatologist and Hon. Clinical Senior Lecturer, Alan Lyell Dermatology . . . [Full Text of this Article]
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Opening Reception and Annual Dinner
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Scientific Business
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The Osler lecture—Genes, dogma and diabetes
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(1) Successful gene therapy for Tay-Sachs and related neurodegenerative diseases
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(2) Intestinal dendritic cells selectively induce gut-tropism in T- and B lymphocytes by retinoic-acid-dependent mechanisms
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(3) Remote ischaemic preconditioning in humans
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(4) Insights from a humanized mouse model of psoriasis define a novel epithelial homing effector T cell population
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(5) Benefits and risks of anti-TNF therapy in patients with rheumatoid arthritis
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(6) Targeted molecular therapy for inherited glycosylphosphatidylinositol deficiency
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(7) Dendritic cell stimulation by mycobacterial HSP70 is mediated through the HIV co-receptor CCR5
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(8) Novel SNPs in the regulatory region of the 11ß-hydroxylase gene in man (CYP11B1) associated with reduced transcriptional activity in vitro and resetting of the pituitary-adrenal axis in hypertension
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(9) Mechanism of haemolytic uraemic syndrome associated with hereditary factor H deficiency
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(10) Identification of GLI-1 as an IBD2 susceptibility gene
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(11) The molecular mechanism for reversing corticosteroid resistance in COPD by theophylline
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(12) Myeloid preleukaemia and leukaemia in children with Down Syndrome
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(13) Effective T-cell responses select HIV-1 mutants and slow disease progression
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(14) Modulation of adaptive immune responses to HIV-1 by therapeutic vaccination
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(15) Inflammation and ion transport in cystic fibrosis—finding the missing link
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(16) Intergenic variants of HBS1L-MYB are responsible for a major quantitative trait locus on chromosome 6Q23 influencing HBF levels in adults
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(17) Genome-wide cell-specific expression analysis identified the involvement of the adipocytokine signalling pathway in atherosclerotic plaque rupture
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History of Medicine Lecture—Mind Parasites and Disease
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Demonstrations
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