Session I - Novartis Prize Session

1. Maternal Vaccination against Rotavirus prevents newborn mice from developing Biliary Atresia
   C. Turowski, B. Teichmann, J. Leonhardt, A. Heim, J. Kuebler (Hannover, Germany)
   
   
2. Fetal Hepatocyte Transplantation in a Vascularized AV-Loop Transplantation Model in the Rat
   H.C. Fiegel , G. Pryymachuk, S. Rath, O. Bleiziffer, J.P. Beier, H. Bruns, D. Kluth, R. Metzger, R.E. Horch, U. Kneser, H. Till (Leipzig, Germany / Singapore)
   
   
3. Vagal Neural Crest Provides Inhibitory Neurotransmission to the Chick Embryo Cloaca
   AM. O’Donnell, P. Puri (Dublin, Ireland)
   
   
4. The Role of Angiotensin II type 1a receptor on intestinal epithelial cells following small bowel resection in mouse model
   H. Koga, H. Yang, E.Q. Haxhija, D. Teitelbaum (Ann Arbor, USA)
   
   
5. Maternal administration of betamethasone inhibits proliferation induced by fetal tracheal occlusion in the nitrofen rat model - a placebo controlled study
   S. Mayer, P. Klaritsch, L. Sbragia, J.Toelen, H. Till, J. Deprest (Leuven, Belgium / Leipzig, Germany)
   
   
6. In vitro and in vivo evaluation of photodynamic techniques for the experimental treatment of human hepatoblastoma and neuroblastoma - Preliminary results
   F. Bergmann, H. Stepp, R. Metzger, U. Rolle, A. Johansson, H. Till (Munich, Leipzig, Germany)
   
   
7. Transforming Growth Factor-alpha Stimulates Enterocyte Proliferation and Accelerates Intestinal Recovery Following Methotrexate-Induced Intestinal Mucositis in a Rat and a Cell Culture Model
   I. Sukhotnik, D. Shteinberg , S. Ben Lulu, Y. Bashenko, J.G. Mogilner, B.M. Ure, R. Shaoul, A.G.Coran (Haifa, Israel / Hannover, Germany / Ann Arbor, USA)
   
   
8. Downregulation Of Rock-I And Rock-II Gene Expression In The Cadmium-Induced Ventral Body Wall Defect Chick Model
   T. Doi, J. Thompson, J. Bannigan, P. Puri (Dublin, Ireland)
   
   
9. Carbon Dioxide Influences Expression of c-myc and HMGB-1 but Does Not Change the Methylation Status of RASSF1A and DCR-2 in Neuroblastoma Cells
   M. Reismann, D. Lehmann, M. Quandte, N. Schukfeh, B.M. Ure, S. Glüer (Hannover, Germany)
   
   
10. Dietary palmitic acid modulates intestinal re-growth after massive small bowel resection in a rat
    L. Hayari, I. Sukhotnik, Y. Bashenko, J. Mogilner, R. Shaoul, E. Chemodanov, S. Eldar, A.G. Coran (Haifa, Israel / Ann Arbor, USA)