1st Scientific Meeting of the European Network for the Study of Adrenal Tumours (ENS@T)

09h00 - Welcoming foreign guests and Comete members

09h30 - The French Network : Comete (P.F. Plouin, Paris)

- A historical note
- Organisation
- Tumor collection
- Financial support
- Four examples of " network-dependent " scientific work :

Molecular markers of adrenal cortical tumors (C. Gicquel)
The SDHs gene family in familial and sporadic pheos (A.P. Gimenez)
The PKA gene in Carney Complex and sporadic tumors (J. Bertherat)
The transcriptome approach (J.J. Feige, and E. Clauser)

10h20 - The Italian Network : NISGAT (F. Mantero)

10h50 - The German Network : B. Allolio ( Wuerzburg ), and M. Reincke ( Freiburg )

11h20 - The British Project : P. Stewart (Birmingham)

11h50 - Break

12h05 - The added value of a European Network (X. Bertagna, Paris)

- Recruiting rare (" orphan ") diseases
- Adding technical approaches
- Scientific exchange
- European financial support
- The difficulties …

12h30 - General discussion… on the future ENS@T. COMète

13h00 - Conclusion