Hormones and Energy Metabolism

The Twelfth Annual Midwest Conference on Endocrinology and Metabolism continued the tradition of selecting a topic of interest to a wide variety of scientists with interests in biology. This conference was dedicated appropriately to Dr. Samuel A. Brody, a leader in research in this field as described by Professor Johnson in this volume. A particular feature of these conferences has been the large proportion of time devoted to discussion of each paper and the published proceedings have included edited transcripts of these discussions. Unfortunately, due to malfunction of the recording system, major portions of the discussions were lost and, despite much effort, insufficient was salvageable to be meaningful and helpful. Consequently, the editors decided to omit completely the discussions except for a communication provided by Dr. Woodside.