| Sessions 1 and 2 : Control of Biomineralization at Inorganic - Organic Interfaces
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| Sunday pm |
1. Invertebrate Tissues |
Dan Morse, Discussion Leader
(UC Santa Barbara) |
The Biosilica World: Proteins, Genes and Molecular Mechanisms Controlling Biological Nanofabrication with Silicon |
Paul Levine
(Stanford University) |
Biomineralization Within Enclosed
Spaces: The Nanofabrication of Coccoliths and Otoliths |
| Monday am |
2. Vertebrate Tissues |
Marion Young, Discussion Leader
(NIDR, NIH) |
Biglycan: a small proteoglycan essential for the structure and function of mineralized tissue. |
Steve Weiner
(Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel). |
Structure-mechanical Function Relations in Lamellar Bone |
Ellis Golub
(University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) |
Initiation of collagen calcification of matrix vesicles |
Janet Oldak
(University of Southern California, Los Angeles) |
Aggregation of Apatite Crystals Through Amelogenin Molecular Self Association |
| Sessions 3 and 4: Control of Biomineralization at the Cell-Matrix Interface
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| Monday pm |
3. Bone and Invertebrate Tissues |
Mehmet Sarikaya, Discussion Leader
(University of Washington, Seattle) |
Materials Science of Mollusc Shell Formation |
Phillipe Dubois
(Free University of Brussels, Belgium) |
Cell and Matrix Control of Vesicular Biomineralization in Echinoderms |
| Tuesday am |
4. Dental Tissues |
Mary MacDougall, Discussion Leader
(University of Texas Health Center, San Antonio) |
Dental cell cultures: Models of extracellular matrix mediated mineralization |
Paul Krebsbach
(University of Michigan, Ann Arbor) |
The role of non-amelogenin proteins in
biomineralization of the mammalian dentition |
James Simmer
(University of Texas Health Center, San Antonio) |
The Function of Enamel Proteinases |
| Tuesday pm |
5. Cell and Matrix Regulation of Dystrophic Mineralization
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Linda Demer, Discussion Leader
(UCLA) |
Regulation of artery wall calcification and its connection to osteoporosis |
Miles Crenshaw
(University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill) |
Apatite Induction by Immobilized Phosphate Ester Clusters |
Marc McKee
(University of Montreal, Montreal, Canada) |
Regulation of Vertebrate Calcification by Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Skeletal and
Nonskeletal Tissues. |
W. Scott Simonet
(Amgen, Thousand Oaks, CA) |
Functional genomic insights into the regulation of bone
density |
| Wednesday am |
6. New Strategies for Mapping Biomineralization
|
Peter Fratzl, Discussion Leader
(University of Vienna, Vienna Austria) |
Microscopic Imaging of Bone Mineral by Diffraction or Spectroscopy |
Joanna Aizenberg
(Harvard University, Mass) |
Controlling Crystallization by Microscopic Engineering of the Nucleation Site |
Vince Pizziconi
(Arizona State University, Tempe) |
Biosensing strategies for monitoring cell-based processes in real time |
Bob Bonner
(NIH) |
Laser capture microdissection: macromolecular analysis of tissue components |
Heinz Duschner
(University of Mainz, Mainz, Germany) |
Histotomography of Dental Hard Tissues by Confocal Laser Scanning Microscopy |
| Sessions 7 and 8: Improving on Nature: Molecular Modeling of Inorganic Materials at Tissue Interfaces
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| Wednesday pm |
7. Engineering New Implant Materials |
Frank Robey, Discussion Leader
(NIDR, NIH,) |
Bone Sialoprotein-Derived Conjugates as Rational Implant Substrata |
Alison Campbell
(Pacific Northwest National Laboratory) |
The kinetics of protein/crystal interactions in biomineralization and biomaterials |
Patrick Stayton
University of Washington, Seattle) |
Molecular Recognition at Protein-Biomineral and Protein-Biomaterial Interfaces |
Paul Ducheyne
(University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia) |
Bioactive Glass Surface Changes and Bone Cell Function Are Related |
| Thursday am |
8. Biomimetics |
Geoffrey Ozin, Discussion Leader
(University of Toronto, Toronto, Canada) |
Language of Shape |
Paul Calvert
(Univ of Arizona) |
Bone-like Materials by Mineralization of
Hydrogels |
Ilhan Aksay
(Princeton University, NJ) |
Bioinspired processing of organic/inorganic composites through self assembly |
| Thursday pm |
9. Strategies for Capturing Information in Mineralized Tissues |
Andrew Sillen
(University of Capetown, S. Africa) |
Bones of Retention: Reconstitution of Diet and Environment |
