| Sunday Evening | Strategies for Controlling Mineralization |
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| 7:30 p.m.-8:15 p.m. | Lia Addadi (Weizmann Institute)
On the microenvironment of mineral deposition, transient and stable "amorphous" phases. |
| 8:15 p.m.-8:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 8:30 p.m.-9:15 p.m. | Fred H. Wilt (UC Berkeley)
Dynamics of biomineralization of sea urchin spicules. |
| 9:15 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 9:30- | Social Gathering |
| Monday Morning | Organic-Inorganic Interface |
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| 9:00 a.m.- 9:35 a.m. | John S. Evans (New York University)
Biomineralization and ice interaction polypeptides: Taking the "Dogma" out for a walk. |
| 9:35 a.m.-9:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:50 a.m.-10:25 a.m. | Brigid R. Heywood (University of Keele)
The design of molecular templates to control the nucleation and growth of inorganic materials. |
| 10:25 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | Coffee Break/Conference Photo |
| 10:55 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Nils Kroeger (University of Regensburg)
Organic molecules that are involved in diatom biosilica formation. |
| 11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Invited speakers from poster session. |
| Monday Evening | Regulation of Mineral Formation |
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| 7:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. | Thomas J. DiChristina (Georgia Institute of Technology)
Biomineralization of metals by anaerobically respiring bacteria: chemical, thermodynamic and genetic analysis. |
| 8:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m. | Discussion |
| 8:15 p.m.-8:45 p.m. | Max Hincke (University of Ottawa, Canada)
Matrix proteins and mineralization of the avian eggshell. |
| 8:45 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Discussion |
| 9:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | Jeremy R. Young (Natural History Museum, UK)
Heterococcoliths and holococcoliths-descrete biomineralization modes conserved within the coccolithophorid life-cycle through 250 million years, evolutionary implications and research opportunities. |
| 9:30 p.m.-9:45 p.m. | Discussion |
| Tuesday Morning | Mineralization at Non-skeletal Sites |
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| 9:00 a.m.-9:35 a.m. | Ceilia M. Giachelli (University of Washington)
Regulating ectopic calcification: evidence for naturally occurring surveillance and damage-control agents. |
| 9:35 a.m.-9:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:50 a.m.-10:25 a.m. | Hynda Kleinman (NIH, NIDCR)
Role of osteonectin in breast and prostate cancer metastasis to bone. |
| 10:25 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 10:55 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Josef Penninger (Amgen Institute/Ontario Cancer Institute)
OPGL: the common link between osteoclast activation, calcium release, and pregnancy. |
| 11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Invited speakers from poster session. |
| Tuesday Evening | New Strategies for Mapping Biomineralization |
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| 7:30 p.m.-8:00 p.m. | Michael J. Hubbard (University of Otago)
Calcium cytotoxicity: cellular strategies for bulk calcium handling and survival during biomineralization. |
| 8:00 p.m.-8:15 p.m. | Discussion |
| 8:15 p.m.-8:45 p.m. | Jennifer Kirkham (Leeds University)
Mapping the surface characteristics of skeletal mineral: Physico-chemical properties of crystal surfaces in matrix-mineral interactions during biomineralization. |
| 8:45 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Discussion |
| 9:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | S. Petter Lyngstadaas (University of Oslo)
Dissecting biomineralization with ribozymes. |
| 9:30 p.m.-9:45 p.m. | Discussion |
| Wednesday Morning | Inspiration from Nature |
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| 9:00 a.m.-9:35 a.m. | William Bonfield (University of Cambridge)
Interfaces between bone analogues and bone. |
| 9:35 a.m.-9:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:50 a.m.-10:25 a.m. | AH Heuer (Case Western)
Fracture mechanics and tissue regeneration studies of the crossed lamellar structure of strombus gigas, the giant pink queen conch. |
| 10:25 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | Discussion |
| 10:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | Coffee Break |
| 11:10 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | Jennifer Cha (University of California at Santa Barbara)
Novel design strategies for materials synthesis as learned from nature. |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:00 p.m. | Discussion |
| 12:00 p.m.-12:30 p.m. | Invited speakers from poster session. |
| Wednesday Evening | Improving on Nature:
Engineering New Materials |
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| 7:30 p.m.-8:15 p.m. | Sam I. Stupp (Northwestern University)
Mineralization of organic templates |
| 8:15 p.m.-8:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| 8:30 p.m.-9:15 p.m. | Angela M. Belcher (University of Texas)
Biomolecular recognition and control of biological and non-biological inorganic materials from seashells to semiconductors. |
| 9:15 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | Discussion |
| Thursday Morning | The Cellular Perspective |
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| 9:00 a.m.-9:35 a.m. | Adele Boskey (Cornell University)
IR Imaging and FTIR microspectroscopy provide insights into the functions of extra cellular matrix proteins. |
| 9:35 a.m.-9:50 a.m. | Discussion |
| 9:50 a.m.-10:25 a.m. | Mayumi Iijima (Asahi University Japan)
Effects of amelogenins and ionic flow on the formation of tooth enamel-like crystals in a membrane system. |
| 10:25 a.m.-10:40 a.m. | |
| 10:40 a.m.-10:55 a.m. | |
| 10:55 a.m.-11:30 a.m. | Thorsten Kirsch (University of Pennsylvania)
"Regulatory roles of cytosolic calcium and annexins in the initiation of mineralization in Skeletal Tissues". |
| 11:30 a.m.-11:45 a.m. | Discussion |
| 11:45 a.m.-12:30 p.m. | Invited speakers from poster session. |
| Thursday Evening | Evolution of Biomineralization |
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| 7:30 p.m.-9:00 p.m. | Joseph L. Kirschvink (California Institute of Technology)
Mars and the grand unified theory of biomineralization |
| 9:00 p.m.-9:30 p.m. | Discussion |
