| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and check-in |
| 4:30 pm | Welcome Reception |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | TEMPLATING BIOMINERALS |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Joanna Aizenberg (Bell Laboratories/Lucent Technologies) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm | Dan Morse (UC Santa Barbara)
"Mechanism of Silica Biosynthesis Opens New Route to Semiconductor Nanofabrication" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | George Whitesides (Harvard University)
"New Tools for Bioanalysis" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MATRIX MINERAL INTERACTION I |
| 9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion Leader: Adele Boskey (Hospital for Special Surgery) |
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Graeme Hunter (University of Western Ontario)
"Mechanism of inhibition of crystal formation by osteopontin" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break / Photo |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Yves Nys (INRA Tours)
"Biochemical and molecular characterization of eggshell matrix proteins: attempts to demonstrate their influence on mechanical properties of eggshell" |
| 11:15 am - 12:00 pm | Gilles Luquet (Universite de Bourgogne)
"Orchestin, a calcium-binding phosphoprotein from a crustacean organic matrix" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Talks |
| Andrew Mount
"Cell and Tissue Aspects of Biomineralization in Mollusks" |
| Sidney Omelon
"How does calcium polyphosphate chemistry interact with bone?" |
| Lijun Wang & George Nancollas
"A Comparison of Enamel Demineralization in Primary and Permanent Teeth" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MATRIX MINERAL INTERACTION II |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Colin Robinson (University of Leeds Dental Institute) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm | Malcolm Snead (University of Southern California)
"Genetic approaches to engineering hierarchical scale: Enamel from the nanoscale to the mesoscale" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Monika Fritz (University of Bremen)
"Functional in vitro Studies with Purified Nacre Proteins" |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HIGH RESOLUTION TECHNIQUES |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Irit Sagi (Weizmann Institute) |
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Patricia Dove (Virginia Tech)
"Nanoscale controls of inorganic impurities and peptides on shape modification during growth" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Matthias Epple (University of Duisburg-Essen)
"Synchrotron-radiation based techniques for the structural investigation of biominerals" |
| 11:15 am - 12:00 pm | Peter Fratzl (Max Planck Institute Of Colloids and Interfaces)
"Synchrotron radiation to uncover the mechanical design of biological composites" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Talks |
| Uta Magdans
"Investigation of the (10.4) cleavage surface of calcite under dry and humid conditions with GIXRD techniques" |
| Boaz Pokroy
"Organic phase - induced anisotropic lattice distortions in biogenic aragonite" |
| Fiona Meldrum
"Morphological Control of Calcium Carbonate" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | CELL-BIOMINERAL INTERACTIONS |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Buddy Ratner (University of Washington) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm | Kevin Healy (UC Berkeley)
"Engineering Cell-Based Matrix Mineralization via Material Chemistry" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Alexandra Porter (Lawrence Berkeley Laboratory)
"Ultrastructural Comparison of Hydroxyapatite and Silicon-Substituted Hydroxyapatite for Bone Grafting Applications" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BIOMINERALS AND PROKARYOTES |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Tadashi Matsunaga (Tokyo University of Agriculture and Technology) |
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Trevor Douglas (Montana State University)
"Engineered virus and protein cage architectures for biomimetic materials synthesis" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Jill Banfield (UC Berkeley)
"Microbial biomineralization and the interesting properties and behavior of nanoparticles" |
| 11:15 am - 12:00 pm | Arash Komeili (California Institute of Technology)
"Cell Biology of Magnetite Biomineralization in Bacteria" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Talks |
| Andreas Scheffel
"Identification and molecular analysis of magnetite biomineralizing proteins in magnetotactic bacteria" |
| Jie Song
"High-affinity Integration of Biominerals with Functional Polymers Inspired by Extracellular Matrix Proteins of Natural Bone" |
| David Kohn
"Self-Assembled Mineral Scaffolds as Model Systems for Biomineralization and Tissue Engineering" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | HIGH THROUGHPUT APPROACHES |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Morley Stone (Air Force Research Laboratory) |
| 7:45 pm - 8:30 pm | Charles Ettensohn (Carnegie-Mellon University)
"Cellular and molecular regulation of biomineralization during sea urchin embryogenesis" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Jenny Yang (Georgia State University)
"Rational design and engineering of Ca2+-binding proteins with tailored functions" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | EVOLUTIONS OF BIOMINERALIZING SYSTEMS |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Noreen Tuross (Harvard University) |
| 9:15 am - 10:00 am | Phillip Donoghue (University of Bristol)
"Skeletonization and mineralization in early vertebrate evolution" |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Lawrence Hardie (Johns Hopkins University)
"Secular Variation in Seawater Chemistry and its Effects on the Mineralogy of Skeletal Marine Organisms" |
| 11:15 am - 12:00 pm | Teresa Nicolson (Oregon Health & Science University)
"Biogenesis and mineralization of crystal structures in the inner ear in zebrafish" |
| 12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Poster Talk |
| Alexander Heiss
"A role for fetuin-A in bone metabolism" |
| 12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session II |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | FINAL EVENING SESSION |
| Introduction: Fred Wilt (UC Berkeley) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:30 pm | Steve Weiner (Weizmann Institute of Science)
"On Biomineralization" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
