SUNDAY |
2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
4:30 pm | Welcome Reception |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Mechanisms of Crystal Growth and Inhibition in Mineralized Tissues and in Vitro I: Physico-Chemical Perspective |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Welcome and Introductory Remarks |
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion Leader: Jim De Yoreo (Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, USA) Overview |
8:00 pm - 8:25 pm | George Nancollas (SUNY Buffalo, USA)
"Dynamics of biomineralization and biodemineralization" |
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 9:10 pm | Mike Ward (NYU, USA)
"Unraveling pathological (in vivo) biomineralization" |
9:10 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:45 pm | Mechanisms of Crystal Growth and Inhibition in Mineralized Tissues and in Vitro II: Control of Calcium Carbonate Formation |
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion Leader: Fiona Meldrum (University of Bristol, UK) Overview |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Lia Addadi (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Mollusk shell revisited: a source of new concepts for understanding biomineralization processes" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Group Photo |
10:20 am | Coffee Break |
10:35 am - 11:00 am | Helmut Cölfen (Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
"Non classical crystallization" |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Discussion |
11:20 am - 11:45 am | Nico Sommerdijk (Eindhoven University of Technology, Netherlands)
"Self-assembled templates for the nucleation of CaCO3" |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Discussion |
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Short Talk 1: Seo-Young Kwak (NSLS, BNL)
"Calcium carbonate nucleation and growth mechanisms on self -organized extracellular matrix protein networks: new kinetic measurements using an AFM-based elastic modulus probe" |
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm | Short Talk 2: Matthew J. Collins (York, UK)
"Degradation of intra-crystalline proteins: molecular clocks?" |
12:25 pm - 12:35 pm | Short Talk 3: P.U.P.A. Gilbert (University of Wisconsin, Madison, USA)
"Crystallographic order and disorder in nacre" |
12:35 pm - 12:45 pm | Short Talk 4: Ingo Sethmann (University of Münster, Germany)
"Nano-cluster structures in biominerals - occurrence, function, and formation in relation to organic matrices" |
12:45 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 | Biosilicification Mechanisms |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Carole Perry (Nottingham Trent University, UK) Overview |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Manfred Sumper (University of Regensburg, Germany)
"The structure and function of organic molecules involved in silica biomineralization in Diatoms" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Mark Hildebrand (UC San Diego, USA)
"Biogenic nanostructured silica formation in diatoms: proteins, genes, and structure" |
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk 5: Gregory L. Rorrer (Oregon State University, USA)
"Whole-cell biosynthesis of nanostructured silicon-germanium oxide photoluminescent semiconductor materials possessing defined microstructure" |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cell/Matrix Regulation of Mineralization in Vertebrates |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Irving Shapiro (Thomas Jefferson University, USA) Overview |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Teresa Nicolson (Oregon Health & Science University, USA)
"Biomineralization in the inner ear" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:25 am | Yoshiro Takano (Tokyo Medical and Dental School, Japan)
"Diverse mechanisms of mineralization of heterologous hard tissues that comprise highly ordered structures of the tooth and periodontal tissues" |
10:25 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
10:45 am | Coffee Break |
11:05 am - 11:30 am | Mike Hubbard (University of Melbourne, Australia)
"Calcium transcytosis, a new paradigm for transport of calcium across dental enamel cells'" |
11:30 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:00 pm | Short Talk 6: Janet Moradian-Oldak (USC, USA)
"Supramolecular self-assembly and hierarchical organization of amelogenin; relevance to enamel biomineralization" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Short Talk 7: David R. Nutt (University of Heidelberg, Germany)
"Water-organizing properties of insect antifreeze proteins from atomistic simulations" |
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm | Short Talk 8: Hiromichi Nagasawa (University of Tokyo, Japan)
"cDNA cloning and functional analysis of a novel protein involved in coccolith biomineralization in coccolithophorid alga Pleurochrysis carterae" |
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Short Talk 9: Elia Beniash (Forsyth Institute, USA)
"Amelogenin undergoes significant structural changes upon interactions with hydroxyapatite crystals" |
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 | Biominerals and Prokaryotes |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Dennis Bazylinski (University of Nevada, Las Vegas, USA) Overview |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Michael Winklhofer (University of Munich, Germany)
"Structure, function, and optimization of magnetic biominerals in prokaryotes and higher organisms" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Rajesh Naik (AFRL, USA)
"Exploiting biology for inorganic materials chemistry" |
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk 10: Damien I. Faivre (Max-Planck-Institute for Marine Microbiology, Germany)
"Dynamics of magnetite biomineralization and chain arrangement in M. gryphiswaldense" |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Biooptics and Biomechanics: Structure - Function Relations |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Ilhan Aksay (Princeton University, USA) Overview |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Pete Vukusic (University of Exeter, UK)
"Evolutionary Photonics: natural design protocols for manipulating light and colour" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:25 am | Christine Ortiz (MIT, USA)
"Nanomechanical Heterogeneity in Natural Materials" |
10:25 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
10:45 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Paul Zaslansky (Max-Planck-Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
"Structure and deformation of human teeth in 3D" |
11:25 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:10 pm | Tony Tomsia (Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory , USA)
"Freezing as a path to build complex composites" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
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 |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Tissue Engineering |
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Discussion Leader: Tom Webster (Brown University, USA) Overview |
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm | Pam Yelick (Tufts University, USA)
"Current Progress in Whole Tooth Tissue Engineering" |
8:10 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:55 pm | Bill Landis (Northeastern Ohio Universities College of Medicine, USA)
"Tissue engineering models of human digits and ears" |
8:55 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Short Talk 11: Seung-Wuk Lee (UC Berkeley, USA)
"Artificial bone synthesis using genetically engineered viruses" |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Protein - Mineral Interactions |
9:00 am - 9:15 am | Discussion Leader: Marc McKee (McGill University, Canada) Overview |
9:15 am - 9:40 am | Frederic Marin (University of Bourgogne, France)
"Molluscan shell proteins: origin, evolution and diagenesis" |
9:40 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:25 am | Willi Jahnen-Dechent (RWTH Aachen University Hospital, Germany)
"Systems biology of calcification: role of the serum protein alpha2-HS glycoprotein/fetuin-A" |
10:25 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
10:45 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:25 am | Candan Tamerler-Behar (Istanbul Technical University, Turkey)
"Genetic tailoring of peptides for functional materials" |
11:25 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:10 pm | Melinda Duer (University of Cambridge, UK)
"Solid-state NMR: a tool for probing the protein-mineral interface in biominerals" |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
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: Joanna Aizenberg (Bell Labs, Lucent, USA) |
7:30 pm - 8:25 pm | Sam Stupp (Northwestern University, USA)
"A Roadmap for Bioactive Networks" |
8:25 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |