SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in (Check-in Desk Closed 6:00 pm - 7:45 pm) |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by Conference Chairs and GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | EVOLUTION OF BONES AND TEETH |
| Discussion Leader: David Kingsley (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA) |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | David Kingsley (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA)
"Introduction" |
7:50 pm - 8:15 pm | Tanya Smith (Harvard University, Boston, MA, USA) "A Primate Perspective on Dental Evolution" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Short Presentation: Elodie Renvoise (Institute of Biotechnology, Helsinki, Finland)
"Developmental Mechanisms in the Evolution Of Morphological Innovation in Small Mammals" |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm | Robert Cerny (Charles University, Prague, Czech Republic)
"Jaw Evolution (prepattern/cooption model): Understanding Evolution of New Skeletal Tissues and Joint Formation Based on Studies of an Agnathan Vertebrate" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | DEVELOPMENTAL MECHANISMS |
| Discussion Leader: Jerry Feng (Baylor College of Dentistry, TX A&M Health Science Center, Dallas, TX, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Irma Thesleff (University of Helsinki, Finland) "Regulation of Dental Patterning by Signal Pathway Modulation" |
9:25 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Short Presentation: Nik Kantaputra (Chiang Mai University, Thailand)
"The Smallest Teeth in the World are Caused by Mutations in PCNT Gene" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Group Photo |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Elazar Zelzer (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel) "The Mechanisms that Sculpt our Bones" |
10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Short Presentation: Florence Lorget (Biomarin Pharmaceutical Inc., Novato, CA)
"BMN 111, a CNP Analogue, Promotes Skeletal Growth and Rescues Dwarfism in two Transgenic Mouse Models of Fgfr3-related Chondrodysplasia" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Short Presentation: Jerry Feng (Baylor College of Dentistry, TX A&M Health Science Center, Dallas, TX, USA)
"Dentinogenesis: A Key Role of ALK3-Osx Signal Pathway" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Shigeaki Kato (University of Tokyo, Japan) "Epigenetic Regulators in Osteoclast Development" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | GENETIC MECHANISMS |
| Discussion Leader: Daniel H. Cohn (University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) |
5:30 pm - 5:55 pm | Deborah Krakow (University of California, Los Angeles, CA, USA) "Mutations in FKBP65, an ER Localized Protein, Produces OI" |
5:55 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm | André G. Uitterlinden (Erasmus University Medical Center, Rotterdam, The Netherlands) "Genome - Wide Screens for Skeletal Disease-Genes" |
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
6:50 pm - 7:15 pm | Stefan Mundlos (Max Planck Institute for Molecular Genetics, Berlin, Germany)
"Far Far away - Long Range Regulation in Skeletal Development and Disease" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | POSTNATAL HOMEOSTASIS |
| Discussion Leader: Thomas L. Clemens (John Hopkins University, Baltimore, MD, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Eileen Shore (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA) "Molecular and Cellular Mechanisms of Ectopic Bone Formation" |
9:25 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Short Presentation: Katherine Motyl (Maine Medical Center Research Institute, ME, USA)
"The Second Generation Antipsychotic Risperidone Causes Bone Loss in C57BL/6J Mice as a Result of Direct and Indirect Effects on Bone Turnover" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Gerard Karsenty (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA) "Osteocalcin Functions" |
10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Short Presentation: Matthew Grol (The University Of Western Ontario, London, Canada)
"Persistence of ATP-Induced Calcium-NFATc1 Signaling in Osteoblasts is Determined by Distinct Nucleotide Receptor Subtypes: A Novel Mechanism for Coupling Agonist Concentration to Signal Duration" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Short Presentation: Stavroula Kousteni (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA)
"FoxO1 in Skeletal Physiology" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Beate Lanske (Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA) "The Effects of Bone on Kidney and Parathyroid Glands" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | STEM CELLS AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE/DENTISTRY |
| Discussion Leader: Jeremy Mao (Columbia University, New York, NY, USA) |
5:30 pm - 5:55 pm | Pamela G. Robey (NIH/NIDCR, Bethesda, MD, USA)
"Advances in Cell-Based Bone Regeneration" |
5:55 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm | Short Presentation: Nick Van Gastel (Katholieke Universiteit, Leuven, Belgium)
"Engineering Vascularized Bone: Osteogenic and Pro-Angiogenic Potential of Murine Periosteal Cells" |
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm | Short Presentation: Nicolai Miosge (Tissue Regeneration Work Group, University of Gottingen, Gottingen, Germany)
"Chondrogenic Progenitor Cells in Osteoarthritis are Regulated by Runx2, Sox9 and Sex Hormones" |
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
6:50 pm - 7:15 pm | Kristi S. Anseth (University of Colorado, CO, USA) "Programmable Hydrogel Niches for MSC Culture and Differentiation" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | OSTEOPOROSIS |
| Discussion Leader: Roland Baron (Harvard School of Dental Medicine, Boston, MA, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Chris Paszty (Amgen Inc., Thousand Oaks, CA, USA) "Sclerostin: From Gene Discovery to Bone Building Antibodies" |
9:25 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Short Presentation: Rao V. Papineni (Carestream Health Inc, Woodbridge, CT, USA)
"Bisphosphonates: A Targetable Theragnostic Agent with no Bone of Contention" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Mathew Warman (Children's Hospital Boston, Boston, MA, USA) "Genetic Studies of Musculoskeletal Disease Mechanisms" |
10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Short Presentation: Johannes Keller (University Medical Center Hamburg-Eppendorf, Hamburg, Germany)
"Control of Bone Formation by the Calcitonin Receptor in Osteoclasts" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Short Presentation: Leonie Huitema (Hubrecht Institute, Utrecht, Netherlands)
"A Novel Ectonucleotidase Essential for Bone Formation in Fish" |
11:40 pm - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Alexander G. Robling (Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA) "Lrp5 Signaling in Bone: Local Regulation of Bone Metabolism and Mechanotransduction" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 6:50 pm | CANCER |
| Discussion Leader: Theresa A. Guise (Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN, USA) |
5:30 pm - 5:55 pm | Yibin Kang (Princeton University, Princeton, NJ, USA) "Novel Mediators of Tumor-Stromal Interactions in Bone Metastasis" |
5:55 pm - 6:10 pm | Discussion |
6:10 pm - 6:35 pm | David M. Thomas (Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre, East Melbourne, Australia) "Basic and Clinical Studies in Benign and Malignant Bone Tumors" |
6:35 pm - 6:50 pm | Discussion |
6:50 pm - 8:00 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 |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | BONES AND TEETH: JOINTS AND SOFT TISSUE CONNECTIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Yingzi Yang (National Human Genome Research Institute, Bethesda, MD, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:25 am | Malcolm Logan (National Institute for Medical Research, London, UK) "Mechanisms Controlling Morphogenesis of Limb Tissues" |
9:25 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
9:40 am - 9:50 am | Short Presentation: April Craft (University Health Network, Toronto, ON, Canada)
"Regulation of Articular and Growth Plate Chondrocytes from Pluripotent Stem Cells" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 10:55 am | Ronen Schweitzer (Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, OR, USA) "From Salamander to Mouse - Generation of Long Tendons by Scleraxis Dependent Elongation of Sox9-Lineage Derived Tendon Precursors" |
10:55 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
11:10 am - 11:20 am | Short Presentation: George Yang (Stanford University, CT, USA)
"Cartilage-related Phenotype in DEL1 Knockout Mice" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Short Presentation: Gilbert Weidinger (Technische Universität Dresden, Dresden, Germany)
"Bone Regenerates via Dedifferentiation of Osteoblasts in the Zebrafish Fin" |
11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
11:50 am - 12:15 pm | Maurizio Pacifici (University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA, USA) "Hox Genes Control Morphogenesis and Organization of Mouse Limb Synovial Joints" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | KEYNOTE LECTURES: EVOLUTIONARY GAIN AND LOSS OF SKELETAL ELEMENTS |
| Discussion Leader: Fanxin Long (Washington University Medical School, St. Louis, MO, USA) |
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Jennifer A. Clack (University Museum of Zoology, Cambridge, UK) "Bone Construction and Evolution in the Earliest Tetrapods" |
6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm | David Kingsley (Stanford University School of Medicine, Stanford, CA, USA) "Fishing for the Secrets of Vertebrate Evolution" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |