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Collagen (GRS)

Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar

Single Molecule Biophysics to Tissue Engineering

July 16 - 17, 2011
Chairs Paul S. Nerenberg and Chloe Yeung
Colby-Sawyer College
541 Main Street
New London, New Hampshire, United States
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Conference Description

The Gordon-Kenan Research Seminar on Collagen is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

The focus of this meeting is to bring together young scientists involved in the diverse areas of collagen research. Topics of discussion will include collagen assembly and processing, mechanotransduction in tissue organization, collagen ligands and receptors, collagens in model organisms, transcriptional and epigenetic regulation of collagen, and stem cells/regenerative medicine. Additionally, the meeting will feature a keynote lecture presented by Prof. Barbara Brodsky, a distinguished investigator of collagen structure.

Related Meeting

This GRS will be held in conjunction with the "Collagen" Gordon Research Seminar (GRS). Those interested in attending both meetings must submit an application for the GRC in addition to an application for the GRS. Refer to the associated GRC program page for more information.

Conference Program

SATURDAY
1:00 pm - 5:00 pmArrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pmIntroductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pmKeynote Lecture
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm Barbara Brodsky (Tufts University)
"Three strands of collagen: molecular structure, pathological changes and recombinant applications"
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session I
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmCollagen biochemistry, structure, and regulation
Discussion Leaders: Karl Kadler (University of Manchester) and Lesley O'Leary (Rice University)
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm Katarzyna Kopanska (MRC Human Nutrition Research, Cambridge)
"Is there a role for silicon in collagen biosynthesis?"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm Mari Aikio (University of Oulu)
"Collagen XVIII has a role in lipid metabolism"
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm Szymon Manka (Imperial College London)
"Cooperative hydrophobic interactions between collagen and collagenase trigger collagen unwinding"
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pmSusanta Sarkar (NIH)
"Mechanism of collagen degradation revealed by single-molecule tracking of matrix metalloproteinase MMP-1 on type I collagen fibrils"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm Discussion
SUNDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 amCollagen networks and basement membranes
Discussion Leaders: Billy Hudson (Vanderbilt University) and Louise Kung (University of Manchester)
9:00 am - 9:20 am Victor Hernandez-Gordillo (Purdue University)
"Establishment of a metal-assembled collagen peptide scaffold for the delivery of human mesenchymal stem cells"
9:20 am - 9:30 am Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am Fei Xu (Univ. of Medicine and Dentistry of New Jersey)
"Computationally modeled self-assembly of higher order structure of collagen peptides"
9:50 am - 10:00 am Discussion
10:00 am - 10:20 am Isi Ero-Tolliver (Vanderbilt University)
"Enzymatic mechanism of sulfilimine bond formation within basement membranes"
10:20 am - 10:30 am Discussion
10:30 am - 10:50 am Susan Taylor (University of Manchester)
"Tendon as a model to investigate adhesion formation and prevention"
10:50 am - 11:00 am Discussion
11:00 am - 12:30 pmPoster Session II
Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pmCollagen in health and disease
Discussion Leaders: Collin Stultz (MIT) and Jorge Fallas (Rice University)
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm Ming Fang (University of Michigan)
"The origin of dermis collagen matrix nanomorphology and its relationship with estrogen depletion"
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm Discussion
2:00 pm - 2:20 pm Lydia Murray (University of Glasgow)
"Investigation into the mechanisms of Col4a2 mutations in human disease"
2:20 pm - 2:30 pm Discussion
2:30 pm - 3:00 pmEvaluation Period
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3:00 pmGordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm.

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