Saturday |
2:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm | Keynote Session: Collagens |
| Discussion Leaders: Sarah Bertlein (University of Wuerzburg, Germany) and Taiwo Oguntona (University of Sheffield, United Kingdom) |
3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Bjorn Olsen (Harvard School of Dental Medicine, USA) "Collagens from Biochemistry and Pathology" |
4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Collagen Biosynthesis and Trafficking |
| Discussion Leaders: Johanna Myllyharju (University of Oulu, Finland), Andrew Dittmore (National Institutes of Health, USA) and Nicole Rosin (University of Calgary, Canada) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Samuel Baldwin (Dalhousie University, Canada) "The Structural Alterations of Overloaded Collagen Fibrils as Observed by Atomic Force Microscopy" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Thomas Collier (University College London, United Kingdom) "Identification of Preferential Sites for Glucosepane Cross-Link Formation in Fibrillar Type I Collagen and Their Effect on the Function of Collagenous Tissues: An All Atom Molecular Dynamics Approach" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Patricia Paracuellos Torrecilla (Imperial College, United Kingdom) "Crystal Structure and Collagen Binding of a C-Type Mannose Receptor, Endo180/uPARAP" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Lucas Smith (University of Pennsylvania, USA) "Collagen Organization Is Disrupted in Fibrotic Muscular Dystrophy Models" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Sunday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 11:00 am | Collagens in Development and Regeneration |
| Discussion Leaders: Marion Gordon (Rutgers University, Ernest Mario School of Pharmacy, USA), Julien Chlasta (École Normale Supérieure de Lyon, France) and Saikat Mukherjee (Manipur University, India) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Mary Beth Browning (Texas A&M Health Science Center, USA) "Engineered Collagen-Mimetic Proteins for Wound Healing Applications" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Tobias Kuhl (University of Freiburg, Germany) "High Local Concentrations of Intradermal MSCs Restore Skin Integrity and Facilitate Wound Healing in Dystrophic Epidermolysis Bullosa" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Georgios Theocharidis (Blizard Institute, Barts and The London School of Medicine and Dentistry, United Kingdom) "Type VI Collagen Regulates Dermal Matrix Assembly and Fibroblast Motility" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 10:50 am | Celestial Jones-Paris (Vanderbilt University Medical Center, USA) "Differential Expression of Basement Membrane Components in Uterus Decidua During Mouse Embryo Development" |
10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Collagens in Inflammation and Immune Response |
| Discussion Leaders: Daniel Greenspan (University of Wisconsin, USA), Tobias Kuhl (University of Freiburg, Germany) and Jing Wu (Vanderbilt University, USA) |
1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Jeffrey Tonniges (The Ohio State University, USA) "Altered Collagen Fiber Ultrastructure and Platelet-Collagen Adhesion in DDR1 KO Mice and AAA Mice Aortas" |
1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
2:00 pm - 2:30 pm | General Discussion |
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms |
3:00 pm | Seminar Concludes |