| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | EVOLUTION |
| Discussion Leader: Jukka Jernvall (Helsinki) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Moya Smith (Kings College London)
"Origins of the vertebrate splancho-skeleton: pattern and process" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Kathleen Smith (Duke)
"Comparative development of the head in mammals" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | Dan Lieberman (Harvard)
"Tinkering and the evolution of the human skull" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:15 pm | Winston Kuo (Harvard)
"The Molecular Basis of Species-Specific Craniofacial Patterning in
Darwin's Finches"
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| 9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Chuong Cheng-Ming (USC)
Evo-Devo of the beak and its integument" |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | NEURAL CREST |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Sharpe (London) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Marianne Bronner-Fraser (CalTech)
"Formation of neural crest" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Vesa Kaartinen (USC)
"Growth factor signaling via Alk2 is required for
normal craniofacial development"
|
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Gillian Morriss-Kay (Oxford)
"Developmental anatomy of the mouse neural crest" |
| 11:00 am | Group Photo |
| 11:15 am - 11:45 am | Paul Trainor (Kansas)
"Neural crest cell: patterning and development of a stem cell like population in the head" |
| 11:45 am - 12:00 pm | Joy Richmond (Vancouver)
"Patterning of post-migratory neural crest cells"
|
| 12:00 pm - 12:15 pm | Thomas Sargent (Bethesda)
"AP2alpha target genes in Xenopus ectoderm"
|
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Peter Farlie (Victoria)
"Regulation of cell adhesion by Dlx2"
|
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ORGANOGENESIS |
| Discussion Leader: Irma Thesleff (Helsinki) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Andrea Streit (Kings College London)
"Cell interactions during sensory placode development" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Geoff Rosenfeld (UCSD)
"A coregulator, integrator code of neuroendocrine development" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Martyn Cobourne (London)
"Restriction of Shh signaling during tooth initiation"
|
| 9:05 pm - 9:30 pm | Aapo Kangas (Helsinki)
"Ectodysplasin and tooth growth"
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| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CRANIOFACIAL PATTERNING |
| Discussion Leader: Chuck Kimmel (Eugene) |
| 9:00 am - 9:45 am | Michael Depew (Kings College London)
"Pattern and polarity in the first branchial arch" |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | David Clothier (Louisville)
"Endothelin signaling in mandibular arch patterning"
|
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:15 am | Jill Helms (UCSF)
"On the molecular origins of species-specific facial pattern" |
| 11:15 am - 11:30 am | Thomas Gridley (Bar Harbor)
"Genetic interactions among Twist, Snail, and Slug mutants during craniofacial development"
|
| 11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Tom Schilling (Irvine)
"Genetic analysis of craniofacial patterning in zebrafish" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SIGNALLING INTERACTIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Yang Chai (USC) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Philippe Soriano (Seattle)
"Growth factor signalling and craniofacial morphogenesis" |
| 8:00 pm - 8:30 pm | Trevor Williams (Denver)
"Ap-2a transcription factor performs multiple functions in mammalian craniofacial development" |
| 8:30 pm - 9:00 pm | David Ornitz (St Louis)
"FGF signaling in skeletal development" |
| 9:00 pm - 9:30 pm | Richard Maas (Harvard)
"Genetic interactions in tooth development" |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CRANIAL SUTURES |
| Discussion Leader: Gillian Morriss-Kay (Oxford) |
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Lynn Opperman (Baylor)
"Tissue interactions, TGFßs and craniofacial sutures" |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Sachiko Iseki (Tokyo)
"BMP7 and frontal bone growth"
|
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | Rob Maxson (USC)
"Function of Msx and Twist in mouse calvarial morphogenesis" |
| 11:05 am - 11:20 am | Ron Deckelbaum (NYU)
"A novel role for Engrailed-1 in calvarial bone formation"
|
| 11:20 am - 11:55 am | Michael Longaker (Stanford)
"Posterior frontal suture fusion in mice and rats" |
| 11:55 am - 12:30 pm | Andrew Wilkie (Oxford)
"Craniosysnostosis: lessons from human genetics" |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | HUMAN GENETICS |
| Discussion Leader: Jeff Murray (Iowa) |
| 7:30 pm - 8:10 pm | Mike Dixon (Manchester)
"The use of mouse and chick in the analysis of human cleft palate loci" |
| 8:10 pm - 8:50 pm | Mike Lovett (St. Louis)
"Gene expression profiles of embryonic craniofacial structures in humans and mice" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:30 pm | David Fitzpatrick (Edinburgh)
"Levels of evidence: when does a candidate gene become causal" |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | TISSUE ENGINEERING |
| Discussion Leader: Hal Slavkin (USC) |
| 9:00 am - 9:35 am | Mary MacDougall (San Antonio)
"The next generation of dental materials: clinical applications of tissue engineering" |
| 9:35 am - 9:50 am | Masahiro Saito (Japan)
"Identification of cementoblast progenitor and its prospect of regeneration medicine for periodontium"
|
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:05 am | Pam Yelick (Boston)
"Fishing for clues to human tooth regeneration" |
| 11:05 am - 11:40 am | Songtao Shi (Bethesda)
"Skeletal stem cells in regenerative medicine"
|
| 11:40 am - 12:15 pm | David Mooney (Ann Arbor)
"Instructive polymers for tissue regeneration" |
| 12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Catherine Cowan (UCLA)
"Bone Morphogenetic Protein-2 and Retinoic Acid Accelerate In Vivo Bone Formation, Osteoclast Recruitment, and Bone Turnover"
|
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
| 4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | KEYNOTE |
| Owen Lovejoy (Ohio)
"Facing the facts of life: Human origins as an adaptive suite" |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Depart |
