| 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 | Evo/Devo & Morphogenetic Variation |
| Discussion Leader: Matthew Harris (Harvard Medical School) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Raul Diaz (Stowers Institute)
"Chameleons: a new model for studying neural crest development in squamates and the evolution of craniofacial novelties and variation"
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| 4:00 pm - 4:05 pm | Discussion |
| 4:05 pm - 4:20 pm | Ryan Bloomquist (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Gene Networks Link Dental Replacement with Morphology"
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| 4:20 pm - 4:25 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (Presenters with last names A-M) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Early Development: Neural Crest And Placodes |
| Discussion Leader: Gage D. Crump (University of Southern California) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:45 pm | Samuel Cox (University of Southern California)
"A dominant variant histone H3.3 mutant reveals a unique epigenetic remodeling event in the specification of the multipotent cranial neural crest"
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| 7:45 pm - 7:50 pm | Discussion |
| 7:50 pm - 8:05 pm | Kristin Watt (Stowers Institute)
"The RNA polymerase subunits Polr1c and Polr1d play critical roles in craniofacial development and the pathogenesis of Treacher Collins syndrome"
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| 8:05 pm - 8:10 pm | Discussion |
| 8:10 pm - 8:25 pm | Ankita Das (University of Southern California)
"Bmps and Id2a act upstream of Twist1 to restrict ectomesenchymal potential of the cranial neural crest"
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| 8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:45 pm | Walid Fakhouri (Michigan State University)
"IRF6 and Twist1 interact genetically during craniofacial development"
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| 8:45 pm - 8:50 pm | Discussion |
| 8:50 pm - 9:05 pm | Shachi Bhatt (Stowers Institute)
"Mammalian cranial placode development depends on WNT signaling which is regulated by med23, a subunit of the global transcription complex, Mediator"
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| 9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
| 9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Monica Tambalo (King's College London)
"Towards a gene regulatory network for otic specification"
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| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Patterning And Morphogenesis |
| Discussion Leader: Ophir Klein (UCSF) |
| 9:00 am - 9:15 am | Dong Han (University of Southern California)
"TGF-beta-Smad4-FGF6 signaling cascade controls myogenic differentiation and myoblast fusion during tongue development"
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| 9:15 am - 9:20 am | Discussion |
| 9:20 am - 9:35 am | Rebecca Green (University of Colorado)
"Morphometric Analysis of Murine Craniofacial Clefts"
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| 9:35 am - 9:40 am | Discussion |
| 9:40 am - 9:55 am | Zichao Zhang (Texas A&M)
"A Fuz-Hedgehog Signaling Transcription Factor Pathway Regulates Mouse Incisor Development"
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| 9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:15 am | Kimberly Inman (Stowers Institute)
"Foxc1 plays a critical role in mammalian jaw patterning and the pathogenesis of syngnathia"
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| 10:15 am - 10:20 am | Discussion |
| 10:20 am - 10:35 am | Karyn Jourdeuil (Mount Saint Vincent University)
"Determining the induction and patterning of papillae that induce neural crest derived flat bones in the chicken skull"
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| 10:35 am - 10:40 am | Discussion |
| 10:40 am - 10:55 am | Eun-Jung Kim (Yonsei University)
"Bmp signaling regulates tooth morphogenesis with Bmpr1b via mir-135a"
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| 10:55 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II (Presenters with last names N-Z) |
| 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 | Signaling And Disease |
| Discussion Leader: Matthew Harris (Harvard Medical School) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:45 pm | Jing Xian Fang (Kyushu University)
"Mitochondria is involved in Miller syndrome by linkage of DHODH"
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| 1:45 pm - 1:50 pm | Discussion |
| 1:50 pm - 2:05 pm | Xiao Li (Texas A&M)
"Transcriptional Hierarchies Reveal a Molecular Basis for Tooth Defects in Axenfeld-Rieger syndrome"
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| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:25 pm | Shih-Kai Wang (University of Michigan)
"FAM20A mutations associated with amelogenesis imperfect and gingival hyperplasia syndrome"
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| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
