Saturday
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:00 pm - 3:15 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:15 pm - 4:00 pm
Keynote Session: Genetics Regulation of Reproductive Organ Development
Discussion Leader: Zuzana VavruĊĦová (University of California, San Francisco, USA)
3:15 pm - 3:45 pm
Richard Behringer (University of Texas MD Anderson Cancer Center, USA)
"Genetics Regulation of Reproductive Organ Development"
3:45 pm - 4:00 pm
Discussion
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Advances on the Regulation of Craniofacial Morphogenesis Integrated with Disease Mechanisms
Discussion Leader: Jennyfer Mitchell (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)
5:30 pm - 5:45 pm
Katherine Woronowicz (Boston Children's Hospital / Harvard Medical School, USA)
"Decoding Developmental Mechanisms Regulating Craniofacial Form and Evolution"
5:45 pm - 5:50 pm
Discussion
5:50 pm - 6:05 pm
Yushi Redhead (The Francis Crick Institute / King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Landmark-Based and a Novel Landmark-Free Analysis for Mapping of the Craniofacial Phenotype in a Mouse Model of Down Syndrome"
6:05 pm - 6:10 pm
Discussion
6:10 pm - 6:25 pm
Yanran Wu (Osaka University, Japan)
"Midfacial Defects Caused by Retinoic Acid Deficiency with Elevated Apoptosis"
6:25 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:45 pm
Lomeli Shull (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA)
"PRDM Histone Methyltransferases Regulate Cranial Neural Crest Development"
6:45 pm - 6:50 pm
Discussion
6:50 pm - 7:05 pm
Jenaid Rees (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"Origin, Function and Evolution of Pharyngeal Arch Signalling Centres in Jawed Vertebrates"
7:05 pm - 7:10 pm
Discussion
7:10 pm - 7:25 pm
Hung-Jhen Chen (University of Southern California, USA)
"Nuclear Receptor Nr5a2 Promotes Tendon at the Expense of Cartilage Fate in the Lower Jaw"
7:25 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
Stem Cell-Based Strategies and New Therapies for Shaping and Regenerating the Craniofacial Complex
Discussion Leader: Daniela Roth (University of Alberta, Canada)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Jonna Petzold (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Mechanoregulation in Embryogenesis"
9:15 am - 9:20 am
Discussion
9:20 am - 9:35 am
Janina Kueper (Center for Regenerative Medicine, Massachusetts General Hospital, USA)
"Not All Craniofacial Anomalies Are Created Equal: Insights from Patient Derived Stem Cell Models"
9:35 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Gabriella Hsia (Institute of Biosciences, University of Sao Paulo, Brazil)
"Treacher Collins Syndrome: Mechanisms Responsible for Clinical Variability and Search of Molecules to Rescue the Phenotype"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:15 am
Ana Caetano (King's College London, United Kingdom)
"Single Cell Transcriptomics of Human Gingiva in Health and Disease"
10:15 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Angela Ruscitto (Columbia University College of Dental Medicine, USA)
"Characterizing Fibrocartilage Stem Cell Critical for TMJ Development and Disease"
10:35 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 10:55 am
Katherine Hixon (Washington University in St. Louis, USA)
"Cryogel Scaffolds to Promote Bone Regeneration in Craniofacial/Maxillofacial Conditions"
10:55 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 - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Mentorship Component: Early Career Professionals Panel
The mentorship component aims to wrap up the Gordon Research Seminars with an informal and inspiring discussion with a panel of recently established scientists and also working within research publicity across the globe. Members of the audience will have the opportunity to ask questions to successful young investigators in the field, as well as learn about career pathways. Not only this will bring a relaxed atmosphere to openly deliberate about career pathways, but it will also prepare the audience to make the most of the exciting upcoming Gordon Research Conference.
Discussion Leader: Karla Terrazas-Falcon (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA)
1:30 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Overcoming Challenges: Academic Demands, Publishing and Other Difficulties
Alexander Eve (Development, Company of Biologists, United Kingdom)
Jennifer Fish (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA)
Marketa Kaucka Petersen (Max Planck Institute for Evolutionary Biology, Germany)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Fill in GRS Evaluation Forms
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes