Saturday
1:00 pm - 5:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
3:30 pm - 3:45 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRS Chair
3:45 pm - 4:30 pm
Keynote Session: Advances in Understanding Structural and Cellular Morphology Underlying the Craniofacial Complex
Discussion Leader: Daniel Graf (University of Alberta, Canada)
3:45 pm - 3:50 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
3:50 pm - 4:20 pm
Susan Herring (University of Washington, United States)
"The Nasal Septum: Is it a Growth Cartilage?"
4:20 pm - 4:30 pm
Discussion
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Foundations of Craniofacial Tissue Engineering and Regeneration with Applications in Translational Medicine
Discussion Leader: Jack Morgan (King's College London, United Kingdom)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:55 pm
Waheed Awotoye (University of Iowa/ Postdoctoral Research Fellow, United States)
"Next Generation Sequencing Analysis of Case-Parent Trios Reveals De-Novo Mutations Associated with Nonsyndromic Cleft Lip/Palate"
7:55 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:15 pm
Meiwand Bedar (David Geffen School of Medicine, University of California, Los Angeles (UCLA), United States)
"Osteogenesis on Nanoparticulate Mineralized Collagen Scaffolds is Mediated by Sodium Phosphate Symporters"
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Xiaotian Feng (Case Western Reserve University, United States)
"Climbing to the Top: Fibronectin-Mediated Apical Expansion of Calvarial Osteoblasts in Development and Disease"
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm
Discussion
8:40 pm - 8:55 pm
Kelly Huang (University of California, Los Angeles Department of Plastic Surgery, United States)
"The Crosstalk Between Mechanotransduction and Canonical Wnt in Osteogenesis on Nanoparticulate Mineralized Collagen Glycosaminoglycan"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:15 pm
Jeremie Oliver Piña (National Institutes of Health, United States)
"Spatiotemporal Resolution of Embryonic Palate Osteogenesis"
9:15 pm - 9:20 pm
Discussion
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
General Discussion
Sunday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 11:00 am
From Physiology to Pathology: Mechanisms of Craniofacial Morphogenesis
Discussion Leaders: Soma Dash (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, United States)
9:00 am - 9:10 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:10 am - 9:25 am
Kelsey Elliott (University of Southern California, United States)
"Modular Control of Cranial Skeletal Connectivity Through Joint-Specific Enhancers"
9:25 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:45 am
Jaime Espina (Instituto Gulbenkian de Ciência (IGC), Portugal)
"Microtubule Acetylation and E-Cadherin Interplay at the Onset Of Collective Cell Migration"
9:45 am - 9:50 am
Discussion
9:50 am - 10:05 am
Jennyfer Mitchell (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, United States)
"A Patterning Code for the Vertebrate Neurocranium"
10:05 am - 10:10 am
Discussion
10:10 am - 10:25 am
Aonjittra Phanrungsuwan (The Ohio State University, United States)
"Response of Cellular Cementum vs. Alveolar Bone to Challenge in the Absence of Sclerostin"
10:25 am - 10:30 am
Discussion
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Hiroki Ueharu (University of Michigan School of Dentistry, United States)
"Augmentation of BMP Signaling Leads to Ectopic Cartilages Through Changes in Chromatin Structures"
10:45 am - 10:50 am
Discussion
10:50 am - 11:00 am
General 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: Perspectives on Pursuing a Career in Academia
Discussion Leaders: Neha Shroff (UCSF, United States) and Madrikha Saturne (Department of Genetics and Genomic Sciences, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai, United States)
1:30 pm - 1:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
1:40 pm - 2:30 pm
Panel Discussion
Career Mentorship
Tamara Franz-Odendaal (Mount Saint Vincent University, Canada)
Susan Herring (University of Washington, United States)
Daniel Graf (University of Alberta, Canada)
2:30 pm - 3:00 pm
Evaluation Period
Complete the GRS Evaluation Forms; Election of Future Chair(s)
3:00 pm
Seminar Concludes
