| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 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 | Elastic Fibers - Past and Future |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Robert Mecham (Washington University, USA)
"Elastic Fiber Biology: Where are we now and where could we go?" |
| 4:15 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Elastin |
| Discussion Leaders: Christopher Bashur (Lerner Research Institute, USA) and Tony Weiss (University of Sydney, AUS) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Giselle C. Yeo (University of Sydney, AUS)
"The tropoelastin bridge region contributes to elastin fiber assembly and cell interactions" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Kazuo Noda (Kansai Medical University, JAP)
"The essential role for LTBP-4 in elastic fiber assembly" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Inkyung Kang (Benaroya Research Institute, USA)
"The regulation of elastin assembly by versican: Effects on inflammatory events" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Gemma Pascual (University of Alcala, SPA)
"Evaluation of several extracellular matrix factors, implicated in the development of elastin, in the subepithelial connective tissue of human pterygium" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Panel Discussion: "How to get a job like mine" |
| Bart Loeys (University of Ghent, Belgium), Katja Schenke-Layland (Fraunhofer IGB, GER), Annette März (Beiersdorf AG, GER) and Richard Pierce (Washington University, USA) |
| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Elastin Associated Proteins: Structure and Assembly |
| Discussion Leaders: Michelle Combs (Washington University, USA) and Cay Kielty (University of Manchester, UK) |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Jelena Djokic (McGill University, CAN)
"Short fibulin proteolysis and cell attachment properties" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Miriam Votteler (Fraunhofer IGB, GER)
"Non-invasive Raman spectroscopy of cardiovascular matrix" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| 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 | Elastin and Elastic Fiber Associated Proteins: Models for Disease |
| Discussion Leaders: Laetitia Sabatier (McGill University, CAN) and Marlene Rabinovitch (Stanford University, USA) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Sandeep M. Khatri (University of Pittsburgh, USA)
"Fibulin-4d is required for cardiovascular and musculoskeletal development as an antagonist of transforming growth factor-beta" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Tadashi Inoue (Kansai Medical University, JAP)
"The role of LTBP-2 in eye development" |
| 2:20 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. |
