| 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 | Discussion Leaders: Katja Schenke-Layland (Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart, Germany) and Sandeep M. Khatri (University of Pittsburgh, USA) |
| 3:45 pm - 4:15 pm | Keynote Speaker: Elaine Davis (McGill, Montreal, Canada)
"Elastic fiber assembly: Insights from the electron microscope" |
| 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: Robert Mecham (Washington University, Seattle, USA) and Kristin Kumashiro (University of Hawai, USA) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Lisa Muiznieks (The Hospital for Sick Children, Toronto, Canada)
"Understanding elastin self-assembly: maturation of the elastin coacervate"
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| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Yoshito Yamashiro (UT Southwestern Medical Center, USA)
"Identification of Key Modulators Involved In Aortic Aneurysm Formation In Fibulin-4 Deficient Mice" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Charu Munjal (Cincinnati Childrens Hospital Medical Center, USA)
"Elastase mediated p-Erk1/2 activation in Emilin1 deficient model of Aortic Valve Disease"
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| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Mareike Dabisch-Ruthe (Heart and Diabetes Center Bad Oeynhausen, Germany)
"Characterization of cellular pyrophosphate homeostasis as cause of ectopic calcification in Pseudoxanthoma elasticum"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Panel Discussion: "Where to find a job and how to be successful in it" |
| Abhay Pandit (NUI Galway, Ireland), Tony Weiss (Sydney, Australia), Scott Goldmann (DSM Biomedical, Exton, USA), Todd McDevitt (Georgia Tech, Atlanta, USA)
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| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Elastin Associated Proteins and Microfibrils |
| Discussion Leaders: Brigida Bochicchio (University of Basilicata, Italy) and Hiromi Yanasigawa (UTSW, USA)
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| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Rachael Andrie (Oregon Health & Science University, USA)
"The role of fibrillin-1 in emphysema"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Alexander Wohl (University of Cologne, Germany)
"Molecular requirements for the regulation of BMP growth factor activity by fibrillin"
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| 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, Elastic fibers and Microfibrils in Regenerative Medicine |
| Discussion Leaders: Katja Schenke-Layland (Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart, Germany) and Gerhard Sengle (University of Cologne, Germany) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Giselle Yeo (University of Sydney, Australia)
"Biological and structural properties of human tropoelastin with a revived 'fossil' domain 22"
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| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Svenja Hinderer (Fraunhofer IGB Stuttgart, Germany)
"Upregulation of (tropo-)elastin expression in a 3D dynamic bioreactor system"
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| 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. |
