Conference Description
The Elastin, Elastic Fibers and Microfibrils GRS provides a unique forum for young doctoral and post-doctoral researchers to present their work, discuss new methods, cutting edge ideas, and pre-published data, as well as to build collaborative relationships with their peers. Experienced mentors and trainee moderators will facilitate active participation in scientific discussion to allow all attendees to be engaged participants rather than spectators.
The Elastin, Elastic Fibers and Microfibrils Gordon Research Seminar (GRS) will provide in-depth discussion of elastic tissue biology with an emphasis on sessions that delve into mechanisms governing the timing and extent of elastic fiber protein production and their contribution to disease. Sessions cover a broad range of topics including molecular properties of elastin relevant to biomaterials, mechanisms of transcriptional and translational control, inflammation and maintenance of elastic fibers, novel imaging and big data techniques to quantify elastin and assess its impact, and sex and tissue specific control of elastin deposition. Similar to the GRC, sessions are focused on disease mechanisms relevant to the biology discussed in the other sessions and cover a comprehensive set of key organ systems: heart, lung, musculoskeletal, integumentary and ophthalmologic. Topics on women’s health as they relate to the regenerative potential of elastic fibers and one on therapeutics are also included.
Application Instructions
The seminar will feature approximately 10 talks and 2 poster sessions. All attendees are expected to actively participate in the GRS, either by giving an oral presentation or presenting a poster. Therefore, all applications must include an abstract.
The seminar chair will select speakers from abstracts submitted by April 20, 2025. Those applicants who are not chosen for talks and those who apply after the deadline to be considered for an oral presentation will be expected to present a poster. In order to participate, you must submit an application by the date indicated in the Application Information section above.
Program Format
Gordon Research Seminars are 2-day meetings which take place on the Saturday and Sunday just prior to the start of the associated GRC. The GRS opens with a 1-hour introductory session on Saturday afternoon, followed by a poster session, dinner and a 2-hour session in the evening. Sunday morning begins with breakfast and is followed by another 2-hour session, a second poster session, and lunch. A final 1-hour session takes place just after lunch, and the associated GRC begins later that evening.
An outline of the program components for this GRS is displayed below. The seminar chair is currently developing their detailed program schedule, which will include the speakers they select from submitted abstracts, in addition to any additional components outlined below. The detailed program will be available by May 27, 2025. Please check back for updates.
Keynote Speaker
Speakers
- To Be Selected from Submitted Abstracts
Discussion Leaders
- Additional Discussion Leaders May Be Selected from Submitted Abstracts
Mentorship Component
- "Starting Your Career in Science and Research"
