| SATURDAY |
| 1:30 pm - 4:30 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:00 pm - 3:15 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | Keynote Session: Interactions of Stem Cells with Their Niche |
| Discussion Leaders: Sarah Millar (University of Pennsylvania) and Fang Liu (University of Pennsylvania) |
| 3:15 pm - 3:45 pm | Mayumi Ito (New York University)
"Heterotypic stem cell communication during hair follicle regeneration"
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| 3:45 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Skin Appendage and Epithelial Morphogenesis, Stem Cells and Regeneration |
| Discussion Leaders: Mayumi Ito (New York University) and Peggy Myung (Yale University) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Laura Ahtiainen (University of Helsinki)
"Imaging epithelial morphogenesis in live embryonic tissue on a single cell level in the developing hair placode" |
| 5:50 pm - 5:55 pm | Discussion |
| 5:55 pm - 6:15 pm | Mingang Xu (University of Pennsylvania)
"Identification of Wnt ligands and secreted inhibitors required for ectodermal appendage development and patterning" |
| 6:15 pm - 6:20 pm | Discussion |
| 6:20 pm - 6:40 pm | Ryan Driskell (University of Cambridge)
"Dermal papilla cell function and its role in hair follicle formation" |
| 6:40 pm - 6:45 pm | Discussion |
| 6:45 pm - 6:55 pm | Yanne Doucet (Columbia University Medical Center)
"The touch dome defines a new niche in the skin epidermis" |
| 6:55 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:10 pm | Ritsuko Morita (Riken Center for Development Biology)
"Analysis of Tooth Germ Epithelium Morphogenesis by Four-dimensional Cell Tracking as a Quantitative Kinetic Analysis System" |
| 7:10 pm - 7:15 pm | Discussion |
| 7:15 pm - 7:25 pm | Catherine Lu (Rockefeller University)
"Identification of Stem Cell Populations in Sweat Glands and Ducts Reveals Roles in Homeostasis and Wound Repair" |
| 7:25 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Epigenetic Mechanisms, Genomic Approaches and Evo-Devo Relationships in Epithelial Biology |
| Discussion Leaders: Valerie Horsley (Yale University) and Jill Goldstein (Yale University) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Markus Kretz (Regensburg University)
"Control of epidermal differentiation by long noncoding RNAs" |
| 9:20 am - 9:25 am | Discussion |
| 9:25 am - 9:45 am | Yana Kamberov (Harvard University)
"Genetic specification of hair and sweat gland density" |
| 9:45 am - 9:50 am | Discussion |
| 9:50 am - 10:10 am | Paul Giresi (Stanford University)
"Epigenomic profiling of rare and dynamic cell populations" |
| 10:10 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
| 10:15 am - 10:25 am | Gopinath Meenakshi Sundaram (Institute of Medical Biology of Singapore)
"See-saw expression of microRNA-198 and FSTL1 protein from a single mRNA in cutaneous wound healing" |
| 10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:40 am | Giovanni Zito (Yale University)
"Stem cells and their signals during skin tumor regression" |
| 10:40 am - 10:45 am | Discussion |
| 10:45 am - 10:55 am | Jill Goldstein (Yale University)
"Calcineurin/NFAT signaling links hormonal changes during pregnancy to hair growth" |
| 10:55 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 - 2:10 pm | Mechanisms Underlying Cancer Progression in Diverse Epithelia |
| Discussion Leaders: Markus Kretz (Regensburg University) and Claire Higgins (Columbia University) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Khalil Kass Youssef (University Libre De Bruxelles)
"Identification of the cellular origin and the molecular mechanisms controlling basal cell carcinoma initiation" |
| 1:50 pm - 1:55 pm | Discussion |
| 1:55 pm - 2:05 pm | Ryan Hobbs (Johns Hopkins University)
"Keratin 17-dependent expression of Autoimmune regulator (Aire) regulates the immune response during skin tumorigenesis" |
| 2:05 pm - 2:10 pm | Discussion |
| 2:10 pm - 2:40 pm | Mentorship Session |
| Valerie Horsley (Yale University)
"Get a life! Success in your academic career" |
| 2:40 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. |
