| 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 Laura Hernandez (University of Wisconsin, Kristina Trujillo, University of New Mexico) |
| 3:15 pm - 4:00 pm | New Challenges and opportunities related to succeeding in research |
| 3:15 pm - 3:30 pm | Morgan Giddings (Boise State University)
"How to write killer proposals and avoid career burnout" |
| 3:30 pm - 3:40 pm | Discussion |
| 3:40 pm - 3:55 pm | Leslie Reinlib (NIHES)
"Granstmanship 101" |
| 3:55 pm - 4:00 pm | Discussion |
| 4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster Session I |
| 5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | Mammary Gland Development and Lactation |
| Discussion Leader: Kate Hughes (Cambridge University) and Irina Babina (Royal College of Surgeons in Ireland) |
| 5:30 pm - 5:50 pm | Swathi Bisana (Deakin University)
"Identification and functional characterization of a novel monotreme-specific protein expressed during lactation"
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| 5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | Discussion |
| 6:00 pm - 6:20 pm | Yan Ru Gao (Anzac Research Institute)
"Androgen receptor inactivation accelereates mammary growth and influences mammary function in female mice"
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| 6:20 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
| 6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Paul Hamel (University of Toronto)
"Pubescent mammary gland morphogenesis requires an intact hedgehog-signaling pathway"
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| 6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
| 7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Stephanie Easter (University of Alabama-Birmingham)
"TGF-beta and Wnt5a regulate mammary stem cells by antagonism of canonical Wnt signaling"
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| 7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm | Dinner |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Tumor Microenvironment |
| Discussion Leaders: Lauren Rota (UMDNJ) |
| 9:00 am - 9:20 am | Anupama Chandramouli (New York University Medical Center)
"The role of hedgehog signaling in the tumor microenvironment"
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| 9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
| 9:30 am - 9:50 am | Jamie Stanford (Vanderbilt University)
"Role of MerTK-directed efferocytosis in breast cancer"
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| 9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Lisa Arendt (Tufts University)
"Obesity-like adipose stroma promotes angiogenesis in a humanized mouse model of breast cancer"
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| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Mercedes Szpunar (University of Rochester Medical Center)
"Evidence for sympathetic nervous system modulation of mammary tumor pathogenesis via tumor collagen" |
| 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 | Tumor Initiation/Prevention |
| Discussion Leaders: Homer Adams (Baylor College of Medicine) and Kelly Scribner (Texas A&M University) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Johanna De Groot (UMC Utrecht, The Netherlands)
"Intraductal chemotherapy in the prevention of breast cancer"
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| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | David Vaught (Vanderbilt University)
"Breast cancer prevention through targeting the silent ErbB receptor, ErbB3"
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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. |
