| 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 | Learning from each other: Development and Oncogenesis (Equally Insightful Vantage Points of Mammary Gland Biology) |
| 3:45 pm - 3:50 pm | Discussion Leader: Gat Rauner (The Volcani Center, Israel)
"Introduction" |
| 3:50 pm - 4:05 pm | Daniel Neuman (University of Kansas)
"Intracellular Molecular Profiling of Single Live Mouse Mammary Tumor Initiating Cells by Raman Spectroscopy"
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| 4:05 pm - 4:10 pm | Discussion |
| 4:10 pm - 4:25 pm | Teresa Ho (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"The Transcriptional Regulators Zfp157 and Gata3 Regulate Nucleolar Dynamics and possibly the DNA Damage Response in Mammary Epithelial Cells"
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| 4:25 pm - 4:30 pm | Discussion |
| 4:30 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I (Last names A-J) |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Local Regulation of the Mammary Gland |
| 7:30 pm - 7:35 pm | Discussion Leader: Teresa Monkkonen (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Introduction" |
| 7:35 pm - 7:55 pm | Teresa Chinesta (University of Valencia, Spain)
"A Dual Role for Calpain in Mammary Gland Involution: Epithelial Apoptosis and Adipocyte Differentiation"
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| 7:55 pm - 8:05 pm | Discussion |
| 8:05 pm - 8:25 pm | Gwyndolen Harburg (University of California, Santa Cruz)
"The Role of SLIT/ROBO Signaling in Mammary Stem Cells Self-Renewal"
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| 8:25 pm - 8:35 pm | Discussion |
| 8:35 pm - 8:55 pm | Lara Alvarez de Lacerda (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, Texas)
"EGFR Tyrosine Kinase Inhibitor, Erlotinib, Abolishes Mesenchymal Stem Cell-Induced Metastasis in an Inflammatory Breast Cancer Xenograft Model"
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| 8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Discussion |
| 9:05 pm - 9:20 pm | Ingrid Runquist (Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, Texas)
"Modeling Duct Growth and Terminal End Bud (TEB) behavior in the Mouse Mammary Gland"
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| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 11:00 am | Tumor microenvironment |
| 9:00 am - 9:05 am | Discussion Leader: Lisa Arendt (Tufts University)
"Introduction" |
| 9:05 am - 9:25 am | Gerjon Ikink (Netherlands Cancer Institute)
"PI3K Pathway Activating Genes Collaborating with ErbB2/HER2 in Mammary Cancer"
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| 9:25 am - 9:35 am | Discussion |
| 9:35 am - 9:55 am | Valerie Cortez (Univ. of Texas Health Science Center, San Antonio, Texas)
"A Novel Inducible Mammary Gland-Specific PELP1 Murine Model"
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| 9:55 am - 10:05 am | Discussion |
| 10:05 am - 10:25 am | Bruno Simoes (Paterson Institute, United Kingdom)
"Breast Cancer Stem Cells: Are they Responsible for Endocrine Therapy Resistance?"
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| 10:25 am - 10:35 am | Discussion |
| 10:35 am - 10:50 am | Elvira Khialeeva (University of California, Los Angeles)
"Reelin Signaling in Tumor Microenvironment Promotes Metastatic Behavior of Mammary Carcinoma Cells"
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| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II (Last names K-Z) |
| 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 | Career Panel: "Your Next Career Step: Lessons Learned and Preparation for Success" |
| An open forum (Town Hall) dialogue between panel and attendees |
| Discussion Leader: Alison Obr (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Introduction" |
| 1:30 pm - 2:25 pm | Panel Discussion: Junior faculty members Jodie Fleming (North Carolina Central University) and Kristina Trujillo (University of New Mexico), along with postdoctoral fellows |
| 2:25 pm - 2:30 pm | Mentor's final thoughts |
| 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. |
