Sunday
4:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Gene Regulatory Networks
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
"Genome-Wide Regulatory Profiling of Cranial Neural Crest Reveals Network of cis-Regulatory Elements and Super Enhancer-Like Clusters Controlling Neural Crest Master Regulators"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"The Ectodermal Placodes in Tunicates and the Evolution of Secondary Sensory Cells"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"Ancient Evolutionary Origin of Vertebrate Enteric Nervous System from Trunk Neural Crest-Derived Precursors"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:30 am
"Tracing the Evolutionary Origins of Neural Crest and Placodes: Insights
from the Cephalochordate Amphioxus"
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:30 am
"Conserved and Divergent Functions for Endothelin Signaling in Lamprey and Gnathostomes Suggest a New Role in Patterning the Head Skeleton and Jaws"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
"From
Placode to Hearing: Evolution and Development of the Vertebrate Ear"
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
Power Hour
The GRC Power Hour is an optional informal gathering open to all meeting participants. It is designed to help address the challenges women face in science and support the professional growth of women in our communities by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
The Border Zone and Regional Patterning
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"Control of Placode Progenitor Formation by Retinoic Acid: A Balancing
Act"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"RAR and Wnt Signaling Converge on Znf703, a Novel RA Target Which Inhibits Otic Fate and Neural Crest Induction"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"The Role of Foxi3 in the Regulation of Inner Ear Development"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"Gene Regulatory Control of Neural Crest Axial Identity and Fate"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
EMT, Delamination and Migration
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"ADAM Complex Regulation of Cranial Neural Crest Behavior: From the
Membrane to the Nucleus and Back Again"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"Angiopoietin-2 Signaling Plays a Critical Role in Neural Crest Cell Migration"
9:55 am - 10:05 am
Discussion
10:05 am - 10:30 am
"Epigenetic-microRNA
Regulation Controls Neural Crest Migration"
10:30 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:15 am
Coffee Break
11:15 am - 11:30 am
"Cdc42 Regulates the Cellular Localization of Cdc42ep1 in Controlling Neural Crest Cell Migration"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
"From the Nasal Placode to the Brain: Different Requirements of
Semaphorins and Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor During the Development of
Mouse GnRH-Secreting Neurons"
12:05 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Morphogenesis and Tissue Interactions
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"Role of the Neural Crest in Brain Development and Homoeostasis"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"Neural Crest Cell and Second Heart Field Interactions Orchestrate Cardiac Outflow Tract Development"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"Expression of Endothelins Suggests Multiple Roles in Neural Crest Contribution to the Lateral Wall of the Cochlea"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"Neural Crest Lineages and Innervation of the Lower Urinary Tract"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Cell Fate, Potential and Differentiation
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"Molecular Signaling During Periocular Neural Crest Cell Migration and Differentiation into Ocular Tissues"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"Cranial Neural Crest Does Not Contribute Significantly to Cell-Type Heterogeneity in the Developing Zebrafish Olfactory Placode"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:25 am
"Exclusion of Dlx5/6 Expression from the Distal-Most Mandibular Arches Enables BMP-Mediated Specification of the Distal Cap"
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:25 am
"Impact of SOX2 Dosage on Sensory Neurogenesis and Prosensory Versus Non-Sensory Cell Fate in the Inner Ear"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
"A New Transgenic Xenopus Reporter Line Reveals Dynamic Expression of Snail2 During Cranial Neural Crest Development"
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:15 pm
"Molecular Mechanisms of Autonomic Neuron Development"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"Disrupted Development of Cranial Neural Crest and Placodes in 22Q11 Deletion
Syndrome"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"Mutations in SMCHD1 Are Associated with Congenital Arhinia and Facioscapulohumeral Muscular Dystrophy Type 2"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"Microenvironment-Driven Tumorigenic Events Revealed by a Model Fully Replicating Neuroblastoma"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"The Genetic Complexity of Hereditary Deafness"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Thursday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Business Meeting
Nominations for the Next Vice Chair; Fill in Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss Future Site and Scheduling Preferences; Election of the Next Vice Chair
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Stem Cells and Regeneration
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"Establishing the Pituitary Progenitors in Rathke's Pouch"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 9:55 am
"cMyc Regulates the Size of the Premigratory Neural Crest Stem Cell Pool"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:25 am
"Unique Molecular Pathway Regulating both Olfactory Progenitor Cell and Neural Crest Cell Differentiation"
10:25 am - 10:40 am
Discussion
10:40 am - 11:10 am
Coffee Break
11:10 am - 11:25 am
"Ronin (Thap11): A New Transcription Factor Implicated in Neural Crest and Craniofacial Development"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:45 am
"Controlling for the Unpredictable Contribution of Endogenous BMP Expression During Differentiation of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells into Neural Crest"
11:45 am - 11:50 am
Discussion
11:50 am - 12:15 pm
"Stem Cells, Gene Regulatory Networks and the Evolution
of Vertebrates"
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Diseases of Neural Crest and Cranial Placodes
7:30 pm - 7:55 pm
"GPR101 and Pituitary Tumors"
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
"Investigating the Long-Range Regulation of SOX9 Gene Expression During Cranial Neural Crest Development"
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm
Discussion
8:30 pm - 8:45 pm
"Defining the Spectrum of Phenotypes that Can Be Induced by Different Levels of p53 Activation in Neural Crest Cells"
8:45 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"RNA Binding Proteins in Lens Development and Disease"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure