Sunday |
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm | Welcome / Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff |
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm | Late-Breaking Topics |
| Discussion Leaders: Lena Kjellen (Uppsala University, Sweden) and Thomas Neill (Thomas Jefferson University, USA) |
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm | Jeffrey Esko (University of California, San Diego, USA) "Ups and Downs of Heparan Sulfate" |
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion |
7:55 pm - 8:10 pm | Laura Kiessling (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) "Glycosaminoglycans and Human Pluripotent Stem Cells" |
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Rogier Reijmers (VU University Medical Center Amsterdam, The Netherlands) "Dermatan Sulfate Expression in the Lymph Node Determines Efficacy of the Adaptive Immune Response" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Aaron Petrey (Cleveland Clinic, USA) "Hyaluronan Depolymerization by Megakaryocyte Hyaluronidase-2 Is Required for Thrombopoiesis" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Claire Reynolds (The Pennsylvania State University, USA) "Heparan Sulfate Proteoglycans Negatively Regulate Autophagy" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:25 pm | Randy Schekman (University of California, Berkeley, USA) "Membrane Assembly and Vesicular Transport" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Monday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Proteoglycans: Partners in Cell Signaling and Trafficking |
| Discussion Leaders: Pascale Zimmermann (Centre de Recherche en Cancérologie de Marseille, France / Katholieke Universiteit Leuven, Belgium) and Lianchun Wang (University of Georgia, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Mattias Belting (Lund University, Sweden) "Proteoglycan Mediated Endocytosis - Implications in Tumor Development" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Shyam Bandari (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA) "Chemoexosomes Secreted by Myeloma Cells Deliver Heparanase that Regulates the Behavior of Tumor and Host Cells" |
9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 9:55 am | Sarah Haeger (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus, USA) "Heparan Sulfate Is Shed into the Alveolus After Intratracheal Lung Injury and Facilitates Alveolar Epithelial Growth Factor Signaling and Lung Repair" |
9:55 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:20 am | Thomas Kornberg (University of California, San Francisco, USA) "Paracrine Signaling Requires Specific HSPGs in a Structured ECM" |
10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Tatjana Piotrowski (Stowers Institute for Medical Research, USA) "Signaling Interactions that Control Sensory Lateral Line Development in Zebrafish" |
11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Yingjie Shen (Ohio State University, USA) "Role of PTPsigma in Alzheimer's Disease" |
11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Herbert Geller (National Heart, Lung and Blood Institute, NIH, USA) "Identification of Novel GAG Chain Binding Characteristics in Type IIa Receptor Protein Tyrosine Phosphatases: Implications for Proteoglycan Signaling" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 11:55 am | Thomas Neill (Thomas Jefferson University, USA) "A Novel Mechanistic Link Between Decorin-Evoked Peg3 and TFEB for Endothelial Cell Autophagy" |
11:55 am - 12:00 pm | Discussion |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Karthikeyan Mythreye (University of South Carolina, USA) "Beyond TGF-β Coreception: Proteoglycan State Dependent Regulation of Signaling by TβRIII/Betaglycan" |
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Previews |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Technology Advances and State-of-the-Art Methods for Proteoglycan Research |
| Discussion Leaders: Robert Linhardt (Rensselaer Polytechnic Institute, USA) and Matthew Nugent (University of Massachusetts Lowell, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Geert-Jan Boons (University of Georgia, USA) "An Integrated Approach to Uncover Ligands of Heparan Sulfate Binding Proteins" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Linda Hsieh-Wilson (California Institute of Technology, USA) "Chemical Approaches to Studying Glycosaminoglycans and Their Roles in Axon Regeneration and Neural Circuit Formation" |
8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:40 pm | Jennifer Ashworth (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) "Multicellular 3D Models of Human Breast Tissue to Replace Rodent Xenograft Models in Breast Cancer Research" |
8:40 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Bradley Whitehead (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) "Targeting Proteoglycan Metabolites for Increased Nanoparticle Retention in Articular Cartilage Models of Osteoarthritis" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | Ralf Richter (CIC biomaGUNE, Spain) "Single Molecule Force Probe Assays Reveal Distinct Unbinding Mechanics of Hyaluronan from Its Vascular and Lymphatic Endothelial Receptors CD44 and LYVE-1" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Joseph Zaia (Boston University Medical Campus, USA) "Comprehensive Glycoproteomics of Glioblastoma Biospecimens" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Tuesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
8:30 am | Group Photo |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Development and Stem Cells |
| Discussion Leaders: Natasza Kurpios (Cornell University, USA) and Yu Yamaguchi (Sanford Burnham Prebys Medical Discovery Institute, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Molly Shoichet (University of Toronto, Canada) "Defined Hyaluronan Hydrogels to Emulate the Cell Microenvironment" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Vaishali Patel (National Institutes of Health, USA) "Characterization of Hs3st3a1 and Hs3st3b1 Double
Knockout Mice to Study Salivary Gland Development" |
9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:05 am | Larisa Haupt (Queensland University of Technology, Australia) "Proteoglycans and Neural Lineage Commitment: Can We Control Neural Fate?" |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Karin Forsberg-Nilsson (University of Uppsala, Sweden) "Role of Heparan Sulfate in Differentiation of Embryonic Stem Cells to the Neural Lineage" |
10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Roger Pocock (Monash University, Australia) "Non-Canonical TGF-Beta Signalling Drives Neuronal Guidance" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | Xiaofang Wang (Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry, USA) "FAM20B-Catalyzed Proteoglycans Are Critical Regulators of the Signaling Cascades that Control Tooth Number" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Andrew Chisholm (University of California, San Diego, USA) "Neural Development in C. elegans" |
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Previews |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Ageing and Chronic Diseases |
| Discussion Leaders: Eri Hirasawa-Arikawa (Juntendo University, Japan) and Dada Pisconti (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Dulce Papy-Garcia (Université Paris-Est Créteil Val-de-Marne, France) "Heparan Sulfate 3-O-Sulfotransferases in Ageing and Alzheimer's Disease-Related Tauopathy" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Taihei Yamada (Research Institute for Diseases of Old Age, Graduate School of Medicine, Juntendo University, Japan) "Age-Associated Changes in Heparan Sulfate Structures Impair FGF-2 Signaling in Neurogenesis" |
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm | Maurizio Pacifici (Children's Hospital of Philadelphia, USA) "Roles of Heparan Sulfate Deficiency in the Pathogenesis of Hereditary Multiple Exostoses, a Pediatric Disorder" |
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm | Discussion |
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Tarsis Ferreira (University of Cincinnati, USA) "Gene Therapy of Mucopolysaccharidosis with CRISPR/Cas9-Mediated Genomic DNA Editing" |
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Vincent Hascall (Cleveland Clinic, USA) "The Non-Reducing Terminal Trisaccharide of Heparin Blocks Glucose Uptake in Hyperglycemic Dividing Cells" |
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Wednesday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Bioengineering and Regenerative Medicine |
| Discussion Leaders: Catherine Merry (University of Nottingham, United Kingdom) and John Whitelock (University of New South Wales, Australia) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Karen Christman (University of California, San Diego, USA) "ECM-Based Hydrogels for Regenerative Medicine" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:50 am | Glenn Prestwich (University of Utah, USA) "HA or Not HA? Clinical Paths for Chemically-Modified Hyaluronan" |
9:50 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am - 10:10 am | Megan Lord (University of New South Wales, Australia) "Bioengineering Proteoglycan-Based Biomaterials for Vascular Applications" |
10:10 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Christine Kern (Medical University of South Carolina, USA) "Three-Dimensional Reconstructions of Extracellular Matrix Remodeling and Lineage-Traced Cells Give Insight into Outflow Tract Development" |
10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:20 am | Valerie Weaver (University of California, San Francisco, USA) "Forcing Form and Function" |
11:20 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 11:40 am | John Couchman (University of Copenhagen, Denmark) "Syndecan-4, TRPC Channels and the Interplay Between Cell-ECM and Cell-Cell Adhesion" |
11:40 am - 11:45 am | Discussion |
11:45 am - 12:05 pm | Alyssa Panitch (University of California, Davis, USA) "Functional Proteoglycan Mimetic: Targeting the Extracellular Matrix for Regenerative Medicine" |
12:05 pm - 12:15 pm | Discussion |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Previews |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:00 pm - 7:30 pm | 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 |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Musculoskeletal Biology and Disease |
| Discussion Leaders: Andrea Vortkamp (University of Duisburg-Essen, Germany) and Marian Young (National Institutes of Health, USA) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Nancy Schwartz (University of Chicago, USA) "Proteoglycans in Development" |
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm | Dada Pisconti (University of Liverpool, United Kingdom) "Syndecan-3 in the Musculoskeletal System: A Double-Edged Sword" |
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
8:15 pm - 8:25 pm | Clare Hughes (Cardiff University, United Kingdom) "Degradation of Aggrecan by Exosomes Isolated from HEK293 Cell Lines Stably Transfected with Truncated ADAMTS4 Constructs and Its Two Isoforms" |
8:25 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Brendan Lee (Baylor College of Medicine, USA) "Bone Mass and Collagen-Small Leucine Rich Proteoglycan Interactions" |
8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm | David Briggs (Imperial College London, United Kingdom) "Laminin Binds to a Novel GAG-Like Polysaccharide on the Dystroglycan Matrix Receptor" |
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm | Discussion |
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm | Anthony Day (University of Manchester, United Kingdom) "TSG-6 Protects Cartilage and Bone Matrix: Its Development as a Biological for Musculoskeletal Disease" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Thursday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | Cancer and Infectious Diseases |
| Discussion Leaders: Joanna Phillips (University of California, San Francisco, USA) and Ralph Sanderson (University of Alabama at Birmingham, USA) |
9:00 am - 9:20 am | Alan Rapraeger (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) "Syndecans and Synstatins: Targeting Receptor Tyrosine Kinases in Cancer" |
9:20 am - 9:30 am | Discussion |
9:30 am - 9:40 am | Nikos Karamanos (University of Patras, Greece) "Estrogen Receptors, EGFR and IGFR Cross-Talk and Syndecan-4 Are Key Regulators of Breast Cancer Cells" |
9:40 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
9:45 am - 10:05 am | Katalin Dobra (Karolinska Institute, Sweden) "Signaling Pathways Regulated by Nuclear Syndecan-1 in Malignancy" |
10:05 am - 10:15 am | Discussion |
10:15 am - 10:25 am | Joji Iida (Windber Research Institute, USA) "Role for Chondroitin Sulfate in NEDD9-Mediated Promoting Breast Cancer Cell Growth" |
10:25 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
10:30 am - 11:00 am | Coffee Break |
11:00 am - 11:10 am | Yeojung Kim (Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute, USA) "Hyaluronan 35 kDa Treatment Induces Epithelial Tight Junction Protein ZO-1 In Vivo and May Be a Mechanism of Protection in Mice from Citrobacter Infection" |
11:10 am - 11:15 am | Discussion |
11:15 am - 11:25 am | Eric Schmidt (University of Colorado School of Medicine, USA) "Urinary Glycosaminoglycans as Predictors of Septic Shock Outcomes" |
11:25 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:00 pm | Ulf Lindahl (Uppsala University, Sweden) "Heparin - Past, Present and Future" |
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm | Discussion |
12:10 pm - 12:30 pm | Poster Previews |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Cardiovascular Disease and Inflammatory Processes |
| Discussion Leaders: Carol De La Motte (Cleveland Clinic, USA) and Jin-Ping Li (Uppsala University, Sweden) |
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Paul Bollyky (Stanford University, USA) "Regulation of Adaptive Immunity by Proteoglycans and Hyaluronan" |
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm | Discussion |
7:55 pm - 8:15 pm | Jens Fischer (Heinrich-Heine-Universitat Dusseldorf, Germany) "Hyaluronan Synthesis in Cardiovascular Disease" |
8:15 pm - 8:20 pm | Discussion |
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm | Liliana Schaefer (University of Frankfurt, Germany) "Bimodal Signaling of Biglycan in Inflammation" |
8:35 pm - 8:40 pm | Discussion |
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm | Mari Strand (Institute for Experimental Medical Research (IEMR), University of Oslo / Oslo University Hospital, Norway) "The Heparanase-Syndecan-4 Axis in the Heart: Upregulation in Response to Immune Activation Indicates a Role in Cardiac Inflammation" |
8:50 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
8:55 pm - 9:05 pm | Prem Raj Joseph (University of Texas Medical Branch, USA) "Structural Basis of GAG-Chemokine Interactions: Implications for In Vivo Neutrophil Trafficking" |
9:05 pm - 9:10 pm | Discussion |
9:10 pm - 9:25 pm | Rashmin Savani (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, USA) "The Hyaluronan Receptor CD44 Is Necessary for TLR4 Activation of the NLRP3 Inflammasome and the Development of Bronchopulmonary Dysplasia (BPD)" |
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
Friday |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Departure |