| SUNDAY |
| 2:00 pm - 11:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | SYSTEMS ENGINEERING OF CELL GROWTH |
| Discussion Leader: Michael Sheetz (Columbia University) |
| 7:35 pm - 8:05 pm | Viola Vogel (ETH)
"Structural Insights How Force Might Regulate Protein Functions: From Fibronectin to Integrins" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Anand Asthagiri (California Institute of Technology)
"Parsing molecular and cellular crosstalk underpinning multicellular pattern formation" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | Ken Yamada (National Institutes of Health)
"3D Matrix" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| MONDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CELLULAR ASSEMBLY OF MATRICES |
| Discussion Leader: Lucie Germain (University of Laval) |
| 9:05 am - 9:35 am | Fred Keeley (Hospital for Sick Children)
"Self-assembling Matrices Based on Sequences and Domain Structures of Elastins" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Oral Presentation & Discussion chosen from poster session |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Robert Mecham (Washington University in St. Louis)
"Cellular Dynamics and Extracellular Matrix Organization" |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:40 am | Jean Schwarzbauer (Princeton University)
"Fibronectin Matrix Dynamics During Tissue Repair" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Fred Grinnell (UT Southwestern)
"Fibroblasts Interacting With Collagen Matrices Use Microtubules To Balance Actin-Myosin Contractile Tension" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 12:30 pm | Group Photo / 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 | ENGINEERING CELLS AND MATRICES FOR FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Mo Heidaran (Celgene Cellular Therapeutics) |
| 7:35 pm - 8:05 pm | Andres Garcia (Georgia Institute of Technology)
"Integrin-specific Biointerfaces Directing Cell and Host Responses" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Jennifer West (Rice University)
"Cell Migration in Synthetic ECM Analogs" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | Linda Griffith (Massachusetts Institute of Technology)
"Mediating Growth Factor Responses with Tethered Ligands" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| TUESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CELLULAR NANORESPONSES |
| Discussion Leader: Eric Jakobsson (University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign) |
| 9:05 am - 9:35 am | Bob Campenot (University of Alberta)
"The Complexities of Axon Growth and Retrograde NGF Signaling in Neurons in Compartmented Cultures" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Oral Presentation & Discussion chosen from poster session |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Dan Fletcher (UC Berkeley)
"Loading Responses of Dendritic Actin Networks" |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:40 am | Wah Chiu (Baylor College of Medicine)
"Electron Cryomicroscopy of Nanomachine" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Dennis Discher (University of Pennsylvania)
"Mesenchymal Stem Cells sense Tissue Elasticity on 'Small' Length Scales with Non-Muscle Myosin-II, Directing their Specification and Commitment" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 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 | NANOENGINEERING OF MATRICES FOR CELL FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Don Bottaro (National Institutes of Health) |
| 7:35 pm - 8:05 pm | Benny Geiger (Weizmann Institute of Science)
"Regulating the Adhesome" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Christopher Ober (Cornell)
"Building and Patterning Biological-Materials Interfaces" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | Chris Chen (University of Pennsylvania)
"On Cellular and Multicellular Form" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| WEDNESDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CELLULAR SIGNALING FROM MATRICES, HORMONES OR GROWTH FACTORS |
| Discussion Leader: Larry McIntire (Georgia Institute of Technology) |
| 9:05 am - 9:35 am | David Mooney (Harvard University)
"Spatiotemporal Control over Angiogenic Factor Signaling" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Oral Presentation & Discussion chosen from poster session |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Paul Letourneau (University of Minnesota)
"Regulation of Cell Motility by Extracellular Signals" |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:40 am | Rene Marc Mege (Insitut du Fer a Moulin)
"Formation and Mechano-chemical Signalling at Cadherin Adhesions" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Dan Hammer (University of Pennsylvania)
"Traction Microscopy of Cardiovascular Cells" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 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 out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | ENGINEERING CELL RESPONSES TO ECM, HORMONES OR GROWTH FACTORS |
| Discussion Leader: Glenn Prestwich (University of Utah) |
| 7:35 pm - 8:05 pm | Patrick Stayton (University of Washington)
"'Smart' Nanotools that Talk and Listen to Cells" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Lonnie Shea (Northwestern University)
"Paracrine Effects in Directed Tissue Formation" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | Paul Janmey (University of Pennsylvania)
"Cell-type Specific Stiffness Sensing. Differential Responses of Neurons and Astrocytes" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| THURSDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 12:30 pm | REGENERATION AND WOUND HEALING |
| Discussion Leader: Eleni Kousvelaril (NIH) |
| 9:05 am - 9:35 am | Cindi Morshead (University of Toronto)
"Neural Stem Cells: From Basic Biology to CNS Repair" |
| 9:35 am - 9:45 am | Discussion |
| 9:45 am - 10:00 am | Oral Presentation & Discussion chosen from poster session |
| 10:00 am | Coffee Break |
| 10:30 am - 11:00 am | Jay Groves (UC Berkeley)
"Rewiring the T Cell Signaling Network Using Solid-state Nanostructures" |
| 11:00 am - 11:10 am | Discussion |
| 11:10 am - 11:40 am | Malcolm Snead (University of Southern California)
"Biomineralization of Enamel: Analysis of Cell to Matrix Interactions Using a Knock-in Engineered Protein Approach" |
| 11:40 am - 11:50 am | Discussion |
| 11:50 am - 12:20 pm | Gary Levy (University of Toronto)
"The Role of Unique Extracellular Matrix Proteins in Inflammation and Wound Repair" |
| 12:20 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
| 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 | ENGINEERING TISSUE FUNCTION |
| Discussion Leader: Helen Lu |
| 7:35 pm - 8:05 pm | Jonathan Mansbridge (Smith & Nephew)
"Skin substitutes in Chronic Wounds" |
| 8:05 pm - 8:15 pm | Discussion |
| 8:15 pm - 8:45 pm | Alyssa Panitch (Weldon School of Biomedical Engineering)
"The Potential Role of Protein-Polysaccharide Interactions in the Extracellular Matrix" |
| 8:45 pm - 8:55 pm | Discussion |
| 8:55 pm - 9:25 pm | Molly Shoichet (University of Toronto)
"Neural Tissue Engineering" |
| 9:25 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| FRIDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am | Departure |
