Sunday
2:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Arrival and Check-in
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introductory Comments by GRC Staff / Welcome and Introduction from the Chairs
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Vertebrates: The Making and Shaping of Bones and Teeth
Discussion Leader: Derk Joester (Northwestern University, United States)
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
Melinda Duer (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom)
"The Role of Poly(ADP Ribose) in Collagen Calcification in Bone and the Vasculature: Insights From Solid-State NMR Spectroscopy and Electron Microscopy"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Janet Moradian-Oldak (University of Southern California, United States)
"The Role of Ameloblastin Multitargeting Domain In Shaping Enamel Prisms"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Emeline Raguin (Max Planck Institute of Colloids and Interfaces, Germany)
"The Mineralization Process in Avian Models"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Invertebrates: Mechanisms for Regulation of CaCO3 Formation
Discussion Leader: Pupa Gilbert (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
Smadar Ben Tabou De Leon (University of Haifa, Israel)
"The Genetic and Mechanical Regulation of Biomineralization in the Sea Urchin Embryo"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Marian Hu (University of Kiel, Germany)
"From Oceans to Molecules: Cellular Mechanisms of Carbon Concentration and pH Regulation in Marine Calcifying Systems"
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:30 am
Tilman Gruenewald (Aix-Marseille Univ, CNRS, Centrale Med, Institut Fresnel, France)
"Formation of Calcareous Biominerals: The Tortuous Path From ACC to a Coherent Crystalline Lattice"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Magdalena Wojtas (Wroclaw University of Science and Technology, Poland)
"A Native Organic Matrix-Based in Vitro Model for Studying the Role of Post-Translational Modifications in Calcium Carbonate Polymorph Selection"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Fiorella Prada (Rutgers, The State University of New Jersey, United States)
"Proteomic Characterization of Foraminiferan Test Organic Matrix Proteins"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Katrein Sauer (University of Haifa, Israel)
"How Coral Skeleton Are Influenced by Ocean Acidification (OA)"
12:25 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
3:00 pm - 4:00 pm
The GRC Power Hour™
The GRC Power Hour™ is designed to address diversity and inclusion in the scientific workplace by providing a safe environment for informal and meaningful conversations amongst colleagues of all career stages. The program supports the professional growth of all members of our communities, including ethnicity, race and/or gender identity by providing an open forum for discussion and mentoring.
Organizers: Melinda Duer (University of Cambridge, United Kingdom) and James Weaver (MIT, United States)
4:00 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 7:00 pm
Dinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm
Formation of Organic Crystals in Animals, Plants and Protists
Discussion Leader: Tali Mass (University of Haifa, Israel)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
Rita Mateus (MPI-CBG and ExC-POL, Germany)
"Form Leading to Function at the Subcellular Scale"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Benjamin Palmer (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"New Insights on Organic Biomineralization From Developing Model Organisms"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Lia Addadi (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Why and How Does the Green Alga Phacotus Lenticularis Form Guanine Crystals?"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Silica Biomineralization in Animals, Plants and Protists
Discussion Leader: James Weaver (MIT, United States)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
Noriaki Ozaki (Akita Prefectural University, Japan)
"Tales of Plant Opal : Nanofiber-Mediated Biosilicification and its Application to the Circular Economy"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Igor Zlotnikov (Center for Molecular Bioengineering, Germany)
"The Origin and Function of Internal Forces in Biomineral Morphogenesis"
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:30 am
Shinya Sato (Fukui Prefectural University, Japan)
"Toward a Better Understanding of Cell Wall Formation in Diatoms: Insights From Morphological and Genetic Perspectives"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
SRINATH PALAKURTHY (The Smith Institute of Plant Sciences and Genetics in Agriculture The Hebrew University of Jerusalem, Israel)
"Silica Biomineralization Alters the Structure and Chemistry of Lignin"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Christina McCutchin (Virginia Tech, United States)
"Decoding Silica-Polysaccharide Interactions: Probing Structure-Function Controls on Silicification"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Vraj Chauhan (University of Houston, United States)
"Elucidating Growth Mechanisms of Calcium Oxalate Dihydrate: Insights into Modifier-Crystal Interactions"
12:25 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
Protists: The Role of Vesicles in Biomineralization
Discussion Leader: Assaf Gal (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 8:05 pm
Zofia Dubicka (University of Warsaw, Poland)
"Foraminiferal Calcification"
8:05 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Alison Taylor (Biology and Marine Biology UNCW, United States)
"Unraveling the Role of Ion Transport, Homeostasis, and Ultrastructure in Coccolithophore Biomineralization"
8:45 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:10 pm
Marcos Antonio Eufrasio Cruz (Radboud University Medical Center, The Netherlands)
"Phosphatase-Containing Matrix Vesicles Contributing to Chicken Bone Formation Are Not Mineral Carriers"
9:10 pm - 9:15 pm
Discussion
9:15 pm - 9:25 pm
Zohar Eyal (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Controlled pH Alteration Enables Guanine Accumulation and Drives Crystallization Within Iridosomes"
9:25 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Prokaryotes: Molecular Machines for Magnetite Biomineralization and Beyond
Discussion Leader: Karim Benzerara (CNRS, France)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
Dirk Schüler (University of Bayreuth, Germany)
"From Molecular Genetics to Synthetic Biology of Magnetite Biomineralization: An Update on Magnetosome Biosynthesis in Bacteria"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Daniel Stein (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Finding Order in the Disorder: Lessons From Ferritin and Magnetosome Biomineralizing Protein"
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:30 am
Jinhua Li (Institute of Geology and Geophysics, Chinese Academy of Sciences, China)
"Intracellular Silicification by Early-Branching Magnetotactic Bacteria"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Joseph Deering (McGill University, Canada)
"Mineralization Foci in Extracellular Matrices and 3D Growth Trajectories in Mineralized Tissues"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Xingchen Zhao (Northwestern University, United States)
"High Diffusivity Pathways and Selective Ion Transport in Dental Enamel"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Adrian Rodriguez-Palomo (Aarhus University, Denmark)
"Structural Diversity in Lizard Osteoderm Capping Tissue"
12:25 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
Evolution of Genomes and Physico-Chemical Strategies for Biomineralization
Discussion Leader: Steve Weiner (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
Pupa Gilbert (University of Wisconsin-Madison, United States)
"The Evolution of Biomineralization and Climate Change"
8:10 pm - 8:20 pm
Discussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pm
Daniel Jackson (Georg-August University of Göttingen, Germany)
"Molluscs as Models to Study Ancient, Unifying (and Unique) Principles of Shell Formation"
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
Discussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pm
Frederic Marin (Université de Bourgogne , France)
"Metazoan Skeletal Matrices, the Swiss Army Knife of Biomineralization?"
9:20 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(s); Complete the GRC Evaluation Forms; Election of the Next Vice Chair(s)
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
In Vitro Systems and Modelling of Mineralization
Discussion Leader: Nico Sommerdijk (Radboudumc, The Netherlands)
9:00 am - 9:15 am
Introduction by Discussion Leader
9:15 am - 9:40 am
Wenhao Sun (University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, United States)
"Metastable Carbonate Minerals Reveal Fundamental Insights into Nucleation and Growth"
9:40 am - 9:55 am
Discussion
9:55 am - 10:20 am
Denis Gebauer (Leibniz University Hannover, Germany)
"On the Mechanisms of Calcium Carbonate Formation: General vs. Special Aspects, and Transferability to Other (Bio)Minerals"
10:20 am - 10:35 am
Discussion
10:35 am - 11:05 am
Coffee Break
11:05 am - 11:30 am
Sandra Taylor (Pacific Northwest National Laboratory, United States)
"Resolving Protein-Mineral Interfacial Interactions at the Nanoscale During Crystal Growth"
11:30 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
Liyang Zhong (University of Toronto, Canada)
"An in Vitro Model for Preferential Gap Zone Collagen Mineralization"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
Benazir Khurshid (McGill University, Canada)
"Characterization of Mineralized Bone Trabeculae Formed in Vitro by the OmGFP66 Osteogenic Cell Line"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
Gabriel Yazbek Grobman (Ben-Gurion University of the Negev, Israel)
"Exploring the Impact of Calcium Oxalate Crystal Properties on Breast Cancer Cell Behavior"
12:25 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
Keynote Session: Translating Biomineralization Principles into Materials Syntheses
Discussion Leader: Lara Estroff (Cornell University, United States)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pm
Introduction by Discussion Leader
7:40 pm - 7:50 pm
Debojit Paul (Weizmann Institute of Science, Israel)
"Amorphous Calcium Carbonate Formation in Polymer Condensates"
7:50 pm - 7:55 pm
Discussion
7:55 pm - 8:05 pm
Jim De Yoreo (PNNL/University of Washington , United States)
"Engineering Proteins and Peptoids to Control Carbonate Nucleation and Growth"
8:05 pm - 8:10 pm
Discussion
8:10 pm - 9:05 pm
Boaz Pokroy (Technion Israel Institute of Technology, Israel)
"Reusing Proven Biomineralization Tricks on New Materials"
9:05 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure