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 Site Staff / Welcome from the GRC Chair
7:40 pm - 9:30 pm
Keynote Session: Understanding Biological Systems at Different Scale Magnitudes
7:40 pm - 8:20 pm
"How Cadherins Helped Create Complex Epithelia"
8:20 pm - 8:35 pm
Discussion
8:35 pm - 9:15 pm
"Embryonic Bricklaying: The Nuclear Movements that Establish the Blastoderm Epithelium in Insect Embryos"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Stem Cells and Homeostasis
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Cell Competition in Drosophila and Mammalian Epithelia"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Skin Stem Cells: Coping with Stress"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am
"Stem Cell Competition in Skin Homeostasis and Aging"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:10 am
"Transcription Termination Regulates Keratinocyte Proliferation and Differentiation"
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
"The Cellular Basis of Touch-Dome Development"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Deciphering Skin at the Single-Cell Level"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:10 pm
"Understanding Principles of Differentiation in the Regenerating Epidermis"
12:10 pm - 12:15 pm
Discussion
12:15 pm - 12:25 pm
"Skin Regeneration and Ageing: Deterioration of the Microenvironment"
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
Regulation of Cytoarchitecture
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"Microtubules, Motors and Morphogenesis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
"Role of Mechano-Transduction in Maintaining Stem Cell Quiescence"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Integrating Mechanics and Signaling to Shape Epithelial Barriers"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
"The Mystery Beyond Stem Cell Mechanobiology"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Keratins Impact Fundamental Processes Involving the Nucleus"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Normal and Cancer Stem Cells in Skin Tumor Evolution"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Evolutionary Selection of Mutant Progenitors in Squamous Epithelia"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Group Photo / Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:40 am
"Epithelial Transition Zones: Stem Cell Niche and Cancer"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 11:05 am
"Mechanisms Regulating Tumor Heterogeneity and EMT Transition States"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:25 am
"Tumour-Host Interaction During Metastasis"
11:25 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:50 am
"Skin Cancer Prevention: A Look Upside-Down"
11:50 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Extracellular Matrix: The Molecules that Rock!"
12:20 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
Epigenetic and Nuclear Architecture
7:30 pm - 7:50 pm
"RNA Methylation Links Protein Synthesis to Cell Metabolism"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
"Polycomb Repressive Complex 1 (PRC1) Preserves Epidermal Tissue Integrity Independently of PRC2"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Mechanisms Underlying Skin Epigenetic Regulation and Heterogeneity"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
"Mapping Signaling Pathway Modulation of the Airway Epithelium by Single Cell Analysis"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"The Nuclear Option: New Mechanisms of Tumor Evolution and Drug Resistance"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Tissue Sensing and Cross-Talk
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Neuroimmune Interactions in Chronic Itchy Skin"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:50 am
"Exciting Touch: Epithelial-Neural Signaling Mechanisms in Mammals"
9:50 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:40 am
"Microbial Roles in Maintenance and Defense of the Skin Barrier"
10:40 am - 10:45 am
Discussion
10:45 am - 10:55 am
"Biomechanical Forces Modulate Epithelial Stem Cell Self-Renewal and De-Differentiation in the Cornea"
10:55 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:20 am
"Homeostatic Mechanisms of Skin Barrier and Their Disruption in Skin Inflammation"
11:20 am - 11:30 am
Discussion
11:30 am - 11:40 am
"Investigating the Role of Ca2+ in Regulating Epidermal Stem Cell Behaviors via Live Imaging"
11:40 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"A New Model for Orchestrated Hair Follicle Morphogenesis and Stem Cell Induction"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Fibroblasts and Adipocytes in Skin Repair"
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Discussion
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm
Free Time
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm
Poster Session
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm
Niches of Organs and Appendages
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm
"A Genetic Basis for the Evolution of Adaptive Skin Appendage Traits in Humans"
5:40 pm - 5:45 pm
Discussion
5:45 pm - 5:55 pm
"Oesophageal Cell Fate Transitions: Development Meets Homeostasis"
5:55 pm - 6:00 pm
Discussion
6:00 pm - 6:20 pm
"Bio-Complexity Patterning Principles Revealed by Evo-Devo Studies of Integuments"
6:20 pm - 6:30 pm
Discussion
6:30 pm - 6:40 pm
"Mapping Distinct Molecular and Cellular States of Hair Follicle Dermal Niche Progenitors During Morphogenesis"
6:40 pm - 6:45 pm
Discussion
6:45 pm - 6:55 pm
"How Cell Competition Shapes Epidermal Development"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm
"Hair Follicle and Immune Cell Interactions"
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
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
Development and Regeneration
9:00 am - 9:20 am
"Stem Cell-Driven Developmental Transitions in Parasitic Flatworms"
9:20 am - 9:30 am
Discussion
9:30 am - 9:40 am
"SOX2 Epidermal Overexpression Promotes Cutaneous Wound Healing via Activation of EGFR/MEK/ERK Signaling Mediated by EGFR Ligands"
9:40 am - 9:45 am
Discussion
9:45 am - 9:55 am
"Live Imaging of the Limbal Niche Reveals Distinct Regulation of Cellular Fate to Support Corneal Regeneration"
9:55 am - 10:00 am
Discussion
10:00 am - 10:30 am
Coffee Break
10:30 am - 10:50 am
"SHH Signaling in Hair Follicle Neogenesis"
10:50 am - 11:00 am
Discussion
11:00 am - 11:10 am
" Exploring a Role for Metabolism in Stem Cell Activation and Transformation"
11:10 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:35 am
"Growing Old in Ten Days: The Metanephric Progenitor Niche"
11:35 am - 11:45 am
Discussion
11:45 am - 11:55 am
"Polarity Signaling Ensures Epidermal Homeostasis by Coupling Cellular Mechanics and Genomic Integrity"
11:55 am - 12:00 pm
Discussion
12:00 pm - 12:20 pm
"Re-Thinking Heterogeneity of Human Epidermal Stem Cells"
12:20 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 - 7:50 pm
"Targeting Regenerative Plasticity in Metastasis"
7:50 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 8:10 pm
"Grace Under Pressure: Maintaining the Balance Between Proliferation and Delamination in a Stratified Epithelium"
8:10 pm - 8:15 pm
Discussion
8:15 pm - 8:35 pm
"Impact of Our (Fatty) Diet on Metastasis: Why What We Eat Matters"
8:35 pm - 8:45 pm
Discussion
8:45 pm - 8:55 pm
"Wild-Type and SAMP1/8 Mice Show Age Dependent Changes in Distinct Stem Cell Compartments of the Interfollicular Epidermis"
8:55 pm - 9:00 pm
Discussion
9:00 pm - 9:20 pm
"Multiomic Characterization of Epidermal Differentiation"
9:20 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure