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
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