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
7:40 pm - 7:45 pm
Opening Remarks
7:45 pm - 8:10 pm
"Sensational Innovations: The Making of Cranial Sense Organs in Vertebrates"
8:10 pm - 8:25 pm
Discussion
8:25 pm - 8:40 pm
"Reconstruction of Cell Fate Choices: From Progenitor to Segregated Otic and Epibranchial Lineages"
8:40 pm - 8:50 pm
Discussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pm
"Single Cell Transcriptomics Helps to Dissect the Structure of Fate Decisions in the Neural Crest"
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm
Discussion
Monday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Neural Plate Border and EMT
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"Moving Borders: Neural Crest and Placode Gene Interactions"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"Beta-Catenin Independent Wnt Signaling in Neural Crest Induction"
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:05 am
"Dual Function of Natriuretic Peptide Receptor 3 in the Regulation of Neural Plate Border Cell Fates"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:30 am
"Recruitment of Distinct Subcellular Complexes by RhoGAP DLC1 in Governing Cranial Neural Crest Specification and Epithelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition"
11:30 am - 11:40 am
Discussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pm
"Collective Migration of Neural Crest Works by Rear Wheel Drive"
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 - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:25 pm
"Cell Lineage Development in the Enteric Nervous System"
6:25 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
"A Definitive Neural Crest Cell Origin of the Mesencephalic Nucleus of the Trigeminal Ganglion: Implications for the Development and Evolution of Sensory Neurons in the Midbrain"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
"MicroRNA Regulation of Neural Crest Development"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:45 pm
"Setting up Function in Sensory Hair Cells"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Tuesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
8:30 am - 9:00 am
Group Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
Morphogenesis and Organogenesis
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"FGF20 and the Regulation of Cochlea Progenitor Specification and Differentiation"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"Quantifying Morphogenesis in Tooth and Skull to Link Molecules to Phenotypes"
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:05 am
"Regulatory Dynamics of Midfacial Prognathism in Evolution and Disease"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:40 am
"Skin Deep Lessons on Morphogenesis and Migration of the Lateral Line Primordium"
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
"Olfactory Placode Morphogenesis: Insights from Mathematical Modelling"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:25 pm
"EMT Transcription Factors and Specific Cell Behaviours"
6:25 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
"Gai2 Regulates Focal Adhesion Disassembly and Collective Cell Polarity During Cranial Neural Crest Cell Migration in Xenopus "
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
"Cancer-Associated HIF-2alpha Regulates Trunk Neural Crest Cell Migration and Proliferation"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:45 pm
"Regional Specialization in Vestibular Organs of the Inner Ear: From Patterning to Behavior"
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Wednesday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pm
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"Control of Ectomesenchymal Cell Fate Choices by Orphan Nuclear Receptors"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"Pigment Patterning in Zebrafish and Other Danio Species"
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:05 am
"Sensory Nerves Regulate Craniofacial Morphogenesis"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:40 am
"Boundary Cap Cells Pattern Axon Fascicles to Organize the Peripheral Nervous System"
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
"Altered Migratory Patterns of Cranial Neural Crest Cells in Non-Teleost Fishes"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
Diseases and Birth Defects
6:00 pm - 6:25 pm
"The Role of ADAR1 and A to I-RNA Editing in Neural Crest Development"
6:25 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
"Transcriptional Regulation of Cobalamin Metabolism Is Essential for Craniofacial Development"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
"The Tissue-Specific Roles for Ribosome Biogenesis During Cranial Neural Crest Development"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:45 pm
"Controlling Division Versus Differentiation in the Neural Crest During Development and Disease"
7:45 pm - 8:00 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
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine
9:00 am - 9:25 am
"Why Are Developmental Defects in the Enteric Nervous System So Variable Between Genetically Similar Individuals?"
9:25 am - 9:40 am
Discussion
9:40 am - 10:05 am
"Restoring Structure and Function of Hair-Cell Epithelia in the Vestibular Organs of Adult Mice"
10:05 am - 10:20 am
Discussion
10:20 am - 10:50 am
Coffee Break
10:50 am - 11:05 am
"Culture and Transplantation of Enteric Neural Progenitor Cells for Treatment of Gut Motility Disorders"
11:05 am - 11:15 am
Discussion
11:15 am - 11:40 am
"Early Segregation of the Neural Crest Lineage from Pluripotent Cells Is Defined by a Distinct Molecular Profile and Restricted Potential"
11:40 am - 11:55 am
Discussion
11:55 am - 12:10 pm
"Efficient In Vitro Generation of Human Neural Crest Cells Corresponding to All Axial Levels"
12:10 pm - 12:20 pm
Discussion
12:20 pm - 12:30 pm
Poster Previews
12:30 pm - 1:30 pm
Lunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pm
Free Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pm
Poster Session
6:00 pm - 8:00 pm
6:00 pm - 6:25 pm
"A Homeobox Gene Cluster in Placode Development and Evolution"
6:25 pm - 6:40 pm
Discussion
6:40 pm - 6:55 pm
"Evolution of the Vertebrate New Head by Progressive Acquisition of Neural Crest Regulatory Subcircuits"
6:55 pm - 7:00 pm
Discussion
7:00 pm - 7:15 pm
"Evolution of the Vertebrate Neural Crest from an Ancestral Pan-Neural Cell Population"
7:15 pm - 7:20 pm
Discussion
7:20 pm - 7:45 pm
"Evolutionary Origins of Cranial Placodes, Neural Crest and Telencephalon in the Proto-Vertebrate Ciona intestinalis "
7:45 pm - 8:00 pm
Discussion
8:00 pm - 9:00 pm
Dinner
Friday
7:30 am - 8:30 am
Breakfast
9:00 am
Departure