| SATURDAY |
| 1:00 pm - 5:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
| 3:30 pm - 3:40 pm | Introductory Comments by GRC Site Staff / Welcome by the GRS Conference Chair |
| 3:40 pm - 4:45 pm | Keynote Lecture |
| 3:40 pm - 4:30 pm | Michael Levin (Tufts University)
"Endogenous bioelectrical components of the morphogenetic field guiding regeneration, embryogenesis, and cancer suppression" |
| 4:30 pm - 4:45 pm | Discussion |
| 4:45 pm - 6:00 pm | Poster Session I |
| 6:00 pm | Dinner |
| 7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | Basic models and mechanisms in repair and regeneration |
| Discussion Leaders: Brian Stramer (King's College London) and Sarah Calve (Northwestern University) |
| 7:30 pm - 7:50 pm | Asuka Takeishi (University of Tokyo)
"The regulation of systemic response via caspase pathway to overcome tissue damage" |
| 7:50 pm - 8:00 pm | Discussion |
| 8:00 pm - 8:20 pm | Tessa M. Simone (Albany Medical College)
"A TGF-beta dependent mechanism that protects myofibroblasts from apoptosis" |
| 8:20 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
| 8:30 pm - 8:50 pm | Vladimir Mashanov (University of Puerto Rico)
"Cellular and molecular mechanisms of the central nervous system regeneration in echinoderms" |
| 8:50 pm - 9:00 pm | Discussion |
| 9:00 pm - 9:20 pm | Caghan Kizil (Technical University of Dresden)
"Identification of a gene required for injury-induced cell proliferation and reactive neurogenesis in the adult zebrafish telencephalon" |
| 9:20 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
| SUNDAY |
| 7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
| 9:00 am - 10:00 am | Panel Discussion on Career Development: "Voices of Front Runners" |
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- Karen Echeverri (CRTD/Technical University of Dresden)
- Sabine Eming (University of Cologne)
- Michael Galko (University of Texas)
- Michael Levin (Tufts University)
- Sabine Werner (ETH Zurich)
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| 10:00 am - 11:00 am | Engineering better repair/regeneration: An eye towards therapeutics and the clinic I |
| Discussion Leaders: Sabine Werner (ETH Zurich) and Sebastian A.J. Willenborg (University Hospital of Cologne) |
| 10:00 am - 10:20 am | Wei Xu (Northwestern University)
"Gene expression profile is altered in cutaneous superficial injury by hydration" |
| 10:20 am - 10:30 am | Discussion |
| 10:30 am - 10:50 am | Elaine Shelton (Vanderbilt University)
"Omental grafting: a cell-based therapy for blood vessel repair" |
| 10:50 am - 11:00 am | Discussion |
| 11:00 am - 12:30 pm | Poster Session II |
| Coffee will be served in the poster area from 11:00 am - 11:30 am |
| 12:30 pm | Lunch |
| 1:30 pm - 2:30 pm | Engineering better repair/regeneration: An eye towards therapeutics and the clinic II |
| Discussion Leaders: Sabine Werner (ETH Zurich) and Margaret L. Novak (University of Illinois at Chicago) |
| 1:30 pm - 1:50 pm | Sarah Calve (Northwestern University)
"Extracellular control of skeletal muscle plasticity" |
| 1:50 pm - 2:00 pm | Discussion |
| 2:00 pm - 2:20 pm | Caren Petrie Aronin (National Institutes of Health)
"Combining 4D imaging with MicroFluidics to study innate cell migration in vitro" |
| 2:20 pm - 2:30 pm | Discussion |
| 2:30 pm - 3:00 pm | Evaluation Period |
| Fill out GRS Evaluation Forms |
| 3:00 pm | Gordon Research Seminar ends. For those attending the associated Gordon Research Conference, please check in at the GRC Office beginning at 4:00 pm. |
