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  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Gone to the Dogs: Anatomical and Physiological Adaptations in Canid Evolution
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Co-Chair: Anne M. Burrows, Ph.D – Duquesne University
    Co-Chair: Heather F. Smith, PhD – Midwestern University/ The Anatomical Record
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
    Co-sponsored by: 
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    10:30 AM - 11:00 AM US PDT
    Nature and Nurture in Canine Brain Organization
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Erin Hecht, PhD – Harvard University
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    11:00 AM - 11:30 AM US PDT
    Changes of the Oxidative Stress System in the Domestic Dog: Aging, Phylogeny, and Welfare Impacts
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Ana Jimenez, PhD – Colgate University
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    11:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Evolutionary Comparative Anatomy of Canid Musculature
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Heather F. Smith, PhD – Midwestern University/ The Anatomical Record
    Evolution/AnthropologyNeuroscience
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    2:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Multiscale Modes of Regeneration
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Co-Chair: Megan Killian, Ph.D – University of Michigan Medical School
    Co-Chair: Jennifer Simkin, PhD – University of Kentucky
    Cell Biology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    From Inflammation to Regeneration: How Macrophage Metabolism Directs Healing
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Jennifer Simkin, PhD – University of Kentucky
    Cell Biology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    3:00 PM - 3:30 PM US PDT
    Dynamics of the Extracellular Matrix during Regeneration
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Sarah Calve, PhD – University of Colorado Boulder
    Cell Biology
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Engineering Multifunctional Biomaterials for Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Marian Hettiaratchi – University of Oregon
    Cell Biology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM US PDT
    The Dental Follicle: A Driver of Integrated Variation at the Tooth-jawbone Interface
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Co-Chair: Julia Boughner, Ph.D – University of Saskatchewan, College of Medicine
    Co-Chair: Valerie B. DeLeon – University of Florida
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
    Co-sponsored by: 
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    8:30 AM - 9:00 AM US PDT
    The Dynamic Tooth-Bone Interface in Zebrafish
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Ann Huysseune – University of Ghent, Belgium
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    9:00 AM - 9:30 AM US PDT
    The Dental Follicle: A Central Regulator of Tooth Root Formation and Regeneration
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Wanida Ono, DDS, PhD, DMSc – The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    9:30 AM - 10:00 AM US PDT
    Mechanosensing in the Control of Tooth Development, Growth and Repair
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Jan Krivanek, PhD – Masaryk University, Brno, Czech republic
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    The Dental Follicle: A Driver of Integrated Variation at the Tooth-Jawbone Interface, Part 2 - Posters & Discussion
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Chair: Timothy D. Smith – Slippery Rock University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
    Co-sponsored by: 
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Ablation of CD200 Mitigates the Primary Failure of Eruption Phenotype in Mice
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: Nicha Tokavanich, DDS, DMSc – UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Comparative Analysis of Aye-aye Incisor Curvature and Morphology in Relation to Rodents and Lagomorphs
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: Sacha Sides – University of Florida
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Deep Dives into Dental Crypts: Molecular and Morphological Conservation of the Primate Tooth-Bone Interface
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: Amalya Babayan, BSc – University of Saskatchewan
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Delayed Enamel Mineralization and Root Formation in the Rock Hyrax Procavia Capensis
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: Laura M. Bento Da Costa – University of Florida, Valerie DeLeon's Laboratory
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Dental Alveoli Potentially Drive Tooth Crown Shape Ontogenetically in Alligator and Crocodylus
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: David I. Kay – Oklahoma State University Center for Health Sciences
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Long-period Increments in Dentine of Crocodilians
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: Russell Hogg, PhD – Florida Gulf Coast University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Primate Dental Follicles Seed Nearby Membranes with Osteoblast Precursors to Build Alveolar Bone
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: Timothy D. Smith – Slippery Rock University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Tooth Germ Orientation Overcomes Spatial Constraints in Growth of Prognathic Jaws
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: Valerie B. DeLeon – University of Florida
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    10:30 AM - 12:00 PM US PDT
    Tooth Size and Dental Arch Shape Variation in Tamarins (Saguinus)
    Room: AAA Education Theater- Booth #600
    Presenting Author: Mariko Locke – Western University of Health Sciences
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Just Another Hole in the Wall: The Origin, Function and Loss of Temporal Fenestrae in Sauropsida
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Chair: Tomasz Owerkowicz – California State University, San Bernardino
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    Are Dorsal Temporal Fenestrae Thermal Windows for Brain Temperature Control in Crocodylians?
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Breanna S. Ramirez, Master's of Science – California State University, San Bernardino
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM US PDT
    Turtle Skull Development Unveils a Molecular Basis for Amniote Cranial Diversity
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Masayoshi Tokita – Toho University
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    The Lepidosaurian Lower Temporal Region - Losses or Gains?
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Susan E. Evans, PhD – University College London
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Each One More Heritable Than the Last: Quantitative Genetics of Homologous Structures
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Co-Chair: Anna M. Hardin, PhD – Western University of Health Sciences
    Co-Chair: Catherine Llera Martin – Western University of Health Sciences
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Heritability and Evolution in the Primate Vertebral Column: Insights from the Cayo Santiago Macaques
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Catalina I. Villamil, MS PhD – University of Puerto Rico – Medical Sciences Campus
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM US PDT
    Computer Vision and the Genetic Dissection of Complex Traits
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Arthur Porto, PhD – University of Florida
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    4:30 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Integrating Quantitative and Qualitative Aspects of the Genetic Architecture of Homologous Characters
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Alan C. Love, MA, PhD – University of Minnesota
    Evolution/AnthropologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    8:30 AM - 10:00 AM US PDT
    Craniofacial Biology Platform Session
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Chair: Justin Cotney – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Developmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    8:30 AM - 8:45 AM US PDT
    Secondary Cartilage and the Cellular Mechanisms of Dentary Bone Growth
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Frederick R. Foster – Pennsylvania State University
    Developmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    8:45 AM - 9:00 AM US PDT
    Ablation of CD200 Mitigates the Primary Failure of Eruption Phenotype in Mice
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Nicha Tokavanich, DDS, DMSc – UTHealth Houston School of Dentistry
    Developmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    9:00 AM - 9:15 AM US PDT
    Early Weaning Impacts Craniofacial Development in Osteogenesis Imperfecta
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Courtney A. Miller, MS – University of North Texas Health Science Center
    Developmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    9:15 AM - 9:30 AM US PDT
    Site-specific Mechanoadaptive Responses of Non-sutural Cranial Osteoblasts
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Elizabeth Jewlal, MSc – Johns Hopkins University
    Developmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    9:30 AM - 9:45 AM US PDT
    Mediator complex subunit, Med23 links vasculature and bone differentiation during craniofacial development
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Soma Dash – University at Alabama
    Developmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    9:45 AM - 10:00 AM US PDT
    Allometry of Human Calvaria During Early Development Gives Insight into Growth Dynamics and Directionality of Suture Closure
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Cristina Goes Schaurich – University of British Columbia
    Developmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    1:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Deep Time Perspectives on Bone Remodeling and Regeneration
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Chair: Thomas Stewart – Penn State University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    Evolutionary Origin of Bone Remodeling
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Yara Haridy – The University of Chicago
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM US PDT
    Skeletal Plasticity in Fish Fins: How Swimming Shapes Bone
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Thomas Stewart – Penn State University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Shared Molecular Mechanisms of Fin and Limb Regeneration
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Igor Schneider – Louisiana State University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyEvolution/Anthropology