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  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    2:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Decoding the Human Face: Dissecting the Mechanisms Underlying Human Craniofacial Forms
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Chair: Licia Selleri – University of California, San Francisco
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImaging
  • 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
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Long Range Gene Regulation of the Developing Human Face
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Justin Cotney – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImaging
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    3:00 PM - 3:30 PM US PDT
    Decoding Transcriptional Dosage Sensitivity in Craniofacial Development and Disease
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Sahin Naqvi, PhD – Boston Children’s Hospital and Harvard Medical School
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImaging
  • 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
  • Saturday, Mar 29th
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Morphogenetic Processes Underlying Face Development in Mice and Humans
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Licia Selleri – University of California, San Francisco
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImaging
  • 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
    Cell-cell Junctions in Tissue Morphogenesis and Disease
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Chair: Scott E. Williams – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    Desmosome Dysfunction in Genetic Skin Blistering Diseases: From Bedside to Bench and Back
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Cory L. Simpson, MD, PhD, FAAD – University of Washington
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    2:00 PM - 2:30 PM US PDT
    Cell Matrix in Intestinal Crypt Morphogenesis
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Kaelyn Sumigray, PhD – Yale School of Medicine
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    2:30 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    The Role of Nectin-based Junctions in Oral Epithelial Morphogenesis and its Relevance to Cleft Lip and Palate
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Scott E. Williams – The University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Cell Biology Award Symposium
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Chair: Christopher Smith, Ph.D., C.M.I. – American Museum of Natural History
    Cell Biology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Dissecting the Roles and Regulators of Cell Adhesions during Collective Epithelial Migration
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Speaker: Katheryn E. Rothenberg, PhD – University of Iowa
    Cell Biology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    4:00 PM - 4:15 PM US PDT
    Investigating the Role of Mechanical Forces on Left-right Organizer Morphogenesis
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Emma M. Retzlaff – SUNY Upstate Medical University - Syracuse, NY
    Cell Biology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    4:15 PM - 4:30 PM US PDT
    Evaluating BMX-001 Efficacy: A SOD2 Mimetic Approach to Mitigate Myocardial Ischemia-reperfusion Damage
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Varsha Manikandan – Kirksville Senior High School
    Cell Biology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    4:30 PM - 4:45 PM US PDT
    The negative regulation of PR55α-controlled PP2A by the p53 tumor suppressor
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Alison Camero, MHS – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Cell Biology
  • Sunday, Mar 30th
    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Proteomic Profiling of Wild-type and specc1l Mutant Palatal Shelves Reveal Novel Defects in Vesicle Transport, Mitochondrial Function, and Metabolism
    Room: Room A105-106 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Brittany M. Hufft-Martinez, PhD – University of Kansas Medical Center
    Cell Biology
  • 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 - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Developmental Neurobiology: Connectivity is Essential for Function in Development and Disease!
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Chair: Angelo Iulianella, Ph.D – Dalhousie University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    1:30 PM - 2:00 PM US PDT
    Connectivity in CNS Development, Plasticity and Disease
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Xiangmin Xu – University of Califoirnia, Irvine
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • 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
    Getting to the Guts of Enteric Nervous System Formation and Function
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Naomi Tjaden – Children’s Hospital of Philadelphia
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • 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 - 2:45 PM US PDT
    Functional Analysis of Human Interlaminar Astrocytes Following Development in the Mouse Cortex
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Alexandria Anding – University of Nebraska Medical Center
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • 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
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    2:45 PM - 3:00 PM US PDT
    Chronic in vivo Imaging to Define Age-dependent Alterations in Oligodendrogenesis
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 203 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Abigail R. Kucera – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/MorphologyImagingNeuroscience
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:30 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    Signaling Hubs: Patterning Placodes in Development
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Chair: Tamara Franz-Odendaal – Mount Saint Vincent University
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    3:30 PM - 4:00 PM US PDT
    Placodal Signaling in Vivo and In Vitro
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Casey Griffin, PhD – New York University College of Dentistry
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:00 PM - 4:30 PM US PDT
    Periodic Patterning of Cutaneous Placodes in Mammalian Skin
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: James D. Glover, PhD – The Roslin Institute / University of Edinburgh
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:30 PM - 4:45 PM US PDT
    Placodes in the Avian Embryonic Eye: Inducing Bone Formation
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Speaker: Aveeva Herold, M.Sc. – Mount Saint Vincent Univeristy
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology
  • Monday, Mar 31st
    4:45 PM - 5:00 PM US PDT
    The Transcription Factor ZMYM4 Is Expressed in Otic Neuronal Precursors and Spiral Ganglion Neurons
    Room: Oregon Ballroom 204 (OCC)
    Presenting Author: Karyn Jourdeuil, PhD
    Cell BiologyDevelopmental Biology/Morphology