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THE MUSCULOSKELETAL SYSTEM, FROM DEVELOPMENT TO DISEASE
1st joint meeting of the British Society for Matrix Biology (BSMB) and the British Society
for Developmental Biology (BSDB)
The University of East Anglia, Norwich Research Park, Norwich UK
1.-3. September 2014
Monday 1. September
11:00 onwards: Registration
13:00
Opening remarks BSMB BSDB
13:10-13:50
Tom Rando (Stanford)
“Molecular Regulation of Stem Cell Quiescence”
The MOD-ISDB Keynote, sponsored by:
Session 1:
Signaling and development
Chair: Andrea Münsterberg
13:50-14:20
Gabriel Kardon (Utah)
“Muscle and connective tissue interactions during development and regeneration”
14:20-14:50
2 short talks selected from abstract, tbc
14:50-15:30
COFFEE break, POSTERS and EXHIBITS
15:30-16:00
Malcolm Logan (NIMR)
"The role of muscle connective tissue in morphogenesis of the limb soft tissues"
16:00-16:30
2 short talks selected from abstract, tbc
16:30-17:00
Christine Hartmann (Münster)
“Wnt-signaling and trabecular bone formation”
17:00-17:30
2 short talks selected from abstract, tbc
17:30-20:00
POSTERS, Evening reception and buffet food
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Tuesday 2. September
Session 2:
Mechanobiology and Anatomy
Chair: Graham Riley
8:30-9:00
Eli Zelzer (Weizmann Institute)
“How bones acquire their morphology while connecting to tendons”
9:00-9:30
2 short talks selected from abstract, tbc
9:30-10:00
Paul O’Higgins (York)
“Virtual anatomies: how computers are transforming studies of musculoskeletal
form and function.”
10:00-10:30
2 short talks selected from abstract, tbc
10:30-11:00
Chrissy Hammond (Bristol)
“Unpicking the relationship between mechanical loading and genes in shaping the
developing joint.”
11:00-11:45
COFFEE break, POSTERS and EXHIBITS
11:45-12:15
Ronen Schweitzer (Portland)
“Regulation of tendon growth and maturation”
12:15-12:30
1 short talk selected from abstract, tbc
12:30-13:00
Andy Pitsillides (Royal Veterinary College)
“Limb growth and joint formation: move-it, move-it”
13:10-14:00
LUNCH
Session 3:
Human Genetics and pathology
Chair: Ulrike Mayer
14:00-14:30
Mike Briggs (Newcastle)
"Refining disease mechanisms in genetic skeletal diseases"
14:30-15:00
2 short talks selected from abstract, tbc
15:00-15:30
Madeleine Durbeej (Lund)
“Laminin-deficient muscular dystrophy: pathogenesis and development of
treatment”
15:30-16:30 COFFEE break, POSTERS and EXHIBITS
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16:30-17:00
Linda Troeberg (Kennedy Institute)
“Regulation of cartilage extracellular matrix turnover by the endocytic receptor
LRP-1”
17:00-17:15
1 short talk selected from abstract
17:15-17:45
Cay Kielty (Manchester)
“Fibrillin microfibrils: genotype-to-phenotype in the fibrillinopathies”
18:30
DEPARTURE BY COACH TO ST. ANDREWS’ HALL FOR CONFERENCE
DINNER
Wednesday 3. September
Session 4:
Transcriptional and epigenetic regulation
Chair: Ian Clark
8:30-9:00
Veronique Lefebvre (Cleveland)
“Rivalry between Sox proteins define your skeleton”
9:00-9:30
2 short talks selected from abstract, tbc
9:30-10:00
Simon Tew (Liverpool)
“Post transcriptional gene regulation in human chondrocytes”
10:00-10:45
COFFEE break, POSTERS and EXHIBITS
10:45-11:15
BSMB prize lecture
11:15-12:00
David Glass (Novartis)
“Signaling pathways that regulate skeletal muscle size and
function”
Developmental Dynamics Keynote, sponsored by:
12:00
CLOSING REMARKS TONIA VINCENT
12:15
Lunch bag and departure
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ADDITIONAL MEETING SPONSORS:
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