Natcher Conference Center, Room E1/E2
Monday, June 23, 1:00 PM
OPEN TO THE PUBLIC
TENTATIVE AGENDA
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
| 1:00 pm |
WELCOME AND INTRODUCTIONS |
Dr. Lawrence Tabak |
| 1:15 pm |
APPROVAL OF MINUTES FROM PREVIOUS MEETING |
Dr. Norman Braveman |
| 1:20 pm |
REPORT OF THE DIRECTOR AND UPDATE ON ASSESSMENT OF NIH PEER REVIEW |
Dr. Lawrence Tabak |
| 2:10 pm |
REPORT AND DISCUSSION: EVALUATION OF NIDCR'S RUTH L. KIRSCHSTEIN NRSA TRAINING PROGRAMS |
Dr. Kevin Hardwick |
| 2:55 pm |
SCIENTIFIC PRESENTATIONS: NIDCR INTRAMURAL SCIENTISTS: INTRODUCTION |
Dr. Robert Angerer
Scientific Director, DIR, NIDCR |
| 3:05 pm |
STEM CELLS: WHAT WE KNOW, WHAT WE DON'T KNOW AND HOW WE MIGHT USE THEM |
Dr. Pamela Robey, Senior Investigator and Chief, Craniofacial and Skeletal Diseases Branch, DIR, NIDCR |
| 3:35 pm |
REGULATING IMMUNITY IN THE ORAL-MUCOSAL SYSTEM |
Dr. Wanjun Chen, Tenure Track Investigator, Oral Infection and Immunity Branch, DIR, NIDCR |
| 4:05 pm |
MECHANISM AND FUNCTION OF Ca2+ ENTRY INTO SALIVARY GLANDS |
Dr. Indu Ambudkar, Senior Investigator and Chief, Molecular Physiology and Therapeutics Branch, DIR, NIDCR |
| 4:35 pm |
ERECTING BARRIERS IN THE ORAL CAVITY: BALANCING PROTEOLYSIS AND ANTI-PROTEOLYSIS |
Dr. Thomas Bugge, Senior Investigator, Proteases and Tissue Remodeling Section, Oral and Pharyngeal Cancer Branch, DIR, NIDCR |
Tuesday, June 24, Natcher Auditorium
In conjunction with the 60th Anniversary Scientific Symposium
BUILDING THE MOLECULAR TOOLBOX: FOUR PERSPECTIVES
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
| 8:30 am |
WELCOME |
Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD
Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research |
| 8:45 am |
INTRODUCTION |
Dushanka V. Kleinman, DDS, MScD
University of Maryland, College Park |
| 9:00 am |
SALIVARY DIAGNOSTICS: SCIENTIFIC AND CLINICAL FRONTIERS |
David T.W. Wong, DMD, DMSc
University of California at Los Angeles |
| 9:30 am |
BIOPSYCHOSOCIAL AND GENETIC RISK FACTORS FOR TMJD AND RELATED DISORDERS |
William Maixner, DDS, PhD
University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill |
| 10:00 am |
COFFEE BREAK |
|
| 10:30 am |
GENE THERAPY STRATEGIES FOR CRANIOFACIAL REGENERATION |
Paul H. Krebsbach, DDS, PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor |
| 11:00 am |
DESIGN PRINCIPLES FOR TISSUE ENGINEERING AND REGENERATIVE MEDICINE |
Linda Griffith, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology |
| 12:00 pm |
LUNCH |
|
THE HUMAN MICROBIOME: BIOLOGY'S NEXT REVOLUTION
| Time |
Title |
Speaker |
| 1:15 pm |
WELCOME |
Raynard Kington, MD, PhD
Deputy Director, NIH |
1:30 pm |
INTRODUCTION |
Pamela McInnes, DDS, MSc (Dent.)
NIDCR
|
| 1:45 pm |
HIGH THROUGHPUT GENOMICS AND THE MICROBIOME |
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute |
| 2:15 pm |
COFFEE BREAK |
|
| 2:45 pm |
OPEN WIDE: MICROBIAL ECOLOGY AND METAGENOMICS IN THE HUMAN ORAL CAVITY |
David A. Relman, MD
Stanford University |
| 3:15 pm |
THE HUMAN ORAL MICROBIOME |
Floyd E. Dewhirst, DDS, PhD
The Forsyth Institute, Boston |
| 3:45 pm |
DISCUSSION |
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| 4:15 pm |
ADJOURN |
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