NIDCR will hold a scientific symposium on June 24 to celebrate its 60th anniversary (see agenda below). NIDCR Director Lawrence Tabak, DDS, PhD, will introduce the morning session titled "Building the Molecular Toolbox: Four Perspectives." NIH Deputy Director Raynard Kington, MD, PhD, will introduce the afternoon session titled "The Human Microbiome: Biology's Next Revolution." The symposium is open to all and no registration is required.
Five hours of Continuing Dental Education are offered for symposium attendees. CDE certification forms will be available on site. The NIDCR is an ADA CERP Recognized Provider.
Sign language interpretation will be provided. For reasonable accommodation to participate in this symposium, contact Mary Daum at (301) 594-7559 or Mary.Daum@NIH.GOV and/or the Federal Relay at 1-800-877-8339.
NIDCR 60th Anniversary Scientific Symposium
June 24, 2008
Natcher Auditorium
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
Building the Molecular Toolbox: Four Perspectives
8:30 Welcome
Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD
Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
8:45 Introduction
Dushanka V. Kleinman, DDS, MScD
University of Maryland, College Park
9:00 Salivary Diagnostics: Scientific and Clinical Frontiers
David T.W. Wong, DMD, DMSc
University of California at Los Angeles
9:30 Biopsychosocial and Genetic Risk Factors for TMJD and Related Disorders
William Maixner, DDS, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
10:00 Coffee Break
10:30 Gene Therapy Strategies for Craniofacial Regeneration
Paul H. Krebsbach, DDS, PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
11:00 Design Principles for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Linda Griffith, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
11:30 Discussion
Noon Lunch Break
The Human Microbiome: Biology’s Next Revolution
1:15 Welcome
Raynard Kington, MD, PhD
Deputy Director, National Institutes of Health
1:30 Introduction
Pamela McInnes, DDS, MSc (Dent.)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
1:45 High Throughput Genomics and the Microbiome
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
2:15 Coffee Break
2:45 Open Wide: Microbial Ecology and Metagenomics in the Human Oral Cavity
David A. Relman, MD
Stanford University
3:15 The Human Oral Microbiome
Floyd E. Dewhirst, DDS, PhD
The Forsyth Institute, Boston
3:45 Discussion
4:15 Adjourn