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NIAMS IRP Retreat 2012

Agenda

Lister Hill Auditorium
NIH campus, Bethesda
May 31- June 1, 2012

Day 1: Thursday, May 31
Day 2: Friday, June 1

Day 1:       Thursday, May 31

8:00 a.m. - 9:00 a.m. Registration
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.

Welcome
Chair, Richard Siegel, M.D., Ph.D., NIAMS Clinical Director
Steve Katz, M.D., Ph.D., NIAMS Director
John O’Shea, M.D., NIAMS Scientific Director
9:15 a.m. – 10:15 a.m. Keynote speaker: Gordon Hager, M.D., Ph.D.
(Introduction, Co-Chair, Rafael Casellas, Ph.D.)
“Dynamic Interaction of Regulatory Proteins with the
Chromatin Landscape”
Chief, Laboratory of Receptor Biology and Gene Expression, NCI;
Chair, Center of Excellence in Chromosome Biology, CCR
10:15 a.m. - 11:45 a.m. Poster Session I
11:45 a.m. – 1:00 p.m. Lunch Break
1:00 a.m. – 2:00 a.m. Keynote speaker: Bill Robinson, M.D., Ph.D.
(Introduction, Richard Siegel)
“Targeting Inflammation in Osteoarthritis”
Associate Professor, Stanford University
2:00 p.m. – 3:20 p.m.

General Session I (Chair, Richard Siegel)
Presenters
Stefania Dell’Orso, Ph.D.
“TET Proteins and Hydroxymethylcytosine in Transcriptional
Control of Myogenic Genes”
Laboratory of Muscle Stem Cells and Gene Regulation


Golnaz Vahedi, Ph.D.
“Role of STATs in Shaping Distinctive Enhancer
Landscapes in Differentiated CD4 T Cells”
Lymphocyte Cell Biology, Molecular and Inflammation Branch


Jae Chae, Ph.D.
“The Calcium Sensing Receptor Controls NLRP3 Inflammasome
Activation Through Intracellular Ca2+ and cAMP”
Genetics and Genomics Branch, National Human Genome
Research Institute


Wolfgang Resch, Ph.D.
“DNA Damage Defines Sites of Recurrent Chromosomal
Translocations in B lymphocytes”
Genomics and Immunity Section, Laboratory of
Molecular Immunogenetics
3:20 p.m. – 3:45 p.m. Break
3:45 pa.m. – 4:45 p.m. Keynote speaker: Yongwon Choi, Ph.D.
(Introduction, Richard Siegel)
“Understanding the Osteoimmune System”
Leonard Jarett Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania

Day 2:       Friday, June 1

9:00 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. Welcome
Co-Chair, Rafael Casellas
Keynote speaker: Jeffrey Ravetch, M.D., Ph.D.
(Introduction, Rafael Casellas)
“Solving the Antibody Paradox”
Theresa and Eugene M. Lang Professor and Head, Laboratory of Molecular
Genetics and Immunology, The Rockefeller University
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.

General Session II (Richard Siegel)
Presenters
Jevgenia Rudenko, B.Sc
“Unbalanced Ubiquitin Binding Specificity Underlies
Inflammatory Pathology in a Distinct Subset of
NEMO Syndrome”
Immunodeficiency and Inflammation Unit, Autoimmunity Branch


Brian Foster, Ph.D.
“Defining Key Regulators of Pyrophosphate Metabolism
in Regeneration of Dental Tissues”
Laboratory of Oral Connective Tissue Biology


Olivier Duverger, Ph.D.
“Dissection of Dlx3 Function in Ectodermal Appendage
Development: Impact of Mesenchymal and Epithelial-Specific
Deletion on Tooth Development”
Developmental Skin Biology Section, Laboratory of Skin Biology
11:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. Poster Session II
12:30 p.m. – 1:30 a.m. Keynote Speaker: Stephen Weiner, Ph.D.
(Introduction, Alasdair Steven, Ph.D.)
“Bone Structure, Formation and Function:
New Unexpected Paradigms”
Professor, Weizmann Institute of Science
1:30 p.m. – 2:00 p.m. Concluding Remarks and Award Session (John O’Shea)
2:15 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. Amanda Boyce, Ph.D.
(Introduction, Richard Siegel)
Extramural Program, NIAMS
Grant Writing Workshop
*Natcher Conference Room A