GESRI

Genetics and Evolution of the Skeleton Research Initiative

Inaugural Symposium, March 26, 2009

University of California Berkeley
Room 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Program Schedule

8:30-8:45

Welcome and introduction
 

8:45-9:15

Craig Miller
UC Berkeley: Molecular & Cell Biology
"Genetic analysis of development and evolution of the head skeleton"
 

9:15-9:45

Ophir Klein
UC San Francisco: Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, Departments of Orofacial Sciences and Pediatrics
"Long in the tooth: genetic regulation of stem cells in the mouse incisor"
 

9:45-10:15

Jackie Moustakas
UC Berkeley: Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology
"Studies on the development of teeth in non-model organisms"
 

10:15-10:45

coffee break
 

10:45-11:15

Leslea Hlusko
UC Berkeley: Integrative Biology, Museum of Paleontology, and Human Evolution Research Center
"Using quantitative genetics to study dental development and evolution"
 

11:15-11:45

Cyril Charles
UC San Francisco: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology
"Candidate regulator genes of dental evolution in muroid rodents"
 

11:45-12:15

Rich Schneider
UC San Francisco: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery
"Mesenchymal control of skeletogenesis during development and evolution"
 

12:15-1:15

lunch break (lunch for participants in VLSB room 2063)
 

1:15-1:45

Nadav Ahituv
UC San Francisco: Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Institute for Human Genetics
"Characterization of regulatory elements leading to human limb malformations"
 

1:45-2:15

Ralph Marcucio
UC San Francisco: Institute for Regeneration Medicine
"Mechanisms that pattern the upper jaw"
 

2:15-2:45

Nathan Young
UC San Francisco: Institute for Regeneration Medicine
"A new approach to modeling and testing the generation of craniofacial variation"
 

2:45-3:15

coffee break
 

3:15-3:45

Gabriela Loots
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Biotechnology Division
"Genetics of Van Buchem Disease and role of sclerostin in limb morphogenesis"
 

3:45-4:15

Mike Sohaskey
UC Berkeley: Molecular and Cell Biology
"JAWS coordinates chondrogenesis and synovial joint positioning: a disjointed tale of mouse skeletal development"
 

4:15-5:15

Keynote Address: Bill Clemens
UC Berkeley: Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology
"Evolution of the mammalian dentition: a 250-million-year perspective"
 

Light refreshments will be served immediately following Professor Clemens talk.

6:30-8:30 pm — Dinner for speakers, location TBA.
 

Human Evolution Research Center Integrative Biology University of California Museum of Paleontology Year of Science 2009

Bionade Molecular and Cell Biology

Funding also generously provided by the UC Berkeley Dean of Biological Sciences