Past Program (2003)

52nd Annual Montagna Symposium on the Biology of Skin
Stem Cells in Skin

June 13-17, 2003
Snowmass Village, CO
Co-chairs
David Norris, M.D.
Molly Kulesz-Martin, Ph.D.
Jackie R. Bickenbach, Ph.D.

Program Committee
Jackie R. Bickenbach, Ph.D.
Printinder Kaur, Ph.D.
Robert M. Lavker, Ph.D.

Program

Friday, June 13
FRIDAY EVENING
Keynote session
7:00 p.m.
Christopher Potten, Ph.D.
"Some comments on keratinocyte stem cells and the protection of their genome"

Opening reception
8:00 p.m.

Saturday, June 14
SATURDAY MORNING
Characterization and location of epidermal stem cells
9:00 a.m.
Kristin M. Braun, Ph.D.
Keratinocyte Laboratory Cancer Research, UK
"Visualization of label-retaining cells in whole mounts of mouse epidermis"

10:00 a.m.
George Cotsarelis, M.D.
University of Pennsylvania Medical School
"Characterization of bulge cells"

11:00 a.m.
Robert Lavker, Ph.D.
Northwestern University
"Biological properties of epithelial stem cells: Insights from the eye"

SATURDAY AFTERNOON
Stem cells in and from other tissues other than skin
2:00 p.m.
William H. Fleming, M.D., Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
"Converging roads: Evidence for an adult hemangioblast"

3:00 p.m.
Ian Mackenzie, Ph.D.
University of Wales College of Medicine
"Normal and malignant oral mucosal stem cells"

4:00 p.m.
Robert Sackstein, M.D., Ph.D.
Harvard Institutes of Medicine
"Trafficking of adult stem cells: Homing in on CD44"
5:00 p.m.
Melissa Wong, Ph.D.
Oregon Health & Science University
"Exploring the regulation of intestinal stem cells"


Sunday, June 15
SUNDAY MORNING
Mountain hike

SUNDAY AFTERNOON
Plasticity of epithelial stem cells
2:00 p.m.
Jackie R. Bickenbach, Ph.D.
The University of Iowa
"Are aging stem cells as competent as young stem cells?"

3:00 p.m.
Printinder Kaur, Ph.D.
 Peter MacCallum Cancer Institute, Australia
"Establishment of a transplant model to assess keratinocyte stem cell potency in terms of epidermal tissue regeneration in vivo"

Poster session - chosen from abstracts
4:00 p.m.
Farber Fellowship awardees

Monday, June 16
MONDAY MORNING
Regulatory fate of epithelial stem cells
9:00 a.m.
G. Paolo Dotto, M.D., Ph.D.
CBRC & Harvard
"Notch1 signaling in dynamic control of keratinocyte stem cell renewal versus differentiation"

10:00 a.m.
Rebecca J. Morris, Ph.D.
Columbia University
"Identification of keratinocyte stem cell regulatory loci implicated in carcinogenesis"

11:00 a.m.
Dennis Roop, Ph.D.
Baylor College of Medicine
"Genes involved in stem cell fate decisions and commitment to epideral differentiation"

MONDAY AFTERNOON
Epidermal stem cells - possible therapeutic uses
2:00 p.m.
Soosan Ghazizadeh, Ph.D.
Columbia University
"Epidermal stem cells as targets for long-term gene therapy"

3:00 p.m.
Kyonggeun Yoon, Ph.D.
Thomas Jefferson University
"Oligonucleotide-directed gene alteration of stem cells"

Panel discussion
4:00 p.m.
"Envisioning adult stem cells in clinical practice"

MONDAY EVENING
Banquet honoring David Norris, M.D.

Tuesday, June 17
TUESDAY MORNING
Departure

 


Last updated: February 10, 2005