Symposium Program

12:00   Opening Remarks (Ricardo Zayas, San Diego State University)


Session 1: In vivo cellular plasticity underlying tissue homeostasis and regeneration

12:15   Tapeworm regeneration: A gateway toward understanding stem cells in parasites

12:15   Tania Rozario, Postdoctoral Fellow, Morgridge Institute, University of Wisconsin-Madison

12:30   Self-Repairing Symmetry in Jellyfish

12:30   Lea Goentoro, Assistant Professor, Caltech

12:45   Cellular dedifferentiation during intestinal regeneration in echinoderms

12:45   José García-Arrarás, Professor, University of Puerto Rico

01:00   Targeted screening to identify genes involved in hearing regeneration

01:00   Shawn Burgess, Senior Investigator, NIH

01:15   PIWI-piRNA pathway function in the stem cells of “immortal” Hydra

01:15   Celina Juliano, Assistant Professor, UC Davis

01:30   The planarian pharynx as a model for stem cell-driven organ regeneration

01:30   Carrie Adler, Assistant Professor, Cornell University


01:45     Coffee Break

 

Session 2: Nervous system regeneration

02:15   Injury induced signals necessary for spinal cord regeneration in axolotl

02:15   Karen Echeverri, Assistant Professor, University of Minnesota

02:30   Lessons from the lamprey on spinal cord regeneration

02:30   Jennifer Morgan, Associate Scientist, Associate Director of the Bell Center, Marine Biological Laboratory

02:45   Nerve-derived signals regulating tissue regeneration

02:45   James Monaghan, Assistant Professor, Northeastern University

03:00   Pomacea canaliculata: development and regeneration of complex eyes

03:00   Alice Accorsi, Postdoctoral Fellow, Stowers Institute for Medical Research

 

Session 3: Organ and appendage regeneration

03:15   Lack of fibrosis after damage makes the spiny mouse a regenerating mammal

03:15   Malcolm Maden, Professor, University of Florida

03:30   Digit tip regeneration in mice: co-evolution of epimorphic regeneration and homeostatic repair mechanisms

03:30   Ken Muneoka, Professor, Texas A&M

03:45   Regenerative markers in the ROS-stressed Xenopus laevis heart indicate a conserved repair response

03:45   Kyle Jewhurst, Doctoral Student, Tufts University

04:00   Epimorphic regeneration in African spiny mice

04:00   Ashley Seifert, Assistant Professor, University of Kentucky

04:15   Immune control of regeneration

04:15   Nadia Rosenthal, Professor, The Jackson Laboratory


04:30     Closing Remarks by Organizers: Symposium End


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