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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