7:30-8:15 8:15-8:20 8:20-10:00 Breakfast Opening Remarks Session I: Disease and Regeneration 8:20 Kim Babos • Justin Ichida’s lab “A role for replication in neuronal reprogramming” 8:40 Joanna Salva • Amy Merrill’s lab “A noncanonical role for Fibroblast Growth Factor signaling in skeletogenesis” 9:00 Marissa Srour • Francesca Mariani’s lab “Natural large-scale regeneration of rib cartilage in a mouse model” 9:20 Hu Zhao • Yang Chai’s lab “The suture provides a niche for mesenchymal stem cells of craniofacial bones” 9:40 Michael Bonaguidi (new faculty) TBD 10-10:20 10:20-12:20 Coffee Break Session II: Development and Signaling 10:20 Amjad Askary • Gage Crump’s lab “The Iroquois transcription factor Irx7 promotes the zebrafish hyoid joint by arresting chondrocytes at an early state of maturation” 10:40 Susana Cavallero • Henry Sucov’s lab “CXCL12 signaling is essential for maturation of the ventricular coronary endothelial plexus and establishment of functional coronary circulation” 11:00 Wen-Hsuan Chang • Wange Lu’s lab “Smek1/2 regulate neurogenesis through the translocation of the cleaved Wnt receptor, Ryk” 11:20 Jingyuan Li • Yang Chai's lab “BMP-SHH signaling network controls epithelial stem cell fate via regulation of its niche in the developing tooth” 11:40 Chong Pyo Choe • Gage Crump’s lab “Pak2a integrates Eph-ephrin and Wnt signaling to terminate epithelial branching during pharyngeal pouch formation” 12:00 Hua Shen • Henry Sucov’s lab “Phases of IGF2 control of heart growth and regeneration” 12:20-1:20 1:20- 3:00 Lunch (set up posters) Session III: Technology 1:20 Keynote Speaker: Dr. Scott Fraser 2:20 Junfeng Jiang • Qilong Ying's lab “Induction of site-specific chromosome translocations in ESCs by CRISPR/Cas9” 2:40 Ben Steventon • Scott Fraser’s lab “Investigating the function and regulation of gene expression heterogeneity in the maintenance and differention of stem cells in vivo” 3:00-3:20 3:20-5:00 Coffee Break Session IV: Genetics and Epigenetic Regulation 3:20 Lori O'Brien • Andrew McMahon’s lab “Phf19 maintains the nephron progenitor program through repression of genes involved in nephron development” 3:40 Xiaoying Zhao • Gregor Adams’ lab “Identification of Genetic Modifiers of Leukemogenesis” 4:00 Erin Moran • Ruchi Bajpai’s lab “Controlled activation of neural crest specific enhancers through epigenetic antagonism” 4:20 Zlatka Stojanova • Neil Segil’s lab “Epigenetic regulation of Atoh1 expression during development of the mouse Organ of Corti” 4:40 Xinjun He • Andrew McMahon’s lab “Identifying Sox9 regulatory programs in mammalian skeletogenesis” 5:00-6:30pm Poster session and social ***COSTUMES AND HOLIDAY SPIRIT ARE STRONGLY ENCOURAGED!***