Conference Program
 
SALIVARY GLANDS & EXOCRINE SECRETION

February 6-11, 2005
Four Points Sheraton / Holiday Inn Express
Ventura, CA

Chair:
James E. Melvin

Vice Chair:
David K. Ann

We are grateful for the support from the following donors:

Colgate-Palmolive Company
The Procter & Gamble Company
Colgate Oral Pharmaceuticals

This conference is also supported in part by a grant 1R13 DE016425 from the
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

We also gratefully acknowledge the Gordon Research Conferences
for financial support and administrative assistance.

*** Note that 10 travel awards of $500 each will be awarded for the best abstracts presented by graduate students and postdoctoral fellows during the meeting.

SUNDAY
4:00 pm - 9:00 pmArrival and Check-in
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmReception
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmOpening of Meeting
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Jim Melvin (University of Rochester)
Welcome and Introduction
7:40 pm - 8:20 pmKeynote speaker: David Mooney (Harvard University)
Restoration of Function through Tissue Engineering
8:20 pm - 8:30 pmDiscussion
8:30 pm - 8:40 pmDiscussion Leader: Dave Quissell (University of Colorado)
Introduction
8:40 pm - 9:20 pmKeynote speaker: Michael Welsh (University of Iowa)
The Promise of Human Gene Therapy
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
MONDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
8:30 am Photo
9:00 am - 12:30 pmFluid and Electrolyte Transport
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leaders: Ted Begenisich (University of Rochester) & James Turner (NIDCR/NIH)
Introduction
9:10 am - 9:35 amJ. Kevin Foskett (University of Pennsylvania)
Regulation of CFTR Chloride Channels by PDZ Domains
9:35 am - 9:50 amDiscussion
9:50 am - 10:15 amCriss Hartzell (Emory University)
Molecular Physiology of Bestrophins, Candidate Ca2+-activated Cl Channels
10:15 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 11:00 am Coffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 amMin Goo Lee (Yonsei University, Korea)
CFTR and Bicarbonate Secretion
11:25 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pmIvana Novak (August Krogh Institute, Denmark)
Purinergic signaling in exocrine pancreas
12:05 pm - 12:20 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 6:00 pmFree Time / Set-up for first Poster Session
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmExocrine Gland Development
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leaders: Matt Hoffman (NIDCR/NIH) & Monn Myat (Cornell University)
Introduction
7:40 pm - 8:05 pmDavid Culp (University of Rochester)
Controlling Mucous Cell Differentiation and Development
8:05 pm - 8:15 pmDiscussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pmLindsay Hinck (University of California-Santa Cruz)
Mammary Gland Development
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pmSanjay Nigam (University California-San Diego)
Regulation of Branching Morphogenesis During Epithelial Organ Development
9:15 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
TUESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmExocytosis of Secretory Proteins
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leaders: David Castle (University of Virginia) & Sven Gorr (NIDCR/NIH)
Introduction
9:10 am - 9:35 amReinhard Jahn (Max Planck Institute, Germany)
Regulated Exocytosis in Neurons
9:35 am - 9:50 amDiscussion
9:50 am - 10:15 amEnrique Rodriguez-Boulan (Cornell University)
Sorting of Plasma Membrane Proteins in Polarized Epithelia
10:15 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 11:00 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 amThomas Weimbs (Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation)
SNAREs and Epithelial Cell Polarity
11:25 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pmGerard Apodaca (University of Pittsburgh)
Endocytosis Regulation in Polarized Epithelial Cells
12:05 pm - 12:20 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pmFree Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 1
Maria Kukuruzinska (Boston University), Masataka Murakami (NINS), Mira Edgerton (State University of New York at Buffalo), Trevor Shuttleworth (University of Rochester), Frank Dowd (Creighton University)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmAutoimmune Diseases
Discussion Leaders: Antony Rosen (Johns Hopkins University) & John Harley (Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation)
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmPoster Presentation (Session 1) + Discussion
7:40 pm - 7:45 pmIntroduction
7:45 pm - 8:10 pmEdward Wakeland (University of Texas, Southwestern)
Genetics of Systemic Autoimmunity
8:10 pm - 8:20 pmDiscussion
8:20 pm - 8:45 pmJohn Harley (Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation)
Molecular Mimicry from EBNA-1 Generates Anti-Ro Autoantibodies
8:45 pm - 8:55 pmDiscussion
8:55 pm - 9:20 pmMary Crow (Hospital for Special Surgery, Cornell University)
Interferons in Autoimmune Disease
9:20 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
WEDNESDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmSignaling in Epithelial Cells
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leaders: David Yule (University of Rochester) & Shmuel Muallem (University of Texas, Southwestern)
Introduction
9:10 am - 9:35 amAlexi Tepikin (University of Liverpool)
Ca2+ Signaling in Exocrine Gland Acinar Cells
9:35 am - 9:50 amDiscussion
9:50 am - 10:15 amJohn Williams (University of Michigan)
Regulation of Pancreatic Function by Novel Signal Transduction Pathways
10:15 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 11:00 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 amDavid Yule (University of Rochester)
Cross-talk between the Ca2+ and cAMP signaling systems
11:25 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pmFatima Leite (Federal University of Minas Gerais, Brazil)
Independent Regulation of Nuclear and Cytosolic Calcium
12:05 pm - 12:20 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 5:30 pmFree Time / Set-up for second Poster Session
5:30 pm - 6:00 pmBusiness meeting, Election of next Vice-Chair
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmThe Salivary Proteome and its use in Diagnostics
7:30 pm - 7:40 pmDiscussion Leaders: Frank Oppenheim (Boston University) & Daniel Malamud (University of Pennsylvania)
Introduction
7:40 pm - 8:05 pmDavid Wong (University California Los Angeles)
Human Salivary Proteome: Cataloging & Translational Applications
8:05 pm - 8:15 pmDiscussion
8:15 pm - 8:40 pmPaul Yager (University of Washington)
Saliva-based Immunoassays for Monitoring Health Status
8:40 pm - 8:50 pmDiscussion
8:50 pm - 9:15 pmAnup Singh (Sandia National Laboratories)
Integrated Microfluidic System for Analysis of Oral Biomarkers
9:15 pm - 9:30 pmDiscussion
THURSDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 am - 12:30 pmInflammation and Epithelial Disease
9:00 am - 9:10 amDiscussion Leaders: Bruce Baum (NIDCR/NIH) & David Ann (University of Southern California)
Introduction
9:10 am - 9:35 amJianghua Wang (NIDCR/NIH)
Rapamycin regulation of transgenic secretory protein expression in salivary glands
9:35 am - 9:50 amDiscussion
9:50 am - 10:15 amStephen Pandol (West Los Angeles VA Medical Center; UCLA)
Inflammatory Response of Pancreatic Acinar Cell
10:15 am - 10:30 amDiscussion
10:30 am - 11:00 amCoffee Break
11:00 am - 11:25 amMichael Epperly (Pittsburgh Cancer Institute, University of Pittsburgh)
Gene Therapy and Radioprotection
11:25 am - 11:40 amDiscussion
11:40 am - 12:05 pmJoseph Zabner (University of Iowa)
CF and Lung Epithelial Pathophysiology
12:05 pm - 12:20 pmDiscussion
12:30 pmLunch
1:30 pm - 4:30 pmFree Time
4:30 pm - 6:00 pmPoster Session 2
Steve Soltoff (Harvard University), Anil Menon (University of Cincinnati), Arjan Vissink (Groningen, Netherlands), Chikara Hirono (Hiroshima University), Indu Ambudkar (NIDCR/NIH)
6:00 pmDinner
7:30 pm - 9:30 pmEvening Session
Discussion Leaders: Jim Melvin (University of Rochester) & David Cook (University of Sydney)
7:30 pm - 7:45 pmAnnouncement of travel awards / Poster Presentation (Session 2)
7:45 pm - 7:50 pmDiscussion
7:50 pm - 8:00 pmIntroduction
8:00 pm - 9:00 pmKeynote speaker: Ole Petersen (University of Liverpool) [John Young Memorial Lecture]
Control of Exocrine Secretion: From Studies in Intact Animals to Molecular Signaling Aspects - 40 Years of Progress
9:00 pm - 9:15 pmDiscussion
9:15 pm - 9:30 pmMeeting post mortem
FRIDAY
7:30 am - 8:30 amBreakfast
9:00 amDepart
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