ASMB Meeting 2014

Register Now! October Oc o 12-15, 2-15, 2014 Cleveland, leeve veland, OH Biennial Meeting

Keynote: Jack Dixon, University of California San Diego “A New Kinase Family That Plays a Key Role in Bone and Tooth Development”

Plenary Sessions • New Developments in ECM Structure and Function • Novel Insights on Cell-Matrix Interactions • Morphogenesis

Speakers Include

• Genetic Disorders of ECM, ECM Receptors and ECM – Cell Continuum • Translating the Basics to Patient Care

Concurrent Session Topics

Elena Aikawa, Brigham and Women’s Hospital

• Basement Membrane: Assembly, Function and Disorders

Leena Bruckner-Tuderman, University Freiburg, Germany

• Skin Biology and Wound Healing

Valerie Cormier-Daire, Imagine; Hospital Necker, Paris

• Cardiovascular Biology and Disease • Matrix Receptors, Adhesion and Migration

Cagla Eroglu, Duke University

• ECM Biosynthesis, Assembly and Post-translational Modification

Vince Hascall, Cleveland Clinic

• ECM and the Musculoskeletal System

Erhard Hohenester, Imperial College, London Sally Horne-Badovinac, University of Chicago Luisa Iruela-Arispe, UCLA

• ECM as a Mediator of Host-Pathogen Interactions and Immune Responses • Proteoglycans and Glycobiology • Tumor Microenvironment

Deane Mosher, University of Wisconsin, Madison

• Cellular Regulation by ECM & Growth Factor Regulation

Celeste Nelson, Princeton University

• Proteinases and Their Inhibitors

Enid Neptune, Johns Hopkins

• Neural and Ocular ECM

Erik Sahai, London Research Institute, UK David Sherwood, Duke University Tim Springer, Harvard Univeristy Andrea Superti-Furga, Univeristé de Lausanne, Switzerland

• Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine • Fibrosis and Chronic Disorders

Special Sessions Include

Peter Yurchenco, Rutgers University

• Career Mentoring and Women Mentoring Women

Roy Zent, Vanderbilt University

• Pre-meeting Special Interest Groups and Guest Symposia

Abstracts accepted NOW through June 26. Late breaking abstracts July 21-August 8, 2014

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