Subject: [Ltkhkunta] Minisymposium: Microenvironmental cues in Regeneration, Aging, and Inflammation December 16-17 in Oulu

Minisymposium

Microenvironmental Cues in Regeneration, Aging, and Inflammation

Time                   December 16-17, 2013

Place                  University of Oulu, Medical Campus, Lecture Hall F202, Aapistie 5B

Organizer         Biocenter Oulu

Supported by NorIMM, Nordic Infrastructure for Mouse Models

Monday 16.12.2013

13.00-13.10      Opening

Taina Pihlajaniemi, Univ. of Oulu

13.10-13.40      Lysyl oxidase regulates the balance between myofiber and the extracellular matrix

Peleg Hasson, Technion - Israel Institute of Technology

13.40-14.10      Severe extracellular matrix abnormalities and chondrodysplasia in mice lacking collagen prolyl 4-hydroxylase isoenzyme II in combination with a reduced amount of isoenzyme I

                             Antti Salo, Centre for Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research, Biocenter Oulu, University of Oulu

14.10-14.30      Coffee break

14.30-15.10      Novel aspects of collagen binding integrins

Donald Gullberg, Dept. of Biomedicine and Centre for Cancer Biomarkers, University of Bergen, Norway

15.10-15.40 Role of ECM during pancreas development: lessons from in vitro 2D and 3D culture systems

Anne Grapin-Botton, DanStem, University of Copenhagen, Denmark

15.40-16.10      Essential role of Cdc42 in renal podocytes and glomerular filtration

Rizaldy Scott, Centre for Systems Biology, the Lunenfeld-Tanenbaum Research Institute, Canada

Tuesday 17.12.2013

9.00-9.30 Fibroblast EXT1-levels influence heparan sulfate structure and function

Marion Kusche-Gullberg, Dept. of Biomedicine and Centre for Cancer Biomarkers, University of Bergen, Norway

9.30-10.00        Epidermal stem cell in tissue homeostasis and regeneration

Kim Jensen, BRIC – Biotech Research and Innovation Center, Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark

10.00-10.30      The function of N-WASP in skin inflammation

Cord Brakebusch, BRIC – Biotech Research and Innovation Center, Univ. of Copenhagen, Denmark

10.30-10.45      Coffee break

10.45-11.15      Identification of the cellular origin and the molecular mechanisms of basal cell carcinoma initiation

Khalil Kess Youssef, Université Libre de Bruxelles, Belgium

11.15-11.45      Collagen XIII in bone homeostasis

Jarkko Koivunen, Centre for Cell-Extracellular Matrix Research, Biocenter Oulu, Univ. of Oulu

11.45-11.50      Closing