8:30 Breakfast and poster set-up
8:50 Welcoming remarks
George Eisenhoffer, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Phil Horner, Houston Methodist Research Institute
Session 1: Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Immunobiology
Conveners: George Eisenhoffer, MD Anderson Cancer Center
Phil Horner, Houston Methodist Research Institute
9:00-9:25 Using the Salamander to Guide Latent Tissue Regeneration in Mammals: Understanding Nerve-Immune Signaling Controlling Fibrosis and Regeneration Potential
James Godwin, Mount Desert Island Biological Laboratory and Jackson Laboratories
9:25-9:50 Immune-Epithelial Crosstalk in Tissue Adaptation and Maladaptation
Piotr Konieczny, NYU
9:50-10:15 How to Tune the Immune System Towards Tissue Restoration
Francesca Taraballi, Houston Methodist Research Institute
10:15 Break
Session 2: Aging and Rejuvenation
Conveners: Rachel Arey, Baylor College of Medicine
Robert Krencik, Houston Methodist Research Institute
10:30-10:55 Exercise Hormone Irisin Protects Against Alzheimer’s Disease in 3D Culture
Se Hoon Choi, Harvard Medical School
10:55-11:20 Neuroprotection on the Treadmill: Exercise, Brain Aging and Alzheimer’s Disease
Constanza Cortes, University of Southern California
11:20-11:45 Discovering a Model for Organismal Rejuvenation in an ‘Immortal’ Flatworm
Blair Benham-Pyle, Baylor College of Medicine
11:45-1:15 Lunch and poster session (Event Hall)
11:45-12:15 Lunch
12:15-1:15 Poster session
Session 3: Tissue Engineering, Cell, and Organ Transplantation
Conveners: Cindy Farach-Carson, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Doris Taylor
1:15-1:40 Regenerative Therapeutics: From Discovery to Product to Market
Caralynn Nowinski Collens, Dimension Inx
1:40-2:05 Regulated Progress: The University of Maryland Cardiac Xenotransplantation Experience
Andrew Tully, University of Maryland School of Medicine
2:05-2:30 Integrating Imaging and Scaffold Design to Enhance Musculoskeletal Regeneration
Warren Grayson, Johns Hopkins University
Session 4: Developmental Mechanisms in Regeneration
Conveners: Ross Poche, Baylor College of Medicine
Amy Sater, University of Houston
2:30-2:55 Decoding the Metabolic Requirements for Appendage Regeneration
Andrea Willis, University of Washington
2:55-3:20 Hippo-Signaling in Cardiac Regeneration
Jim Martin, Baylor College of Medicine
3:20-3:45 Regeneration of Rod Photoreceptors in a Zebrafish Model of Chronic Retinal Degeneration
John O’Brien, Univ of Houston
3:45 Break
Session 5: Engineering Tools and Methods
Conveners: Dan Harrington, University of Texas Health Science Center Houston
Feng Zhao, Texas A&M University
4:00-4:25
Engineering Biomaterials and Millifluidic Systems for Investigating Enteric Infections
K. Jane Grande-Allen, Rice University
4:25-4:50 Pumps, Pipes and AI: Engineering Vascular & Cancer Medicine with Organ-Chips
Abhishek Jain, Texas A&M University
4:50-5:15 Engineering Systems-Level Sensorimotor Plasticity Through Co-Adaptive Neural Interfaces
Amy Orsborn, University of Washington
5:15-6:15 Final remarks followed by reception (reception will be in the event hall)