Program
This is the current schedule of speakers and topics for the 2022 Forsyth Craniofacial Symposium. The Symposium will bring together researchers and clinicians working on different aspects of craniofacial biology and will include poster presentations by attendees and talks by renowned leaders in the field. Please check periodically for updates. Find the full list of speakers and their bios here.
Learn More and RegisterDay 1: Wednesday Nov 2
| Start | End | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:00 pm | 3:00 pm | Registration | |
| 3:00 pm | 3:10 pm | Dr. Wenyuan Shi CEO, The Forsyth Institute | Welcome Message |
Session 1: Postdoctoral Researchers Presentations
Moderated by Ning Yu
| Start | End | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 3:10 pm | 3:30 pm | Yaser Peymanfar, Postdoctoral Fellow, Trackman Lab, The Forsyth Institute | The gut-bone axis: Understanding the mechanism of diabetic bone disease |
| 3:30 pm | 3:50 pm | Congyu Yu, Research Fellow, Yang Lab, Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Role of Wnt/PCP signaling in craniofacial morphogenesis and skull injury repair |
| 3:50 pm | 4:10 pm | Zhirui Jiang, Postdoctoral Fellow, Hsu Lab, The Forsyth Institute | Single cell transcriptomics of cell lineages and Axin2-expressing cells for the analysis of skeletal stem cells in calvaria suture |
| 4:10 pm | 4:30 pm | Jinghao Wang Postdoctoral Fellow, Chen Lab, Tufts University School of Dental Medicine | Therapeutic Effects of Irisin messenger RNA (mRNA) in Ameliorating Pathophysiology of Osteoarthritis |
| 4:30 pm | 4:50 pm | Nelson Monteiro Postdoctoral Fellow, Bidlack Lab, The Forsyth Institute | Polymer-Induced Liquid Precursor Process Using 8DSS Peptide for Biomimetic Mineralization |
| 4:50 pm | 5:10 pm | Maria Paula Gomes, Research Scholar, Gori Lab, Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Role of the Wnt antagonist Sfrp4 in Dental Pulp Mesenchymal Stem Cells |
| 5:10 pm | 5:20 pm | Ning Yu, Staff Associate, The Forsyth Institute | Wrap Up Summary |
Day 2: Thursday, Nov 3
| Start | End | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | 8:50 am | Registration/Coffee and light refreshments | |
| 8:50 am | 9:00 am | Dr. Wenyuan Shi CEO, The Forsyth Institute Dr. William Giannobile Dean, Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Welcome Message |
Session 2: Stem Cell and and Fate Specification
Moderated by Wei Hsu
| Start | End | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 9:00 am | 9:30 am | Gage Crump Professor of Stem Cell & Regenerative Medicine, University of S. California | Lifelong Single-Cell Profiling of Cranial Neural Crest Diversification |
| 9:30 am | 10:00 am | Katherine Fantauzzo Assistant Professor of Craniofacial Biology, University of Colorado | Two sides of the same face: PDGF receptors in the neural crest |
| 10:00 am | 10:30 am | Marcos Simoes-Costa (MIA) Associate Professor of Systems Biology; Associate Professor of Pathology, Harvard Medical School | Signals and circuits controlling neural crest plasticity |
| 10:30 am | 11:00 am | Lindsey Barske Assistant Professor of Pediatrics, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital | Control of ectomesenchyme fate by Nr2f nuclear receptors |
| 11:00 am | 12:30 pm | Break/Lunch |
Session 3: Development and Disease
Moderated by Jeffrey Bush
| Start | End | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 12:30 pm | 1:00 pm | Jeffrey Bush Professor of Cell & Tissue Biology, University of California San Francisco | Cellular mechanisms of lip and palate fusion |
| 1:00 pm | 1:30 pm | Eric Liao Director, Professor of Surgery, University of Pennsylvania Perelman School of Medicine/CHOP | Scratching the surface: The role of embryonic epithelium in craniofacial development |
| 1:30 pm | 2:00 pm | Licia Selleri Professor of Craniofacial Biology, University of California San Francisco | Regulatory Dynamics of Midfacial Growth in Evolution and Disease |
| 2:00 pm | 2:30 pm | Robert Aaron Cornell Professor of Oral Health Sciences, University of Washington | A massively parallel reporter assay identifies candidates for functional variants associated with risk for orofacial cleft near IRF6 |
| 2:30 pm | 2:45 pm | Coffee Break |
Session 4: Regenerative Medicine (Tissue Engineering)
Moderated by: Jirun Sun
| Start | End | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 2:45 pm | 3:15 pm | Aaron W. James (remote) Professor of Pathology, Johns Hopkins Medicine | Innervation in cranial bone morphogenesis and repair |
| 3:15 pm | 3:45 pm | Yingzi Yang Associate Dean for Research, Harvard School of Dental Medicine | Regulation of hedgehog signaling in cranial bone development and injury repair |
| 3:45 pm | 4:15 pm | Yunzhi Peter Yang Professor of Orthopedic Surgery, Stanford University School of Medicine | Bone tissue engineering: What we have learned from bone? |
| 4:15 pm | 4:45 pm | Gabriel Mbalaviele Professor of Medicine, Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis | The role of inflammasome pathways in skeletal development and maintenance |
5:30 pm – 8:00 pm Reception for all speakers and Forsyth at Za
Day 3: Friday, Nov. 4
Session 5: Emerging Research
Moderated by Yang Chai
| Start | End | Speaker | Topic |
|---|---|---|---|
| 8:00 am | 9:00 am | Coffee and light refreshments | |
| 9:00 am | 9:30 am | Lilian Shum Director of Extramural Research, NIDCR | NIDCR research support and priorities for craniofacial development, disease, and regeneration |
| 9:30 am | 10:00 am | Yang Chai Professor of Craniofacial Molecular Biology, University of S. California | Mesenchymal stem cells in tissue homeostasis and regeneration |
| 10:00 am | 10:30 am | Ophir Klein (remote) Executive Director, Cedars-Sinai Guerin Children’s Hospital | Plasticity during renewal of the dentition |
| 10:30 am | 11:00 am | Wei Hsu Senior Member of Staff, The Forsyth Institute | Nonclassical β-catenin signaling in craniofacial cell fate specification |
| 11:00 am | 11:30 am | Noriaki Ono Associate Professor of Diagnostic & Biomedical Sciences, University of Texas Houston | Endosteal stem cells in young bones: An essential regulator of bone health and disease |
| 11:30 am | 12:00 pm | Wei Hsu Senior Member of Staff, The Forsyth Institute | Wrap up summary and group discussion of next steps in the field |
Comfortable space will be open to all symposium participants to relax and network with other attendees as well as Forsyth investigators before departure.
