Gastrointestinal Tract Xvi: Gi Homeostasis,

The Microbiome And The Barrier, Development And Disease

August 2-7, 2015

Steamboat Springs, Colorado

Organizers:

Richard M Peek, Jr., MD

Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology

Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition

Vanderbilt University Medical Center

2215 Garland Avenue, 1030C MRB IV

Nashville, TN 37232, USA

Phone: 615-322-5200

Fax: 615-343-6229

Email:

Jason Mills, MD/PhD

Associate Professor of Medicine

Associate Director, Washington University Digestive Disease Center

Washington University School of Medicine

660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8124

St. Louis, MO 63110, USA

Phone: 314-362-4213

Fax: 314-632-7487

Email:

Melissa H. Wong, PhD

Associate Professor

Vice Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology

Oregon Health & Science University

3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Mailcode L215

Portland, OR 97239, USA

Phone: 503-494-8749

Fax: 503-494-4253

Email:

Sunday, August 2, 2015

Time / Title/Topic Event
4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / Welcome Reception
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m. / DINNER
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / Keynote: "The human microbiome: at the interface of health and disease" / Martin Blaser, MD
New York University School of Medicine

Monday August 3, 2015

Time / Title/Topic Event
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. / BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. / 1) Title of Session: GI Stem Cells
“Intestinal stem cell hierarchy”
“Regulatory niche of the intestinal stem cell”
“Quiescent gastric stem cells in the Drosophila intestine” / Session Chair: Susan Henning, University of North Carolina
Calvin Kuo, Stanford University
Linheng Li, Stowers
Craig Micchelli, Washington University School of Medicine
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. / Morning Coffee Break and
Group Photo
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m. / ePoster session
6 ePoster presentations selected from junior faculty and trainee abstracts / Moderator: Wayne Lencer, Dana Farber/Harvard
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. / LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. / Free time
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Breakout session: Meet the experts / Panel & Affiliation: Phil Daschner, NIH; Jill Carrington, NIH; Michael Grey, NIH; Kim Barrett, UC San Diego; Sean Colgan, University of Colorado
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. / Poster Session I
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / DINNER
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / 2) Title of Session: The Microbiome and Health: Probiosis, Symbiosis, and Dysbiosis in the GI Ecosystem
“Redox signaling and the gut microbiota”
“Zebrafish as a model to study bacterial-host symbiosis”
“How microbiota-immune system interactions promote symbiosis”
“Defining, promoting, and maintaining a healthy microbiota”
Short presentations selected from junior faculty and trainee abstracts / Session Chair: Gail Hecht, Loyola University
Andrew Neish, Emory University
Karen Guillemin, University of Oregon
Lora Hooper, University of Texas-Southwestern
Justin Sonnenburg, Stanford University

Tuesday, August 4, 2015

Time / Title/Topic Event
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. / BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. / 3) Title of Session: Mucosal Immunity
“Antigen presentation across the gut epithelium”
“Nod-like and Toll-like receptors in inflammatory bowel disease”
“Cytokines and metaplasia in the stomach” / Session Chair: Cormac Taylor, University College Dublin
Rodney Newberry, Washington University School of Medicine
Gabriel Nuñez, University of Michigan
Richard Di Paolo, St. Louis University
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. / Morning Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / ePoster session
6 ePoster presentations selected from junior faculty and trainee abstracts / Moderator: Deborah Gumucio, University of Michigan
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. / LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m. / Free time
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. / Poster Session II
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / DINNER
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / 4) Title of Session: Transport, tight junctions and barrier functions
“Transport, barrier maintenance and pathogens”
“Cytokines, cytoskeleton, tight junctions and the barrier”
“Growth factors and epithelial barrier function”
Short presentations selected from junior faculty and trainee abstracts / Session Chair: Asma Nusrat, Emory University
Mark Donowitz, Johns Hopkins University
Jerrold Turner, University of Chicago
Mark Frey, University of Southern California

Wednesday, August 5, 2015

Time a.m. – Time p.m. / Title/Topic Event
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. / BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. / 5) Title of Session: Host and microbial mediators of disease
“Novel pathogenic functions for bacterial cell wall constituents”
“The duality of EGFR in inflammation-associated cancer”
“Salmonella effector proteins and host cell responses” / Session Chair: James Casanova, University of Virginia
Nina Salama, University of Washington
Brent Polk, University of Southern California
Beth McCormick, University of Massachusetts
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. / Morning Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Short presentations selected from junior faculty and trainee abstracts
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. / LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. / Free time
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / Conference Registration
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / DINNER
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / 6) Title of Session: Dedifferentiation and reprogramming in development and cancer
“Early events in intestinal neoplasia”
“Stem cell plasticity in the stomach and other GI organs”
“Differentiation, dedifferentiation, transcription factors and pancreatic acinar cells”
“Helicobacter, Wnt, Hippo, reprogramming and metaplasia”
Short presentations selected from junior faculty and trainee abstracts / Session Chair: Linda Samuelson, University of Michigan
Owen Sansom, Beatson Institute, Glasgow, Scotland
Meri Huch, Gurdon Institute, University of Cambridge
Steven Leach, Sloan-Kettering
Masanori Hatakeyama, University of Tokyo

Thursday, August 6, 2015

Time a.m. – Time p.m. / Title/Topic Event
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. / BREAKFAST
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Conference Registration
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m. / 7) Epithelial injury, regeneration and disease
“Notch signaling regulation in cancer”
“Bioengineering the intestine”
“Gastric disease and regeneration” / Session Chair: Kay Lund, University of North Carolina
Noah Shroyer, Baylor College of Medicine
Tracy Grikschiet, UCLA
Juanita Merchant, University of Michigan
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m. / Morning Coffee Break
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. / Short presentations selected from junior faculty and trainee abstracts
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m. / LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m. / Free time
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m. / DINNER
7:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m. / Business meeting
7:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m. / 8) Title of Session: Cutting edge techniques/concepts in GI research
“iPS cells in translational medicine”
“Manipulating the intestine ex vivo with gut culture”
“Exosomes and the GI tract”
“4D-imaging of the intestine” / Session Chair: Manuel Amieva, Stanford University
James Wells, University of Cincinnati
Scott Magness, University of North Carolina
Robert Coffey, Vanderbilt University
Ken Lau, Vanderbilt University

Friday, August 7, 2015

Time a.m. – Time p.m. / Title/Topic Event
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m. / BREAKFAST
9:00 a.m. / Boxed Snacks to Go
And DEPARTURES

END OF CONFERENCE

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8 December 2014