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37th International Workshop  
August 5 - August 8, 2007
  


2007
37th International Sun Valley Workshop On Skeletal Tissue Biology
August 5th - August 8th, 2007
Sun Valley, Idaho, USA
[please note: the Workshop will be held from Sunday morning to Wednesday at 10pm]

PDF of ALL 2007 Sun Valley Workshop Abstracts
Abstracts will be available for each session topic, see link below each session

The following is the tentative schedule for the 37th Sun Valley Workshop on Skeletal Tissue Biology. This schedule is subject to change.

Saturday Evening (7:30pm-10:00pm)
Socializer
Dr. Burr's Lodge Apartment

Sunday Morning (8am-Noon)
Primary Cilia  (Chris Jacobs, Chair)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
1. Primary Cilia, what are they, how do they work, and what might they be doing in bone and other tissues? --Tim Stearns, Stanford Univ
2. Cilia in Patterning and Growth --Jill Helms, Stanford Univ
3. Cilia as Mechanotransducers in Bone --Chris Jacobs, Stanford Univ
4. Cilia in Chondrcytes --Rosa Serra, Univ of Alabama

Sunday Morning Abstracts

Sunday Afternoon (2pm-4pm)
Volleyball at Sun Valley Lake! Refreshments provided!
This is a great place to get acquainted with other participants on a very informal basis. Even if you don't play volleyball, stop by for some refreshments
and conversation. EVERYONE WELCOME!

Sunday Evening (7:30pm-10pm)
RIB Award/Plenary Session
The IGF System in the Rise and Fall in Bone Density with Age. (David Baylink, Loma Linda University)

Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
The Plenary Lecture is followed by a Poster Session with a wine and cheese reception.
*Winner of the Alice L. Jee Young Investigator Awards
1. FGF Receptor 3 Mutations Increase the Differentiation Potential --Rosalyn Anderson, Queens University, Belfast
2. *Conditional Deletion of PTHrP in Articular Chondrocytes --Xuesong Chen, Yale University
3. *The Incidence and Orientation of Primary Cilia in Tendon --Eve Donnelly, Cornell University
4.
Tomographical Evaluation of the Skeletal Condition and of the Muscle Bone Interactions --Jose Ferretti, (National University of Rosario, Argentina)
5. Direct Bone Formation during Distraction Osteogenesis does not require TNFα Receptors --John Fowlkes, University of Arkansas
6. *Remodeling Rates in Jaws and Femurs --Sarandeep Huja, Ohio State University School of Dentistry
7.
*Calcitriol and Phosphate Increase FGF23 Concentrations in XLH -- Erik Imel, Indiana University
8. Comparison of Effects of Alendronate and Raloxifene on the Lumbar Bone Mineral Density --Jun Iwamoto, Keio University
9.
*Lrp5 is Vital for Restoration of Biomechanical Integrity in Healing Bone -- David Komatsu, Indiana Unviersity
10.
*Metabolic Responses of Osteocytes -- Dawei Liu, Marquette University School of Dentistry
11. *Mutation in the Ank Gene Causes Craniometaphyseal Dysplasia (CMD)-like Phenotype --Ernst Reichenberger, University of Connecticut
12. *Mechanobiology of bone matrix production in 3D--Gwendolen Reilly, University of Sheffield
13. *Therapeutic Advantages of Androgen Administration--Anthony Semirale, Oregon Health & Science University
14. Architecture of the Lower Leg in Individuals with Neurofibromatosis Type 1 --David Stevenson, University of Utah
15. *The clinical dose of BP allows significant accumulation of AGEs in cortical bone -- Simon Yue-Cheong Tang, Rensselaer Polythechnic Institute
16. Long Bone Dysplasia in Neurofibromatosis Type 1 --Dave Viskochil, University of Utah
17. *Solute Transport Among Osteocytes in Live Animals -- Liyun Wang, University of Delaware
Sunday Evening Abstracts

Monday Morning (8am-Noon)
DMP1 and Phosphate Regulation (Co-Chairs: Charles Turner and Anne George)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn

1. DMP1 Regulation and Mineralization --Anne George, Univ Illinois Chicago
2. DMP1 and Phosphate Regulation: Clues from Animal Studies --Jerry Feng, Baylor School of Dentistry
3. The Role of DMP1 in Autosomal Recessive Hypophosphatemia --Ken White, Indiana University
4. Mechanical Regulation of DMP1 --Steve Harris, Univ of Texas, San Antonio

At noon there will be a presentation on the US Bone and Joint Decade/Young Investigators Workshop --Nancy Lane, UC Davis
Monday Morning Abstracts

Monday Evening (7:30pm-10pm)
Presentations by ASBMR/Harold M. Frost Award Recipients
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
1. TBA --Lorena Havill, Southwest Foundation for Biomedical Research
2.
A Homozygous Missense Mutation in Human KLOTHO Causes Severe Tumoral Calcinosis --Shoji Ichikawa, Indiana University
3. Defining a Pericyte/myofibroblast as an Osteoprogenitor Cell -- Ivo Kalajzic, University of Connecticut
4. Ror2, a Novel Modulator of Osteogenesis --Yan Liu, Wyeth Research

5. Elastometric High-mineral Content Polymer- Hydroxyapatite Composites for Orthopedic Applications -- Jie Song, University of Massachusetts
6.
ATF4 Is A Key Molecule Linking Food Intake and Skeletal Development -- Hideaki Sowa, Columbia University
Monday Evening Abstracts

Tuesday Morning
(8am-Noon)

Tissue Engineering (Kevin Healey, UC Berkeley and Robert Guldberg, Georgia Tech, Chairs)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn
1. Gene Therapy Strategies for Craniofacial Tissue Engineering -- Paul Krebsbach, Univ of Michigan
2. BioInterfaces Promoting Tissue Healing -- Andres Garcia, Georgia Tech
3. Biologic Augmentation of Polymer Scaffolds for Bone Repair -- Robert Guldberg, Georgia Tech
4. Extracellular Matrix Elasticity Directs Stem Cell Differentiation -- Adam Engler, Princeton University

5. Designer Biomaterials: Too Much Information? --Kevin Healey, UC Berkeley
Tuesday Morning Abstracts

Tuesday Evening (5:30pm-10pm)
Socializer (5:30pm-7:00pm)
Dr. Burr's Lodge ApartmentWorkshop Buffet Banquet (7:00pm)
Sun Valley Lodge Terrace
(babysitting will be available for children ages 2-12 during the banquet)


Wednesday Morning (8am-Noon)
Aging and Osteoporosis (Steve Cummings, Chair)*
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn

1. What is aging? Epidemiology of long-lived and frail people --Steve Cummings, San Francisco Coordinating Center
2. Aging and fragility of bone --Charles Turner, Indiana University
3. Aging and sarcopenia --David Thompson, Pfizer Inc
4. Vascular calcification --Linda Demer, UCLA
5. Aging and falls: Causes and prevention --Steve Lord, Prince of Wales Medical Reserch Institute, Australia
Wednesday Morning Abstracts

Wednesday Evening (7:30pm-10pm)
Osteonecrosis ONJ (Harry Kim, Chair)
Continental Room of the Sun Valley Inn

1. Introduction to osteonecrosis: Comparisons of hip AVN to ONJ --Harry Kim, Shriners Hospital, Tampa
2. Summary of ASBMR Task Force on ONJ --David Burr, Indiana University
3. Epidemiology of ONJ in cancer patients treated with BP’s --David Pendrys, Univ of Connecticut
4. Animal models of BP-associated ONJ --Matt Allen, Indiana University
5. Distinguishing features of the oral cavity and its pre-disposition to ONJ --Laurie McCauley,
Univ of Michigan
Wednesday Evening Abstracts

 

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