NIDCR 60th Anniversary
Scientific Symposium
June 24, 2008
Natcher Auditorium, Building 45
National Institutes of Health
Bethesda, MD
There is no fee for attending, and no pre-registration.
Building the Molecular Toolbox:
Four Perspectives
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8:30 |
Welcome
Lawrence A. Tabak, DDS, PhD, Director, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
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8:45 |
Introduction
Dushanka V. Kleinman, DDS, MScD
University of Maryland, College Park
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9:00 |
Salivary Diagnostics: Scientific and Clinical Frontiers
David T.W. Wong, DMD, DMSc
University of California at Los Angeles
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9:30 |
Biopsychosocial and Genetic Risk Factors for TMJD and Related Disorders
William Maixner, DDS, PhD
University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill
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10:00 |
Coffee Break
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10:30 |
Gene Therapy Strategies for Craniofacial Regeneration
Paul H. Krebsbach, DDS, PhD
University of Michigan, Ann Arbor
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11:00 |
Design Principles for Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine
Linda Griffith, PhD
Massachusetts Institute of Technology
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11:30 |
Discussion
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Noon |
Lunch – Natcher Cafeteria |
The Human Microbiome:
Biology’s Next Revolution
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1:15 |
Welcome
Elias A. Zerhouni, MD
Director, National Institutes of Health
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1:30 |
Introduction
Pamela McInnes, DDS, MSc (Dent.)
National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
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1:45 |
High Throughput Genomics and the Microbiome
Francis S. Collins, MD, PhD
Director, National Human Genome Research Institute
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2:15 |
Coffee Break
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2:45 |
Open Wide: Microbial Ecology and Metagenomics in the Human Oral Cavity
David A. Relman, MD
Stanford University
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3:15 |
The Human Oral Microbiome
Floyd E. Dewhirst, DDS, PhD
The Forsyth Institute, Boston
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3:45 |
Discussion
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4:15 |
Adjourn
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