
please join us for
Symposium 2023
May 9, 2023
1:00-6:00 pm
St. Louis, Missouri
Eric P. Newman Educational Center
Washington University Medical School
The Annual Symposium is the largest and most extensive interaction of the Musculoskeletal Research Center investigators.

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Keynote Speaker

Jeffrey Gordon, MD
Pathology & Immunology
- Email: jgordon@wustl.edu
Focus: the translational research pipeline for identifying next generation prebiotics, probiotics- and synbiotics (combinations of pre- and probiotics) to prevent or treat metabolic dysfunction and nutritional deficiencies
Symposium Agenda
Time | Location | |
12:00 – 01:00 pm | Box Lunch pick-up / Poster Set-up | EPNEC Lobby |
01:00-01:10 pm | Introduction: “The MRC and Its Activities” | Dr. Matthew Silva | Main Auditorium |
01:10-02:00 pm | Keynote Lecture Dr. Jeffrey Gordon “Developing Microbiota-directed Therapeutics for Childhood Undernutrition” | Main Auditorium |
Pilot & Feasibility Presentations | ||
02:05-02:20 pm | Alexander Chamessian, MD, PhD “A Cellular and Molecular Census of Musculoskeletal Nociceptors” | Main Auditorium |
02:20-02:35 pm | Silvia Jansen, PhD “Mechanosensitive Regulation of Osteoblast Mineralization by the Actin Cytoskeleton” | Main Auditorium |
02:35-02:50 pm | Erica Scheller, PhD “Characterization and Function of a New p75-NTR+ Cellular Network in Bone” | Main Auditorium |
BREAK | ||
03:00 – 03:10 pm | Nicole Gould | Abstract #1 “Proliferation of Early and Mature Osteoblasts is Required for Fracture Callus Mineralization” | Main Auditorium |
03:10 – 03:20 pm | Ting Zhong | Abstract #2 “Upregulating The Expressions of Angiogenic and Myogenic Factors in Stem Cell-Derived Exosomes for Vascularization and Muscle Regeneration in Ischemic Hindlimbs” | Main Auditorium |
03:20 – 03:30 pm | Gaurav Swarnkar | Abstract #3 “IkBz is a Central Modulator of Rheumatoid Arthritis Pathogenesis” | Main Auditorium |
03:30 – 03:40 pm | Ryan Potter | Abstract #4 “Lumbar Intervertebral Disc Injury in Mice Increases Neurite and Vascular Infiltration into the Annulus Fibrosis” | Main Auditorium |
POSTER SESSIONS / RECEPTION | ||
03:40-04:25 PM | Poster session A (Even # posters) | Great Rooms A&B |
04:25-05:10 PM | Poster session B (Odd # posters) | Great Rooms A&B |
05:25-05:30 pm | Announcement of poster winners | Great Rooms A&B |
General Registration Deadline: April 21, 2023
Register
Registration for the 2023 MRC Symposium is now closed.
Poster Guidelines
The maximum Poster size is 45” wide x 45” tall. You have one half of one side of the poster boards. Posters must be in a vertical layout.
Questions?
Kamilla McGhee | Core Coordinator | kjm@wustl.edu