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.
(click to view program book)
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