Genetics and Evolution of the Skeleton Research Initiative Inaugural Symposium, March 26, 2009 University of California Berkeley Room 2040 Valley Life Sciences Building

Program Schedule
8:30-8:45	Welcome and introduction
8:45-9:15	Craig Miller UC Berkeley: Molecular & Cell Biology "Genetic analysis of development and evolution of the head skeleton"
9:15-9:45	Ophir Klein UC San Francisco: Center for Craniofacial Anomalies, Departments of Orofacial Sciences and Pediatrics "Long in the tooth: genetic regulation of stem cells in the mouse incisor"
9:45-10:15	Jackie Moustakas UC Berkeley: Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology "Studies on the development of teeth in non-model organisms"
10:15-10:45	coffee break
10:45-11:15	Leslea Hlusko UC Berkeley: Integrative Biology, Museum of Paleontology, and Human Evolution Research Center "Using quantitative genetics to study dental development and evolution"
11:15-11:45	Cyril Charles UC San Francisco: Developmental & Stem Cell Biology "Candidate regulator genes of dental evolution in muroid rodents"
11:45-12:15	Rich Schneider UC San Francisco: Department of Orthopaedic Surgery "Mesenchymal control of skeletogenesis during development and evolution"
12:15-1:15	lunch break (lunch for participants in VLSB room 2063)
1:15-1:45	Nadav Ahituv UC San Francisco: Biopharmaceutical Sciences, Institute for Human Genetics "Characterization of regulatory elements leading to human limb malformations"
1:45-2:15	Ralph Marcucio UC San Francisco: Institute for Regeneration Medicine "Mechanisms that pattern the upper jaw"
2:15-2:45	Nathan Young UC San Francisco: Institute for Regeneration Medicine "A new approach to modeling and testing the generation of craniofacial variation"
2:45-3:15	coffee break
3:15-3:45	Gabriela Loots Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory: Biotechnology Division "Genetics of Van Buchem Disease and role of sclerostin in limb morphogenesis"
3:45-4:15	Mike Sohaskey UC Berkeley: Molecular and Cell Biology "JAWS coordinates chondrogenesis and synovial joint positioning: a disjointed tale of mouse skeletal development"
4:15-5:15	Keynote Address: Bill Clemens UC Berkeley: Integrative Biology and Museum of Paleontology "Evolution of the mammalian dentition: a 250-million-year perspective"
Light refreshments will be served immediately following Professor Clemens talk. 6:30-8:30 pm — Dinner for speakers, location TBA.   Funding also generously provided by the UC Berkeley Dean of Biological Sciences