Genetics and Evolution of the Skeleton Research Initiative 3rd Symposium

3rd Symposium of the Genetics and Evolution of the Skeleton Research Initiative: The Shape of Bones

September 10, 2010
The David Brower Center
2150 Allston Way, Berkeley, CA 94704

9:30 am to 6:00 pm

GESRI brings together geneticists, paleontologists, osteologists, developmental biologists, and clinicians from numerous institutions in the Bay Area to share research and ideas about how the skeleton forms, heals, and evolves. Please join us for a day of presentations and conversations, followed by a reception in the Brower Center Gallery.

Speakers: Eric Bartelink (Cal State Chico), Wenhan Chang (UCSF), Tony Keaveny (UC Berkeley), Ophir Klein (UC San Francisco), Ralph Marcucio (UC San Francisco), Craig Miller (UC Berkeley), Oliver Rizk (UC Berkeley), and Sabrina Sholts (UC Berkeley)

Plenary Talk (4:00-5:00 pm)
Phil Reno, Stanford University
"Developmental approaches to human evolution: limb proportions and spines"

Registration is free and biologists at all levels of training are welcome. For more information and to register please email gesri@berkeley.edu.

Program Schedule

9:30

Opening remarks
Leslea Hlusko, Director of GESRI

9:40

Ophir Klein (UCSF)
"Odontology recapitulates phylogeny: modeling evolution by looking a mouse in the mouth"

10:10

Craig Miller (UC Berkeley)
"Developmental genetics of dental evolution in sticklebacks"

10:40

Coffee break

11:00

Sabrina Sholts (UC Berkeley)
"Anthropological approaches to human skull variation"

11:30

Ralph Marcucio (UCSF)
"Mouse models of impaired fracture healing: mechanisms and treatments"

12:00

Eric Bartelink (CSU Chico)
"Bioarchaeological evidence of interpersonal violence in prehistoric central California"

12:30

Lunch break

1:45

Tony Keaveny (UC Berkeley)
"Micro-mechanics of bone strength"

2:15

Wenhan Chang (UCSF)
TBA

2:45

Oliver Rizk (UC Berkeley)
"Patterns of craniofacial skeletal variation across domestic dog breeds"

3:15

Coffee break

3:45

PLENARY TALK: Phil Reno (Stanford University)
"Developmental approaches to human evolution: limb proportions and spines"

5:00-6:00

Reception

Funding provided by the Human Evolution Research Center, UC Berkeley and Craniofacial & Mesenchymal Biology, UCSF