SUNDAY |
4:00 pm - 9:00 pm | Arrival and Check-in |
6:00 pm | Dinner |
7:30 pm - 9:30 pm | MICROBIAL GENOMICS |
| Discussion Leader: Mogens Kilian (University of Aarhus) |
7:30 pm - 8:15 pm | Hervé Tettelin (Institute for Genomic Research)
"Genomic diversity of pathogens and vaccine development" |
8:15 pm - 8:30 pm | Discussion |
8:30 pm - 9:15 pm | Steven Gill (University at Buffalo)
"Where next for periodontal bacterial genomics" |
9:15 pm - 9:30 pm | Discussion |
9:30 pm | Reception |
MONDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MICROBIAL VIRULENCE |
| Discussion Leader: Anne Progulske Fox (University of Florida) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Manuela Durr (University of Tubingen)
"Microbial Evasion of Innate Host Defence" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break / Photo |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Koji Nakayama (Nagasaki University)
"Novel virulence mechanisms of P. gingivalis" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Donald Demuth (University of Louisville)
"Virulence mechanisms of Actinobacillus actinomycetemcomitans" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster / Offered Paper Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | COMPLEX COMMUNITY LIFESTYLES |
| Discussion Leader: Paul Kolenbrander (National Institutes of Health) |
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Ned Ruby (University of Wisconsin)
"Regulation of beneficial bacterial interactions with the host" |
6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm | Philip Marsh (CAMR)
"Microbial life in dental plaque biofilms - independent existence or community living?" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
TUESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | HOST MICROBE RECOGNITION |
| Discussion Leader: Mike Curtis (Queen Mary University of London) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Richard Darveau (University of Washington)
"Manipulation of recognition pathways by P. gingivalis" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | George Hajishengallis (University of Louisville)
"Microbial immunomodulatory activity via inside-out and outside-in signaling" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Denis Kinane (University of Louisville)
"Pattern recognition in the oral cavity" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster / Offered Paper Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | AG PRESENTATION/SPECIFIC IMMUNE RESPONSE |
| Discussion Leader: Jeff Ebersole (University of Kentucky) |
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Per Brandtzaeg (University of Oslo)
"Secretory immunity in oral mucosal defence" |
6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 6:50 pm | Lior Shapira (Hebrew University)
"Down Regulation of Immune Response in Chronic Disease" |
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Discussion |
7:00 pm - 7:20 pm | Suzanne Barbour (Virginia Commonwealth University)
"IgG2 in periodontal disease" |
7:20 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
WEDNESDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | CONTROLLING INFLAMMATION |
| Discussion Leader: Salomon Amar (Boston University Medical Center) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | Salomon Amar (Boston University Medical Center)
"Control of TNF gene expression in inflammatory diseases" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Tom Van Dyke (Boston University)
"Control of Periodontal Inflammation" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Christopher Overall (University of British Columbia)
"Dynamic Regulation of the Chemokine Web by Matrix Metalloproteinases" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster / Offered Paper Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | INVITED ORAL PRESENTATIONS |
| Discussion Leader: Denis Kinane (University of Louisville) |
| Host response in periodontal disease |
5:30 pm - 5:40 pm | Jim Beck (University of North Carolina)
"Oxidative Stress Modifies IgG Antibody Prediction of Incident Cardiovascular Events" |
5:40 pm - 5:50 pm | Andy Teng (University of Rochester)
"Linking innate immunity to osteoimmunology: A new paradigm?" |
5:50 pm - 6:00 pm | John Taylor (University of Newcastle upon Tyne)
"Immune responses stimulated by the novel IL-1 cytokines IL-1F6, Il-1F8 and IL-1F9" |
6:00 pm - 6:10 pm | Steve Offenbacher (University of North Carolina)
"Bacterial Infection as an Epigenetic Modifier" |
6:10 pm - 6:20 pm | Jeff Ebersole (University of Kentucky)
"Comparative Genomics of Innate Immune Responses to Oral Bacteria" |
6:20 pm - 6:40 pm | General Discussion |
| Host microbe interactions |
6:40 pm - 6:50 pm | Ashu Sharma (University at Buffalo)
"The role of Tannnerella forsythia leucine-rich-repeat BspA protein in epithelial cell interactions" |
6:50 pm - 7:00 pm | Kazuhisa Yamazaki (Niigata University)
"Early and preferential induction of IL-1 receptor-associated kinase-M in THP-1 cells by lipopolysaccharide derived from Porphyromonas gingivalis" |
7:00 pm - 7:10 pm | Keith Kirkwood (University of Michigan)
"MAPK signaling mechanisms governing inflammatory cytokine expression" |
7:10 pm - 7:30 pm | General Discussion |
7:30 pm - 8:00 pm | Business Meeting |
| (Nominations for the next Vice Chair; Fill out Conference Evaluation Forms; Discuss future Site & Scheduling preferences; Election of the next Vice Chair) |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
THURSDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am - 12:30 pm | MECHANISMS OF WOUND HEALING |
| Discussion Leader: Shinya Murakami (Osaka University) |
9:00 am - 9:45 am | William Giannobile (University of Michigan)
"Growth factor gene delivery for periodontal tissue engineering" |
9:45 am - 10:00 am | Discussion |
10:00 am | Coffee Break |
10:30 am - 11:15 am | Dana Graves (Boston University)
"Mechanisms of fibroblast apoptosis" |
11:15 am - 11:30 am | Discussion |
11:30 am - 12:15 pm | Martha Somerman (University of Washington)
"Challenges in periodontal tissue engineering" |
12:15 pm - 12:30 pm | Discussion |
12:30 pm | Lunch |
1:30 pm - 4:00 pm | Free Time |
4:00 pm - 5:30 pm | Poster / Offered Paper Session |
5:30 pm - 7:30 pm | STEM CELL AND TISSUE TRANSPLANTATION |
| Discussion Leader: Klaus Lang (University of Berne) |
5:30 pm - 6:15 pm | Maurizio Tonetti (University of Connecticut Health Science Center)
"Clinical Strategies for tissue regeneration" |
6:15 pm - 6:30 pm | Discussion |
6:30 pm - 7:15 pm | Paul Sharpe (Kings College London)
"The potential of stem cells in the treatment of oral disease" |
7:15 pm - 7:30 pm | Discussion |
7:30 pm | Reception |
8:00 pm | Dinner |
FRIDAY |
7:30 am - 8:30 am | Breakfast |
9:00 am | Depart |