8:00 – 8:10 am
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Introduction and acknowledgements
Mia M. Thi, PhD
Opening remarks
Neil J. Cobelli, MD
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Session 1 – Tendon Remodeling and Repair
Steering Chair: Dirk Hubmacher, PhD
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8:10 – 8:15 am |
Introduction Dirk Hubmacher, PhD Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai |
8:15 – 8:35 am |
Tenomodulin signature in tendon repair process Denitsa Docheva, PhD University of Wuerzburg, Germany |
8:35 – 8:55 am |
Small molecules regulating interplay between tendon stem/progenitor cells and macrophages Chang Hun Lee, PhD Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
8:55 - 9:05 am |
Discussion / Conclusions |
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Session 2 – Musculoskeletal Regeneration and Repair
Steering Chair: Nadeen Chahine, PhD
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9:15 - 9:20 am |
Introduction Nadeen Chahine, PhD Columbia University |
9:20 - 9:40 am |
Decoding synovial joint regeneration in zebrafish Joanna Smeeton, PhD Columbia University Irving Medical Center |
9:40 - 10:00 am |
Novel therapeutic strategies for degenerative disc disease and osteoarthritis Fackson Mwale, PhD McGill University |
10:00 - 10:10 am |
Discussion / Conclusions |
10:10 – 10:20 am BREAK
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Session 3 – Skeletal Adaptation: From Cells to Tissue
Steering chair: Alessandra Carriero, PhD
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10:20 - 10:25 am |
Introduction Alessandra Carriero, PhD City College of New York |
10:25 - 10:45 am |
Effects of mechanics on bone growth Sandra Shefelbine, PhD Northeastern University |
10:45 - 11:05 am |
Osteocytes in Skeletal Aging and Joint Disease Tamara Alliston, PhD University of California San Francisco |
11:05 - 11:15 am |
Discussion / Conclusions |
11:15 – 11:25 am BREAK
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e-Poster Session
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11:25 am : 12:45 pm |
Concurrent Lightning e-Poster Sessions
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12:45 – 12:55 pm BREAK
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Session 4 – Osteosarcoma and Degenerative Musculoskeletal Diseases
Steering chairs: Peter Torzilli, PhD and Martin Levy, MD
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12:55 - 1:00 pm |
Introduction Peter Torzilli, PhD The Hospital for Special Surgery, Weill Cornell Medical College Martin Levy, MD Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center |
1:00 -1:20 pm |
Modulating Wnt Signaling to Prevent Osteosarcoma Metastasis David M. Loeb, MD, PhD Albert Einstein College of Medicine and Montefiore Medical Center |
1:20 - 1:40 pm |
Quantitative Imaging For Osteoarthritis Matthew Koff, PhD The Hospital for Special Surgery |
1:40 - 1:50 pm |
Discussion / Conclusions
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1:50 – 2:00 pm BREAK
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Young Investigator Awards
Chair: Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD
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2:00 – 2:10 pm |
Young Investigator Awards Hosted by: Young Investigator Award Committee |
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2:10 pm |
Closing remarks Neil J. Cobelli, MD |
CALL FOR ABSTRACTS FOR POSTER SESSION AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AND CLINICAL YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARDS
We invite investigators to submit abstracts for the virtual lightening e-poster session, which is an important component of this conference.
Abstracts from graduate and medical students, residents and postdoctoral fellows will be considered for Young Investigator Awards and Clinical Young Investigator Award. Four winners,
three from Young Investigator category and one from Clinical Young Investigator category will be announced and each will be presented with a prize and a plaque. To qualify, you must register and
submit an abstract to Dr. Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, the chair of the Poster Session and Young Investigator Award committee, by September 24, 2021 via email to: sereffer@montefiore.org.
The abstract is limited to 1 page. Include in your abstract the study's objective, a brief statement of methods, a summary of the results obtained, conclusions, and significance. Please follow the abstract template.. As the Symposium aims to promote communication within our region, we encourage you to submit your recent work (within 2021) to this Symposium, including work that may have been submitted to other meetings.
Please note: Two PowerPoint slides with 2 minutes audio must be submitted for all accepted posters by October 15, 2021.
Important Deadlines:
Abstract Submission : September 24, 2021
Poster Submission : October 15, 2021
PROGRAM DIRECTOR
Mia M. Thi, PhD
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STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS
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• Alessandra Carriero, PhD
• Nadeen Chahine, PhD
• Dirk Hubmacher, PhD
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• Martin Levy, MD
• Peter Torzilli, PhD |
PROGRAM OVERSEERS
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• Michael Detamore, PhD • Susannah Fritton, PhD
• Mary Goldring, PhD
• Steven Goldring, MD
• Ed Guo, PhD
• John Hardin, MD
• David Hirsh, MD
• James Iatridis, PhD
• Lionel Ivashkiv, MD
• Thorsten Kirsch, PhD
• Catherine Kuo, PhD |
• Chuanju Liu, PhD
• Helen Lu, PhD
• Jeremy Mao, DDS, PhD
• Steven Nicoll, PhD
• Maurizio Pacifici, PhD
• Nicola Patridge, PhD
• Clinton Rubin, PhD
• Yi-Xian Qin, PhD
• Mitchell Schaffler, PhD
• David Spray, PhD
• Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD |
e-POSTER SESSION AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD COMMITTE
Chair: Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD
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Co-chairs :
• Leila Alvandi, PhD • Ugur Ayturk, PhD
• David Corr, PhD
• X. Edward Guo, PhD |
• David Hirsh, MD
• Bang Hoang, PhD
• Robert Majeska, PhD
• Yi-Xian Qin, PhD
• Sylvia Suadicani, PhD |
PROGRAM COMMITTEE
Mia M. Thi, PhD – Program Director
Neil J. Cobelli - University Chairman
CONTACT INFORMATION
Mia M. Thi, PhD
Program Director
Email: mia.thi@einsteinmed.org
P: 718-430-3460
Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD
Chair, Poster Session and Young Investigator
Award Committee
Email: sereffer@montefiore.org
P: 929-246-6352