The Gastrointestinal Tract XIX Conference

Agenda

*Times are presented in Eastern Daylight Savings Time (EDT)

Day 1: Tuesday, August 3, 2021

 
Time (EDT)Event
10:00 am – 10:15 amDay One Welcome Address
Conference Organizers: Michele Battle (Medical College of Wisconsin), Nicholas Zachos (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Maria Abreu (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine)
10:15 am – 11:00 amKeynote Address:
 Takanori Takebe (University of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital)
“Using Stem Cell and Organoid Biology to Model Complex Human Development and Identify New Therapies”
Moderator: Michele Battle (Medical College of Wisconsin)
11:00 am – 1:00 pmSession 1: Building the Gut
Co-Chairs: Mark Frey (Children's Hospital Los Angeles) and Heather McCauley (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
11:00 am – 11:30 amChristine Moissl-Eichigner (Medical University of Graz)
“The Archaeome of the Gastrointestinal Tract”
11:30 am – 12:00 pmRachel Stine (Perelman School of Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania)
“Metabolism in Intestinal Stem Cells”
12:00 pm – 12:30 pmAmy Hung (Cornell University)
“Regulatory Dynamics in the Human Intestinal Organoid Differentiation Model”
12:30 pm – 1:00 pmQ&A / Panel Discussion (all speakers in Session 1)
1:00 pm – 1:30 pmBreak
1:30 pm – 2:30 pmCareer Development Session
Chair: Nicholas Zachos (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
1:30 pm – 2:00 pmMelinda Engevik (Medical College of South Carolina)
“How to Use Social Media to Promote Your Research”
2:00 pm – 2:30 pmSteven Cohen (Johns Hopkins Carey Business School)
“Tips to an Effective Presentation in 3-5 Minutes (Elevator Talk)”
2:30 pm – 3:30 pmTalks Selected from Abstracts Session
Co-Chairs: James Casanova (University of Virginia) and Izumi Kaji (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)
2:30 pm – 2:40 pmYotam Harnik (Weizmann institute of science)
Spatial Discordances between mRNAs and Proteins in the Intestinal Epithelium
2:40 pm – 2:50 pmKathleen DelGiorno (Vanderbilt University)
Single-Cell Transcriptomics Reveals a Conserved Metaplasia Program in Pancreatic Injury
2:50 pm – 3:00 pmLuo Jia (Rutgers New Jersey Medical School)
A Transmissible γδ Intraepithelial Lymphocyte Hyperproliferative Phenotype Is Associated with the Intestinal Microbiota and Confers Protection Against Acute Infection
3:00 pm – 3:10 pmMichael Schumacher (Children's Hospital Los Angeles)
Regulatory Mechanisms of Deep Crypt Secretory Cells at Homeostasis and in Colitis
3:10 pm – 3:30 pmQ&A / Panel Discussion (all speakers in this session)
3:30 pm – 5:00 pmPoster Session / Networking / Informal Chat Opportunities

 

Day 2: Wednesday, August 4, 2021

 
Time (EDT)Event
10:00 am – 10:15 amDay Two Welcome Address and Summary of Day One
10:15 am – 12:15 pmSession 2: Fine Tuning the Gut
Co-Chairs: Jean Wilson (University of Arizona) and  Ian Cartwright (University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus)
10:15 am – 10:40 amAdam Gracz (Emory University)
“Genetic Regulation of Stem and Progenitor Cells in the Intestine and Liver”
10:40 am – 11:05 amAmy Engevik (Medical University of South Carolina)
“Myosin Vb in the Pathogenesis of Gastrointestinal Disorders and Liver Cholestasis”
11:05 am – 11:30 amFaranak Fattahi (University of California, San Francisco)
“Human Pluripotent Stem Cells for the Study of Gastrointestinal Dysmotility”
11:30 am – 11:55 amQ&A / Panel Discussion (all speakers in Session 2)
11:55 am – 12:30 pmBreak
12:30 pm – 1:30 pmCareer Development Session
Chair: Maria Abreu (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine)
12:30 pm – 1:00 pmJerrold Turner (Brigham and Women’s Hospital)
“How to Get Funded”
1:00 pm – 1:30 pmDon Rockey (Medical College of South Carolina)
“How to Negotiate Your First Faculty Job”
1:30 pm – 3:20 pmSession 3: The Gut Goes Rogue
Co-Chairs: Arthur Beyder (Mayo Clinic) and Anisa Shaker (Keck School of Medicine of USC)
1:30 pm – 1:50 pmConnie Ha (University of California, San Francisco)
“Physiological and Immunological Responses to Microbial Translocation in Crohn's Disease”
1:50 pm – 2:10 pmAlejandro Caicedo (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine)
“Harnessing Innervation to Promote Pancreatic Islet Function”
2:10 pm – 2:30 pmSubhash Kulkarni (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
“Regeneration and Rejuvenation of the Adult Enteric Nervous System”
2:30 pm – 2:50 pmAnisa Shaker (University of Southern California)
“The Role of Human Esophageal Myofibroblasts in Regulating the Epithelial Response in GERD”
2:50 pm – 3:20 pmQ&A / Panel Discussion (all speakers in Session 3)
3:20 pm – 3:30 pmWrap-up by Conference Organizer
 Michele Battle (Medical College of Wisconsin), Nicholas Zachos (Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine), Maria Abreu (University of Miami Miller School of Medicine)
3:30 pm – 5:00 pmPoster Session / Networking / Informal Chat Opportunities