AAA Annual Meeting at EB 2009
April 18 - 22  •  New Orleans

Special Lectures | Plenary Symposia
Education & Teaching Track | Stem Cell Mini-Meeting
Scientific Symposia Hybrid Symposia
Platform Sessions | Poster Topics

SPECIAL LECTURES

KEYNOTE SPEAKER

John Gearhart, Ph.D.
C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Medicine
Director, Stem Cell Program
Johns Hopkins Univ. School of Medicine

Regenerative Medicine: Learning to Instruct Our Own Cells

Monday, April 20, 5:00-6:00 PM

PLENARY SPEAKERS

Robert S. McCuskey, Ph.D.
Professor Emeritus
Univ. of Arizona College of Medicine

The Hepatic Microvascular System in Health & Disease

Sunday, April 19, 8:00-9:00 AM

Duane E. Haines, Ph.D.
Chairman & Professor, Department of Anatomy
Univ. of Mississippi Medical Center

The Changing Landscape of Anatomical Education: One Opinion on How We Might Increase the Value of Our Stock

Sunday, April 19, 9:00-10:00 AM

AAA STUDENT/POSTDOCTORAL PLATFORM SESSIONS

LANGMAN GRADUATE STUDENT AWARD PRESENTATION
Saturday, April 18, 3:30-5:00 PM

POSTDOCTORAL PLATFORM AWARD PRESENTATION
Saturday, April 18, 5:30-7:00 PM

AAA YOUNG INVESTIGATOR SYMPOSIUM
Awardees to be announced in late 2008
Sunday, April 19, 5:00-7:00 PM

R.R. Bensley Award Lecture in Cell Biology
C.J. Herrick Award Lecture in Neuroanatomy
H.W. Mossman Award Lecture in Developmental Biology
AAA Morphological Sciences Award Lecture

Earl P. Benditt Award Lecture & Presentation
Sponsored by NAVBO
Aldons J. Lusis (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)
Cardiovascular Traits: From Genetics to Systems Biology

Journal of Histochemistry & Cytochemistry Plenary Lecture
Sponsored by HCS
Heinz-Ulrich Weier (UC-LBNL, Life Sciences Division)
From Molecules to Man - Molecular Cytogenetics in the 21st Century


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PLENARY SYMPOSIA

STEM CELL MINI-MEETING

BIOLOGY & POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS
Chair: Darwin Prockop (Tulane Univ. Health Sciences Center)

Darwin Prockop (Tulane Univ. Health Sciences Center)
Multiple Ways that Adult Stem/Projenitor Cells (MSCs) Respond to Cross-talk with Injured Tissues to Repair Them
Evan Snyder (Burnham Institute for Medical Research)
Homeostatic Pressure Exerted by Stem Cells in Degenerative or Injured CNS Environments
Armand Keating (Univ. of Toronto)
Novel Stem/Progenitor Cells
Yufang Shi (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)
Immunosuppression by Mesenchymal Stem Cells

FURTHER BIOLOGY & POTENTIAL THERAPEUTIC APPLICATIONS OF STEM/PROGENITOR CELLS
Chair: Darwin Prockop (Tulane Univ. Health Sciences Center)

Donald Phinney (Tulane Univ. Health Sciences Center)
Functional Heterogeneity of MSC Populations Provides Clues to Their Broad Therapeutic Efficacy
Jeffrey Spees (Univ. of Vermont)
Subpopulation of Non-Hematopoietic Progenitor Cells from Human Bone Marrow
Paul Simmons (Univ. of Texas Health Science Center)
Exploring the Perivascular Niche of Mesenchymal Stem Cells
Christof Westenfelder (Univ. of Utah School of Medicine)
Treatment of Acute Renal Failure with Allogenic Marrow Stromal Cells: Short- & Long- Term Effects in Experimental Models

FUNCTION & IMMUNITY OF STEM CELL-DERIVED HEMATOPOIETIC CELLS
Co-sponsored by NAVBO
Chair: Nicholas Zavazava (Univ. of Iowa)

Boris Reizis (Columbia Univ. Medical Center)
Transcriptional Regulation of Self-Renewal in Embryonic & Hematopoietic Stem Cells
Hannes Klump (Transplantation Research Center)
From Birth to Adulthood in a Nutshell: Hematopoietic Stem Cell Development In Vitro & HOXB4
Mickey Bhatia (McMaster Univ.)
Blood Development from Human Pluripotent Stem Cells
Nicholas Zavazava (Univ. of Iowa)
Embryonic Stem Cell-Derived Hematopoietic Cells: Are they Immunocompetent?

STEM CELL DYNAMICS & BIOENGINEERING: A SYNERGISTIC APPROACH
Co-sponsored by ASGBI
Chairs: Stefan Przborski (Univ. of Durham) & Di Lawrence-Watt (Brighton and Sussex Medical School)

Ketan Patel (Univ. of Reading)
Regulation of Satellite Cell Proliferation & Adult Skeletal Muscle Regeneration by the WNT Family of Signalling Molecules
Molly Shoichet (Terrence Donnelly Centre Cellular & Biomolecular Research)
Cell Guidance Strategies
Elizabeth James (Univ. of Brighton)
The Clinical Application of Cultured Cells: Are They Permanent or Just an Effective Temporary Dressing?
Stefan Przyborski (Univ. of Durham)
Enabling Technology that Allows the Routine Growth of Cultured Cells for Applications in Tissue Engineering

STEM CELLS: PLASTICITY & HOMING IN THEIR HISTOLOGICAL CONTEXT
Co-sponsored by HCS
Chair: Heinz-Ulrich Weier (UC-LBNL) & Peter Quesenberry (Rhode Island Hospital)

Peter Quesenberry (Rhode Island Hospital)
The Paradoxical Dynamism of Marrow Stem Cells
Jason Aliotta (Rhode Island Hospital)
Stem Cells & the Lung
Esmail Zanjani (Univ. of Nevada, Reno)
Generation of Functional Humanized Liver in Sheep by Bone Marrow Cells
Mariusz Ratajczak (Univ. of Louisville)
Very Small Embryonic Like (VSEL) Stem Cells: Characterization, Biological Significance & Potential Applications

EDUCATION & TEACHING TRACK

ANATOMY EDUCATION BREAKFAST ROUNDTABLES
Chair: David Bolender (Medical College of Wisconsin)

MASTER CLASS: THE LOWER RESPIRATORY SYSTEM
Chair: David Bolender (Medical College of Wisconsin)

John Morris (Oxford Univ.)
Teaching the Functional Anatomy of the Respiratory Tract to Medical Students
Michael Benjamin (Cardiff Univ.)
Teaching the Microscopic Anatomy of the Respiratory System to Medical Students
Tim LeCras (Cincinnati Children's Hospital Medical Center)
Pathogenesis of Lung Remodeling in the Developing & Adult Lung: Role for the EGF Receptor
Alan Jobe (Cincinnati Children's Hospital)
Clinical Diffuse Lung Injury & Remodeling

REFRESHER COURSE: THE LIMBIC SYSTEM
Chair: Jennifer McBride (Cleveland Clinic Lerner College of Medicine)

James Walker (Purdue Univ. Department of Basic Medical Sciences)
Overview of Limbic System Anatomy & Organization
James Culberson (West Virginia Univ. School of Medicine)
Evolution of Teaching the Limbic System
Jayaraman Rao (LSU Medical School)
Clinical Correlations to Limbic System Structure & Function
J. Richard Greene (Univ. of Bristol)
Modeling the Nuclei & Pathways of the Limbic System Using the BrainTower Functional Neuroanatomy System

WORKSHOP: USING FRESH TISSUE TO TEACH ANATOMY
Chair: Noelle Granger (Univ. of North Carolina)

Richard Whitworth (LSU Medical Center Dept. of Anatomy)
At LSU Health Sciences Center, Fresh is Best!
Robert Acland (Univ. of Louisville)
The University of Louisville Fresh Tissue Dissection Laboratory: 25 Years' Experience with Unembalmed & Minimally Embalmed Human Tissue
Terry Regnier (College of Medicine, Mayo Clinic)
Utilization of Fresh Tissue in the Procedural Skills Laboratory at Mayo Clinic
James Johnson (Wake Forest Univ.)
An Anatomical Resource Clinical Training Center Using Cadavers as Simulated Patients: Utility, Management & Best Practices

ALL ABOUT MYOCARDIAL INFARCTION: A PARADIGM FOR INTEGRATED COURSE DELIVERY
Chair: Camille DiLullo (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine)

Camille DiLullo (Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine)
Together at First: Integrated Delivery of Basic & Clinical Sciences
David Addley (Univ. of South Florida)
Myocardial Infarction: How Times Have Changed
Kersti Linask (Univ. of South Florida)
Cellular & Molecular Perspectives of Cardiac Development
Gary Lyons (Univ. of Wisconsin)
Stem Cell-based Therapies for Treating Myocardial Infarction

LIFE SCIENCE EDUCATION IN THE 21ST CENTURY: MAKING THE SCIENCE WE TEACH REFLECT THE SCIENCE WE PRACTICE
EB-sponsored Symposium
Chair: Dee Silverthorn (Univ. of Texas) & Lynelle Golden (Bastyr Univ.)

Frank Keil (Yale Univ.)
Talk Title TBD
Jim Collins (NSF)
Biology in the 21st Century: The Life Sciences in Transition
Peter Bruns (HHMI)
Bio 2010 is Almost Here: Are We Responding?
Clifton A. Poodry (NIGMS/NIH)
Talk Title TBD

USE OF CINEMA IN THE CLASSROOM
Chair: R. Ranney Mize (LSU Health Science Center)

R. Ranney Mize (LSU Health Science Center)
Cinema & Medical Neuroscience
Bruce Fuchs (NIH Office of Science Education)
NIH & Science in the Cinema
Beth Fischer (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
The Use of Commercial Films to Teach Ethics
Michael Zigmond (Univ. of Pittsburgh School of Medicine)
How to Use Cinema to Teach Teaching

INTEGRATING HISTOLOGY IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM* (7003-AAA)
Chair: Robert Spears (Baylor College of Dentistry)

PROACTIVE APPROACH TO ANATOMICAL EDUCATION IN A CONTEMPORARY MEDICAL CURRICULUM (See above)

TEACHING INNOVATIONS IN ANATOMY I & II* (7008-AAA)
Chair: Jim Brokaw (Indiana Univ. School of Medicine) & Carol Nichols (Medical College of Georgia)


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SCIENTIFIC SYMPOSIA

BIOPHYSICAL REGULATION AND COMPUTATIONAL MODELS OF VASCULAR CELL BEHAVIOR
Sponsored by NAVBO; co-sponsored by AAA
Chair: Charles Little (Univ. of Kansas Medical Center)

Charles Little (Univ. of Kansas Medical Center)
Biophysical Studies of Vascular Pattern Formation
Mary Dickinson (Baylor College of Medicine)
Contributions of Blood Flow to Cardiovascular Development
A. Wayne Orr (LSU Health Science Center)
Effects of Mechanical Forces on Vasculature
Amy Bauer (Los Alamos National Lab)
A Network Model of Endothelial Cell Receptor Crosstalk during Tumor Angiogenesis

BLOOD VESSEL CLUB: GENETIC APPROACHES TO VASCULAR DISEASE
Co-sponsored by ASIP & NAVBO
Chairs: Douglas Marchuk (Duke Univ.) & Luisa Iruela-Arispe (Univ. of California, Los Angeles)

Douglas Marchuk (Duke Univ.)
Molecular Genetic Mechanisms of Vascular Malformation
Dean Y. Li (Univ. of Utah)
Vascular Stability & Malformations

CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEM & AGING
Co-sponsored by NAVBO
Chair: Eduard Dedkov (New York College of Osteopathic Medicine)

Rolf Bodmer (Burnham Institute for Medical Research)
Genetic Modulation of Cardiac Aging
Douglas Seals (Univ. of Colorado)
Aging & Vascular Endothelial Dysfunction
Jan Kajstura (Harvard Medical School)
Aging of Cardiac Stem Cells
Mingyi Wang (National Institute on Aging)
Central Arterial Aging: Humans to Molecules

ELASTIC FIBER MOLECULES IN GROWTH FACTOR SIGNALING
Co-sponsored by The Anatomical Record
Chair: Richard Pierce (Washington Univ. School of Medicine)

W. Scott Argraves (Univ. of South Carolina)
Fibulins & Angiogenesis
Hiromi Yanagisawa (Univ. of Texas Southwestern Medical Center)
Integrin Binding to Fibulin 5 Regulates Protease Activities
Lynn Sakai (Shriners Hospital for Children)
Extracellular Regulation of Growth Factor Signalling by Fibrillin Microfibrils
Richard Pierce (Washington Univ. School of Medicine)
MAGP- Modifier of Fibrillin-Mediated Growth Factor Signalling

FGF SIGNALING IN DEVELOPMENT, DISEASE & REPAIR
Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
Chair: Suzanne Mansour (Univ. of Utah)

Suzanne Mansour (Univ. of Utah Human Genetics)
FGF Signaling in Ear Development
Xin Sun (Univ. of Wisconsin-Madsion)
The Role of FGFs in Promoting & Termination Limb Bud Outgrowth
Xin Zhang (Indiana Univ. School of Medicine)
Regulation of FGF Signaling in Lacrimal Gland Budding Morphogenesis
Kenneth Poss (Duke Univ. Medical Center)
FGFs & Organ Regeneration in Zebrafish

INTERSECTION OF NANOTECHNOLOGY & NANOMEDICINE
Chair: Rutledge Ellis-Behnke (Univ. of Hong Kong)

Don Tomalia (The National Dendrimer & Nanotechnology Center, Central Michigan University) Dendrimer-Based Nanomedicine: Pharma Delivery, MRI Imaging/Targeted/Polyvalent Therapies
Esther Chang (Georgetown Univ.)
Materializing the Potential of Molecular Medicine via a Tumor-Targeting Nanodelivery Platform
Michael Heller (Univ. of California, San Diego)
Directed Self-Assembly Fabrication of BioChemsensor Devices from Nanoparticles
Kuan Wang (National Institutes of Health)
The Role of Nanomechanics in Signal Transduction

IN VIVO IMAGING OF DEVELOPMENT: CELL COMMUNICATION DURING MIGRATION
Chairs: Paul Kulesa (Stowers Institute for Medical Research) & Jay Unruh (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)

Akira Chiba (Univ. of Miami)
Bioprobe-assisted In Vivo Dissection of Molecular Signaling by Rho GTPases in Developing Neurons
Andreas Deutsch (Technische Universität Dresden)
Cellular Automaton Modeling of Biological Pattern Formation
Paul Wiseman (McGill Univ.)
Mapping Protein: Protein Interactions & Transport in Migrating Cells Using Image Correlation Microscopy in Space & Time
Denise Montell (Johns Hopkins Univ.)
Movies, Models & More: Finding the Molecules that Make Cells Move

JUNK ANATOMY: THE STORY BEHIND “USELESS” PARTS
Chairs: Timothy Smith (Slippery Rock Univ.) & Jeffrey Laitman (Mount Sinai School of Medicine)

Jeffrey Laitman(Mount Sinai School of Medicine)
Homo Schlubicus: The End Product of 6 Million Years of Useless Parts Tagging Along
Samuel Marquez (SUNY Downstate Medical Center)
The Meaning of Emptiness: Sinuses & Sacs from Land to Sea
Rebecca Fisher (Univ. of Arizona College of Medicine-Phoenix)
A Never-ending Pain in the ...: That Annoying Appendix
Thomas Park (Univ. of Illinois at Chicago)
Blind & Naked, But Oh So Cool: The Subterranean World of the Naked Mole Rat

MOLECULAR CYTOGENETICS IN PREIMPLANTATION/PERINATAL GENETIC ANALYSIS & CANCER RESEARCH
Sponsored by HCS
Chairs: Heinz-Ulrich Weier (UC-LBNL, Life Sciences Division) & Thomas Liehr (Friedrich-Schiller Univ.)

Stuart Schwartz (Univ. of Chicago)
Molecular Cytogenetic Delineation of Chromosome Structure & Complexity
Thomas Liehr (Friedrich-Schiller Univ.)
Multi-color FISH Assays for Characterization of Marker Chromosomes & Epigenetic Changes
Sau Wei Cheung (Baylor College of Medicine)
Clinical Application of aCGH for Prenatal Diagnosis: Experience with >350 Cases
Jingly Weier (Reprogenetics, LLC)
Single Cell Cytogenetics

MULTISENSORY INTEGRATION
Co-sponsored by the Association of Anatomy, Cell Biology & Neurobiology Chairpersons
Chair: Barry Stein (Wake Forest Univ.)

Barry Stein (Wake Forest Univ.)
Multisensory Integration: Insights from Single Neurons in the Midbrain & Cortex
Terrence Stanford (Wake Forest Univ.)
Differences Between Multisensory & Unisensory Integration
Ladan Shams (UCLA)
Crossmodal Interactions in Perception & Learning
Asif Ghazanfar (Princeton Univ.)
The Evolution of Speech-Reading

NANOTECHNOLOGY & NANOBIOLOGY
Co-sponsored by NAVBO
Chair: Rocky Tuan (National Institutes of Health)

Esther Chang (Georgetown Univ. Medical Center)
A Tumor-Targeting Nanoimmunoliposome for Systemic Cancer Gene Therapy
Linda Griffith (MIT)
Bioengineering the Liver: Current Status & Current Thought
Warren Chan (Univ. of Toronto)
Probing the Interactions of Nanoparticles with Biological Systems
Rocky Tuan (NIAMS/NIH)
Adult Stem Cells & Nanomaterials for Skeletal Tissue Engineering & Regeneration

NEW PERSPECTIVES ON IMAGING OLD ANATOMY
Co-sponsored by AAA’s Advisory Committee for Young Anatomists
Chairs: Valerie DeLeon (Johns Hopkins Medical School) & Chandrashekhar Charavaryamath (Univ. of Saskatchewan)

Jonathan Wisco (David Geffen School of Medicine at UCLA)
Using Diffusion Tensor Imaging (DTI) to Study Neuroanatomical Structures
Kevin Bickart (Boston Univ. School of Medicine)
Functional Magnetic Resonance Imaging & the Neurobiology of Belief
Valerie DeLeon (Johns Hopkins Medical School)
Virtual Histology of Skull in Prenatal Mice with Syndromic Synostosis
Baljit Singh (Univ. of Saskatchewan)
Recent Advances in Imaging of the Lung

NEW TRENDS IN TISSUE ENGINEERING OF THE NERVOUS & CARDIOVASCULAR SYSTEMS
Co-sponsored by NAVBO
Chair: Francois Berthod (Laval Univ. School of Medicine) & Nicolas L'Heureux (Cytograft Tissue Engineering)

Nicolas L'Heureux (Cytograft Tissue Engineering)
Sheet-based Tissue Engineering: Autologous Blood Vessels & Beyond
David Vorp (Univ. of Pittsburgh)
Stem Cell-Based Tissue Engineered Blood Vessels
Giorgio Terenghi (Univ. of Manchester)
Tissue Engineering of an Artificial Nerve for Injury Repair
François Berthod (Laval Univ. School of Medicine)
A Tissue-Engineered Model of the Spinal Cord to Study Neurodegenerative Disorders

REGULATION OF ANGIOGENESIS BY CIRCULATING CELLS*
Sponsored by NAVBO; co-sponsored by AAA
Chair: Christiana Ruhrberg (Univ. College London)

Christiana Ruhrberg (University College London)
Novel Roles for Macrophages in Developmental Angiogenesis
Elaine Y. Lin (Albert Einstein Cancer Center)
Macrophages in Tumor Angiogenesis

SLEEP & METABOLISM: IT'S MORE THAN JUST WHAT YOU EAT
Chairs: Gloria Hoffman (Morgan State Univ.) & Jessica Mong (Univ. of Maryland School of Medicine)

Gloria Hoffman (Morgan State Univ.)
Chronic Sleep Deprivation Induces Alterations in Both Feeding & Arousal Systems
Michael Koban (Morgan State Univ.)
Consequences of Chronic Sleep Deprivation on Metabolism: Altered Uncoupling Protein Expression
Deborah Suchecki (UNIFESP)
Sleep Deprivation & Stress: An Inseparable Pair
Eve Van Cauter (Univ. of Chicago)
Short Sleep, Poor Sleep: Novel Risk Factors for Type 2 Diabetes

SPECIALIZED FUNCTIONS OF THE VASCULATURE*
Sponsored by NAVBO; co-sponsored by AAA
Chair: Deborah Yelon (New York Univ. Medical Center)

Deborah Yelon (New York University Medical Center)
Endocardial Specification and Morphogenesis in the Zebrafish Embryo
Speaker/affiliation TBD
Lymphatic Vasculature

TESTING DEVELOPMENTAL BIOLOGY PARADIGMS WITH NEW ANATOMICAL MODELS
Sponsored by ASGBI
Chair: Martin Collinson (Univ. of Aberdeen)

Martin Collinson (Univ. of Aberdeen)
Genetic Pathway Adaptation & Eye Development in the Iberian Mole
Wim Damen (Institut Für Genetik Der Universität Zu Koln)
Developmental Biology Paradigms: Lessons from Spiders
James Hanken (Harvard Univ.)
Embryonic Derivation & Segmentation of the Bony Skull are Not Conserved Among Vertebrates: Data from Amphibians
William Jeffery (Univ. of Maryland)
Generation of Morphological Diversity by Pleiotropy in Blind Cavefish

THE HEPATIC SINUSOID & ITS UNIQUE ENDOTHELIUM (See above)

TISSUE FIXATION FOR MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS AND MOLECULAR PROFILING
Sponsored by HCS
Chairs: Denis Baskin (VA Puget Sound Medical Center and Univ. of Washington) & Stephen Carmichael (Emeritus, Anatomy, Mayo Clinic)

Frederico Monzon (Molecular Diagnostics)
Unlocking the Archives: Genomic Analysis of Formalin-Fixed Paraffin Embedded Tissue
Wei-Sing Chu (Armed Forces Institute of Pathology)
Ultrasound-mediated Tissue Specimen Preparation & On-slide Molecule Extraction from Fixed Tissue Samples
Steven Bogen (Boston Univ. School of Medicine)
Formalin Fixation & Antigen Retrieval: Translating Insights To Clinical Innovation
Scott Jewell (Ohio State Univ.)
Non-formalin Tissue Fixation for Biochemical & Molecular Analysis

VERTEBRATE EVOLUTION & DEVOLOPMENT
Chair: Richard Behringer (M.D. Anderson Cancer Center)

Michael Shapiro (Univ. of Utah)
Parallel Evolution in Stickleback Fish
Arkhat Abzhanov (Harvard Univ.)
Pecking at the Origin of Vertebrate Diversity
Chris Cretekos (Idaho State Univ.)
Comparative Limb Morphogenesis in Mice & Bats
Kimberly Cooper (Harvard Medical School)
Hindlimb Specialization: Evolution of Bipedalism

VESICULAR TRANSPORT AND SIGNALING IN ENDOTHELIUM*
Sponsored by NAVBO; co-sponsored by AAA
Chair: Radu Stan (Dartmouth Medical School)

Radu V. Stan (Dartmouth Medical School)
Regulation of Vascular Permeability
Jordan Pober (Yale Univ.)
Internalization & Signaling of TNFR in Endothelium

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HYBRID SYMPOSIA

ASYMMETRIES IN DEVELOPMENT (7001-AAA)*
Chair: Judith Venuti (LSU Health Science Center)

Jianbo Wang (Univ. of Alabama)
The Planar Cell Polarity Pathway in Mammalian Embryogenisis
Jeffrey Axelrod (Stanford Univ. School of Medicine)
Planar Cell Polarity: From Cells to Tissues to Organisms

MORPHOLOGICAL VARIATION IN DEVELOPMENT & DISEASE (7004-AAA)*
Chairs: Richard Schneider (Univ. of California San Francisco) & Ralph Marcucio (Univ. of California San Francisco)

Charles Kimmel (Univ. of Oregon)
Evolution & Development of Facial Bone Shape
Benedikt Hallgrimsson (Univ. of Calgary)
Developmental Integration, Canalization & Cleft Lip in A/WySn Mice

SYSTEM BIOLOGY APPROACHES FOR INVESTIGATING MICROVASCULAR REMODELING (7007-AAA)*
Chair: Walter Murfee (Tulane Univ.) & Shayn Peirce (Univ. of Virginia)

Shayn Peirce (Univ. of Virginia)
Combining Multi-Cell Agent-Based Models with Experiments to Determine Cell Fates in Microvascular Growth
Timothy Secomb (Univ. of Arizona)
Theoretical Simulation of Microvascular Network Growth & Adaptation

*AAA & NAVBO will be accepting abstracts for presentation within this session. Please see the topic category list.

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PLATFORM SESSIONS
AAA Platform Sessions are made up of slide presentations selected from submitted abstracts.

ADVANCES IN NEURAL INJURY AND REPAIR (7000-AAA)
Chair: Keith Fargo (Loyola Univ. Chicago)

DEVELOPMENT & EVOLUTION (7002-AAA)
Chair: Stephen Moorman (Robert Wood Johnson Medical School)

INTEGRATING HISTOLOGY IN THE MEDICAL SCHOOL CURRICULUM (7003-AAA)
Chair: Robert Spears (Baylor College of Dentistry)

REGENERATIVE MEDICINE (7005-AAA)
Chair: Martine Dunnwald (Univ. of Iowa)

STEM CELLS (7006-AAA)
Chair: Martine Dunnwald (Univ. of Iowa)

TEACHING INNOVATIONS I & II (7008-AAA) See above
Chairs: James Brokaw (Indiana Univ. School of Medicine) & Carol Nichols (Medical College of Georgia)

VASCULAR AND CARDIAC AGING (7009-AAA)
Chairs: Eduard Dedkov (New York College of Osteopathic Medicine) & Douglas Seals (Univ. of Colorado)

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POSTER TOPICS

7016-AAA      Anatomy
7017-AAA      Anatomy: Animal Models
7018-AAA      Anatomy: Form & Variation
7019-AAA      Anatomy: Mathematical Modeling
7020-AAA      Anatomy: Muscle
7021-AAA      Anatomy: Technology Transfer

7022-AAA      Anatomy Education
7023-AAA      Anatomy Education: Assessment, Curriculum & Mentoring
7024-AAA      Anatomy Education: Computer-assisted Learning
7025-AAA      Anatomy Education: Educational Research
7026-AAA      Anatomy Education: Teaching Methods & Innovations

7027-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth
7028-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Aging, Disease & Cancer
7029-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Anatomy and Morphology
7030-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Bioengineering, Artificial Matrices & Devices
7031-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Biomechanics
7032-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Bone Marrow & Mesenchymal Stem Cells
7033-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Cartilage
7034-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Craniofacial
7035-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Development
7036-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: ECM & Cells
7037-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Imaging
7038-AAA      Bones, Cartilage & Teeth: Molecular Mechanisms

7039-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology
7040-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: Aging; Disease & Hypertension
7041-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: Anatomy & Morphology
7042-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: Angiogenesis; Lymphangiogenesis; Vasculogenesis
7043-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: Artificial Components; Bioengineering
7044-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: Cell Signaling
7045-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: Development
7046-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: Dynamic Imaging
7047-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: ECM & Cells
7048-AAA      Cardiovascular Biology: Molecular Mechanisms

7049-AAA      Cell Biology
7050-AAA      Cell Biology: Cell Cycle
7051-AAA      Cell Biology: Cell Response to Mechanical Stress
7052-AAA      Cell Biology: Contractility/Muscle
7053-AAA      Cell Biology: ECM & Cells
7054-AAA      Cell Biology: Epithelial to Mesenchymal Transition
7055-AAA      Cell Biology: Gene Regulation
7056-AAA      Cell Biology: Genomics & Proteomics
7057-AAA      Cell Biology: Imaging
7058-AAA      Cell Biology: Membranes, Organelles, Cilia & Flagellae
7059-AAA      Cell Biology: Signaling & Regulatory Networks

7060-AAA      Extracellular Matrix
7061-AAA      Extracellular Matrix: Bioengineering; Biomechanics
7062-AAA      Extracellular Matrix: Cancer & Metastasis
7063-AAA      Extracellular Matrix: Development
7064-AAA      Extracellular Matrix: Fibrosis, Pathology & Disease
7065-AAA      Extracellular Matrix: Migration, Pathfinding & Target Recognition of Cells
7066-AAA      Extracellular Matrix: Remodeling

7067-AAA      Growth & Development
7068-AAA      Growth & Development: Pathways of Regeneration & Repair
7069-AAA      Growth & Development: Gene Expression Patterns
7070-AAA      Growth & Development: Head & Face
7071-AAA      Growth & Development: Imaging
7072-AAA      Growth & Development: Limb Development & Regeneration
7073-AAA      Growth & Development: Mammalian Models
7074-AAA      Growth & Development: Non-Mammalian Models
7075-AAA      Growth & Development: Reproduction
7076-AAA      Growth & Development: Thorax, Abdomen & Pelvic Region

7077-AAA      Histochemistry

7078-AAA      Imaging
7079-AAA      Imaging: Anatomy
7080-AAA      Imaging: Cell Signaling
7081-AAA      Imaging: Computational Analysis
7082-AAA      Imaging: Live Imaging

7083-AAA      Neurobiology
7084-AAA      Neurobiology: Anatomy & Morphology
7085-AAA      Neurobiology: Central, Peripheral & Autonomic Systems
7086-AAA      Neurobiology: Glial Cells
7087-AAA      Neurobiology: Learning & Memory
7088-AAA      Neurobiology: Neuroimaging
7089-AAA      Neurobiology: Neuroimmune Interactions
7090-AAA      Neurobiology: Neuronal and Spinal Cord Degeneration, Repair & Regeneration
7091-AAA      Neurobiology: Neuroprotection
7092-AAA      Neurobiology: Neuropsychiatric Disorders
7093-AAA      Neurobiology: Response to Biomechanics
7094-AAA      Neurobiology: Sensory Systems
7095-AAA      Neurobiology: Synapses, Spines & Structural Plasticity

7096-AAA      Regenerative Medicine
7097-AAA      Regenerative Medicine: Bioartificial Organs & Sensors
7098-AAA      Regenerative Medicine: Cell-Scaffold Interactions
7099-AAA      Regenerative Medicine: Internal & External Devices
7100-AAA      Regenerative Medicine: Organ and Tissue Regeneration
7101-AAA      Regenerative Medicine: Rehabilitation
7102-AAA      Regenerative Medicine: Robotics
7103-AAA      Regenerative Medicine: Stem Cells

7104-AAA      Stem Cells
7105-AAA      Stem Cells: Aging & Disease
7106-AAA      Stem Cells: Identification of Precursors
7107-AAA      Stem Cells: Perinatal
7108-AAA      Stem Cells: Postnatal
7109-AAA      Stem Cells: Prenatal
7110-AAA      Stem Cells: Wound Healing & Repair

7111-AAA      Tissue Engineering

7112-AAA      Wound Healing



NAVBO SYMPOSIA TOPICS

7010-AAA      Vascular Biology: Specialized Functions - Arterial -Venous Specification
7011-AAA      Vascular Biology: Specialized Functions - Coronary Vessels
7012-AAA      Vascular Biology: Specialized Functions - Endocardium
7013-AAA      Vascular Biology: Specialized Functions - Lymphatic Vasculature
7014-AAA      Vascular Biology: Regulation of Angiogenesis by Circulating Cells
7015-AAA      Vascular Biology: Vascular Cell Receptor/Adhesion Molecule Trafficking

NAVBO POSTERS & MINISYMPOSIUM TOPICS

7113-AAA      Vascular Biology
7114-AAA      Vascular Biology: Angiogenesis & Vascular Development
7115-AAA      Vascular Biology: Atherosclerosis & Restenosis
7116-AAA      Vascular Biology: Endothelial Cell Biology
7117-AAA      Vascular Biology: Extracellular Matrix & Proteases in Vascular Biology
7118-AAA      Vascular Biology: Genetic Disorders & Animal Models of Vascular Diseases
7119-AAA      Vascular Biology: Genomics/proteomics in Vascular Biology
7120-AAA      Vascular Biology: Hypertension/endothelial-dependent Responses
7121-AAA      Vascular Biology: Immune System in Vascular Disease
7122-AAA      Vascular Biology: Lipid Mediators & Lipoproteins
7123-AAA      Vascular Biology: Mechano-sensing & Signal Transduction in Vascular Cells
7124-AAA      Vascular Biology: Smooth Muscle Cell Biology
7125-AAA      Vascular Biology: Stem/progenitor Cells in Vascular Biology
7126-AAA      Vascular Biology: Thrombosis & Hemostasis
7127-AAA      Vascular Biology: Vascular Cell Dysfunction in Disease
7128-AAA      Vascular Biology: Vascular Cell Signaling
7129-AAA      Vascular Biology: Vascular Tissue Engineering