Gastrointestinal Tract Xvi: Gi Homeostasis,
The Microbiome And The Barrier, Development And Disease
August 2-7, 2015
Steamboat Springs, Colorado
Organizers:
Richard M Peek, Jr., MD
Professor of Medicine and Cancer Biology
Director, Division of Gastroenterology, Hepatology and Nutrition
Vanderbilt University Medical Center
2215 Garland Avenue, 1030C MRB IV
Nashville, TN 37232, USA
Phone: 615-322-5200
Fax: 615-343-6229
Email: richard.peek@vanderbilt.edu
Jason Mills, MD/PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Associate Director, Washington University Digestive Disease Center
Washington University School of Medicine
660 S. Euclid Avenue, Campus Box 8124
St. Louis, MO 63110, USA
Phone: 314-362-4213
Fax: 314-632-7487
Email: jmills@wustl.edu
Melissa H. Wong, PhD
Associate Professor
Vice Chair of Cell and Developmental Biology
Oregon Health & Science University
3181 SW Sam Jackson Park Rd, Mailcode L215
Portland, OR 97239, USA
Phone: 503-494-8749
Fax: 503-494-4253
Email: wongme@ohsu.edu
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Sunday, August 2, 2015
Time
4:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 8:00 p.m.
8:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Title/Topic Event
Conference Registration
Welcome Reception
DINNER
Keynote: "The human
microbiome: at the interface of
health and disease"
Martin Blaser, MD
New York University School of
Medicine
Title/Topic Event
BREAKFAST
Conference Registration
1) Title of Session: GI Stem
Cells
Session Chair: Susan Henning,
University of North Carolina
“Intestinal stem cell hierarchy”
Calvin Kuo, Stanford University
“Regulatory niche of the intestinal
stem cell”
Linheng Li, Stowers
“Quiescent gastric stem cells in
the Drosophila intestine”
Craig Micchelli, Washington
University School of Medicine
Monday August 3, 2015
Time
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m.-12:00 p.m.
Morning Coffee Break and
Group Photo
ePoster session
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
6 ePoster presentations
selected from junior faculty
and trainee abstracts
LUNCH
1:00 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.
Free time
3:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
Breakout session: Meet the
experts
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
Poster Session I
Conference Registration
DINNER
2) Title of Session: The
Microbiome and Health:
Probiosis, Symbiosis, and
Dysbiosis in the GI Ecosystem
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Moderator: Wayne Lencer, Dana
Farber/Harvard
Panel & Affiliation: Phil Daschner,
NIH; Jill Carrington, NIH; Michael
Grey, NIH; Kim Barrett, UC San
Diego; Sean Colgan, University of
Colorado
Session Chair: Gail Hecht, Loyola
University
“Redox signaling and the gut
microbiota”
Andrew Neish, Emory University
“Zebrafish as a model to study
bacterial-host symbiosis”
Karen Guillemin, University of
Oregon
“How microbiota-immune system
interactions promote symbiosis”
Lora Hooper, University of TexasSouthwestern
“Defining, promoting, and
maintaining a healthy microbiota”
Justin Sonnenburg, Stanford
University
Short presentations selected
from junior faculty and trainee
abstracts
Tuesday, August 4, 2015
Time
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Title/Topic Event
BREAKFAST
Conference Registration
3) Title of Session: Mucosal
Immunity
Session Chair: Cormac Taylor,
University College Dublin
“Antigen presentation across the
gut epithelium”
Rodney Newberry, Washington
University School of Medicine
“Nod-like and Toll-like receptors
in inflammatory bowel disease”
Gabriel Nuñez, University of
Michigan
“Cytokines and metaplasia in the
stomach”
Richard Di Paolo, St. Louis
University
Morning Coffee Break
ePoster session
Moderator: Deborah Gumucio,
University of Michigan
6 ePoster presentations
selected from junior faculty
and trainee abstracts
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.
4:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LUNCH
Free time
Poster Session II
Conference Registration
DINNER
4) Title of Session: Transport,
tight junctions and barrier
functions
“Transport, barrier maintenance
and pathogens”
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Session Chair: Asma Nusrat,
Emory University
Mark Donowitz, Johns Hopkins
University
“Cytokines, cytoskeleton, tight
junctions and the barrier”
Jerrold Turner, University of
Chicago
“Growth factors and epithelial
barrier function”
Mark Frey, University of Southern
California
Short presentations selected
from junior faculty and trainee
abstracts
Wednesday, August 5, 2015
Time a.m. – Time p.m.
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Title/Topic Event
BREAKFAST
Conference Registration
5) Title of Session: Host and
microbial mediators of disease
Session Chair: James Casanova,
University of Virginia
“Novel pathogenic functions for
bacterial cell wall constituents”
Nina Salama, University of
Washington
“The duality of EGFR in
inflammation-associated cancer”
Brent Polk, University of Southern
California
“Salmonella effector proteins and
host cell responses”
Beth McCormick, University of
Massachusetts
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Morning Coffee Break
Short presentations selected
from junior faculty and trainee
abstracts
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LUNCH
Free time
Conference Registration
DINNER
6) Title of Session:
Dedifferentiation and
reprogramming in
development and cancer
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Session Chair: Linda Samuelson,
University of Michigan
“Early events in intestinal
neoplasia”
Owen Sansom, Beatson Institute,
Glasgow, Scotland
“Stem cell plasticity in the
stomach and other GI organs”
Meri Huch, Gurdon Institute,
University of Cambridge
“Differentiation, dedifferentiation,
transcription factors and
Steven Leach, Sloan-Kettering
pancreatic acinar cells”
“Helicobacter, Wnt, Hippo,
reprogramming and metaplasia”
Masanori Hatakeyama, University of
Tokyo
Short presentations selected
from junior faculty and trainee
abstracts
Thursday, August 6, 2015
Time a.m. – Time p.m.
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
7:30 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
9:00 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Title/Topic Event
BREAKFAST
Conference Registration
7) Epithelial injury,
regeneration and disease
Session Chair: Kay Lund,
University of North Carolina
“Notch signaling regulation in
cancer”
Noah Shroyer, Baylor College of
Medicine
“Bioengineering the intestine”
Tracy Grikschiet, UCLA
“Gastric disease and
regeneration”
Juanita Merchant, University of
Michigan
10:30 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.
Morning Coffee Break
Short presentations selected
from junior faculty and trainee
abstracts
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.
1:00 p.m. – 6:00 p.m.
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.
7:00 p.m. – 7:15 p.m.
7:15 p.m. – 9:00 p.m.
LUNCH
Free time
DINNER
Business meeting
8) Title of Session: Cutting
edge techniques/concepts in
GI research
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Session Chair: Manuel Amieva,
Stanford University
“iPS cells in translational
medicine”
James Wells, University of
Cincinnati
“Manipulating the intestine ex
vivo with gut culture”
Scott Magness, University of North
Carolina
“Exosomes and the GI tract”
Robert Coffey, Vanderbilt University
“4D-imaging of the intestine”
Ken Lau, Vanderbilt University
Friday, August 7, 2015
Time a.m. – Time p.m.
7:30 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.
9:00 a.m.
Title/Topic Event
BREAKFAST
Boxed Snacks to Go
And DEPARTURES
END OF CONFERENCE
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