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Invited Speakers and Workshop Topics
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Invited speakers
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- Attila Aszodi, MPI Martinsried, Germany
- Paolo Bonaldo, University of Padova, Italy
- Georg Duda, Charite - Berlin, Germany
- Donald Gullberg, Univeristy of Bergen, Norway
- Martin Humphries, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, UK
- Renato V. Iozzo, Thomas-Jefferson University, USA
- Cay Kielty, Wellcome Trust Centre for Cell-Matrix Research, UK
- Magareta Müller, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- Gillian Murphy, University of Cambridge, UK
- Gertraud Orend, Inserm Strassbourg, France
- David Ornitz, Washington University, USA
- Wiltrud Richter, University of Heidelberg, Germany
- Markus Ruegg, Biozentrum Basel, Switzerland
- Lydia Sorokin, University of Münster, Germany
- Rocky Tuan, University of Pittsburgh, USA
- Fiona Watt, University of Cambridge, UK
- Sabine Werner, University of Zürich, Switzerland
- Atsuko Yoneda, University of Copenhagen, Denmark
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Workshop Topics
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(The parallel workshops will be arranged according to the preferences chosen during the registration) |
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Stem cells and stem cell niches
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Stemness, transdifferentiation and plasticity, cellular microenvironment, differentiation capacity of stem cells |
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Extracellular matrix during inflammation
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Acute and chronic inflammatory diseases, modulation of extracellular matrix during inflammation, influence of extracellular matrix on inflammatory cells |
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Connective tissue and development
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Morphogenesis of tissues and organs, role of basement membranes and of the cell of the matrix |
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Cell-cell and cell-matrix interaction
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Basement membranes, pericellular matrix, cell-surface proteoglycans (syndecans, glypicans),
integrins, discoidin domain receptors, signalling, gap-junctions, CAMs |
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Tissue regeneration and repair
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Sources of progenitor cells, biomaterials for tissue repair, tissue substitutes, translational medicine |
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Molecules and supramolecular complexes in the extracellular matrix
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Extracellular matrix networks, fibrils and fibril periphery, proteoglycans, microfibrillar apparatus, elastic fibers |
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Extracellular matrix: Sources and reservoir of biomolecules.
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Sequestering and release of growth factors, bioactive fragments, growth factor gradients |
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Synthesis and remodeling of extracellular matrix
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Endochondral ossification, embryogenesis, organogenesis, plasticity of basement membranes |
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Extracellular matrix in angiogenesis and tumor biology
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Role of proteases in angiogenesis and tumor biology, processing functions of MMPs, tumor growth |
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Extracellular matrix in the musculoskeletal system
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Callus formation and remodeling, bone/cartilage interfaces, myotendinous junction |
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Extracellular matrix in skin and wound healing
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Fibrotic diseases, scarring, pathology, metalloproteinases in pathophysiological remodeling, shedding |
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Endothelial and epithelial barriers
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Basement membranes, pathology (epithelial function: skin, Chron's disease) |
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Biomechanical forces
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Fracture and connective tissue healing, compressive and torsional forces, nano-indentation (tissue stiffness),
shear stress, mechano-regulation and -transduction, hydrostatic pressure |
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Hot Topics in extracellular matrix research
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The newest and hottest data all around extracellular matrix |
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