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American Association of Anatomists
EXPERIMENTAL BIOLOGY '99
April 17-21, 1999  Washington, DC
Meeting Highlights:
Keynote Address:
E. Helene Sage, Ph.D. (University of Washington School of Medicine)
"SPARC, A  Matricellular Protein, Mediates Cell-Matrix Interactions: Out of Sight, Out of Cycle?"
Sunday, April 18, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, West A
AAA/Cajal Club Socializer 
Sunday, April 18, 8:00-9:00 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, East Salon
A Reenactment of The Cajal-Golgi Debate of 1906
James L. Culberson, Ph.D. (as Professor Ramon y Cajal) and Dennis Overman, Ph.D. (as Professor Golgi)
Monday, April 19, 5:15-6:15 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall A
AAA/Cajal Club Banquet and AAA Presidential Address
Guest Speaker: Dr. Bernat Soria
"Cajal's Contributions to Science"
Tuesday, April 20, 7:30-10:00 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, West A
(Ticket Required)
Thirty-first Annual Pinckney J. Harman Memorial Lecture (Cajal Club)
Bruce S. McEwen, Ph.D. (The Rockefeller University)
"Steroids, Neurotransmitters, and Neuroplasticity"
Sunday, April 18, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall A
C.J. Herrick Award Lecture 
Mahendra Rao, MBBS, Ph.D. (University of Utah School of Medicine)
"Stem Cells and CNS Development"
Saturday, April 17, 5:00-6:00 p.m.
Washington Convention Center, Room 4/5
R. R. Bensley Award Lecture
Timothy J. Mitchison, Ph.D. (Harvard Medical School)
"Toward a Mechanism of Cell Division"
Tuesday, April 20, 5:15-6:15 p.m.
Renaissance Hotel, Hall B
AAA Workshop
Understanding Your Images: Basics of Microscopic Imaging and Quantitation
Charles G. Plopper, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis), Dallas M. Hyde, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis), and Robert D. Specian, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University Medical Center)
Saturday, April 17, 9:00 a.m.-12 noon
Washington Convention Center, Room 1/2
AAA Business Meeting
Monday, April 19, 6:30-7:30 p.m.
 Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall B
AAA/FASEB Minority Student Luncheon
Guest Speaker: David Satcher, Ph.D., MD
Monday, April 19, 11:30-1:30 p.m.
 Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall A
(Invitation only)
Workshop: A Call to Activism
Saturday, April 17, 1:00 p.m.-3:00 p.m.
Grand Hyatt Hotel, Conference Theater
Theme Symposia
Saturday, April 17

Imaging Workshop: Understanding Your Images: Basics of Microscopic Imaging and Quantitation
9:00 a.m.-12:00 noon, Washington Convention Center, Room 1/2
Speakers: 
Charles G. Plopper, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis) "Basic Image Processing"
Dallas M. Hyde, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis) "Optimal Sampling and Preparation of Tissue"and
"Basics of Morphometry"
Robert D. Specian, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University Medical Center) "Overview of Microscopy"

Estrogen and Estrogen Receptors in Tissues and Metabolism
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
9:00-12:00 noon, Washington Convention Center, Room 6
Chair: Raymond E. Papka, Ph.D. (Northeastern Ohio University)
Invited Speakers:
Kenneth S. Korach (National Institute of Environmental Health Sciences) "Molecular and Physiological Phenotypes in Estrogen Receptor Knock-Out Mice"
Raymond E. Papka, Ph.D. (Northeastern Ohio University) "Estrogen Effects in the Peripheral Nervous System: Estrogen Receptors in Autonomic and Sensory Nerves that Innervate the Female Reproductive System"
John A. McLachlan, Ph.D. (Tulane University School of Medicine) "Environmental Estrogens: Evolutionary Lessons in Signaling"
Merry Jo Oursler, Ph.D.(University of Minnesota)"The Role of Estrogen in Aging: Bone Maintenance, Cardiovascular Health, and Central Nervous System Effects"

Cardiovascular Development
(A Nikon Inc., Instrument Group Sponsored Symposium)
1:00-3:30 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 4/5
Co-Chairs: Michiko Watanabe, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University) and Kersti K. Linask, Ph.D. (University of NJ)
Invited Speakers:
Michiko Watanabe, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University) "Apoptosis During Morphogenesis of the Cardiac Outflow Tract"
Sandra Webb, Ph.D. (St. George's Hospital Medical School) "Developmental Anatomy of Chamber Septation"
Margaret L. Kirby, Ph.D. (Medical College of Georgia) "An Unexpected Role for Cardiac Neural Crest in Heart Development"
John A. McDonald, MD, Ph.D. (Mayo Clinic) "Hyaluronan Synthase-2 is Essential in Mouse Cardiovascular Development"

Trends in Imaging: Living Tissues
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
1:00-3:30 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 1/2
Co-Chairs: Robert D. Specian, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University Medical Center) and Stan Erlandsen, Ph.D. (University of Minnesota School of Medicine)
Invited Speakers: 
Koret Hirschberg, Ph.D. (NICHD) "Kinetic Analysis of Secretory Traffic in Living Cells"
Norman R. Harris, Ph.D.  (Penn State University) " Intravital Microscopy: Measurements in the Microcirculation"
Katherine J. Luby-Phelps, Ph.D. (University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center) " Binding and Diffusion of Proteins and Particles in Living Cells"

Sunday, April 18

Molecular Motors: Effects in Cell and Developmental Biology
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
2:00-5:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 6
Chair: Peter Satir, Ph.D. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) (AAA and AACBNC)
Invited Speakers: 
Peter Satir, Ph.D. (Albert Einstein College of Medicine) "Introduction to Molecular Motors"
Richard E. Cheney, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina) "The Myosin Superfamily: Functional Aspects"
Johnathan Scholey, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis) " Roles of Kinesin Motors in Mitosis Organelle Transport and Ciliogenesis"
Martina Brueckner, Ph.D. (Yale University School of Medicine) "Dynein and Left-Right Asymmetry in Mammals"
 

Monday, April 19

Cardiac Signalling: ECM to the Nucleus
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
12:00-2:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 1/2
Chair: Thomas K. Borg, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina School of Medicine)
Invited Speakers: 
Thomas K. Borg, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina School of Medicine) "Cardiac Signalling: ECM to the Nucleus"
Robert Price, Ph.D. (University of South Carolina)"Growth Factor Regulation of Heart Development"
Mark A. Sussman, Ph.D. (Children's Hospital Research Foundation) "Regulation of Cardiac Myofibril Structure"
Chris Glembotski, Ph.D. (San Diego State University) "Roles for p38 MAPK Isoforms in Sarcomeric Organization and Gene Induction Association with Cardiac Myocyte Hypertrophy"
Allen Samerel, Ph.D. (Loyola University Medical Center) "Mechanical Signaling in Cardiac Myocytes"

The Role of Neurokinins in Inflammation and Immunoregulation and Epithelial Repair 
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
9:00-11:30 a.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 4/5
Chair: Dallas M. Hyde, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis)
Invited Speakers: 
Doina Ganea, Ph.D. (Rutgers University) "Immunoregulatory Neuropeptides: Modulators of Cytokine Production"
Norma P. Gerard, Ph.D. (Beth Israel Deaconess Medical Center) "Lessons from the NK-1 Receptor Knock-Out Maise"
Steven White, MD (The University of Chicago)"Role of Neuropeptides in Airway Epithelial Wound Repair"
Edward S. Schelegle, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis) "Integration of Reflex Responses and Neuropeptide Release in Oxidant-Induced Lung Injury"

Epithelial Cell Biology
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
2:30-5:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 6
Cosponsored by: Japanese Anatomical Society
Chair: Robert D. Specian, Ph.D. (Louisiana State University Medical Center)
Invited Speakers: 
Yosaburo Shibata, Ph.D. (Kyushu University, Japan) "Molecular Compositions of Epithelial Junctions"
Kuniaki Takata, Ph.D. (Gunma University, Japan) "Glucose Transport in Epithelial Cells"
Steven Alexander, Ph.D. (LSU Medical Center) "Adherns Junctions and Endothelial Barrier Regulation"
Bruce R. Stevenson, Ph.D. (University of Alberta) "Molecular Characterization of the Tight Junction"
Anna Zuk, Ph.D. (Beth Israel Hospital) "Epithelial Cell Polarity and Integrin Receptors"

Tuesday, April 20

Extracellular Matrix and Signaling 
8:15-11:00 a.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 10/11/12
Co-Chairs: Renato V. Iozzo, MD (Thomas Jefferson University of Medicine) and Kathy K.H. Svoboda, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Dentistry)
Cosponsored by: ASIP and AAA
Supported by: Jeol USA, Inc., Promega Corporation, Beckman Instruments, Merck Research Laboratories, and Biogen
Invited Speakers: 
George D. Yancopoulos, Ph.D. (Regeneron Pharmaceuticals) "The Angiopoietins: Critical Roles During Normal and Pathologic Angiogenesis"
Filippo G. Giancotti, M.D., Ph.D. (Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center) "Integrin Signalling & Cell Cycle Control"
Mina J. Bissell, Ph.D. (Lawerence BerkeleyNational Laboratory)"The Central Role of Extracellular Matrix and Integrins in Gene Expression, Apoptosis, and Cancer"

Wednesday, April 21

Lung Development: The Impact of Injury
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
9:00-12:00 a.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 1/2
Co-Chairs: Kurt H. Albertine, Ph.D. (University of Utah Health Science Center)
Wellington V. Cardoso, MD, Ph.D. (Boston University School of Medicine)
Invited Speakers: 
Kurt H. Albertine, Ph.D. (University of Utah Health Science Center) "Lung Development is Impaired in Chronic Lung Disease of Prematurity"
Wellington V. Cardoso, MD, Ph.D. (Boston University School of Medicine) "Regulation of Branching and Differentiation of the Developing Lung Epithelium."
Charles G. Plopper, Ph.D. (University of California, Davis) "Acute Bronchiolar Injury in Neonates: Altered Susceptibility and Repair in the Developing Lung"
Mary E. Sunday, MD, Ph.D. (Boston Children's Hospital)"Neuropeptides in Lung Development and Injury"
Pamela Zeitlin, MD, Ph.D. (John Hopkins University School of Medicine) " Pharmocologic Regulation of Chloride Gene Expression in Normal and Cystic Fibrosis Epithelium"

Educational Affairs Committee Program
Saturday April 17

Refresher Course: Recent Findings in Bone and Cartilage Development and Remodeling
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
2:30-5:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 6
Co-Chairs: John W. Lough, Ph.D. (Medical College of Wisconsin), Allan R. Sinning, Ph.D. (University of Mississippi Medical Center) and Sue Ann Miller, Ph.D. (Hamilton College)
Invited Speakers:
Patricia Ducy, Ph.D. (Baylor College of Medicine) "Genetic Control of Osteoblast Differentiation and Function"
Gary Hattersley, Ph.D. (Genetics Institute) "Role of Bone Morphogenetic Proteins in Skeletogenesis"
Steven L. Teitelbaum, MD (Washington University School of Medicine) "Molecular Mechanisms of Bone Resorption"
Lynne A. Opperman, Ph.D. (Texas A&M University)"The Role of TGF Betas in Intramembranous Bone Development and Growth"

Sunday, April 18

Young Anatomists in Transition: Strategies for Success
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
11:00 a.m.-1:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room4/5
Co-Chairs: Gary C. Schoenwolf, Ph.D. (University of Utah School of Medicine) and
Richard L. Drake, Ph.D (University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine)
Invited Speakers: 
Monica Vetter, Ph.D. (University of Utah School of Medicine) "Strategy for Succeeding as an Anatomist in a Medical School"
Ann Poznanski, Ph.D. (Midwestern University)"Strategy for Succeeding as an Anatomist in an Osteopathic Medical School"
Karen Augustine, Ph.D. (Smith Kline Beecham Pharmaceuticals) "Strategy for Succeeding as an Anatomist in a Pharmaceutical Company"

Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Programs in the Twenty-First Century: The Postdoctoral Experience
Sponsored by Procter & Gamble Pharmaceuticals
1:00-4:30 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 4/5
Co-Chairs: Robert R. Cardell, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine) and
Richard L. Drake, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine)
Invited Speakers: 
Elizabeth Marincola, M.B.A. (The American Society for Cell Biology) and Frank Solomon, Ph.D. (The Massachusetts Institute of Technology)"Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Programs in the Twenty-First Century: Career Structure in Biomedical Research: Implications for Training and Trainees "
Sharyl Nass, Ph.D. (The Johns Hopkins Oncology Center) "Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Programs in the Twenty-First Century: Concerns of Biomedical Postdoctoral Fellows at the Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine"
Rama Kasturi, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine) "Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Programs in the Twenty-First Century: Establishing a Postdoctoral Scholars Program in a Medical College"
Walter Schaffer, Ph.D. (National Institutes of Health) "Biomedical Graduate and Postdoctoral Training Programs in the Twenty-First Century: Changing the Incentives"
Catherine Gaddy, Ph.D. (CPST) "Biomedical Graduate Programs in the Twenty-First Century: Employment Trends for Postdoctoral Scholars in Biomedical Sciences"

Tuesday, April 20

Maintaining Anatomy in Changing Medical Curricula
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
9:00-11:30 a.m. Washington Convention Center, Room 4/5
Co-Chairs: A. Wayne Vogl, Ph.D. (University of British Columbia) and
David L. DeSha, Ph.D. (LSU School of Medicine)
Invited Speakers:
Robert Clark Lantz, Ph.D. (University of Arizona Health Science Center) "Anatomy Teaching in a Traditional Curriculum: New Tricks for an Old Dog"
Richard L. Drake, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati College of Medicine) "Teaching Anatomy in an Integrated Curriculum: The Program at Cincinnati"
Bruce F. Giffin, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati College of Medicine) "Anatomy in the 4-Year Longitudinal Neuroscience Curriculum at the University of Cincinnati College of Medicine"
A. Wayne Vogl, Ph.D. (University of British Columbia)"Anatomy in a Non-Traditional Curriculum: Mixing the Old with the New"
Robert B. Trelease, Ph.D. (University of California, Los Angeles) "Somewhere Between Cadavers and Cyberhype: Managing Anatomy Instruction During Times of Curricular and Technological Change"

12 Noon, April 20
Lunch: Sponsored by Williams & Wilkins
Washington Convention Center, Room 4/5
(Tickets available during morning session, limited availability)

Clinical Anatomists: The Teaching and Learning of Anatomy as Revealed by Cross-Sectional and Other Imaging Technologies
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
1:00-3:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 4/5
Chair: Arthur Dalley, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University Medical Center)
Invited Speakers: 
Arthur Dalley, Ph.D. (Vanderbilt University Medical Center) "Incorporating Cross-Sectional Anatomy and Imaging into the Anatomy Course-How We Do It"
David Dean, Ph.D. (Case Western Reserve University)"Learning Clinical Cross-Sectional Anatomy: From Cadaver to Cryosection to Radiograph"
Jeanne D. Keller, Ph.D. (University of Massachusettes Medical Center) "Imaging as a Teaching Tool in Anatomy"
Bradley Richard Smith, Ph.D. (Duke University Medical Center) "MRI of Embryos, an Internet Resource"

CajalClub/AAA Neuroscience Program
Saturday, April 17

C. J. Herrick Award Lecture
Mahendra Rao, MBBS, Ph.D. (University of Utah School of Medicine) "Stem Cells and CNS Development"
5:00-6:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center,  Room 4/5

Sunday, April 18

Cajal Club Krieg Cortical Kudos Awards
(Funded by Donations from Dr. Wendell J. Krieg)
8:30-11:00 a.m., Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall A
(Cortical Discoverer, Cortical Explorer, Cortical Scholar)

The Nissl Body's Poster Session
12:00 Noon - 2:00 p.m., Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall A
Organizer: Charles Ribak, Ph.D.

Regulatory Mechanisms Underlying Adult Rat and Human Brain Dynamics
2:30-5:00 p.m., Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall A
Chair: Efrain Charles Azmitia, Ph.D.
Invited Speakers: 
Mony De Leon, Ph.D. (New York University Medical Center) "Hippocampal Formation Atrophy: An Early Marker for Alzheimer's Disease"
Derek Van Der Kooy, Ph.D. (University of Toronto) "How to Make a Mammalian Brain"
Nobuo Okado, Ph.D. (Tsukuba University, Japan) "Synaptic Plasticity by Biogenic Amines"
Luis M. Garcia-Segura, Ph.D. (Cajal Institute, Madrid) "Synaptic and Glial Modification During Estrous Cycle"

Thirty-first Annual Pinckney J. Harman Memorial Lecture 
5:00-6:00 p.m., Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall A
Bruce McEwen, Ph.D. (Rockefeller University) "Steroids, Neurotransmitters, and Neuroplasticity"

Monday, April 19

Dendritic Protein Synthesis: Implications for Neuronal Function and Plasticity
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
2:30-5:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room: 4/5
Chair: William T. Greenough, Ph.D. (University of Illinois)
Invited Speakers: 
Oswald Steward, Ph.D. (University of Virginia)"Localization of Particular mRNAs at Synaptic Sites on Neuronal Dendrites"
William T. Greenough, Ph.D. (University of Illinois) "Synthesis of the Fragile X Mental Retardation Protein at Synapses: Possible Role in Synaptic Development and Plasticity"
James Eberwine, Ph.D. (University of Pennsylvania Medical Center) "Contributions of mRNA Transport and Local Protein Synthesis to Synaptic Plasticity"
Erin Schuman, Ph.D. (Caltech/HHMI) "Protein Synthesis in Hippocampal Neurons: Implications for Synapse Specificity"

Developmental Neurobiology: Current Anatomical Perspectives
(A Wiley-AAA Sponsored Symposium)
9:00-11:30 a.m., Washington Convention Center, Room: 6
Co-Chairs: James L. Olds, Ph.D. (Krasnow Institute for Advanced Studies) and
Juan Vincentes Sanchez-Andres, MD, Ph.D. (University Miguel Hernandez Campus de San Juan)
Invited Speakers: 
Gary C. Schoenwolf, Ph.D. (University of Utah School of Medicine) "Getting Organized: Establishing the Fundamental Plan of the Central Nervous System"
Juan Vincentes Sanchez-Andres, MD, Ph.D. (University Miguel Hernandez Campus de San Juan) "Mechanisms of Synchronization in the Developing Hippocampus"
Eduardo Soriano, Ph.D. (University of Barcelona)"Mechanisms Governing Synapse Formation in the Hippocampus"
Anthony-Samuel LaMantia, Ph.D. (University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill Medical School) "Induction, Neural Crest, and the Development of the Mammalian Forebrain"

A Reenactment of The Cajal-Golgi Debate of 1906
5:30-6:30 p.m., Renaissance Hotel, Congressional Hall A
Dr. Jim Culberson (as Professor Ramon y Cajal) and Dr. Dennis Overman (as Professor Golgi)

Tuesday, April 20

AAA/ Cajal Club Banquet and AAA Presidential Address
7:30-10:00 p.m., Renaissance Hotel, Room: TBA

AAA Minisymposia
Sunday, April 18

Proteogylcans and Associated Molecules in Pathologic Processes
9:00-11:00 a.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 6
Chair: Kevin McCarthy, Ph.D. (University of Louisiana)

Transgenic Animal Models and Disease
10:00-12:00 a.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 1/2
Chair: K. Sue O'Shea, Ph.D. (University of Michigan School of Medicine)

Monday, April 19

Angiogenesis and Growth Factors I
2:30-5:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 1/2
Chair: G. Schatteman, Ph.D.

Tuesday, April 20

Angiogenesis and Growth Factors II
9:00-11:30 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 6
Chair: Ronald Torry, Ph.D. (Drake University)
Sponsored by Proctor & Gamble

Organ Systems: Animal Models and Disease
12:00-2:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 6
Chair: Marion (Emmy) Gordon, Ph.D. (Rutgers University)

Developmental Animal Models and Disease
2:30-5:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 6
Chair: J. Besharse, Ph.D. (Medical College of Wisconsin)

Teaching Innovations in Anatomical Sciences
3:00-5:00 p.m., Washington Convention Center, Room 4/5
Co-Chairs: Richard L. Drake, Ph.D. (University of Cincinnati College of Medicine) and Ronald Carlin, Ph.D. (Fairleigh Dickinson University)

American Association of Anatomists Poster Sessions
Poster Presentation Times:
7:30 a.m.-8:00 a.m.
12 noon-1:30 p.m.
4:30 p.m.-5:00 p.m.
Posters can be viewed from 7:30 a.m. to 5:00 p.m.
Sunday Poster Sessions
Monday Poster Sessions
Tuesday Poster Sessions
Imaging and Microscopy 
Cell and Molecular Biology 
Cell-Matrix Interactions 
Regulation of Cell Cycle & Proliferation 
Lung Development 
Embryonic Development, Morphogenesis, & Gene Expression 
Environmental, & Toxic Effects 
Teaching in Anatomy 
History of Anatomy 
Animal Models & Disease 
Neural Growth & Development 
Cell-Cell Interactions 
Cytokines, Growth Factors & Receptors 
Cell Death 
Aging 
Urinary System 
Vascular Growth & Remodeling 
Skeletal Muscle Growth & Development
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