Guest Societies:
Chinese Society for Anatomical Sciences
Society for Vertebrate Paleontology
Chinese Society for Anatomical Sciences
Society for Vertebrate Paleontology
View a preliminary program and call for abstracts of the entire EB 2017 meeting.
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Keynote Speaker
Mini-Meetings
Professional Development
Education & Teaching Symposia
Scientific Symposia
Platform Session Topics
Mini-Meetings
Professional Development
Education & Teaching Symposia
Scientific Symposia
Platform Session Topics

Keynote Speaker
Bjorn R. Olsen, M.D., Ph.D.
(Harvard School of Dental Medicine)
Roles of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Skeletal Development, Postnatal Homeostasis and Disease
Bjorn R. Olsen, M.D., Ph.D.
(Harvard School of Dental Medicine)
Roles of Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor in Skeletal Development, Postnatal Homeostasis and Disease
Mini-Meetings
Sunday, April 23 - Applied Anatomy - Human Development and Disease Mini-Meeting
Plenary Session - Organoids: Recapitulating Anatomy in a Dish
Chair - Kenneth Kramer (Creighton University)
Hans Clevers (Hubrecht Institute)
Eri Hashino (Indiana University)
Jason Spence (University of Michigan)
Monday, April 24 - The Evolution of Vertebrate Form and Function Mini-Meeting
Plenary Session - Evolution of Vertebrate Form & Function Plenary
Chair - Casey Holliday (University of Missouri)
Neil Shubin (University of Chicago)
Blaire Van Valkenburg (University of California, Los Angeles)
Each mini-meeting will consist of feature plenary lectures plus 4-6 symposia related to the topic theme.
Plenary Session - Organoids: Recapitulating Anatomy in a Dish
Chair - Kenneth Kramer (Creighton University)
Hans Clevers (Hubrecht Institute)
Eri Hashino (Indiana University)
Jason Spence (University of Michigan)
Monday, April 24 - The Evolution of Vertebrate Form and Function Mini-Meeting
Plenary Session - Evolution of Vertebrate Form & Function Plenary
Chair - Casey Holliday (University of Missouri)
Neil Shubin (University of Chicago)
Blaire Van Valkenburg (University of California, Los Angeles)
Each mini-meeting will consist of feature plenary lectures plus 4-6 symposia related to the topic theme.
Professional Development
Is a Balanced Teaching/Research Career Fact or Fiction
Chair – Lynne Opperman (Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry)
Work-Life Balance and Mental Health: How to Manage One without Losing the Other
Chair – Rebecca Lufler (Tufts University School of Medicine)
Storytelling and the Art of Effective Science Communication
Chair – Jason Organ (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Education & Teaching Symposia
Anatomy Education Roundtable - Active Learning Approaches in Anatomy Education
Chairs – Mike Pascoe (University of Colorado) & David Morton (University of Utah Health Science Center)
Building the Bridge: Connecting Prior Knowledge to New Knowledge (Hybrid) *
Chairs – J. Bradley Barger (University of Alabama School of Medicine) & Keely Cassidy (University of Nebraska)
Integrating and Assessing Anatomy & Physiology Education: What does the Educational Research Tell Us?
AAA and APS Joint Session
Chair – Valerie OLoughlin (Indiana University School of Medicine)
Preceding Professional Programs: Successful Anatomy Education in the Undergraduate Classroom
Chair – Danielle Bentley (University of Guelph, Humber)
So You Want to Create Digital Media for Education - Now What?
Chair – Claudia Krebs (University of British Columbia)
Student Debate on Modern Anatomical Pedagogies: Beyond the Literature
Chair – F. Kip Sawyer (Tufts University School of Medicine)
Sharing Resources for Integrated Education and Research - The Virtual Microscopy Database
This session was funded and programmed in part by the AAA Innovations Program
Chair – Haviva Goldman (Drexel University College of Medicine)
Using Ultrasound to Teach Cardiovascular Physiology and Anatomy
APS and AAA Joint Session
Chair – Geoffrey Guttmann (University of Medicine and Health Sciences, St. Kitts)
Scientific Symposia
Chair – Andras Czirok (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Advances and Novel Approaches Illuminating Brain Development and Disorders
Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
Chair – Gary Schoenwolf (University of Utah School of Medicine)
Anatomy in the 21st Century: Anatomical Networks and Systems Biology
This session was funded and programmed in part by the AAA Innovations Program
Chair – Rui Diogo (Howard University)
Biomechanics of Multicellular Organization
Chair – Andras Czirok (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Body on-Chip and 3D Culture
Chair – Aloysius Klingelhutz (University of Iowa)
Bone Remodeling in Health, Disease, and Aging
Chair – Mohammed Elsalanty (Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University)
Cranial Biomechanics and Evolution
Chair – Casey Holliday (University of Missouri)
Crossmodal Plasticity: Structural and Functional Reorganization in the Cortex Following Sensory Deprivation
Chair – Brian Allman (University of Western Ontario)
Evolutionary Approaches to Medicine
Co-sponsored by AAA’s Advisory Committee for Young Anatomists
Chair – Jason Mussell (LSU Health Sciences Center)
EXTREME Anatomy: Living Beyond the Edge
Co-sponsored by The Anatomical Record
Chairs – Timothy Smith (Slippery Rock University) & Jeffrey Laitman (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Genital Functional Morphology: Mechanical Forces and Sexual Selection
This session was funded in part by an AAA Three-Year Research Meetings Outreach Grant
Chair – Diane Kelly (University of Massachusetts)
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and their Translational Applications
Chair – Rajasingh Johnson (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Linked Modules in Anatomical Inference: New Approaches to Morphological Integration
Chair – Emily Middleton (University of Missouri)
Mechanism of Palate Development
Chair – M. Douglas Benson (Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry)
Molecular Signals in Cardiovascular Biology
Chair – Jun Wang (Baylor College of Medicine)
Novel Function of Fibrinolysis in Tissue Repair
Chairs – Joey Barnett (Vanderbilt University) & Stephanie Moore (Vanderbilt University)
Novel Roles for Mesenchymal Cells in Cardiovascular Cell Fate Decisions and Patterning
Chair - Takashi Mikawa (University of California San Francisco)
Progress of Human Brain Banking in China: Construction and Research
Co-sponsored by the Chinese Society for Anatomical Sciences
Chairs – Chao Ma (Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Peking Union Medical College) & Xiao-Xin Yan (Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine)
Reproducibility in Experimental and Preclinical Research
Guest session sponsored by The Histochemical Society
Single Cell Analysis in Developmental Biology
Chair – Paul Kulesa (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
The Anatomy of Cell Shape
Chair - Tina Tootle (The University of Iowa)
The Low Back: Anatomy, Dysfunction, and Mechanisms of Pain and Therapeutics
Chair – Josh Little (Saint Louis University School of Medicine)
The Mighty Osteocyte: No Bone about It
Chair – Jian (Jerry) Feng (TX A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry)
Advances and Novel Approaches Illuminating Brain Development and Disorders
Co-sponsored by Developmental Dynamics
Chair – Gary Schoenwolf (University of Utah School of Medicine)
Anatomy in the 21st Century: Anatomical Networks and Systems Biology
This session was funded and programmed in part by the AAA Innovations Program
Chair – Rui Diogo (Howard University)
Biomechanics of Multicellular Organization
Chair – Andras Czirok (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Body on-Chip and 3D Culture
Chair – Aloysius Klingelhutz (University of Iowa)
Bone Remodeling in Health, Disease, and Aging
Chair – Mohammed Elsalanty (Dental College of Georgia, Augusta University)
Cranial Biomechanics and Evolution
Chair – Casey Holliday (University of Missouri)
Crossmodal Plasticity: Structural and Functional Reorganization in the Cortex Following Sensory Deprivation
Chair – Brian Allman (University of Western Ontario)
Evolutionary Approaches to Medicine
Co-sponsored by AAA’s Advisory Committee for Young Anatomists
Chair – Jason Mussell (LSU Health Sciences Center)
EXTREME Anatomy: Living Beyond the Edge
Co-sponsored by The Anatomical Record
Chairs – Timothy Smith (Slippery Rock University) & Jeffrey Laitman (Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai)
Genital Functional Morphology: Mechanical Forces and Sexual Selection
This session was funded in part by an AAA Three-Year Research Meetings Outreach Grant
Chair – Diane Kelly (University of Massachusetts)
Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells and their Translational Applications
Chair – Rajasingh Johnson (University of Kansas Medical Center)
Linked Modules in Anatomical Inference: New Approaches to Morphological Integration
Chair – Emily Middleton (University of Missouri)
Mechanism of Palate Development
Chair – M. Douglas Benson (Texas A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry)
Molecular Signals in Cardiovascular Biology
Chair – Jun Wang (Baylor College of Medicine)
Novel Function of Fibrinolysis in Tissue Repair
Chairs – Joey Barnett (Vanderbilt University) & Stephanie Moore (Vanderbilt University)
Novel Roles for Mesenchymal Cells in Cardiovascular Cell Fate Decisions and Patterning
Chair - Takashi Mikawa (University of California San Francisco)
Progress of Human Brain Banking in China: Construction and Research
Co-sponsored by the Chinese Society for Anatomical Sciences
Chairs – Chao Ma (Institute of Basic Medical Sciences, Chinese Academy of Medical Sciences; Peking Union Medical College) & Xiao-Xin Yan (Central South University Xiangya School of Medicine)
Reproducibility in Experimental and Preclinical Research
Guest session sponsored by The Histochemical Society
Single Cell Analysis in Developmental Biology
Chair – Paul Kulesa (Stowers Institute for Medical Research)
The Anatomy of Cell Shape
Chair - Tina Tootle (The University of Iowa)
The Low Back: Anatomy, Dysfunction, and Mechanisms of Pain and Therapeutics
Chair – Josh Little (Saint Louis University School of Medicine)
The Mighty Osteocyte: No Bone about It
Chair – Jian (Jerry) Feng (TX A&M University Baylor College of Dentistry)
Platform Session Topics
Anatomy Education *
Cardiovascular Biology *
Cell Biology *
Developmental Biology *
Evolution and Comparative Anatomy *
Form and Function *
Morphological Sciences *
Neurobiology *
Stem Cells & Tissue Engineering *
*AAA will be accepting abstracts for oral presentation within this session. Please see AAA topic categories.
Cardiovascular Biology *
Cell Biology *
Developmental Biology *
Evolution and Comparative Anatomy *
Form and Function *
Morphological Sciences *
Neurobiology *
Stem Cells & Tissue Engineering *
*AAA will be accepting abstracts for oral presentation within this session. Please see AAA topic categories.