2008 Symposium Agenda

8:00 - 8:45am	Continental Breakfast and Poster Set-up
8:45 - 9:00am	Welcome and Overview Louis J. Soslowsky, PhD
9:00 - 9:15am	Expansion of "Small Animal Imaging Core" to "Imaging Core" Felix W. Wehrli, PhD
9:15 - 10:35am	Session I: Osteoarthritis/Articular Cartilage (moderator: Dawn Elliott, PhD) Sharon L. Kolasinski, MD: "Treating Osteoarthritis in the Post-Vioxx Era" Olena Jacenko, PhD: "Role of Cartilage ECM in Hematoipoeitic Stem Cell Niche Establishment" Jason A. Burdick, PhD: "Engineered Biomaterials to Control Cellular Microenvironments towards Cartilage Regeneration" Brian J. Sennett, MD: "Surgical Advances in Management of Articular Cartilage Defects"
10:35 - 11:05am	Poster Session and Coffee Break in BRB Lobby
11:05 - 12:25pm	Session II: Bone(moderator: Felix Wehrli, PhD) Samir Mehta, MD: "Orthopaedic Trauma: The Alphabet Soup of Bone Healing" Michael Levine, MD: Mutation of the CYP2R1 Gene Endoding the Hepatic 25-Hydroxylas as a Novel Form of Vitamin D Dependent Rickets" Charles C. Clark, PhD: "Electrically-Induced Osteogenesis" Yongwon Choi, PhD:"Osteoclast Differentiation"
12:25 - 1:15pm	Poster Session and Lunch (provided) in BRB Lobby
1:15 - 2:15pm	Keynote Speaker "Osteoarthritis and Fat: The Good, the Bad and the Ugly" Farshid Guilak, PhD, Duke University
2:15 - 2:30pm	Presentation of Poster Awards, Wrap-up and Closing