Event Details
Date
September 11, 2023
Time
9:00 a.m. – 12:30 p.m. EDT
Location
Lipsett Amphitheater, Building 10, NIH campus, Bethesda, Maryland.
Event Description
NIDCR hosted a symposium to celebrate the institute's 25-year legacy of research to understand and treat fibrous dysplasia/McCune-Albright syndrome (FD/MAS).
The event featured Nobel Laureate Brian Kobilka, M.D., who won the 2012 Nobel Prize in Chemistry for his work on G-protein-coupled receptors.
Following the symposium, a historical poster session and reception was held on the FAES Terrace, Building 10.
For a full listing of anniversary-related events and activities, visit our 75th anniversary webpage.
Speakers
Structural Insights into G-Protein-Coupled Receptor Activation
Dr. Brian Kobilka
Nobel Laureate, Chemistry
Stanford University
Discovery of Gsα Variants as the Cause of FD/MAS
Dr. Allen Spiegel
Dean Emeritus
Albert Einstein College of Medicine
Fibrous Dysplasia: A Skeletal Stem Cell Disease
Dr. Pamela Robey
Senior Investigator
NIDCR
Clinical Studies in FD/MAS: Paradigm of a Rare Disease Informing Biology and Treatment
Dr. Michael Collins
Senior Investigator
NIDCR
FD Bone Biology and Experimental Models
Dr. Mara Riminucci
Professor
Sapienza University
Rome
Current and Future FD/MAS Studies at the NIDCR
Dr. Alison Boyce
Lasker Scholar
NIDCR
Opening Remarks
Dr. Janice Lee
Clinical Director
NIDCR
Closing Remarks
Dr. Rena D'Souza
Director
NIDCR
Last Reviewed
December 2023