From March 13 to 16, 2024, NIDCR leadership, program staff, investigators, and trainees will attend the International Association for Dental Research (IADR)/American Association for Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research (AADOCR)/Canadian Association for Dental Research (CADR) General Session. Below is a snapshot of NIDCR-related symposia and other activities at the meeting, which will be held at the Ernest N. Morial Convention Center in New Orleans, Louisiana. This webpage will be updated as more information becomes available.
For a comprehensive schedule of oral and poster presentations by NIDCR staff and trainees, please refer to the General Session online schedule. All presentations/session times are posted in Central Time. Meeting attendees can sign up for one-on-one consultations with NIDCR program officers and other staff at booth #100. Sign-up begins on Thursday, March 14 at 9:00 a.m. CT.
NIDCR-Related Activities:
Wednesday, March 13, 2024
| 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CT |
ORAL SESSION
Craniofacial Biology: TMJ I
Exploring a Patient-Centered Approach to Temporomandibular Disorders at the NIH — Michael Miao
Location: Convention Center, Room 292
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| 8:30 a.m. – 10:00 a.m. CT |
ORAL SESSION
Inflammatory Immune Response in Periodontal Health and Disease
Tissue Specification of Neutrophil States at the Gingival Barrier — David Fraser
Location: Convention Center, Room 288
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| 9:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m. CT |
NIDCR/NIH Trainee Research Poster Presentations (Advance registration required)
Location: Convention Center, Room 279
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| 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
NIDCR75: Dental Caries – Understanding Microbial Ecology and Caries Management
Location: Convention Center, Room 294
Organizers: Tamara McNealy, Dena Fischer, and Hiroko Iida
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| 10:15 a.m. – 11:45 a.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
Inherited Dental Mineralization Disorders: Models, Mechanisms, and Therapies The Significance of Proper Patterning in Mineralized Tissues: Aberrant Enamel Apposition Patterns in a Rare Disease — Olivier Duverger
Location: Convention Center, Room 290
Organizers: Olivier Duverger, Claire Bardet (Université Paris Cité), Catherine Chaussain (University of Paris), and Brian Foster (The Ohio State University)
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| 12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m. CT |
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
IADR/AADOCR/CADR/NIDCR Mentoring and Networking Lunch (Advance registration required)
Location: Convention Center, Rooms 383, 384, 385
Organizers: Anissa Brown, Shoba Thirumangalathu, and Rachel Saré
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| 1:30 p.m. – 3:00 p.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
NIDCR75: Dental Caries — Connecting Health Disparities to Interventions
Location: Convention Center, Room 294
Organizers: Tamara McNealy, Dena Fischer, and Hiroko Iida
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| 3:15 p.m. – 4:45 p.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
NIDCR75: Understanding Sjögren’s Disease — From SICCA to AMP-AIM/STAMP
Location: Convention Center, Room 294
Organizers: Preethi Chander and Margaret Grisius
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| 3:45 p.m. — 5:00 p.m. CT |
POSTER SESSION
Development of Orofacial Pains, Nociceptors, Cognition, and Occlusion
#1132 Transcriptome Analysis of Dorsal Root Ganglia From Rheumatoid Arthritis Patients — Bradford Hall
Location: Convention Center, Hall J
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Thursday, March 14, 2024
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
NIDCR75: Facilitating Multimodal Data-Driven Translational Research via FaceBase
Location: Convention Center, Room 294
Organizers: Noffisat Oki, Jason Wan, and Lu Wang
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| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
Cell Heterogeneity, Networks, and Treatments in Salivary Gland Inflammation
The Salivary Gland-Immune Cell Interactome in Human Chronic Graft-Versus-Host Disease — Jacqueline Mays
Location: Convention Center, Room 293
Organizers: Blake Warner, Rose-Anne Romano (University at Buffalo), and Harim Tavares dos Santos (University of Missouri)
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| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CT |
ORAL SESSION
Biology In Orthodontics Research I
Craniofacial Assessment in Robin Sequence Infants After SOAP Versus MDO — Nadine (Konstantinia) Almpani
Location: Convention Center, Room 275
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| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
NIDCR75: Accelerating Product Innovation — From Research to Commercialization
Location: Convention Center, Room 294
Organizers: Lillian Shum and Mutsumi Yoshida (University of Michigan)
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| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
Women in Surgery and Science: Strategies to Promote Gender Equity
Strategies to Promote Diversity in Surgery and Science From a Mentee’s Perspective — Anissa Brown
Strategies to Promote Diversity in Surgery and Science: Mid to Late Career Challenges — Janice Lee
Location: Convention Center, Room 291
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| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT |
ORAL SESSION
Updates on the Pathogenesis, Diagnosis and Treatment of Sjögren’s Disease
Keynote Address: Lamp3 Highlights the Lysosome in Sjögren’s Disease — John Chiorini
TteK Cells Drive Type-I Interferon in Sjogren's Disease-Affected Salivary Glands — Blake Warner
Location: Convention Center, Room 286
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Friday, March 15, 2024
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
NIDCR75: Periodontal Disease — From Microbes to Hosts to Exposomes
Location: Convention Center, Room 294
Organizers: Preethi Chander and Dena Fischer
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| 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. CT |
POSTER SESSION
Craniofacial Biology: Development/Physiology II
#1387 A Ubiquitin-Based Effector-to-Inhibitor Switch Coordinates Early Brain, Craniofacial, and Skin Development — Jason Collins
Location: Convention Center, Hall J
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| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
NIDCR75: Catalyzing Excellence in Cancer Research: Moonshot, SPORE, and AHEAD
Location: Convention Center, Room 294
Organizers: Zhong Chen, Lorena Baccaglini, and Yu Lei (University of Michigan)
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| 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CT |
POSTER SESSION
AADOCR Hatton: Post-doctoral
#1871 Replicating and Uncovering Novel Genes in Skeletal Class III Malocclusion — Azeez Alade
Location: Convention Center, Hall J
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Saturday, March 16, 2024
| 8:00 a.m. – 9:30 a.m. CT |
SYMPOSIUM
Demystifying the NIH Funding Process: From Trainee to Independent Investigator
Location: Room: Convention Center, Room 295
Organizers: Anissa Brown, Amanda Melillo, and Shoba Thirumangalathu
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| 11:00 a.m. – 12:15 p.m. CT |
POSTER SESSION
Craniofacial Biology: Development/Physiology I
#2315 Central Role of Centrioles: Tissue-specific Requirements for Coordinating Craniofacial Development — Shaun Abrams
Location: Convention Center, Hall J
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| 11:00 a.m. – 2:00 p.m. CT |
SATELLITE SYMPOSIUM
Diversity Matters: Advancing Dental, Oral, and Craniofacial Research Leaders
Panelist — Shaun Abrams
Location: Convention Center, Room 392
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| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT |
ORAL SESSION
Stem Cells in Craniofacial Development and Disease
Differentiation of Model Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Type-II MiPSCs Into Ameloblast-Like Cells — Alan Slekar
Location: Convention Center, Room 270
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| 2:00 p.m. – 3:30 p.m. CT |
HANDS-ON WORKSHOP
NIH Mock Peer Review Study Session
Location: Convention Center, Rooms 276 & 277
Organizer: Tom O'Farrell
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| 3:45 p.m. – 5:00 p.m. CT |
POSTER SESSION
Craniofacial Biology: Clefts/Craniosynostosis/Hemifacial Microsomia
#2781 Embryonic Exploration for Non-Mendelian Distribution of Loeys-Dietz Syndrome Mice — Ashleigh Hanner
#2791 Characterization of craniosynostosis phenotype in Loeys-Dietz Syndrome — Bikash Lamichhane
Location: Convention Center, Hall J
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