8th Annual Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration Symposium - Virtual Event

Symposium Mission

The Albert Einstein College of Medicine Musculoskeletal Repair and Regeneration Symposium seeks to expand the knowledge base within the field, and to foster creativity, collaboration and networking between researchers throughout the region. This year's meeting will emphasize recent advances in translational research in four areas:

  • Current concepts in musculoskeletal joint diseases and treatments
  • "Hot topics" in bone
  • Muscle pathology seen in the setting of tendon injury
  • Tissue Repair and Regeneration and Immune Modulation

Conference Location

LeFrak Auditorium (Room 151) Albert Einstein College of Medicine 1301 Morris Park Ave. Bronx, NY 10461

Directions

https://einsteinmed.edu/visitors/

Agenda

7:15 – 8:00 amCheck-in and continental breakfast
8:00 – 8:10 am Introduction and acknowledgements 
 Hui (Herb) B. Sun, PhD
 Opening remarks
 Neil J. Cobelli, MD 
Session 1: Current Concepts in Musculoskeletal Joint Diseases and Treatment Steering Chair: Chuanju Liu, Ph.D.
8:10 – 8:15 amIntroduction
 Chuanju Liu, Ph.D.
 New York University
8:15 – 8:35 amInflammatory regulation of bone injury and repair
 Lionel B. Ivashkiv, M.D.
 Hospital for Special Surgery
8:35 – 8:55 amPurine nucleotides, nucleosides, inflammaging and osteoarthritis
 Bruce N. Cronstein, M.D.
 New York University
8:55-9:15 amSubstrate-identification for the ADAMTS17 protease and its role in Weill-Marchesani-like syndrome
 Dirk Hubmacher, Ph.D.
 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
9:15-9:35 amBiomaterials strategies to modulate inflammation for tissue repair
 Kam W. Leong, Ph.D.
 Columbia University
9:35-9:40 amDiscussion / Conclusions
9:40-10:00 amCoffee BREAK
Session 2: "Hot Topics" in Bone Steering Chair: J. Christopher Fritton, Ph.D.
10:00-10:05 amIntroduction
 J. Christopher Fritton, Ph.D
 The City College of New York
10:05-10:25 amOf aging mice and humans: Osteocytes, connections, and communication
 Mitchell B. Schaffler, Ph.D
 City College of New York
10:25-10:45 amEffects of Somatopause on the Aging Skeleton
 Shoshana Yakar, Ph.D.
 New York University
10:45-11:05 amMalignant osteogenesis: Leveraging tumor suppressor deficiency for proteosome-based therapy 
 Bang H. Hoang, M.D.
 Montefiore Medical Center
11:05-11:25 amHow does mechanical loading build bone microstructure: Modeling vs. remodeling?
 X. Edward Guo, Ph.D.
 Columbia University
1:25-11:30 amDiscussion / Conclusions
Lunch and poster session 
11:35 - 11:45 amGroup photos (Courtyard in front of Lubin Hall)
1:45 - 12:30 pmFaculty photo meeting with lunch (Faculty club in Lubin Hall
11:45 - 1:55pmLunch and poster session (Lubin Hall)
Session 3: Muscle Pathology Seen in the Setting of Tendon Injury  Steering Chair: Scott A. Rodeo, Ph.D.
2:00-2:05 pmIntroduction
 Scott A. Rodeo, M.D.
 Hospital for Special Surgery 
2:05-2:25 pmThe clinical problem of muscle atrophy and fatty infiltration in rotator cuff injury
 Brian T. Feeley, M.D.
 University of California, San Francisco
2:25-2:45 pmImpaired muscle growth and regeneration in chronic rotator cuff tears 
 Samuel R. Ward, M.D.
 University of California, San Diego
2:45-3:05 pmTargeted control of skeletal muscle contraction and tendon loading using optogenetics 
 Megan L. Killian, Ph.D.
 University of Delaware 
3:05-3:25 pmMitochondrial dysfunction in tendon and muscle
 Scott A. Rodeo, M.D
 Hospital for Special Surgery 
3:25-3:30 pmDiscussion / Conclusions
3:50-4:10 pmCoffee BREAK
Session 4: Tissue Repair and Regeneration and Immune ModulationSteering Chair: Helen H. Lu, Ph.D.
3:50-3:55 pmIntroduction
 Helen H. Lu, Ph.D. 
 Columbia University 
3:55-4:15 pmPseudotime kinetic analysis of inflammation and immune modulatory treatment in soft tissue injuries
 Edward A. Botchwey, Ph.D.
 Georgia Institute of Technology
4:15-4:35 pmEngineering new biologic therapies for arthritis 
 Farshid Guilak, Ph.D.
 Washington University in St Louis 
4:35-4:55 pmEngineering Materials for Immunomodulation in Osteoarthritis
 Ankur Singh, Ph.D.
 Cornell University 
4:55-5:15 pmImmune regulation of tendon regeneration
 Alice H. Huang, Ph.D.
 Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai
5:15-5:20 pmDiscussion / Conclusions
Young Investigator Awards  Chair: Zeynep Seref-Ferlengez, PhD  
5:25 pmYoung Investigator Awards
 Hosted by:Poster Session and Young Investigator Award Committee
 Chair: Mia M. Thi, PhD
5:50 pmClosing remarks
 Neil J. Cobelli, MD
6:00 pmReception and networking

PROGRAM DIRECTOR

Hui (Herb) B. Sun, PhD

STEERING COMMITTEE CHAIRS

Chuanju Liu, PhD

Scott A. Rodeo, MD

Christopher Fritton, PhD

Helen H. Lu, PhD

PROGRAM OVERSEERS

Di Chen, MD, PhD

Michael Detamore, PhD

Susannah Fritton, PhD

Mary Goldring, PhD

Steven Goldring, MD

Ed Guo, PhD

John Hardin, MD

David Hirsh, MD

James Iatridis, PhD

Lionel Ivashkiv, MD

Thorsten Kirsch, PhD

Catherine Kuo, PhD

Chuanju Liu, PhD

Helen Lu, PhD

Jeremy Mao, DDS, PhD

Steven Nicoll, PhD

Maurizio Pacifici, PhD

Nicola Patridge, PhD

Clint Rubin, PhD

Yi-Xian Qin, PhD

Mitchell Schaffler, PhD

David Spray, PhD

Stavros Thomopoulos, PhD

POSTER SESSION AND YOUNG INVESTIGATOR AWARD COMMITEE

Chair: Mia Thi, PhD

Co-chairs:

Regina Hanstein, PhD

David Hirsh, MD

Bang Hoang, MD, MD

Svenja Illien-junger, PhD

Robert J. Majeska, PhD

Jeremy Mao, DDS, PhD, PhD

Maurizio Pacifici, PhD

Sylvia O. Suadicani, PhD