Program
Wednesday, 26 September
14:00 – 14:30 | Welcome address |
14:30 – 17:00 | SESSION I: COLLAGEN BIOSYNTHESIS AND EDS Session Chairs: Alain Colige (Belgium) and Anne De Paepe (Belgium) Collagen biosynthesis, folding, modification and secretion Hans Peter Bächinger, Shriners Hospital, Portland, Oregon USA Presentations selected from abstract submissions |
17:00 – 17:45 | KEYNOTE LECTURE Clock genes and connective tissue protein regulation Karl Kadler, University of Manchester, UK |
18:00 – 20:00 | Welcome Reception |
Thursday, 27 September
8:30 – 12:00 | SESSION II: TYPE V COLLAGEN AND EDS Session Chairs: Clair Francomano (USA) and Beat Steinmann (Switzerland) Three decades of research on type V collagen: what have we learned? Daniel Greenspan, University of Wisconsin, USA Presentations selected from abstract submissions |
12:00 – 14:30 | Lunch Break/Posters/Exhibits |
14:30 – 18:00 | SESSION III: HYPERMOBILE EDS AND HYPERMOBILITY SPECTRUM DISORDERS Session Chairs: Alan Hakim (UK) and Marco Castori (Italy) Identifying genetic defects in hypermobile EDS and HSD Joel Hirschhorn, Broad Institute and Boston Children’s Hospital, Harvard Medical School, Boston, USA Studying chronic pain in murine models for EDS EDS and the autonomic nervous system Presentations selected from abstract submissions |
18:00-20:00 | Poster Session |
Friday, 28 September
8:30 – 12:00 | SESSION IV: TYPE III COLLAGEN AND EDS Session Chairs: Xavier Jeunemaitre (France) and Peter Byers (USA) Presentations selected from abstract submissions |
12:00 – 13:00 | Lunch Break/Posters/Exhibits |
13:00 – 15:00 | SESSION V: RARE EDS SUBTYPE I Session Chairs: Cecilia Giunta (Switzerland) and Johannes Zschocke (Austria)FKBP22 and its role in the pathogenesis of EDS Yoshi Ishikawa, Shriners Hospital for Children, Portland, USA P3h3-null and Sc65-null Mice Phenocopy the Collagen Lysine Under-hydroxylation and Cross-linking Abnormality of kyphoscoliotic EDS Presentations selected from abstract submissions |
15:00 – 15:30 | Coffee Break |
15:30 – 17:30 | SESSION VI: RARE EDS SUBTYPES II Rare EDS subtypes II Session Chairs: Sylvie Fournel-Gigleux (France) and Tomoki Kosho (Japan) Periodontal EDS and the Complement Pathway Johannes Zschocke, Medical University Innsbruck, Austria Zebrafish models for collagen-related diseases: what can they teach us? Presentations selected from abstract submissions |
19:00 – 00:00 | Gala Dinner |
Saturday, 29 September
9:00 – 12:00 | SESSION VII: UNMET NEEDS AND FUTURE DIRECTION IN EDS RESEARCH Session Chairs: Fransiska Malfait and Helen Cohen Presentations selected from abstract submissions |
12:00 – 12:30 | Closing Remarks |
12:30 – 13:30 | Grab-and-go Lunch |
13:30 – 17:30 | PHYSIOTHERAPY WORKSHOP |
Program is subject to change.
