The Toronto Symposium on Fibroblast Progenitors in Health and Disease
Friday May 25 - Saturday May 26, 2018
at the Ontario Institute for Studies in Education (OISE) of the University of Toronto, Toronto, Ontario, Canada
joint with the Canadian Connective Tissue Conference, May 23-25, 2018
registrations under: https://connective-tissue-canada.com/cctc-2018/registration/
Wednesday, May 23, 2018 - Friday May 25, 2018 (CCTC)
- Canadian Connective Tissue Conference (CCTC) - ends Friday afternoon
- Participants are encouraged to co-register for CCTC and the Symposium at greatly reduced rates
Friday evening (May 25, 2018), 5:00-8:00 pm
Session 1: The Myofibroblast
5:00 – 5:30 pm: Introduction Fibroblast Progeny Symposium, Boris Hinz (University of Toronto)
5:30 – 6:30 pm: Opening Honorary Keynote Lecture, Giulio Gabbiani (University of Geneva)
6:30 – 8:00 pm: Reception with speakers and attendees
Saturday, May 26, 2018, 09:00 – 5:00 pm:
Session 2: Fibroblast Progenitors in Skin Dermis, Wound Healing and Fibrosis
08:30 – 08:40 am Introduction Session 2
08:40 – 09:30 am Fiona Watt (King's College London, UK)
09:30 – 10:20 am Yuval Rinkevich (Helmholtz Zentrum, Munich, Germany)
10:20 – 10:30 am Session Discussion
10:30 – 11:00 am Coffee Break
Session 3: Fibroblast Progeny in Normal and Diseased Liver, Lung, and Kidney
11:00 – 11:10 am Introduction Session 3
11:10 – 12:00 am Neil Henderson (University of Edinburgh, UK)
12:00 – 12:50 pm Jeremy Duffield (Vertex Pharmaceuticals, Boston, MA)
12:50 – 13:00 am Session Discussion
13:00 – 14:30 pm Lunch Break
Session 4: Fibroblast precursors in Normal and Diseased Muscle and the Cancer Stroma
14:30 – 14:40 pm Introduction Session 4
14:40 – 15:30 pm Robert Schwabe (Columbia University, New York, NY)
15:30 – 16:20 pm Fabio Rossi (University of British Columbia)
16:20 – 16:30 am Session Discussion
16:30 – 17:00 Wrap-Up: Open Discussion and Closing of the Symposium