The Rolanette and Berdon Lawrence Bone Disease Program of Texas presents monthly seminars given by internationally recognized scientists who have conducted extensive research in the field of skeletal biology.
Unless otherwise noted, lectures are held on the first Friday of each month, 1:30-2:30 p.m., at MD Anderson Cancer Center in the AT&T Telehealth Center, room FC1.2002 of the Mendelsohn Faculty Center Building, 1400 Holcombe Blvd., Houston, Texas.
If you wish to be included to the e-mail distribution list to receive reminders about upcoming lectures, please e-mail Mary Elliott (melliott@mdanderson.org).
2020-2021 PROGRAM
- Friday, November 6, 2020 – Zoom talk
https://bcm.zoom.us/j/99513978167pwd=QUpjZnd3dExVL0xxd1hSL2xWVG51QT09
“Large-scale Bone Repair in a Mouse Model”
Francesca Mariani, PhD
Associate Professor of Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Director for the Stem Cell Biology and Regenerative Medicine
Keck School of Medicine of USC
- Friday, October 2, 2020 – Zoom talk
“Muscle and Tendon Stem cells: Regeneration and Aging”
Chen-Ming Fan, PhD
Adjunct Professor, Department of Biology
Johns Hopkins University
2019-2020 PROGRAM
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Friday, September 6, 2019
“A Stem Cell Basis for Intramembranous Versus Endochondral Bone Formation”
Matthew B. Greenblatt, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine
Weill Cornell Medical College
New York, NY
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Friday, November 1, 2019
“Skeletal/Mesenchymal Stem Cells: How Much Do We Know About Them?”
Noriaki Ono, DDS, PhD
Assistant Professor, Orthodontics & Pediatric Dentistry
University of Michigan School of Dentistry
Ann Arbor, MI
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Friday, December 6, 2019
“TGF-ß Signaling in Skeletal Development and Disease”
Rosa A. Serra, PhD
Professor, Cell, Developmental and Integrative Biology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
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Friday, January 3, 2020
“Shh signaling during intervertebral development and aging”
Chitra Dahia, PhD
Assistant Professor
Weill Cornell Medicine Grad School of Medical Sciences
HSS Research Institute
New York, NY 10021
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Friday, February 7, 2020
Title: TBD
Elaine Yu, MD, MMSc
Assistant Professor
Harvard Medical School
Massachusetts General Hospital
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Friday, March 6, 2020
“Matricellular Protein Regulation of Bone Formation and Regeneration”
Kurt Hankenson, DVM, PhD
Professor, Orthopaedic Surgery
University of Michigan Medical School
Ann Arbor, MI
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Friday, April 3, 2020
“The Contribution of Marrow Adipocytes to Myeloma Bone Disease”
Jing Yang, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Lymphoma/Myeloma – Research
MD Anderson Cancer Center
2018-2019 PROGRAM
Nov. 2, 2018
Struan F.A. Grant, Ph.D.
Professor of Pediatrics, Daniel B. Burke Endowed Chair for Diabetes Research
Perelman School of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania, Philadelphia, PA
Director, Center for Spatial & Functional Genomics, Division of Human Genetics & Endocrinology
Childrens Hospital of Philadelphia, Philadelphia, PA
Dec. 7, 2018
Paul Trainor, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Anatomy and Cell Biology
University of Kansas School of Medicine, Kansas City, KS
Jan. 4, 2019
Ophir Klein, M.D., Ph.D.
Larry L. Hillbolm Distinguished Professor in Craniofacial Anomalities
Professor, Orofacial Sciences & Pediatrics
Chief, Division of Medical Genetics
Director, Program in Craniofacial Biology
University of California, San Francisco, CA
Feb. 1, 2019
Nancy Perrier, M.D.
Professor, Surgical Oncology
Chief, Section of Surgical Endocrinology
Fellowship Program Director, Surgical Oncology
MD Anderson Cancer Center, Houston, TX
April 5, 2019
Matthew T. Drake, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology, Diabetes, Metabolism and nutrition
Joint Appointment, Division of Hematology, Department of Internal Medicine Mayo Clinic – Rochester, MN
May 3, 2019
Francis Y. Lee, M.D., Ph.D.
Wayne O. Southwick Professor of Orthopedics and Rehabilitation
Professor of Pathology, Secondary Appointment
Adult and Pediatric Orthopaedic Surgery
Musculoskeletal Oncology, Smilow Cancer Hospital Orthopaedic Research
Yale University School of Medicine, New Haven, CT