2023-2024 Vanderbilt Digestive Disease Research Center (VDDRC) Retreat
Progenitor Cells, Development, Regeneration, and Pre-malignant lesions
Tuesday, April 2, 2024
9:00 a.m. – 3:00 p.m.
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9-9:25 |
Global challenges in diagnosis ambiguity and delay in colonic inflammatory bowel disease Amosy E. M’Koma, MD, MS, PhD Professor of Surgery, Surgical Sciences, Pathology and Cancer Biology Meharry Medical College |
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9:25-9:50 |
How the gut samples pathogens: The view from the inside out Nicholas C. Zachos, PhD Associate Professor of Surgery and Cell and Developmental Biology |
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9:50-10:15 |
Targeting dysplastic stem cells in gastric carcinogenesis Eunyoung Choi, PhD Associate Professor of Surgery and Cell and Developmental Biology |
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10:15-10:25 |
Break |
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10:25-10:50 |
Identifying key factors in Enteric Nervous System gene regulatory networks Michelle Southard Smith, PhD Professor of Medicine and Cell and Developmental Biology |
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10:50-11:35 |
Making the digestive system: From animal models to human organoids William K Schubert Professor of Pediatrics University of Cincinnati Children’s Hospital |
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11:35-12:50 |
Lunch and Poster Session |
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12:50-1:15 |
Chlamydia colonization induces spread of Crohn’s-like inflammation from the terminal ileum to the ascending colon Paige Spencer, PhD |
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1:15-1:40 |
Distinct treatment outcomes between MVID patient-modeled mice Izumi Kaji, PhD Assistant Professor of Surgery |
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1:40-2:05 |
Oncogenic GNAS drives a gastric pylorus program in intraductal papillary mucinous neoplasms of the pancreas Marcus Tan, MBBS, FACS Associate Professor of Surgery |
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2:05-2:15 |
Break |
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2:15-3:00 |
Regional variation in Wnt regulation of gastric stem cells Linda C. Samuelson, PhD John A. Williams Collegiate Professor of Gastrointestinal Physiology University of Michigan |
