British Society for Matrix Biology

 

Monday 21st March 2005

Registration in Foyer of Sherrington Buildings-  open from 11.00 a.m.

1.10     Welcome

Probing the structure of collagen and organisation of collagen

1.15     Prof. David Hulmes, Lyon

            Assembly and processing of procollagen molecules: it all comes down to sticky ends

1.50     Prof. Karl Kadler, Manchester

            Collagen fibrillogenesis in tendon: a journey through the fibripositor pathway

 2.25     Prof. Allen Bailey, Bristol

            The functional fibre

 3.00- 3.30 Tea/Trade stands  

 Interactions and organization

 3.30     Prof. Cay Kielty, Manchester

            Collagen VIII assembly and function

 4.05     Prof. Vic Duance, Cardiff

            Cartilage heterotypic collagen fibrils

4.40     1 short presentation

5.00- 5.30        BSMB AGM

5.30- 6.30        Wine Reception and Poster session

7.30                 Conference dinner

 

Tuesday, March 22nd

Diversity within the collagen superfamily 

9.10     Dr Ray Boot-Handford, Manchester

            The evolution of vertebrate collagen genome

9.45     Prof. Taina Pihlajaniemi, Oulu, Finland

            Provisional title: The transmembrane collagens       

10.20   1 short presentation

10.40- 11.10 Coffee

11.10- 1.00 Theme-free session

            6 Short presentations (15 min each)

1.00- 2.00 Lunch and Posters

 

Collagen mutations and consequences

2.00     Prof. Bjorn Olsen, Harvard, Boston, USA

            Collagen XVIII and VEGF are required for normal eye development and retinal function?

2.40     Prof. Alan Wright, MRC Human Genetics Institute, Edinburgh

            Extracellular deposit formation resembling age-related macular degeneration resulting from mutation in the C1QTNF5 gene

3.10     Prof. David Birk, Jefferson Medical College, Philadelphia

            Type V collagen regulates fibril assembly: Transgenics as a model of classic EDS

3.45     1 short presentation

4.05     Closing remarks, poster prizes and end of meeting