2023 DOCTRC Retreat Agenda
Monday, December 4
*All times listed below are in Pacific Time (PT)
Monday, December 4
*All times listed below are in Pacific Time (PT)
8:00am - 9:00am Breakfast, Networking, & Welcome
9:00am - 9:45am Opening remarks – DOCTRC Directors and NIDCR Program Directors
9:45am - 11:15am Keynote: Pain Points Industry, Academia, FDA – Dr. Srinivas Nandkumar (FDA)
11:15am - 11:30am Break
11:30am - 12:50pm Interdisciplinary Translational Project (ITP) Presentations
11:30am - 11:50am
Transdermal deferoxamine to enhance fat graft regeneration for reconstruction of irradiated soft tissue defects
Derrick Wan, MD (Stanford University)
11:50am - 12:10pm
Prevention of scar formation in the skin using topical FAK inhibitors
Geoffrey Gurtner, MD (University of Arizona)
12:10pm - 12:30pm
Amend Tissue Tape™ for Oral Wound Care
Jamie Shaikoski, PhD (Amend Surgical)
12:30pm - 12:50pm
Local injection of verteporfin to promote wound repair via regeneration without scarring in primary cleft lip repair
Michael Longaker, MD, MBA (Stanford University)
12:50pm - 1:50pm Lunch and Networking
1:50pm - 3:10pm ITP Presentations
1:50pm - 2:10pm
Bioinspired hydrogels for craniofacial muscle regeneration
Kevin Healy, PhD (UC Berkeley), George Christ (University of Virginia), & Jason Pomerantz (UCSF)
2:10pm - 2:30pm
Hydronovo: Regenerating the salivary gland using an injectable hydrogel
Sarah Knox, PhD (UCSF), Chelsea Bahney, PhD (SPRI), Eben Alsberg, PhD (UIC), & Nicole Ehrhart, VMD (Colorado State University)
2:30pm - 2:50pm
Suture-less Trigeminal Nerve Repair Device
Robby Lane, MBA (Amend Surgical)
2:50pm - 3:10pm
RegendoGEL: A Bioinspired Hydrogel System for Endodontic Therapy
Luiz Bertassoni, DDS, PhD (Oregon Health and Science University) and Pamela Yelick, PhD (Tufts University)
3:10pm - 3:25pm Break
3:25pm - 4:45pm ITP Presentations
3:25pm - 3:45pm
Immunomodulatory Strategies to Treat Periodontal Disease
Peter Alff, PhD (Oraxsys Therapeutics/Orange Grove Bio)
3:45pm - 4:05pm
Targeted Remineralization Treatment Using Mineral Loaded Starch Nanoparticle
Steven Bloembergen, PhD (GreenMark Biomedical)
4:05pm - 4:25pm
Commercialization of Vital Dent
Juan Taboas, PhD and Herb Ray, DMD (University of Pittsburgh)
4:25pm - 4:45pm
Drug induced periodontal regeneration
Phillip Messersmith (UC Berkeley) and Ellen Heber-Katz (Lankenau Institute)
4:45pm - 5:00pm Break
5:00pm - 7:30pm Reception and Networking