Full Schedule

7:00 AM – 6:00 PM US EST

Quiet Room

Room: Russel/Hart Room

8:00 AM – 6:00 PM US EST

Registration Open

Room: Capitol Ballroom Lobby

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST

Education Platform Session #2

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Chair: – University of Missouri

Education & Teaching

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM US EST

Pulling Back the Curtain: Exploring Norms and Practices of Anatomy-related Departments in U.S. Medical Schools

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Presenting Author: – Rush University

Co-Author:

Co-Author: – Rush University

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM US EST

Who Is Teaching Anatomy? A Pilot Study from the State of Ohio

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Presenting Author: – The Ohio State University

Co-Author: – The Ohio State University

Co-Author: – Point Loma Nazarene University

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM US EST

Dissecting Deep; An Investigation into the Anatomical Knowledge of the US Public

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Presenting Author: – Lancaster Medical School

Co-Author: – University of Namibia

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM US EST

Assessing the Impact of Curricular Redesign: Student Performance in a Foundational Anatomy Course with Added Cell Biology and Histology

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Presenting Author: – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

Co-Author: – Texas Tech University Health Sciences Center

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM US EST

A Survey of Anatomy Educators Reveals Trends in Embryology Training and Curricula in North American Medical Schools

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Presenting Author: – University of Iowa

Co-Author: – Kansas City University

Co-Author: – University of Iowa

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM US EST

Is the Sequel Better Than the Original? The Anatomy Education Research Institute (AERI) 2022

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Presenting Author: – Indiana University - Bloomington

Co-Author: – Indiana University - Indianapolis

Co-Author: – University of Mississippi Medical Center

Co-Author: – Indiana University School of Medicine-Bloomington

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST

Morphological Sciences Award Hybrid Symposium

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Chair: – Midwestern University

Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US EST

Architecture and Function of Orbitalis and Oblique Eye Muscles in Mammals

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presenting Author: – Henry Jackson Foundation/ Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences

Co-Author: – Howard University, School of Medicine

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM US EST

Variation and Covariation of the Shape and Volume of the Sphenoidal Sinus Among Craniofacial Anatomy

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presenting Author: – Sacred Heart University

Co-Author: – The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine

Co-Author: – Des Moines University

Co-Author: – The University of Tennessee, Knoxville - Department of Anthropology, Department of Ecology & Evolutionary Biology

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM US EST

Patterns of Phenotypic and Genetic Correlation in the Jaws, Teeth, and Postcrania of Rhesus Macaques

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presenting Author: – Western University of Health Sciences

Co-Author: – Western University of Health Sciences

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM US EST

Biomechanics of Pierre Robin Mandibular Distraction Osteogenesis

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presenting Author: – University of Chicago

Co-Author: – Piracicaba Dental School

Co-Author: – University of Chicago

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM US EST

Ontogeny of Rhesus Macaque Facial Musculature from the Fetal Period to Infancy: The Intersection of Anatomy and Social Behavior

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Presenting Author: – Duquesne University

Co-Author: – Duquesne University

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST

Neural Development and Regeneration Platform

Room: Salon G

Chair: – University of Toronto

Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

8:30 AM – 8:45 AM US EST

Visualizing and Quantifying the Spatiotemporal Expression of Proximodistal Pattern-Establishing Genes in the Regenerating Axolotl Forelimb

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – Northeastern University

Co-Author: – Northeastern University Biology Department

8:45 AM – 9:00 AM US EST

Retinoic Acid Breakdown Is Required for Positional Identity Along the Proximodistal Axis of the Regenerating Axolotl Limb

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – Northeastern University Biology Department

Co-Author: – Northeastern University

Co-Author:

Co-Author: – Northeastern University Biology Department

9:00 AM – 9:15 AM US EST

Characterization of Inhbb, Heatr5a, & Cyp2s1 Expression in Dorsal Root Ganglia by in Situ Hybridization

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Co-Author: – Wright State University

9:15 AM – 9:30 AM US EST

Nifuroxazide Repurposing for Protection from Diabetes-induced Retinal Injury in Rats: Implication of JAK2/STAT3 Axis

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, University of Sharjah, Sharjah, United Arab Emirates

Co-Author: – Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Co-Author: – Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Co-Author: – Physiological Sciences Department, Fakeeh College for Medical Sciences, Saudi Arabia.Department of Anatomy and Embryology, faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Egypt

Co-Author: – Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. Department of Anatomy and Embryology, Faculty of Medicine, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

Co-Author: – Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

Co-Author: – Department of Basic Medical Sciences, College of Medicine, AlMaarefa University,Riyadh , Saudi Arabia

Co-Author: – Department of Pharmaceutical Chemistry, Faculty of Pharmacy, University of Tabuk, Tabuk, Saudi Arabia. Biochemistry Department, Faculty of Pharmacy, Mansoura University, Mansoura, Egypt

9:30 AM – 9:45 AM US EST

Propargylcholine to Quantify Newly Synthesized Myelin in the Rhesus Monkey Brain After Cortical Injury

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

Co-Author: – Boston University Chobanian & Avedisian School of Medicine

9:45 AM – 10:00 AM US EST

Bioluminescent Optogenetics for Studying Sympathetic Axonal Regeneration

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – Emory University School of Medicine, Medical Scientist Training Program

Co-Author: – Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery

Co-Author: – Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology

Co-Author: – Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Neurosurgery

Co-Author: – Emory University School of Medicine, Department of Cell Biology

Co-Author: – Emory University School of Medicine

8:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST

Understanding Genetic Regulation of Craniofacial Development in 2023

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Chair: – University of Colorado Anschutz Medical Campus

Bones/Muscle/Connective TissueCell Biology

8:30 AM – 9:00 AM US EST

Multiplexed Insights into how Stemness Forms in the Neural Crest

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Speaker:

9:00 AM – 9:30 AM US EST

Growth Rate as a Modulator of Tooth Patterning during the Evolutionary Radiation of Bats

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Speaker:

9:30 AM – 10:00 AM US EST

How to Shape a Face: The Genetic Basis of Cichlid Jaw Shape and Plasticity

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Speaker: – University of Massachusetts

10:00 AM – 10:30 AM US EST

Networking Break and Exhibits

Room: Capitol Ballroom Lobby

10:30 AM – 11:15 AM US EST

Annual Members Business Meeting

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Chair: – University of Florida

Governance

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM US EST

Plenary Speaker - Lara Thompson

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

11:30 AM – 12:30 PM US EST

At the Interface of Engineering & Medicine: Spearheading Biomedical Engineering Research and Educational Initiatives

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Speaker: – University of the District of Columbia

12:30 PM – 1:15 PM US EST

The VH Dissector: Integrating Digitally Preserved Anatomy

Room: Dirksen

Speaker:

Sponsored Session

Sponsored By

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US EST

Ambassador Committee Meeting

Room: Treasury

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US EST

DEI Committee Meeting

Room: Commerce

12:30 PM – 1:30 PM US EST

Meet the Editors: Learn How to Publish, Review Manuscripts, and Communicate your Research

Room: Pennsylvania Avenue Terrace (lobby level)

Panelist: – Stowers Institute for Medical Research

Panelist: – Midwestern University

Panelist: – Indiana University School of Medicine

Career and Professional Development

12:30 PM – 2:00 PM US EST

Lunch Break

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM US EST

Cell Biology Award Hybrid Symposium

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Chair: – University of Maryland

Cell Biology

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM US EST

Mitochondrial Heterogeneity across Biological Scales

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Presenting Author:

2:30 PM – 2:45 PM US EST

Inner Ear Mitochondria

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Presenting Author: – University of Illinois at Chicago

2:45 PM – 3:00 PM US EST

Cannabinoid Receptor-Mediated Synaptic Signaling and Neural Plasticity in Central Olfactory Neurons

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Presenting Author: – Howard University College of Medicine

Co-Author: – Howard University College of Medicine

3:00 PM – 3:15 PM US EST

Chronic Obstructive Pulmonary Diseased Human Lung Fibroblasts Increase Extracellular Matrix Elastin Incorporation in Response to Inhibition of MMP-12

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Presenting Author: – Philadelphia College of Osteopathic Medicine

Co-Author: – PCOM

3:15 PM – 3:30 PM US EST

Cyclosporine a and Cyclophilin a with Probiotics in the Management of Inflammatory Bowel Diseases in Syndecan-1 Knock out Mice

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Co-Author: – American Univresity of Beirut

Presenting Author: – American University of Beirut

Co-Author: – Lebanese University

Co-Author: – American University of Beirut

Co-Author: – University of Palermo

Co-Author: – American University of Beirut

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM US EST

Evolutionary Assembly of the Vertebrate Head: Insights from Embryos and Fossils

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Co-Chair: – Canadian Museum of Nature

Co-Chair: – University of Guelph

Bones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM US EST

The Role of Developmental Integration and HistorContingency in the Origin and Evolution of Cypriniform Trophic Novelties

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Speaker: – George Washington University

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST

The Head, Heart, and Fins at the Origin of Jawed Vertebrates

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Speaker: – Canadian Museum of Nature

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM US EST

Gill Arch Serial Homology and Origin of the Jawed Vertebrate Body Plan

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Speaker: – Marine Biological Laboratory

2:00 PM – 3:30 PM US EST

Health Professions Education (HPE) Scholarship: The Where, What, and How

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Chair: – The George Washington University

Education & Teaching

2:00 PM – 2:30 PM US EST

A Framework for Getting Your Work Published and Promoted

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Speaker:

2:30 PM – 3:00 PM US EST

What Gets You Published and NOT Published in HPE

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Speaker: – Georgetown University School of Medicine

3:00 PM – 3:30 PM US EST

Behind the Scenes: Your Paper, from Submission to Publication

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Speaker: – George Washington University School of Medicine and Health Sciences

3:30 PM – 4:00 PM US EST

Networking Break and Exhibits

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST

Breathing at the Interface of Anatomy and Physiology

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Co-Chair: – Cincinnati Children's Medical Center

Co-Chair: – Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

Cell Biology

Co-sponsored by:

4:00 PM – 4:25 PM US EST

The Remarkable, Developmental Changes in the Human Upper Respiratory Tract

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Speaker: – Center for Anatomy and Functional Morphology, Icahn School of Medicine at Mount Sinai

4:25 PM – 4:50 PM US EST

Fetal Breathing Patterns with Congenital Diaphragmatic Hernia and Tracheal Occlusion

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Speaker:

4:50 PM – 5:15 PM US EST

The Pulmonary Neuroepithelial Body Microenvironment: A Complex Multifunctional Unit in the Airway Epithelium

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

Speaker: – University of Antwerp

5:15 PM – 5:30 PM US EST

Discussion

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon III

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST

Cellular, Developmental, Reproductive Biology Platform (RepoDevo)

Room: Salon G

Chair: – University of Minnesota

Cell BiologyBones/Muscle/Connective Tissue

4:00 PM – 4:15 PM US EST

The Importance of Chemokine-Mediated Signaling for Human Placental Extravillous Trophoblast Invasion

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – University of Western Ontario

Co-Author: – University of Western Ontario, Children's Health Research Institute

4:15 PM – 4:30 PM US EST

Sex-specific Effect of Maternal Immune Activation on Gene Expression in the Rat Placenta

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – University of Western Ontario

Co-Author: – University of Western Ontario, Children's Health Research Institute

Co-Author: – University of Western Ontario

4:30 PM – 4:45 PM US EST

New Insights into the Role of the IGF-1 Pathway in Diet-induced Bone Elongation

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine

Co-Author: – Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine Marshall University

Co-Author: – Joan C. Edwards School of Medicine

Co-Author: – Marshall University School of Medicine

4:45 PM – 5:00 PM US EST

Lmx1b Transcriptional Regulation in Limb Development

Room: Salon G

Co-Author: – Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnologia de Cantabria

Co-Author: – Loma Linda University

Presenting Author: – Instituto de Biomedicina y Biotecnologia de Cantabria

5:00 PM – 5:15 PM US EST

FGF Functions via Yap/Taz in Neural Crest-derived Suture Mesenchymal Stem Cells

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – UTHealth at Houston

Co-Author: – UTHealth

5:15 PM – 5:30 PM US EST

Examining the Role of Mechanical Forces in Heterotaxy Syndrome

Room: Salon G

Presenting Author: – SUNY Upstate Medical University - Syracuse, NY

Co-Author: – FAS Research Computing Harvard University

Co-Author: – Syracuse University

Co-Author: – SUNY Upstate Medical University

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST

Pe(TA)gogy: High-Impact, Low-Stress Methods For Training Teaching Assistants in Pedagogy

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Chair: – Indiana University School of Medicine - Indianapolis

Education & Teaching

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM US EST

Teaching is Universal: The Importance of Pedagogical Training for Anatomy TAs

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Speaker: – Indiana University School of Medicine - Indianapolis

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM US EST

Just-In-Time Training for Lab TAs: Benefits of Micro Learning and Immediate Application For TAs, Course Directors, and Students

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Speaker: – University of Colorado School of Medicine

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST

Mentor-Apprentice Program - Training Undergraduate Teaching Assistants in a Large Undergraduate Anatomy Lab

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon II

Speaker: – University of Utah

4:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST

The Great Unknown: Potentials Outside the Academic Career Box

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Co-Chair:

Co-Chair: – Toltech

Career and Professional Development

4:00 PM – 4:30 PM US EST

Master of what? Leveraging a Master’s Education to Break into Medtech and Digital Transformation

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Speaker:

4:30 PM – 5:00 PM US EST

I Got My PhD, Now What? Pivoting from Bench Research and Academia to Private Sector Biotech

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Speaker: – ChromaDex

5:00 PM – 5:30 PM US EST

Re-envisioning the Meaning of PhD as an Entrepreneur or an Industry Leader

Room: Grand Ballroom Salon I

Speaker: – MBF Bioscience

5:30 PM – 7:30 PM US EST

Posters and Exhibits

Room: Capitol Ballroom DEF