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Summer School in Fibrosis Research, 2020 - CANCELLED!

Fibroblasts in fibrosis research

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Summer school in Fibrosis research - CANCELLED!

Bergen

Venue: Cancelled due to the coronavirus situation!

Organizer: Donald Gullberg

Wednesday  - Fibroblasts 
 8.30-9.15Donald Gullberg, University of Bergen
Fibroblasts in fibrosis research
 
9.15-10.00Sergey Plotnikov, UoT, Canada
Fibroblast cell migration
 
10.00-10.15Coffe 
10.15-11.00Sergey Plotnikov, UoT, Canada
Traction Force microscopy
 
11.00-11.45Ronen Schuster, UoT, Canada
Myofibroblasts
 
11.45-12.30Lunch 
12.30-17.00Presentation lab work 

Thursday

 - Tissue fibrosis
 
8.30- 9.15Chris McCulloch, UoT, Canada
Methods for discovery of new proteins that mediate remodeling of the extracellular matrix   
 
9.15-10.00Andreas Romaine, UiO, Norway
Heart Fibrosis  1
 
10.00-10.15Coffe 
10.15-11.00Wayne Carver, USC, USA
Heart Fibrosis  2
 
   
11.00-11.45Andrew Leask, USask, Canada
The multifaceted role of CCN proteins in fibrotic stroma
 
11.45-12.30Chun Chen, Pliant Therapeutics, USA
Integrins in fibrosis
 
12.30-13.00Lunch 
13.00-17.00Lab work 

Friday

 - Tumor fibrosis
 
8.30-9.15Roger Oria-Fernandez, UCSF, USA
Mechanostransduction in cancer
 
9.15-10.00Roya Navab, UoT, Canada
CAF heterogeneeity 1
 
10.00-10.15Coffe 
10.15-11.00Daniela E. Costea, UiB
CAF heterogeneity 2
 
11.00-11.30All speakers
Conclusions
 
11.30-12.00Lunch 
12.00-17.00Cell culture room
Lab work