22nd Canadian Connective Tissue Conference 2016
Hamilton | McMaster University | 1 – 3 June 2016
REGISTRATION and ABSTRACT SUBMISSION are closed now for CCTC. Still opened for Skin Research Group.
The 22nd Annual Scientific Conference of the CCTS (known also as CCTC 2016) is held in Hamilton city between 1 – 3 of June 2016. It consists in two days of oral and poster presentations. A majority of the oral presentations are selected from the submitted abstracts to promote young scientists.
Oral and poster sessions in the following research areas will be presented:
• Stem Cells in Tissue Regeneration and Tissue Engineering
• Biomechanics, Mechanobiology, and Biomaterials
• Connective Tissue remodeling
• Connective Tissue in Disease – Clinical and Fundamental Aspects
• The Extracellular Matrix in Connective Tissues
• Genetics of Connective Tissue
• Bone, Cartilage and Tooth development
• Cellular Interactions between Connective and other Tissues
In coordination with the CCTC, the Skin Research Group (SRG) meeting is scheduled just prior to the CCTC, during the day of June 1. Click here to register for the SRG Symposium 2016
Invited Speakers:
Dr. Ben Alman
Chair, Department of Orthopaedic Surgery,
Duke University, USA
Dr. Drew Rowan
Head, Musculoskeletal Research Group & Professor of Molecular Rheumatology
Newcastle University, UK
Dr. Eric White
Director, Sarcoidosis Program
University of Michigan Medical School, USA
Dr. Cheryle Seguin
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology
Western University, Canada