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Urology Program Directors Meeting 2016

Dec. 7 - 9, 2016 Location Contacts

Event Details Agenda

Meeting Objectives

The purpose of the Urology Program Directorsʼ Meeting is to bring together the Directors of the OʼBrien Urology Centers and their project directors, the Directors of the Planning Centers for Interdisciplinary Research in Benign Urology, and the Directors for the Multidisciplinary K12 Urologic Research (KURe) Career Development Program and their fellows. This meeting will promote interactions between Centers and Programs and the sharing of resources.

Registration Deadline

November 23, 2015

December 7, 2016

Session I: Basic and Translational Bladder Physiology

2:00 p.m. – 2:40 p.m.: Mapping the neural circuits controlling bladder filling/voiding in mouse (new – P20) and stimulation of CRH-Glut neurons in Barrington's nucleus by DREADDS leads to voiding behavior in mouse (existing P20)
Dr. Mark Zeidel
2:40 p.m. – 3:05 p.m.: Imaging bladder repair (P20)
Dr. Frank Marini
3:05 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Real-time imaging of urinary tract smooth muscle function (P20)
Dr. Doris Herzlinger
3:30 p.m. – 3:45 p.m.: In vivo imaging in humans (K12)
Dr. Rose Kharvari
3:45 p.m. – 4:00 p.m.: Insulin resistance in OAB (K12)
Dr. Nazema Siddiqui
4:00 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.: Neuromodulation for OAB (K12)
Dr. James Hokansen
4:15 p.m.: Break

Session II: Basic Prostate Pathophysiology

4:35 p.m. – 4:50 p.m.: Transcriptional profiling of MTOPS samples (new – P20)
Dr. Jay Fowke
4:50 p.m. – 5:15 p.m.: Prostate transcriptional profiling (P20)
Dr. James Brooks
5:15 p.m. – 5:40 p.m.: Beta-catenin in urinary dysfunction (U54 Wisconsin)
Dr. Chad Vezina
5:40 p.m.: Posters available

December 8, 2016

Session II: Basic Prostate Pathophysiology continued

8:30 a.m. – 8:55 a.m.: CXCL12/CXCR4 axis activation in LUT fibrosis and dysfunction (U54 Wisconsin)
Dr. Jill Macoska
8:55 a.m. – 9:10 a.m.: Prostatic inflammation and prostate/bladder cross talk (new – U54 Pittsburgh)
Dr. Lori Birder (Yoshimura)

Session III: Prostate Pathophysiology and Molecular Endocrinology Urologic Tissues

9:10 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Relationship of fibrosis, ER, and LUT dysfunction (prostate) (U54 Wisconsin)
Dr. Will Ricke
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: The role of estrogen receptor activation in benign prostatic hyperplasia (K12)
Dr. Teresa Liu
9:45 a.m. – 10:00 a.m.: High-throughput assessment of AR dysfunction (K12)
Dr. Adam Szafran
10:00 a.m. – 10:15 a.m.: Prostate luminal epithelial permeability in BPH pathogenesis (new – U54 Pittsburgh)
Dr. Zhou Wang
10:15 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.: Cox-2 and ERB signaling (new – U54 Pittsburgh)
Dr. Zhou Wang (DeFranco)
10:30 a.m. – 10:45 a.m.: Break

Session IV: Nephrolithiasis

10:45 a.m. – 11:10 a.m.: Characterization and location of stone precursors (U54 Mayo)
Dr. John Lieske
11:10 a.m. – 11:35 a.m.: Epic of kidney stone recurrence (U54 Mayo)
Dr. Andrew Rule
11:35 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: Drosophila model for the inhibition of oxalate nephrolithiasis (U54 Mayo)
Dr. Michael Romero
12:00 p.m. – 1:15 p.m.: Lunch
1:15 p.m. – 1:40 p.m.: Dual-energy CT characterization of stones (U54 Mayo)
Dr. Cynthia McCollough
1:40 p.m. – 2:05 p.m.: Cystine mouse model provides hope for novel new medical prophylactic therapy (P20)
Dr. Marshall Stoller

Session V: Development of Urologic Organs

2:05 p.m. – 2:30 p.m.: RA signaling and ureter maturation (U54 Columbia)
Dr. Cathy Mendelsohn
2:30 p.m. – 2:45 p.m.: Wnt signaling the cloaca (zebrafish) as a model for human VUJ defects (U54 Columbia)
Dr. Ian Drummond
2:45 p.m. – 3:00 p.m.: Genetic variants associated with urinary tract anomalies (K12)
Dr. Reza Bekheirnia
3:00 p.m. – 3:15 p.m.: Genetic causes of VUR; role of KCTD13 in GU tract development (K12)
Dr. Abhishek Seth
3:15 p.m. – 3:30 p.m.: Animal models of hypospadias (K12)
Dr. Adriane Sinclair
3:30 p.m. – 3:55 p.m.: Genitourinary phenotyping of Lama3 and Lamc2 knockouts (U54 Columbia)
Dr. Ali Gharavi
3:55 p.m. – 4:15 p.m.: Break

Session VI: Urinary Tract Infections and Microbiome

4:15 p.m. – 4:40 p.m.: Associated cellular changes in CD with urinary tract infection (U54 Columbia)
Dr. Jonathan Barasch
4:40 p.m. – 4:55 p.m.: Kris Penniston—Goldberg microbiome pilot (U54 Wisconsin)
4:55 p.m. – 5:20 p.m.: Urinary microbiome (P20)
Dr. Alan Wolfe
6:00 p.m. – 7:00 p.m.: Dinner
7:30 p.m.: Poster session (including resource posters for each U54/P20)

December 9, 2016

Session VII: Translational and Urologic Epidemiology

8:30 a.m. – 8:45 a.m.: Shared decision making in urology (K12)
Dr. Lindsay Hampson
8:45 a.m. – 9:00 a.m.: Frailty in older adults post-urologic surgery (K12)
Dr. Ann Suskind
9:00 a.m. – 9:15 a.m.: Continence Across Continents Part Deux: Mind Over Matter, Health Bowels, Healthy Bladder (K12)
Dr. Heidi Brown
9:15 a.m. – 9:30 a.m.: Unnecessary care in urologic medicine (K12)
Dr. Britt Conroy
9:30 a.m. – 9:45 a.m.: Break
10:00 a.m. – 11:00 a.m.: NIDDK discussions with EEP (limited to Principal Investigators and Project Leaders of funded Center programs)
11:00 a.m. – 12:00 p.m.: EEP feedback to PDs
12:00 p.m. – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch