2025 Meetings

BMPs & Iron Metabolism

January 22nd, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Tom Thompson, Cincinnati/USA

Speakers: Jodie Babbit, Boston/USA

“It takes two to tango: BMP2 and BMP6 in iron homeostasis regulation”   

Laura Silvestri, Milan/Italy

"To signal or not to signal? Exploring the complex interplay between BMP receptors and their inhibitors in iron homeostasis" 

BMP signaling and cancer

January 24th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Aristidis Moustakas, Uppsala/Sweden 

Speakers: Erica Mina, Torino/Italy

"Overcoming BMP-resistance to fight cancer cachexia"

Mohamad Ali, Uppsala/Sweden

“The transcription factor LHX2 mediates and enhances oncogenic BMP signaling in medulloblastoma”

BMP signaling and regeneration

March 6th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Lindsay A. Dawson, College Station/USA 

Speakers: Akira  Sato, Tokyo/Japan

"The Trigger signals for Amphibian Limb regeneration: BMP and FGF in inducing blastema formation"

Ken Muneoka, College Station/USA

"Inducing blastema formation is essential for stimulating digit regeneration in mammals"

BMP signaling and stem cells

April 24th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Eri Takematsu, Palo Alto/USA 

Speakers: Matt Greenblatt, New York/USA

"A multi-stem cell basis for calvarial mineralization and craniosynostosis"

Yang Chai, Los Angeles/USA       “TGF-β interaction with nerve-derived FGF signaling in regulating palatogenesis” 

BMP signaling and clinical potentials

June 5th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Slobodan Vukicevic, Zagreb/Croatia 

Speakers: Lorena Lerner, Lexington/USA

"Tailoring Specificity into Investigational Activin Type II Receptor Ligand Traps"

Nikola Stokovic, Zagreb/Croatia       “Innovations in Bone Regeneration: Preclinical Development of Osteogrow-C” 

Joining forces - A success story of multistakeholder collaboration 

August 28th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Nadine Grossman, Berlin/Germany 

Speakers: Michelle Davis, Kansas City/USA 

"Patient organizations impacting research"

Alex Bullock, Oxford/UK

“From FOP gene to clinical trials: multistakeholder contributions to progress” 

BMPs in reproduction

October 9th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Petra Knaus Berlin/Germany 

Speakers: Tom Thompson Cincinnati/USA 

"Anti-Mullerian Hormone (AMH)- A unique TGFB-family"

Dan Bernard  Montreal/Canada

“An unexpected role for myostatin in the control of mammalian reproduction” 

BMPs in Vascular Biology

November 20th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: An Zwijsen,  Leuven/Belgium 

Speakers: Maud martin Charleroi/Belgium 

"The cytoskeleton adaptor protein Sorbs1 controls the development of vessels in zebrafish: interaction with BMP signaling "

Akiko Hata, San Francisco/USA 

"The Role of Stress Signals in Pulmonary Vascular Disease"

2023 Meetings

BMP signaling and cancer

January 25th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Kohei Miyazono, Tokyo/Japan

Speakers:

Mythreye Karthikeyan, Birmingham, USA

“Contextual roles of BMPs in ovarian cancers and inferences for therapy”

Véronique Maguer‐Satta, Lyon/France

“BMP within the Bone marrow microenvironment: A key to understand and target leukemic stem cells”

BMP signaling and rare diseases

March 8th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Fumiko Itoh, Tokyo/Japan

Speakers:

Aernout Luttun, Leuven/Belgium

“Zeb2 (aka Smad-interacting protein 1): a context-dependent determinant of liver disease”

Akiko Hata, San Francisco/USA

“Defining the role of BMPR2 mutations in pulmonary hypertension”

BMP signaling and stem cells/regeneration

April 19th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Daniel Graf, Edmonton/Canada and Eri Takematsu, Palo Alto/USA 

Speakers:

Charles KF Chan, Palo Alto/USA

"The role of BMP Signaling in Regulation of Skeletal Stem Cell Diversity"

Daniela M Roth, Edmonton/Canada

"BMPs in suture formation: Bmp7 and the intricacy of suture geometry"

BMP signaling and structure

May 31st, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Alex Bullock, Oxford/UK

Speakers: 

Emily C. Kappes, Cincinnati/USA

"Follistatin Forms a Stable Complex With Inhibin A That Does Not Interfere With Activin A Antagonism"

Erik Martinez-Hackert, Michigan/USA 

 "Exploring the Regulatory Mechanisms of TGF-β Signaling: Receptor Interactions, Binding Promiscuity, and Functional Outcomes"

BMP signaling and vascular biology

August 23rd, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Paul B. Yu, Boston/USA

Speakers:

 Mohamed Al-Shabrawey, Rochester/USA
"A tale of BMP signaling in retinal vascular diseases"
Lei Wang, Bad Neuheim/Germany
"Precision is key: Enhanced genetic cell lineage tracing and manipulation in the cardiovascular system"

BMP signaling in bone and cartilage

October 4th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Maurizio Pacifici, Philadelphia/USA

Speakers: 

Lindsay A. Dawson, College Station/USA

“Growth factor induced joint regeneration at digit amputation wounds”

Tristan Maerz, Ann Arbor/USA

“Synovial fibroblasts as mediators of fibrosis, inflammation, and pain in post-traumatic osteoarthritis"

BMP signaling in the heart

November 15th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)

Chair: Vesa Kaartinen

Speakers: 

Marie-José Goumans, Leiden/The Netherlands

"Balancing BMP and TGFb signaling to maintain cardiac homeostasis: where PAH and HFpEF meet"

 Kelly Smith, Melbourne/Australia

“The importance of matrix remodelling in the developing heart”