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"
BMPs in Bone Biology
March 5th, 3 p.m. – 5 p.m. CET (Berlin)
Chair: Eri Takematsu, Palo Alto/USA
Speakers: Lynda F. Bonewald, Indianapolis/USA
Tamara Alliston, San Francisco/USA
“Osteocytic TGF- β family signaling in skeletal health and disease”
2024 Meetings
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”