NIDCR to Host Craniofacial Research Symposium on May 6, 2019 | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

NIDCR to Host Craniofacial Research Symposium on May 6, 2019 | National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research

NIDCR to Host Craniofacial Research Symposium on May 6, 2019

NIDCR will host a craniofacial research symposium, “Looking Back and Facing the Future: From NIDR to NIDCR” on Monday, May 6, from 8:30 a.m. to 4:30 p.m., Lipsett Amphitheater (Building 10), on the NIH campus in Bethesda, Md. The event will showcase research accomplishments in craniofacial biology, from basic science to clinical applications, and commemorate the addition in 1998 of “Craniofacial” to the Institute name. 

Two former directors, Dr. Lawrence Tabak and Dr. Harold Slavkin, will deliver talks at the event. The symposium will include presentations on craniofacial development and regeneration, wound healing, salivary gland development and regeneration, and bone loss.