Workshop: Biology of Signaling in the
Cardiovascular System

September 11-14, 2008  -  Cape Codder Resort, Hyannis, Massachusetts
Organizers:  Timothy Hla, University of Connecticut and
Michael Simons, Dartmouth Medical School

Preliminary Program:

1.

The vascular cell surface-I
    Luisa Iruela-Arispe- University of California, Los Angeles
      Location, location, location in VEGF signaling
 

 

Robert Friesel, Maine Medical Center Research Institute
      Feedback inhibition of receptor tyrosine kinase signaling in the endothelial cell
 

 

David Cheresh, University of California, San Diego
      Role of Raf in vascular development and angiogenesis
 

 

Helmut Augustin, University of Heidelberg - German Cancer Research Center
      Ang-2 and Tie1 as dynamic regulators of constitutive Ang-1/Tie2 signaling in the vascular system
       

2.

The vascular cell surface-II
 

 

J. Silvio Gutkind, National Institute of Dental and Craniofacial Research
      A G Protein-coupled receptor and VE-cadherin cross-talk: A role in vascular permeability and tumor induced-angiogenesis?
    Nigel Mackman, Scripps Research Institute
      Regulation of coagulation by endothelial cell receptors
    Tatiana Byzova, Lerner Research Institute, Cleveland Clinic Foundation
      Integrin and growth factor alliance in angiogenesis
 

 

Christiana Rurhberg, University College London  
      Understanding neuropilin function in vascular development
       

3.

Phosphorylation cascades
 

 

Dario Alessi, University of Dundee
      Regulation and function of the LKB1 kinase
 

 

John Blenis, Harvard Medical School
      mTORC1 signaling
 

 

George Yancopoulos, Regeneron Pharmaceuticals
      VEGF regulation of angiogenesis: The Delta Paradox
 

 

Kenneth Walsh, Boston University
      Akt, mTOR and organ growth
       

4.

Intracellular transducers and Nodes
 

 

Jonathan Stamler, Duke University Medical Center
      Protein S-nitrosyltion in the cardiovascular system
 

 

William C. Sessa, Yale University School of Medicine
      NO-based signal transduction
 

 

Sankar Ghosh, Yale University School of Medicine
      Regulation of immune and inflammatory responses by NF-kB
 

 

Kimberly Dodge-Kafka, University of Connecticut Health Center
      The molecular architecture of camp microdomains
       

5.

Signaling in development
    David Ornitz, Washington University, St. Louis
      Growth factor signaling pathways that regulate myocardial development and coronary vasculogenesis: From developmental biology to therapeutic implications
    Jan K. Kitajewski, Columbia University
      Notch and VEGF pathways interact to regulate angiogenesis
    Anne Eichmann, Collège de France, INSERM U36
      Neural guidance receptors in vascular patterning
    Michelle D. Tallquist, UT Southwestern Medical Center
      Novel functions for PDGF receptor signaling in blood vessel development
   

6.

Post-translational signals
 

 

Joe G.N. Garcia, University of  Chicago
      Receptor signaling to the endothelial cytoskeleton
    Martin A. Schwartz, University of Virginia
      Integrins, ECM and atherosclerosis
 

 

Stephan Offermans, University of Heidelberg
      G-protein mediated signaling in vascular physiology and pathophysiology
       
7. Extracellular stimuli
    Elena Tzima, University of North Carolina, Chapel Hill
      Shear stress: atheroprotection vs. atherogenesis
    Gregg L. Semenza, Johns Hopkins University
      Regulation of angiogenesis and arteriogenesis by hypoxia-inducible factor 1
    Mark H. Ginsberg, University of California, San Diego
      Regulation of vascular integrins
 

 

Horace M. Delisser, University of Pennsylvania
      PECAM-1 as a Facilitator of Endothelial Cell Motility
       

8.

System integration and quantitative approaches
 

 

Leslie M. Loew, University of Connecticut Health Center
      Modeling cell signaling with virtual cell
 

 

Jan Schnitzer, Sidney Kimmel Cancer Center
      Quantitative proteomic and systems analysis of endothelial cell surfaces in vivo: Integrating signaling and trafficking via caveolae
 

 

Charles Serhan, Brigham & Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School
      Lipid mediator lipidomics-informatics and inflammatory pathophysiology
 

 

Sudhansu K. Dey, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
      Hormonal regulation uterine vascular permeability and angiogenesis during pregnancy
 

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