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Teresa Sanchez, Ph.D.
Teresa Sanchez, Ph.D. November 1, 2020 Assistant Professor Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Feil Family Brain and Mind Research Institute Weill Cornell Medicine New York, NY Primary Research: Severe endothelial dysfunction plays a critical role in organ failure and death in numerous clinical settings. In cerebrovascular diseases and central nervous system pathologies, blood-brain barrier dysfunction contributes…
Read MoreRamani Ramchandran, Ph.D.
Ramani Ramchandran, Ph.D. October 1, 2020 Professor Division of Neonatology Department of Pediatrics Children’s Research Institute Medical College of Wisconsin Wauwatosa, WI Primary Research: We are interested in how vessels are formed during embryonic development, and how this process goes awry in disease states, specifically artery-vein malformation and intraventricular hemorrhage. Our focus is on the…
Read MoreAggregating Proteoglycans in the Vascular Wall
Aggregating Proteoglycans in the Vascular Wall September 17, 2020 SUNEEL APTE, MBBS, D.PHIL. Department of Biomedical Engineering Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Took place on September 17, 2020 at 1:00pm EST SUNEEL APTEÂ – Suneel Apte studied medicine at the University of Bombay, India, and trained in orthopaedic surgery before embarking on a career in biomedical…
Read MoreBhama Ramkhelawon, Ph.D.
Bhama Ramkhelawon, Ph.D. September 1, 2020 Assistant Professor of Surgery and Cell Biology New York University Langone Medical Center New York, NY Primary Research: Mechanisms of Vascular remodeling in health and Disease Laboratory Website: https://med.nyu.edu/ramkhelawonlab/ramkhelawon-lab Members of the laboratory: 2 postdocs, 1 graduate student, 1 lab manager, 1 lab technicial, Master students Recent Publications: Platelet-Derived…
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Lymphatic Development August 13, 2020 Organized by NAVBO Member: Kazuhide Okuda Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Session will feature the following presentations: Determining the genetic and developmental basis of human lymphatic vascular disease Natasha Harvey, University of South Australia The origin and assembly of the zebrafish facial lymphatics Jonathan Astin, University of Auckland Mysteries of meningeal…
Read MoreTherapeutic Vascularization for Tissue Regeneration
Therapeutic Vascularization for Tissue Regeneration July 9, 2020 SARA NUNES DE VASCONCELOS, PH.D. Scientist, Division of Experimental Therapeutics Toronto General Hospital Research Institute University Health Network Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering University of Toronto Took place on July 9, 2020 at 1:00pm EST SARA NUNES DE VASCONCELOSÂ – Microvascular regeneration and biology – Her lab…
Read MoreEssential Yet Transient: An Introduction to the Placental Circulatory System
Essential Yet Transient: An Introduction to the Placental Circulatory System June 11, 2020 MARY WALLINGFORD, PH.D. Assistant Professor Medical Infant Research Institute Tufts Medical Center Took place on June 11, 2020 at 1:00pm EST MARY WALLINGFORD – Mary Wallingford, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Tufts University…
Read MoreMarlene Rabinovitch, M.D.
Marlene Rabinovitch, M.D. June 1, 2020 Dwight and Vera Dunlevie Professor of Pediatrics (Cardiology) Stanford University School of Medicine Stanford, CA Primary Research: Our research program seeks to identify the cellular and molecular programs that are dysregulated in vascular disease with a focus on pulmonary arterial hypertension (PAH). This condition can be a fatal complication…
Read MoreMatrix remodeling and integrin signaling in endothelial function and dysfunction
Matrix remodeling and integrin signaling in endothelial function and dysfunction May 14, 2020 MARTIN SCHWARTZ, PH.D. Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology Department of Cell Biology Yale School of Medicine Took place on May 14, 2020 at 1:00pm EST MARTIN SCHWARTZÂ – Martin Schwartz is a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and…
Read MoreJulie A. Phillippi, Ph.D.
Julie A. Phillippi, Ph.D. May 1, 2020 Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery and McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine University of Pittsbugh Pittsburgh, PA Primary Research: The Phillippi Laboratory is focused on two primary objectives 1) Understanding the role of the microvasculature in cardiovascular pathologies; and 2) Developing novel technologies that therapeutically preserve or regenerate microvasculature. Active…
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