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Angela Glading, Ph.D.
April 1, 2020 Department of Pharmacology and Physiology University of Rochester Rochester, NY Primary Research: Defective or improperly regulated adhesion is observed in a wide variety of human diseases, including the major killers cancer and cardiovascular disease. Research in the Glading lab focuses on unraveling how cell adhesion signaling regulates cellular behavior, particularly in context…
Read MoreNew Insights into Lymphatics and Lymphatic-related Cells from the Zebrafish
March 12, 2020 BRANT WEINSTEIN, PH.D. Associate Scientific Director NICHD, NIH Took place on March 12, 2020 at 1:00pm EST BRANT WEINSTEINÂ – Dr. Brant M. Weinstein received his Ph. D. from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology and carried out postdoctoral studies in the laboratory of Dr. Mark Fishman at the MassachusettsGeneral Hospital. He joined the…
Read MoreAmber Stratman, Ph.D.
March 1, 2020 Department of Cell Biology and Physiology Washington University School of Medicine St. Louis, MO Primary Research: My research group is interested in the mechanosensitive inputs that direct mural cell recruitment to arteries during development. We are particularly interested in how mechanosensitive proteins couple force inputs from a 3D environment to alter transcription…
Read MoreMural Cell SDF1 Signaling Is Associated with The Pathogenesis of Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension
February 13, 2020 KE YUAN, PH.D. Associate Scientific Researcher and Member of the Faculty of Pediatrics Harvard Medical School Took place on February 13, 2020 at 1:00pm EST KE YUANÂ – Ke is currently an Assistant Professor in the Department of Pediatrics, Boston Children’s Hospital. She received PhD in Biology from Temple University, PA and was…
Read MoreRoger Johns, M.D., Ph.D.
February 1, 2020 Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University Baltimore, MD Primary Research: We discovered hypoxia-induced mitogenic factor (HIMF) as an unknown gene in lung from a hypoxia model of pulmonary hypertension. This was subsequently found to be a member of the resistin-like family of chemokine growth factors. We have defined…
Read MoreThe Gut-Brain Axis in Cerebral Cavernous Malformation
January 23, 2020 MARK KAHN, M.D. Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiovascular Medicine University of Pennsylvania Took place on January 23, 2020 at 1:00pm EST MARK KAHNÂ – Dr. Mark Kahn is a practicing cardiologist in the Division of Cardiovascular Medicine at the University of Pennsylvania. He has won many prestigious awards including the Judah Folkman…
Read MoreSara S. Nunes de Vasconcelos, Ph.D.
January 1, 2020 Division of Experimental Therapeutics Toronto General Hopistal Research Institute and University of Toronto Toronto, Ontario Canada Primary Research: Motivated by the need to generate alternative therapeutic avenues to treat cardiovascular diseases, my research interests involve the development of vascularization strategies in combination with human stem cell-derived cardiomyocytes for regenerative medicine. Current areas…
Read MoreCoronary Artery Development and Regeneration
December 19, 2019 KRISTY RED-HORSE, PH.D. Associate Professor Department of Biology Stanford University Took place on December 19, 2019 at 1:00pm EST KRISTY RED-HORSE – Dr. Red-Horse is a Professor in the Department of Biology at Stanford University. Her lab uses cardiovascular development as a model to study the signals that instruct cell fate and guide morphogenesis…
Read MoreEndothelial Regulation of Metabolic Homeostasis
November 14, 2019 HYUNG CHUN, PH.D. Associate Professor Medicine and Pathology Yale School of Medicine Took place on November 14, 2019 at 1:00pm EST HYUNG CHUN – Dr. Chun is an Associate Professor of Medicine and Pathology at Yale School of Medicine. He received his bachelor’s degree at Harvard College and his medical degree at…
Read MoreWnt/ß-catenin signaling, mechanotransduction and lymphatic vascular development
October 10, 2019 SATHISH SRINIVASAN, PH.D. Associate Member Cardiovascular Biology Research Program Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation Took place on October 10, 2019 at 1:00pm EDT SATHISH SRINIVASAN – Dr. Srinivasan trained as a post-doctoral fellow in the lab of Dr. Guillermo Oliver, a pioneer in the field of lymphatic vascular development. Dr. Srinivasan is currently…
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