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Vasculata 2025 – Preliminary Program

Vascular Bioengineering – Next Gen Systems

Day 1 – Monday, July 7
2:00-2:15pm Opening Session
2:15-3:15pm Keynote Lecture: Endothelial Mechano-Transduction
Martin Schwartz, Yale University
Basic Vascular Biology 1
3:15-3:45pm Vascular Development in Zebrafish
Beth Roman, University of Pittsburgh
3:45-4:15pm Vascular Development & Extracellular Matrix
Suneel Apte, Cleveland Clinic
Workshops
4:30-5:30pm Women in Science Career Development
Cristina Espinosa-Diez, Wayne State
Grant Writing Workshop
David Gau and Amanda Clark, University of Pittsburgh
6:00-8:00pm Reception
Day 2 – Tuesday, July 8
Vascular Bioengineering
9:30am-10:00am Engineering Blood Vessels and Aneurysm
David Vorp, University of Pittsburgh
10:00-10:30am Vascular Engineering
Charlie Ren, Carnegie Mellon University
10:30-11:00am Tissue Engineering
Adam Feinberg, Carnegie Mellon University
11:00am-12:00pm Poster session 1
12:00-1:00pm Lunch
Basic Vascular Biology 2
1:00-1:30pm Vascular Permeability and Endothelial Cell Biology
Adam Straub, University of Pittsburgh
1:30-2:00pm Epigenetic and Transcriptional Regulation in Smooth Muscle Cells
Delphine Gomez, University of Pittsburgh
2:00-2:30pm  Vascular Bioenergetics and Smooth Muscle Cell Biology
Krithika Rao, University of Pittsburgh
2:30-3:00pm Immunometabolism
Babak Razani, University of Pittsburgh
Workshops
3:00-4:30pm Vascular Engineering Workshop
Jonathan Vande Geest, University of Pittsburgh
Omics Workshop
Satoshi Okawa, University of Pittsburgh
5:30-6:30pm Poster session 2
Day 3 – Wednesday, July 9
8:30-9:30am Keynote Lecture: Microvasculature and Vascular Bioengineering
Shayn Peirce Cottler, University of Virginia
Vascular Disease 1
9:30-10:00am Pathological Neovascularization
Partha Roy, University of Pittsburgh
10:00-10:30am Cerebrovascular Disease
Anne Robertson, University of Pittsburgh
10:30-11:00am Break
Vascular Disease 2
11:00-11:30am Inflammation and Atherosclerosis
Partha Dutta, University of Pittsburgh
11:30am-12:00pm Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm
Phillip Owens, University of Cincinnati
12:00-12:30pm Lipid Metabolism and Atherosclerosis
Alison Kohan, University of Pittsburgh
12:30-1:30pm Lunch
Workshops
1:30-3:00pm Vascular Bioprinting Workshop
Daniel Shiwarski, University of Pittsburgh
Grant Writing Workshop
David Gau and Amanda Clark, University of Pittsburgh
Vascular Disease 3
3:30-4:00pm Genetics of Stroke
Hyacinth Hyacinth, University of Cincinnati
4:00-4:30pm Pulmonary Hypertension and Vascular Remodeling
Tatiana Kudryashova, University of Pittsburgh
4:30-5:00pm Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms and Vasa Vasorum
Julie Phillippi, University of Pittsburgh
5:00-5:30pm Vascular and Valvular Calcification
Cynthia St Hilaire, University of Pittsburgh
Day 4 – Thursday, July 10
Vascular Imaging 1
9:00-9:30am Vascular Imaging and Cerebrovascular Disease
Sossena Wood, Carnegie Mellon University
9:30-10:00am Microvasculature Imaging and Bioengineering
Jana Kainerstorfer, Carnegie Mellon University
10:00-10:30am Break
Vascular Imaging 2
10:30-11:00am Theranostic Strategies for Vascular Disease
Liza Villanueva, University of Pittsburgh
11:00-11:30am Cleared Tissue Imaging for Reconstruction of Vascular Systems
Alan Watson, University of Pittsburgh
11:30-12:00pm Ultrasound Super-Resolution Vascular Imaging
Kang Kim, University of Pittsburgh
12:00-12:30pm Closing Session: Poster awards and closing remarks