Every week, the students, postdocs, fellows, and faculty gather to hear two talks on current research. A 5-10 minute Q&A session follows each talk. Members of each laboratory in the CVI, and occasionally people from outside the program, present their latest research on a rotating basis.
Featured Speakers 2013 |
Date |
Presenter (Lab Name)
"[Title of talk]"
|
| Apr 26, 2013 |
Pei Hun, PhD (Chang Lab)
"Link lncRNA to Heart Failure" |
| Apr 12, 2013 |
Kelly Downing, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
"Understanding the Roles of Obesity and Genetics in Cardiovascular Diseases" |
| Apr 05, 2013 |
Liza Hitchner
(Zhou Lab)
"Genetic Correlates of Cognitive Change in Patients Undergoing Carotid Interventions" |
| Mar 29, 2013 |
Nazish Sayed, M.D Ph.D, Postdoctoral Fellow
"Leveraging the Innate Immunity Pathway for Nuclear Reprogramming" |
| Mar 22, 2013 |
Zhifei Shao, MD, PhD, Posdoctoral Research Fellow
"Extravascular Expression of Thrombomodulin and Identification of Thrombomodulin Receptor" |
| Mar 08, 2013 |
David L. M. Preston, New CVI Program Director
Michal Bental Roof, PhD, Academic and Research Program Officer
Janet Kalesnikoff, PhD, soon-to-be Associate Director of CVI
Ed Finn, CVI Clinical Trials Manager
"Who am I, what am I doing here, and how we help each other thrive…" |
| Mar 01, 2013 |
Michael Coronado, PhD (Bernstein Lab)
"Role of Beta Adrenergic signaling in mitochondrial function" |
| Feb 22, 2013 |
Ehsan Sadeghipour (Pruitt Lab)
"Micro Devices for the Analysis of Cell Mechanics and Adhesion" |
| Feb 08, 2013 |
Bernhard Kuhn, MD, PhD, Assistant Professor, Pediatrics, Harvard University
"Stimulating Myocardial Growth & Regeneration to treat Heart Disease" |
| Feb 01, 2013 |
Jonathan Butcher, Associate Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering, Cornell University
"Developmental Bioengineering of Heart Valves: Insights for Regenerative Medicine" |
| Jan 25, 2013 |
John Morser, PhD, Senior Scientist, Med/Hematology
"Regulation of Inflammation By Thrombomodulin System" |
| Jan 11, 2013 |
Sadie Bartholomew, Grad Student (Spudich Lab)
"Effects of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy-Associated Troponin I Mutations on Ca2+ Sensitivity, ATPase Activity, and Velocity of Sliding Filaments" |
Featured Speakers 2012 |
Date |
Presenter (Lab Name)
"[Title of talk]"
|
| Dec 14, 2012 |
Ivan Carcamo Oribe, PhD (Quertermous Lab) |
| Dec 07, 2012 |
Sharla Powell White, PhD (Wei Zhou Lab)
“Botanicals, the Natural Approach to Science” |
| Nov 30, 2012 |
Yohannes T Ghebremariam, PhD (Cooke Lab)
"Repurposing a Generic Drug for an Orphan Indication" |
| Nov 23 2012 |
Thanksgiving Break -
No Presentation |
| Nov 16, 2012 |
Feng Lan, PhD (Wu Lab)
"Modeling Pathogenesis of Familial Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Using Patient-Specific Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells" |
| Nov 09, 2012 |
Praveen Shukla, PhD (Wu Lab)
"Cardiovascular Techniques in Search of a Problem" |
| Nov 02, 2012 |
No presentation because of AHA |
| Oct 26, 2012 |
Wenchao Sun (Wu and Rajadas Groups)
"Long lasting therapeutic formulation for cardiovascular and cerebral degenerative disease"
|
| Oct 19, 2012 |
Sylvia Nuernberg, PhD (Quertermous Lab)
"The role of TCF21 in human coronary artery SMCs" |
| Oct 12, 2012 |
Frederick Dewey, MD (Ashley Lab)
"Personal medical genomics" |
| Oct 05, 2012 |
Francie Barron, PhD (Wu Lab)
"From Head to Heart: An Introduction to Dr. Barron" |
Carol Cho, PhD (Spudich Lab)
"The Molecular Basis of Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathies: Biomechanics of Cardiac Myosin" |
| Sep 21, 2012 |
Scott Metzler (Ruiz-Lozano Lab)
"Summing up Scott: Stem Cells, Surfing and Sutro" |
Summer Break |
| Jun 15, 2012 |
Maggie Ostrowski (Alex Dunn Lab) |
| Jun 08, 2012 |
Hui Xu (Heilshorn Lab) |
| Jun 01, 2012 |
Chelsey Simmons, BS, PhD Candidate (Pruitt Lab)
"Laboratory to Bench?: Making Engineering Tools Available for CV Research" |
| May 25, 2012 |
[no meeting] |
| May 18, 2012 |
Nazish Sayed (Cooke Lab)
"Role of Innate Immunity in Nuclear Reprogramming" |
| May 11, 2012 |
Rick Dewey (Ashley Lab)
"Whole Exome and Genome Sequencing in Inherited Cardiovascular Disease" |
| May 04, 2012 |
Scott Metzler, PhD
(Ruiz-Lozano Lab)
“The Stanford Stem Cell Workout - Step 1: Stretching” |
| Mar 23, 2012 |
Clint Miller (Quertermous Lab)
“Mapping the Causal Mechanisms of the TCF21
Association in Coronary Heart Disease” |
| Mar 16, 2012 |
Cancelled |
|
| Mar 09, 2012 |
Fabian Emrich (Robbins Lab)
"Cerebral Perfusion During Complex Cardiac Surgery" |
| Mar 02, 2012 |
Vinca Chow (Dalman Lab)
"The Role of Hypoxia and Pro-Angiogenic Signaling in the Development of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms" |
| Feb 24, 2012 |
Homare Okamura (Robbins-Fischbein Lab) |
| Feb 17, 2012 |
Paul J. Kim (Yang Lab)
"Molecular Imaging with Cardiac MRI" |
| Feb 10, 2012 |
Young Kim, MD, DPhil (Ashley Group)
"Translational Cardiovascular Medicine:
Role of the Apelin-APJ System in Human Atrial Fibrillation" |
Jeanna Kim (Rockson Lab)
"Evaluating Ketoprofen as a Pharmacotherapy of Acquired Lymphedema” |
| Feb 03, 2012 |
Enrique G. Navarrete (Wu Lab)
Advances in Drug-induced Long QT Syndrome Screening using Stem Cells and Microelectrode Arrays” |
| Jan 27, 2012 |
Giuseppe Ferro (Reddy Lab)
"Protection Of The Vulnerable Neonatal Brain During Complex Cardiac Surgeries Requiring Circulatory Arrest" |
| Jan 20, 2012 |
Denis Merk (Robbins Lab) |
| Jan 13, 2012 |
John Sanders (Elias Lab) |
Shyam N. Panchal and Martina Kelly Speight (Cooke Lab)
"Transcatheter Aortic Valve Replacement" |
Featured Speakers 2011 |
Date |
Presenter #1 (Lab Name)
"[Title of talk]" |
Presenter #2 (Lab Name)
"[Title of talk]" |
| Dec 02, 2011 |
Scott Metzler (Ruiz-Laxano’s Lab)
"Visualizing Mechanosensation in Cardiac Regeneration" |
Vahid Serpooshan (Ruiz-Laxano’s Lab)
"Novel Engineered Cardiac Patches to Improve Cardiac Function post Myocardial Infarction" |
| Nov 18, 2011 |
Miquell Miller (Robbins-Fischbein Lab)
"Determining the role of smooth muscle cells in aortic aneurysms of a Marfan Syndrome mouse model" |
Lori Shoemaker (Chang Lab)
"Arteriovenous malformations in the Brain" |
| Nov 11, 2011 |
Happy Hour Only on Falk Patio |
| Nov 04, 2011 |
Happy Hour Only on Falk Patio |
| October 2011 |
Happy Hour Only on Falk Patio |
| Sep 30, 2011 |
Fabian Kari (Miller Lab)
"Valve-sparing aortic root replacement and reconstructive aortic valve surgery" |
Lars Maegdefessel (Tsao Lab)
"Therapeutic potential of modulating microRNAs in abdominal aortic aneurym disease" |
| Sep 23, 2011 |
Fonteini (Faye) Mourkioti (Blau Lab)
"A new mouse model for Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy that mimics the human disease" |
Naoyuki Kimura (Robbins Lab)
"Fenofibrate, as a novel therapeutic drug in the treatment of cardiac allograft rejection" |
| Sep 16, 2011 |
Jocelyn Chin (Robbins Lab)
"Ascending Aortic Aneurysms in Mouse Model of Marfan Syndrome" |
Hiroshi Kawaga (Reddy Lab)
"Fetal Cardiac Bypass" |
| Jun 10, 2011 |
Xiaohu Ge (Yang Lab)
"Reprogramming of Human Placenta-Derived Mesenchymal Stem Cells into Spontaneously Contractile Cardiomyocytes" |
| Jun 03, 2011 |
Kim Kortekaas (Dalman Lab)
"Phenotyping the role of macrophages in abdominal aortic aneurysm" |
Rick Dewey (Ashley Lab) |
| May 27, 2011 |
Cindy Chung (Pruitt Lab) |
Alexandre Ribeiro (Pruitt Lab) |
| May 20, 2011 |
Qiao Yun Shi (Ashley Lab)
"Allele-specific silencing of disease-causing mutation MYH7-R403Q in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy" |
Oscar Abilez (Zarins Lab)
"Optogenetic Control of Human Pluripotent Stem Cell-Derived Cardiomyocytes" |
| May 13, 2011 |
Arpi Siyahian (Hanley/Riemer Lab)
"The Role of FHL5 in Vessel Stenosis" |
Nick Leeper (TQ Lab)
"CDKN2B in Vessel Wall Disease" |
| May 06, 2011 |
Monica Divakaruni (Assimes Lab)
|
Vinod Sebastian (Reddy Lab)
"Fetal cardiac bypass" |
| Apr 29, 2011 |
Jack Chai (Dunn Lab)
"Effect of Mechanical Load on Fibronectin Proteolysis" |
Baohui Xu (Dalman Lab)
"Role of angiogenesis in the development of abdominal aortic aneurysm" |
| Apr 22, 2011 |
Suresh Palaniyandi (Mochly-Rosen Lab)
"Aldehyde dehydrogenase in cardiac stem cells" |
Koy Thanaporn (Cooke & Mochly-Rosen Lab)
"Alda-1 and Aldehyde Dehydrogenase 2: A New Therapeutic Avenue for Peripheral Arterial Disease" |
| Apr 15, 2011 |
Kathia Zaleta (Ashley Lab)
“Allele-Specific Silencing of MYL2-N47K Mutation Using siRNAs in Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy (HCM)" |
Nick Conley (Scott Lab)
“Unraveling the Role of Neuropilins in Hedgehog Signaling" |
| Apr 08, 2011 |
Sonja Schrepfer (Univ Heart Center, Hamburg, Germany)
"The Development of Vessel Intimal Hyperplasia in a Humanized IMA Transplantation Model" |
Tobi Gossler (Schrepfer Lab)
"Experimental Transplantation Models to Study the Immunobiology after Heart and Lung Transplantation" |
| Apr 01, 2011 |
Nicole Romano (Heilshorn Lab)
"Angiogenic potential of elastin-based protein-engineered materials"
|
Hui Xu (Heilshorn Lab)
"Engineering Microenvironments to Study and Manipulate Cell Migration" |
| Mar 25, 2011 |
Purvesh Khatri (Butte Lab)
"Gene expression meta-analysis identifies core immune response module and suggests novel therapeutics in solid organ transplant rejection" |
Chirag Patel (Butte Lab)
"Environment-wide Association Study on Serum Lipid Levels Bhagat (Elaine)" |
| Mar 18, 2011 |
Lori Shoemaker (Chang & Steinberg Lab)
"When cerebrovasculature goes bad: Occlusion and angiogenesis in Moyamoya disease" |
Yohannes Ghebremariam(Cooke Lab)
"Towards Discovering New Drug" |
| Mar 11, 2011 |
Junya Azuma (Tsao Lab)
"Animal models of abdominal aortic aneurysm" |
Jack Wong (Cooke Lab)
"Identification of novel determinants of reprogramming to endothelial phenotype" |
| Mar 04, 2011 |
Nazish Sayed (Cooke Lab)
"Protein-based Nuclear Reprogramming and More..." |
G-One Ahn (Brown Lab)
"Molecular insights into the regulation of myeloid cell-mediated neovascularization" |
| Feb 25, 2011 |
Gadryn Higgs (Pruitt Lab)
"Mechanics and Biology" |
Chelsey Simmons (Pruitt Lab)
"Microsystems in Cardiovascular Cell Culture" |
| Feb 18, 2011 |
Sushma Reddy (Bernstein Lab)
"Physiologic and Molecular Characterization of a Murine Model of Pulmonary Insufficiency" |
Viswanathan Rajagopalan (Bernstein Lab)
"Role of Ubiquitin Proteasomal Protein Degradation System in Right Ventricular Hypertrophy and Failure" |
| Feb 11, 2011 |
Yong Gong (Robbins Lab)
"Stem Cells Meet Immune Rejection" |
Matthew Callaghan (Yock Lab)
"
A Novel Technique to Manage Acute Volume Overload in Heart Failure" |
| Feb 04, 2011 |
Paige Shaklee (Spudich Lab)
"Getting to the root of hypertrophic cardiomyopathies: A single molecule investigation" |
Peiying Chuan (Spudich Lab)
"Single cell investigations of the Frank-Starling mechanism in hypertrophic cardiomyopathy" |
| Jan 28, 2011 |
Josh Knowles (TQ Lab)
"Genome Wide Study for Determinants of Insulin Sensitivity" |
Masayuki Yazawa (Dolmetsch Lab)
"
Using iPS Cells to Investigate Cardiac Phenotypes in Patients with Timothy Syndrome" |
| Jan 21, 2011 |
Melanie Marchand (Longaker Lab)
"Pluripotent stem cells for studying cardiovascular defect of Marfan syndrome" |
|
| Jan 14, 2011 |
Jieun Lee (Cooke Lab) |
|
Featured Speakers 2010 |
Date |
Presenter #1 (Lab Name)
"[Title of talk]" |
Presenter #2 (Lab Name)
"[Title of talk]" |
| Dec 17, 2010 |
Naoyuki Kimura (Robbins Lab) |
Denis Merk (Robbins Lab) |
| Dec 10, 2010 |
Cancelled |
| Dec 03, 2010 |
Julio Ferreira (Mochly-Rosen Lab) |
Suresh Palanyiandi (Mochly-Rosen Lab) |
| Nov 19, 2010 |
Rufaihah Jalil, PhD; Calvin Hang, BA; Ngan Huang, PhD
CVI Retreat Poster Competition Winners |
| Nov 12, 2010 |
Bhagat Patlotta (Beygui Lab)
"Extracellular Matrix and Stem cell Fate" |
Evgenios Neofytou (Beygui Lab) |
| Nov 05, 2010 |
Vinicio de Jesus Perez (Rabinovitch Lab) |
|
| Oct 29, 2010 |
Lars Maegdefessel (Tsao Lab)
“MicroRNAs and AAA disease” |
Shi Ming Xu (Tsao Lab)
“Effects of apelin/APJ signal on glucose uptake in diabetic cardiomyopathy” |
| Oct 22, 2010 |
Ryan Anderson (TQ Lab) |
Azad Raiesdana (TQ Lab) |
| Oct 15, 2010 |
Laura Barboza (Riemer Lab) |
Giuseppe Ferro (Riemer Lab) |
| Oct 08, 2010 |
Dania Xu (Wu Lab)
"Derivation of iPSC from Dog" |
Shijun Hu (Wu Lab)
“miRNA-210 gene therapy” |
| Oct 01, 2010 |
Rufaihah Jalili (Cooke Lab)
“iPSC derived endothelial cells are heterogenous” |
Arwen Hunter (Cooke Lab)
“Non-viral based nuclear reprogramming” |
| Sep 24, 2010 |
Ildi Toma (Yang Lab) |
Elaine Wang (Yang Lab)
“The effects of graphite oxide nanoparticles on the viability and proliferation of mouse embryonic stem cells” |
