Center for Translational Medicine
CTM Seminar Series
CTM Seminars are held on Tuesdays at 12:15 PM in the CTM Library, 1025 Walnut Street, 318 College Building.
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2012/2013 |
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| September 4 | Shiyou Chen, DVM, PhD TGF-beta signaling in smooth muscle cell differentiation |
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| October 9 | Hongyu Qiu, MD, PhD The novel mechanism of aortic stiffness in the development of hypertension |
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| October 16 | Peter Yurchenco, MD, PhD Repair of mouse models of laminin-deficient congenital muscular dystrophy with a laminin-nidogen fusion protein |
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| October 23 | Jean-Francois-Jasmin, PhD The role of caveolin-1 in the pathogenesis of pulmonary hypertension |
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| October 30 | Brian O'Rourke, PhD Central role of mitochondrial dysfunction in cardiac disease |
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| November 6 | Linda Greenbaum, MD Liver progenitor cells: their role during injury and repair |
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| November 13 | Mary Jane Thomassen, PhD Chronic granulomatous lung inflammation elicited by carbon nanotubes |
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| November 20 | Walter RT Witschey, PhD Imaging guided therapies for ischemic heart disease |
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| November 26 | James M. Holaska, PhD Dynamic organization of the nucleus during stem cell differentiation: Implications for muscular dystrophy |
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| December 4 | William Pu, MD Approaches to heart regeneration: Hippo/YAP signaling and epicardial progenitors |
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| December 11 | Ming-Hui Zou, MD, PhD AMP-activated protein kinase, stress responses, and cardiovascular diseases |
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| December 18 | Ross Summer, MD Obesity: Priming the lung for injury |
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| January 8 | Yang Jin, MD, PhD Potential role of CCN1 in pulmonary vascular remodeling and pulmonary hypertension |
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| January 15 | Andrew E. Aplin, PhD Mutant B-RAF signaling and resistance to targeted therapies |
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| January 22 | Philippe Frank, PhD Distinct roles for endothelial and macrophage caveolin-1 in the development of atherosclerosis |
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| January 29 | Paul J. Mather, MD Advanced Heart Failure: Where are we now? |
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| February 5 | Jin Ouchi, MD, PhD Adrenergic regulation of cardiac excitation and contraction/metabolism coupling: physiology and pathophysiology |
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| February 12 | Jifen Li, PhD From arrhythmia to regeneration: the complex role of alpha-catenins in the heart |
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| February 19 | Rebecca G. Wells, M.D. Adding mechanics to fibrosis |
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| February 26 | Pu Fang,, PhD Hyperhomocysteinemia accelerates atherosclerosis and induces inflammatory monocyte differentiation in a hyperglycemic mouse model |
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| March 5 | Rajanikanth Vadigepalli, PhD Regulatory networks driving the plasticity of cellular phenotypes |
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| March 12 | Roger S. Armen, PhD Strategies to overcome challenges in small-molecule kinase inhibitor discovery and design |
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| March 19 | Anna Kashina, PhD Protein arginylation as a global regulator of normal physiology and disease |
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| April 2 | James S. Schwaber, PhD Inputs drive cell phenotype variability |
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| April 16 | Janice L. Walker, PhD Novel paradigms of epithelial wound repair |
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| April 23 | Tooraj Mirshahi, PhD Weight loss: From gastric bypass surgery to G protein signaling |
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| April 30 | James B. Jaynes, PhD A chromatin insulator from eve defines chromosomal domains and mediates long-range interactions |
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| May 7 | Isidore Rigoutsos, Ph.D. Rules of microRNA targeting: "expanding" the current model and implications of doing so |
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| May 14 | Karsten Peppel, PhD Regulation of S100A1 in the Endothelium - "To Mir or not to Mir-that is the question" |
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| May 28 | Karen Knudsen, PhD | |
| June 4 | Jian-Ping Jin, MD,, PhD Regulation of troponin function by restrictive proteolysis |
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2011/2012 |
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| April 17 | Lai-Hua Xie, PhD Cardiac Arrhythmogenic Effects of Reactive Oxygen Species (ROS) |
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| April 24 | Karsten Peppel, PhD Role of the Calcium handling Proteins S100A1 and A6 in Endothelial Cell Physiology |
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| May 1 | Xin L. Ma, MD, PhD Bench-Top Research in Translational Era: Why and How |
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| May 8 | Paul Bray, MD, PhD Genetic Variation in Platelet Biology: RNAs Gone Wild |
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| May 15 | Cornelia Marietta Kurischko, PhD Learning from yeast: Do the tumor suppressor kinases LATS/Ndr regulate mRNA localization by phosphorylating RNA-binding proteins? |
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| May 22 | Raymond Habas, PhD Dissecting the Molecular Mechanisms of Wnt Signaling |
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| May 29 | Leonard Edelstein, PhD
Catching a Supervillin of Platelet Activity: A Genome-wide Pursuit |
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| June 5 | Shey-Shing Sheu, PhD Mitochondrial Ca2+ and ROS Signaling: Physiological and Pathological Relevance |
| June 12 | Bassel E. Sawaya, PhD HIV and miRNA: Friends or Foes? |
In the News
12/19/12 — Jifen Li, PhD, was awarded a one-year grant from the W.W. Smith Charitable Trust
10/10/12 — Loss of Protective Heart Failure Protein Linked to Critical Limb Ischemia
08/06/12 — Stephen Hurst was awarded a position on the pre-doctoral training grant
07/06/12 — Tenure Track Faculty Positions Available in Cardiovascular Sciences
02/21/12 — Sophie Astrof, Ph.D., received an AHA Innovative Research Grant to study regulatory mechanisms of gene expression in cardiac neural crest stem cells.
08/29/11 — New Gene Therapy to Reverse Heart Failure Ready for Clinical Trials
