Extracellular vesicle-mediated communication in cardiovascular disease Extracellular vesicles (EVs) are produced by cells in the cardiovascular system, and they can be taken up by recipient cells to alter function. The contents and functions of EVs change during disease, and they … Read More
Trainees should prepare a 3-4 minute introduction about themselves and their project—no slides! Also, remember that the audience will be quiet diverse from 2nd year graduate students just getting into labs to faculty and also from very different areas. These … Read More
Iron regulation of tissue perfusion Both iron deficiency (ID) and endothelial dysfunction are associated with chronic diseases such as heart failure and chronic kidney disease (CKD). However, how iron regulates endothelial functions remains largely unstudied. Iron deficiency can be categorized … Read More
A trainee is randomly selected (by pulling a name from a jar) to give a 5-6 minute summary of their research project without slides indicating why their project is important, what has been done so far, what needs to be … Read More
Alex Clark - Systems analysis of gene regulatory networks driving cardiomyocyte identity Madeline Jackson - The role of Cx37 in lymphatic valve formation
Transgenic Rabbits for Cardiovascular Research and Drug Development Cardiovascular diseases (CVD) are the leading cause of morbidity and mortality worldwide. Genome-wide association studies are powerful epidemiological tools to find genes and variants associated with CVD while follow-up biological studies allow … Read More
Cavitation Facilitated AAV Transduction This presentation will focus on multidisciplinary collaborative studies between CVRC and BME that investigating how ultrasound cavitation of microbubble contrast agents can produce site-targeted augmentation of AAV to the heart. These studies are intended to optimize … Read More
Follistatin mediates MASLD and MASH during hepatic insulin resistance on a high fructose diet MASLD (metabolic dysfunction-associated steatotic liver disease) and its progression to steatohepatitis (MASH) correlates with IR (insulin resistance). However, mice with complete hepatic IR owing to hepatic … Read More
Kelsey - Identification of sex dimorphisms in Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition (endoMT) regulation in atherosclerotic disease Randall - Caveolin nanodiscs to investigate Cav-1 scaffolding Kaitlyn - Systems approaches identify drugs and genes regulating cardiomyocyte proliferation
From Data to Discovery: The Role of AI in Transforming Healthcare Research This talk will focus on the current and future role of AI tools in medical research, highlighting the subtleties of leveraging this powerful tool to increase efficiency and … Read More
Understanding Vascular Growth Kinetics At the structural level, the vascular system is a network of interconnected tubes responsible for delivering oxygen and nutrients throughout the body. While accurate, this portrayal understates the complexities inherent to its functionality. Beyond mere transportation, … Read More
