2004-2005 Vascular Biology Research Colloquium

Sponsored by the UW Cardiovascular Research Center

First Thursday, 11 am – 12:30 pm (unless otherwise noted), 116 SMI

Emery H. Bresnick, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology, Chair

info@cvrc.wisc.edu   http://www.cvrc.wisc.edu/  263-2266

Fall 2004

DATE

HOST

TOPIC

Tuesday, September 21, Noon, Biotech Auditorium

425 Henry Mall

(Frontiers in Pharmacology)

Note: Different date, time and place

Robert Benezra, Ph.D.

Laboratory of Cancer Biology and Genetics

Memorial Sloan-Kettering Cancer Center

Modeling Tumor Angiogenesis Inhibition in the Mouse

Thursday, October 7

Emery Bresnick, Ph.D., Professor, Pharmacology

Vascular Endothelium as a Neurokinin Target: Implications for Vasculogenesis/Angiogenesis

Thursday, November 4

 

Kirby Johnson, Ph.D., Fellow, Hematology Training Grant

Uncovering Unique Activities of GATA Factors during Erythropoiesis

Thursday, December 2           

 

Kimberly Inman, Graduate Student, Cellular and Molecular Biology

Growth and Vasculogenesis of the Brachyury Allantois

Spring 2005

DATE

HOST

TOPIC

Thursday, January 6

 

Louis J. Lurie, CMB, Trainee, Training Program in Translational Cardiovascular Science

Journal Club discussion of Modulation of Smooth Muscle Gene Expression by

Association of Histone Acetyltransferases and Deacetylases with Myocardin  D. Cao et al. Molecular and Cellular Biology (Jan. 2005), vol. 25, p. 364-376.

Thursday, February 3

 

Alma Guerra, Ph.D., Research Associate, Biomolecular Chemistry

 

Jonathan Mathias, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee, Medicine/Pediatrics (Hematology)

Purinergic Receptor Regulation of Immunological and Endocrine Responses

 

 

The Role of RACK1 in Zebrafish Embryonic Development

Thursday, March 3

 

Jing Wu, Graduate Student  and Research Assistant, Pharmacology

Dynamic Control of Notch4 Receptor Expression in Vascular Endothelium

Thursday, April 7

 

Deane Mosher, MD, Professor, Medicine (Hematology)

Thrombospondins and Angiogenesis

Thursday, May 5

 

Naomi Chesler, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Biomedical Engineering

Pulmonary Vascular Mechanobiology:  Effects of Hypertension

Thursday, June 2

 

Nader Sheibani, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Ophthalmology and Visual Sciences)

PECAM-1 and Regulation of Angiogenesis