Sep. 11, 2003, Timothy J. Kamp, MD, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Medicine (Cardiovascular)

Konrad Urbanek, Federico Quaini, Giordano Tasca, Daniele Torella, Clotilde Castaldo, Bernardo Nadal-Ginard, Annarosa Leri, Jan Kajstura, Eugenio Quaini, and Piero Anversa (2003) "Intense myocyte formation from cardiac stem cells in human cardiac hypertrophy" 1044010445, PNAS, September 2, 2003, vol. 100 no. 18

Oct. 16, 2003, Ronglih Liao, Ph.D., Associate Professor of Medicine, Boston University School of Medicine

"Regulation of calcium signaling in myofilaments by troponin C."

Nov. 13, 2003, AHA Preparation and Review.

Dec. 11, 2003, Jeffery Walker, Ph.D., Associate Professor, Physiology.

"New Ideas Concerning Endothelin's Role in Cardiac Hypertrophy and Failure."
Article: Endothelin Contributes to the Frank-Starling Response in Hypertrophic Rat Hearts. Piuhola et al. Hypertension. 2003; 41:93-98

Jan. 8, 2004, Kurt Saupe, Ph.D., Assistant Professor, Medicine (Cardiovascular) and Physiology.

"Insulin signalling and resistance in patients with chronic heart failure", Jukka Kemppainen, Hiroki Tsuchida, Kira Stolen, Hakan Karlsson, Marie Bjornholm, Olli J. Heinonen, Pirjo Nuutila, Anna Krook, Juhani Knuuti and Juleen R. Zierath, J Physiol (2003), 550.1, pp. 305-315.

Feb. 12, 2004, Laurin Hanft, Graduate Student, Physiology.

"Melusin, a muscle specific integrin beta1-interacting protein, is required to prevent cardiac failure in response to chronic pressure overload", Brancaccio et. al., Nature Medicine volume 9 Number 1, 68-75 (2003).

Mar. 11, 2004, Jacob Mulligan, Ph.D., Postdoctoral Trainee, Department of Medicine (Cardiovascular).

"Glucose Metabolism and Energy Homeostasis in Mouse Hearts Overexpressing Dominant Negative alpha 2 Subunit of AMP-activated Protein Kinase", Xing, et al. (2003) J. Biol. Chem., 278, 28372-28377.

April 8, 2004, Beth Olbinski, Graduate Student, Physiology.

"Altered Calcium Handling Is Critically Involved in the Cardiotoxic Effects of Chronic a- Adenergic Stimulation", Stefan Engelhardt, Lutz Hein, Vitaly Dyachenkow, Evangelia G. Kranias, Gerrit Isenberg, and Martin J. Lohse. Circulation. (2004), 109: 1154-1160.

May 13, 2004. Kevin Sonnemann, Graduate Student, Cellular and Molecular Biology and Trainee, Training Program in Translational Cardiovascular Science

"Smooth muscle cell-extrinsic vascular spasm arises from cardiomyocyte degeneration in sarcoglycan-deficient cardiomyopathy.", Wheeler, MT., et al., J Clin Invest. 2004. 113(5):668-75.

"Functional nitric oxide synthase mislocalization in cardiomyopathy.", Heydemann, A., et al., J Mol Cell Cardiol. 2004. 36(2):213-23.