Data Club
VMI Data Club is held on Wednesdays throughout the year at 12:00pm in 1295 BST, unless otherwise noted. The Data Club meeting is a platform for those who have interesting, new, unpublished data to share in fields related to VMI research.
Fall 2012 | Winter/Spring 2013
Aug 29 |
Eileen Bauer, PhD Dept of Surgery - Bauer Lab |
"The role of TLR4 in pulmonary hypertension: from null mice to bone marrow transplants" |
Sep 5 |
NO MEETING | |
Sep 12 |
Imad al Ghouleh, PhD VMI - Pagano Lab |
"Feed-Forward Activation of Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell NADPH Oxidase by Adventitial Fibroblast-derived H2O2" |
Sep 19* *BST 1395 |
Claudia Rodrigues, PhD Research Assistant Professor, Dept. of Molecular and Cellular Pharmacology, University of Miami |
Special Seminar: "Molecular Mechanisms of Endothelial Senescence" |
Sep 26 |
Tamir Kanias, PhD VMI - Gladwin Lab |
"Female red cell donor units have reduced hemolysis during routine storage related to red blood cell cytoplasmic membrane stability" |
Oct 3 |
Prithu Sundd, PhD Instructor, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology |
Special Seminar: “Mechanisms of leukocyte rolling and arrest during inflammation” |
Oct 10 |
Daniela Valdez-Jasso, PhD VMI-Champion Lab/ Cardiology-Simon |
"Biomechanical and Hemodynamic Right-ventricular adaptation to Pulmonary Hypertension" |
Oct 17 |
NO MEETING | |
Oct 24 |
Savanh Chanthaphavong, PhD Surgery - Bauer Lab |
"iNOS/NO and cyclic GMP prevents hepatocyte apoptosis by regulating TNF-alpha Receptor 1 (TNF-R1) expression" |
Oct 31 |
Sanghamitra Sahoo, PhD VMI - Champion & Pagano labs |
"Exploring a Role for microRNA in the Regulation of NADPH oxidase in PAH" |
| Daniel Ranayhossaini VMI - Pagano Lab |
"Mechanism of Action of a Novel Nox1 Inhibitor" | |
Nov 7 |
Natasha Rogers, MBBS (Hons), FRACP, PhD VMI - Isenberg Lab |
"Matrix-cellular activation of non-phagocytic SIRPalpha stimulates NADPH oxidase to regulate cell death, vascular tone and blood flow" |
Nov 14 |
Magdalena Wodnicka, PhD, FAHA Blood Research Institute Blood Center of Wisconsin |
Special Seminar: "Functions of small GTPase Rap1 in the cardiovascular system - lessons from genetic models" |
Nov 21 |
NO MEETING - Thanksgiving Holiday | |
Nov 28 |
Paola Corti, PhD VMI - Gladwin Lab |
"Effect of nitrite on zebrafish heart regeneration" |
| Marta Bueno, PhD VMI - Mora Lab |
"Depletion of autophagy in aging lungs and increased susceptibility to fibrosis" | |
Dec 5 |
Jun Wang, PhD VMI - Gladwin Lab |
"Chase the nitrite reductase in several cell lines" |
| Yen-Chun (Charly) Lai, PhD VMI - Gladwin Lab |
"Effect of nitrite and metformin on pulmonary arterial hypertension in a Sugen/metabolic syndrome rat model" | |
Dec 12 |
Dr. Julie Makani Muhimbili University, Sickle Cell Foundation of Tanzania |
Special Seminar: "Sickle Cell Disease in Africa: opportunities for collaboration in research, health and medical education" |
Dec 19 |
Gabor Csanyi, PhD VMI - Pagano Lab |
"Matricellular thrombospondin-1 Stimulates Reactive Oxygen Species Generation in Macrophages: A New Signaling Event in Atherosclerosis" |
| Andres Rodriguez, PhD VMI - Pagano Lab |
"MEF2B-Nox1 Pathway Activation Mediate Stretch-Induced Phenotypic Switching in Smooth Muscle Cells" | |
Dec 26 |
NO MEETING - Winter Break | |
Jan 2 |
NO MEETING - Winter Break | |
Jan 9 |
Mohandas Narla, DSc New York Blood Center |
VMI LECTURE SERIES “Red Cells : Past, Present and Future” |
Jan 16 |
Xinmei Zhu, MD, PhD VMI - Nagarajan Lab |
“Mouse Fcgamma RIII, CD16, has a novel scavenger receptor-like function" |
Jan 23 |
Jack Lancaster, PhD UAB |
Special Seminar: “Past, Present, and Future of the Remarkable Molecule Nitric Oxide and its Biomedical Importance” |
Jan 30 |
Tony Longhini, MD VMI - Champion Lab |
"Hemodynamic Parameters of RV function and RV-PA Interaction in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension" |
Feb 6 |
Imad al Ghouleh, PhD VMI - Pagano Lab |
"Nox1, via gremlin 1, promotes hypoxia-induced PH and RV failure" |
Feb 13 |
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Feb 20 |
NO MEETING - Gordon Research Conference - Nitric Oxide | |
Feb 27 |
Yani Zhao, MD, PhD PACCM - Lee Lab |
“Thrombospondin-1 Triggers Macrophage IL-10 Production By Facilitating Apoptotic Cell Recognition And Promotes Resolution Of Experimental Lung Injury” |
| Cameron Dezfulian, MD Critical Care Medicine |
"A novel method to determine endothelial function and response to NO therapy in human subjects" | |
Mar 6 |
Alisa Wolberg, PhD FAHA UNC - Chapel Hill |
"Determining Mechanisms in Hypercoagulability: Virchow Revisited" |
Mar 13 |
Stefano Rivella, PhD Weill Cornell Medical College, NYC |
VMI LECTURE SERIES "How novel discoveries may revolutionize the way we manage disorders characterized with abnormal erythropoiesis and iron metabolism" |
Mar 20 |
Nathalie Fiaschi-Taesch, PhD Dept of Medicine - Endocrinology |
“Mechanisms of Human Beta Cell Replication” |
Mar 27 |
Feng Wu, PhD PACCM - McVerry Lab |
“eNOS binds to and is uncoupled by NADPH oxidase NOX2 and mediates monolayer hyperpermeability in septic pulmonary microvascular endothelial cells” |
Apr 3 |
Cameron Dezfulian, MD Critical Care Medicine |
"Nitrite effects on brain injury after cardiac arrest, trauma and hemorrhagic shock” |
Apr 10 |
Peter C. Lucas, MD, PhD
Pathology & Pediatrics Linda McAllister-Lucas, MD, PhD Pediatric Hematology/Oncology |
“From lymphoma to atheroma; pathologic signaling through the CBM Signalosome” |
Apr 17 |
Stacy Gelhaus, PhD Pharmacology & Chemical Biology |
"Conversion of Docosahexaenoic Acid Metabolites to Electrophilic Signaling Mediators by 15-Hydroxyprostaglandin Dehydrogenase" |
| Jesus Tejero, PhD VMI - Gladwin Lab |
"Structure-function studies on neuroglobin and other six-coordinate globins" | |
Apr 24 |
CANCELLED | |
May 1 |
Maryam Sharifi-Sanjani, PhD VMI - Isenberg Lab |
"CD47 Drives Left Ventricular Heart Failure by Activating HDAC3" |
| Marta Bueno, PhD VMI - Mora Lab |
"A role for PINK1 in the age-related increased susceptibility to lung fibrosis" | |
May 8 |
John F. Keaney, Jr., MD UMass Medical School |
VMI LECTURE SERIES "Metabolic Modulation of the Endothelium" |
May 15 |
Yen-Chun (Charly) Lai, PhD VMI - Gladwin Lab |
"AMPK activation in pulmonary arterial and venous hypertension" |
May 22 |
NO MEETING - ATS Conference | |
May 29 |
Kelly Quesnelle VMI - Shiva Lab |
"Nitrite, Myoglobin and the Mitochondria" |
| Gabor Csanyi, PhD VMI - Pagano Lab |
"CD47 Activation by Thrombospondin-1 Stimulates Superoxide Generation in Macrophages" | |
June 12 |
John A. Widness, MD University of Iowa |
Special Seminar |
Sept 25 |
Wolfgang Kuebler, MD University of Toronto |
VMI LECTURE SERIES |
