Thrombosis Mini-Symposium
Co-Hosted by the
Thrombosis Pre-ARC
(Directors: Drs. Vipul Chitalia, Katya Ravid and Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa)
and the Department of Biochemistry
(Chairman: Dr. David A. Harris)
May 29, 2014
670 Albany Street, Rooms 107/108
1 – 5:00 pm
1:00 – 1:05 Welcoming Notes
1:05 – 1:45 Dr. Leslie Parise
◊ Professor & Chair of Biochemistry & Biophysics / University of North Carolina School of Medicine
“Probing platelet function with chemoproteomics”
1:55– 2:35 Dr. Elazar Edelman
◊ The Thomas D. and Virginia W. Cabot Professor of Health Sciences and Technology at MIT / Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School / Senior Attending Physician in the coronary care unit at the Brigham and Women’s Hospital in Boston.
“THROMBOSIS IN ENDOVASCULAR IMPLANTS: Flow, surfaces and milieu – Virchow knew it first“
2:45 – 3:00 Coffee Break
3:00 – 3:30 Brief talks by BU faculty
Dr. Deborah Stearns-Kurosawa (10 min) “Modeling Hemolytic Uremic Syndrome“
Dr. Vipul Chitalia (10 min) “Thrombosis in uremic milieu“
Dr. Katya Ravid (10 min) “Lysyl oxidase & thrombosis”
3:40 – 4:20 Dr. Bruce Furie
◊ Professor of Medicine / Harvard Medical School
“Protein disulfide isomerases: novel targets for novel antithrombotics”
4:20 – 5:00 Wine & Cheese Reception