Spring 2024-Fall 2025
Upcoming Seminar Speakers
The WCVI website will be regularly updated as we schedule our Spring 2024 Seminar Series.
May 5, 2025
Engineered 3D Culture Models to Investigate Forces in Physiology and Disease
Dr. Christopher Chen, M.D., Ph.D.
Boston University College of Engineering
Date: Tuesday May 5, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Zoom Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226 (Passcode: 791174)
April 1, 2025
Functional Significance of Cardiolipin in Mitochondrial Energetics
Dr. Holger Eltzschig, M.D., Ph.D.
Chair, Department of Anesthesiology, University of Texas Medical School
Date: Tuesday April 1, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Zoom Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226 (Passcode: 791174)
March 11, 2025
T Cell Immune Responses in Cardiac Remodeling
Dr. Pilar Alcaide, PhD
Professor of Immunology, Tufts University School of Medicine
Date: Tuesday Mar 11, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Zoom Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226 (Passcode: 791174)
March 4, 2025
Unlocking the Secrets in the Heartbeat:
An Engineering Approach to Cardiac Pathophysiology
Dr. Chengyi Tu, Ph.D.
Cardiovascular Institute Instructor, Stanford Medicine
Date: Tuesday March 4, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Zoom Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226 (Passcode: 791174)
February 26, 2025
Functional Significance of Cardiolipin in Mitochondrial Energetics
Dr. Nanami Senoo, PhD
Johns Hopkins School of Medicine
Date: Tuesday Feb 26, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Zoom Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226 (Passcode: 791174)
Feb 25, 2025
Cell Surface Glycosylated RNAs: New Regulators of Immune-Cell-Endothelial Interactions
Dr. Jun Lu, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Genetics, Yale School of Medicine
Date: Tuesday Feb 25, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Zoom Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226 (Passcode: 791174)
February 18, 2025
Mitochondrial Metabolic Checkpoint, Stem Cell Aging, and Rejuvenation
Dr. Danica Chen
University of California, Berkeley
Date: Tuesday Jan 14, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226
Passcode: 791174
February 11, 2025
Unraveling the Role of Genomic Aging in Cardiovascular Diseases with Large-Scale Human Genetic Cohorts
Dr. Tetsushi Nakao, M.D., Ph.D.
The Broad Institute
Date: Tuesday Jan 14, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226
Passcode: 791174
January 21, 2025
Deducing the Rules of Cell Fate Control
Dr. Shangqin Guo, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Cell Biology, Yale School of Medicine
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226
Passcode: 791174
January 14, 2025
Diagnosing Millions of Hearts – Harnessing Genetics in Cardiovascular Research
Dr. Satoshi Koyama, MD, Ph.D.
The Broad Institute
Date: Tuesday Jan 14, 2025 at 12pm
Hybrid: Room X715, Zoom available
Meeting ID: 931 5238 8226
Passcode: 791174
January 16th 2024
Vivian Lee-Kim,PhD
Instructor in Medicine, Harvard Medical School
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine
January 30th 2024
Maarten Hulsmans, MS, PhD
February 27th 2024
Daniel Kelly, MD
Intensivist, Division of Medical Critical Care
Instructor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
March 12th 2024
Denisa Wagner, Ph.D.
Senior Investigator, Program in Cellular and Molecular Medicine
Edwin Cohn Chair; Professor of Pediatrics, Harvard Medical School
This meeting will be held in person at 650 Albany Street, Room X715, Boston, MA 02118 and on zoom
April 30th 2024
Keith McCrae, MD
Professor, Molecular Medicine
Director, Benign Hematology at The Cleveland Clinic