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Upcoming Seminar Speakers

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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 Link 

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 Link 

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 Link 

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 Link 

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 Link 

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 Link 

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

Zoom Link 

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

Zoom Link 

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

Zoom Link 

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

Zoom Link 

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

Assistant Investigator, Center for Systems Biology, Mass General Research Institute
Assistant Professor of Radiology, Harvard Medical School

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