Spring 2018: Seminar Series
January 9, 2018
Nehal Mehta, MD
National Institute of Health
“Human Translational Studies of Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases”
January 30, 2018
*T32 Grant Trainees*
Seng Kah Ng, PhD
Mentor: Katya Ravid, DSc, PhD
“Newly Identified Mechanosensory Channels (Piezo) in the Megakaryotic and Platelet Lineage”
Vladimir Mastyugin, PhD
Mentor: Victoria Bolotina, PhD
“Novel PLA2g6/Ca2+-targeting Approach for Prevention of Age and/or HFHS diet-Induced Aortic Stiffening”
February 27, 2018
*T32 Grant Trainees*
Clive Baveghems, PhD
“Structural Remodeling of HDL Proteins in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus”
Mentor: Olga Gurksy, PhD
Erik Taylor, PhD
Mentor: James Hamilton, PhD
“MR Imaging of Aortic Atherosclerosis and Fatty Liver in Rabbits”
March 6, 2018
Konstantinos Drosatos, PhD
Temple University
“Cardiac Metabolism: A Platform for Interventions and Treatments of Heart Dysfunction”
March 20, 2018
*T32 Grant Trainee*
Jiyao Zhang, PhD
(Mentor: Naomi Hamburg, MD)
“Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress as a Therapeutic Target for Diabetic Vascular Dysfunction”
Nicholas Chavkin, PhD
(Mentors: Kenneth Walsh, PhD and Karen Hirschi, PhD )
“Cell Cycle Regulation in Vascular Endothelial Cell Specification”
March 27, 2018
*Speaker Cancelled*
Ravi Shah, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
*Speaker Cancelled*
*Pending rescheduling*
April 3, 2018
Christiane Wrann, DVM, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
“Exercise and Neurodegeneration; Potential Therapeutic Role for FNDC5/irisin”
April 10, 2018
Chiara Bellini, PhD
Northeastern University
“The Biomechanics of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms”
April 17, 2018
Matthew Spite, PhD
Harvard Medical School
“Inflammation-resolving Lipid Mediators”
April 24, 2018
Howard Chen, PhD
Tufts Medical Center
“Molecular Imaging of Cardiomyocyte Death and Survival”
May 1, 2018
Milka Koupenova-Zamor, PhD
University of Massachusetts Medical School
“Platelets and Influenza: Insights Beyond Thrombosis”
May 15, 2018
Steven Lubitz, MD
Massachusetts General Hospital
“Atrial Fibrillation: Assessing Risks to Improve Outcomes”
May 22, 2018
Edward Chouchani, PhD
Harvard Medical School
“Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Redox Control Over Health and Disease”
May 29, 2018
*T32 Grant Trainee*
Joshua Walker PhD
(Mentor: Vipul Chitalia, MD, PhD)\
Joon Shim, PhD
(Mentor: Victoria Bolotina, PhD)
“Impairment of PLA2g6-dependent Ca2+ signaling in vascular smooth muscle protects against arterial stiffening” -Dr. Shim
June 5, 2018
Mark Lindsay, MD, PhD
Massachusetts General Hospital
“An HDAC9-MALAT1-BRG1 Complex Mediates Smooth Muscle Dysfunction in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm”