{"id":914,"date":"2018-03-02T17:05:34","date_gmt":"2018-03-02T22:05:34","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/?page_id=914"},"modified":"2019-08-13T16:45:52","modified_gmt":"2019-08-13T20:45:52","slug":"spring-2018-seminar-series","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/www.bumc.bu.edu\/busm-wci\/whitaker-cardiovascular-institute-seminar-series\/spring-2018-seminar-series\/","title":{"rendered":"Spring 2018: Seminar Series"},"content":{"rendered":"

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January 9, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Nehal Mehta, MD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

National Institute of Health\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Human Translational Studies of Inflammation and Cardiometabolic Diseases”<\/span><\/p>\n

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January 30, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*T32 Grant Trainees*\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Seng Kah Ng, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mentor: Katya Ravid, DSc<\/a>, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n

“Newly Identified Mechanosensory Channels (Piezo) in the Megakaryotic and Platelet Lineage”\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

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Vladimir Mastyugin, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Mentor: Victoria Bolotina, PhD<\/a><\/span><\/p>\n

“Novel PLA2g6\/Ca2+<\/sup>-targeting Approach for Prevention of Age and\/or HFHS diet-Induced Aortic Stiffening”<\/span><\/p>\n

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February 27, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*T32 Grant Trainees*<\/span><\/p>\n

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Clive Baveghems, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cStructural Remodeling of HDL Proteins in Patients with Diabetes Mellitus\u201d\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

Mentor: Olga Gurksy, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n

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Erik Taylor, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

\u00a0<\/strong>Mentor: James Hamilton, PhD<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cMR Imaging of Aortic Atherosclerosis and Fatty Liver in Rabbits\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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March 6, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Konstantinos Drosatos, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Temple University<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cCardiac Metabolism: A Platform for Interventions and Treatments of Heart Dysfunction\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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March 20, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*T32 Grant Trainee*<\/span><\/p>\n

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Jiyao Zhang, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Mentor: Naomi Hamburg, MD)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Mitochondrial Oxidative Stress as a Therapeutic Target for Diabetic Vascular Dysfunction”<\/span><\/p>\n

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Nicholas Chavkin, PhD<\/strong> <\/span><\/p>\n

(Mentors: Kenneth Walsh, PhD and Karen Hirschi, PhD )<\/span><\/p>\n

“Cell Cycle Regulation in Vascular Endothelial Cell Specification”<\/span><\/p>\n

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March 27, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*Speaker Cancelled*<\/span><\/p>\n

Ravi Shah, MD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Massachusetts General Hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

*Speaker Cancelled*<\/span><\/p>\n

*Pending rescheduling*<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 3, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Christiane Wrann, DVM, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Massachusetts General Hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cExercise and Neurodegeneration; Potential Therapeutic Role for FNDC5\/irisin\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 10, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Chiara Bellini, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Northeastern University<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cThe Biomechanics of Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 17, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Matthew Spite, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Harvard Medical School\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cInflammation-resolving Lipid Mediators\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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April 24, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Howard Chen, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Tufts Medical Center<\/span><\/p>\n

“Molecular Imaging of Cardiomyocyte Death and Survival”<\/span><\/p>\n

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May 1, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Milka Koupenova-Zamor, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

University of Massachusetts Medical School<\/span><\/p>\n

\u201cPlatelets and Influenza: Insights Beyond Thrombosis\u201d<\/span><\/p>\n

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May 15, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Steven Lubitz, MD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Massachusetts General Hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“Atrial Fibrillation: Assessing Risks to Improve Outcomes”<\/span><\/p>\n

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May 22, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

Edward Chouchani, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Harvard Medical School<\/span><\/p>\n

“Mechanisms of Mitochondrial Redox Control Over Health and Disease”<\/span><\/p>\n

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May 29, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n

*T32 Grant Trainee*<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joshua Walker PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Mentor: Vipul Chitalia, MD, PhD)\\<\/span><\/p>\n

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Joon Shim, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

(Mentor: Victoria Bolotina, PhD)<\/span><\/p>\n

“Impairment of PLA2g6-dependent Ca2+ signaling in vascular smooth muscle protects against arterial stiffening” -Dr. Shim<\/span><\/p>\n

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June 5, 2018<\/span><\/span><\/strong><\/p>\n

Mark Lindsay, MD, PhD<\/strong><\/span><\/p>\n

Massachusetts General Hospital\u00a0<\/span><\/p>\n

“An HDAC9-MALAT1-BRG1 Complex Mediates Smooth Muscle Dysfunction in Thoracic Aortic Aneurysm”<\/span><\/p>\n

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