Journal Club and Cardiovascular Course
A. Click here to download an example of an outline of the graduate course: MOLECULAR MECHANISMS OF CARDIOVASCULAR DISEASE – GMS BI 778-A1
B. Journal Club
As of 2014, trainees participation and presentation in Journal Clubs are often linked to topics presented at the CVI Seminar Series. Presentations alternate between Work in Progress and Discussion of published research. Journal Clubs are held every 2-3 weeks so that each trainee presents at least three times per year.
Journal Clubs by Trainees and Their Invitees (2012-2013)
Presenter: Dr. Milka Koupenova
Date: 1/10/12
Title of Talk: TLR7 and Thrombocytopenia
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 1/17/12
Title of Talk: Journal Club: In vivo fate mapping identifies mesenchymal progenitor cells
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein
Date: 1/31/12
Title of Talk: Tier II presentation: Role of the A2b Adenosine Receptor in Adipocyte Differentiation
Presenter: Tim Calamaras
Date: 2/14/12
Title of Talk: Oxidative post-translational modifications of LKB1 in the heart
Presenter: Jennifer Parker
Date: 2/21/12
Title of Talk: WP, Vascular Injury and Adiponectin
Presenter: Nadia Krasner
Date: 3/13/12
Title of Talk: WP, GLP-1 and Atherogenesis
Presenter: Hillary J.C.
Date: 3/27/12
Title of Talk: A2b AR, cAMP, and Insulin Secretion
Presenter: Shinobu Matsuura
Date: 4/10/12
Title of Talk: Role of Lysyl Oxidase in Megakaryocyte biology
Presenter: Hillary J.C.
Date: 4/24/12
Title of Talk: A2b AR and Modulation of Inflammatory Driven Diseases: Atherosclerosis and Type 2 Diabetes
Presenter: Daniel Backman
Date: 5/8/12
Title of Talk: WP, Bioengineering and Vasculature Models
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein
Date: 5/29/12
Title of Talk: WP, A2bAR and Adipogenesis
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 6/19/12
Title of Talk: WP, A2bAR and Wnt Signaling
Presenter: Shinobu Matsuura
Date: 7/10/12
Title of Talk: WP, Megakaryocyte biology
Presenter: Chad Mayer
Date: 9/4/12
Title of Talk: WP, Shiga-toxin producing E.coli and the Endothelium
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein
Date: 9/11/12
Title of Talk: WP, CD68 Project
Presenter: Tim Calamaras+ Shinobu Matsuura
Date: 10/02/12
Title of Talk: WP, Oxidative post-translational modifications of LKB1 in the heart/ Megakaryocyte biology
Presenter: Nadia Krasner
Date: 10/30/12
Title of Talk: JC
Presenter: Daniel Backman
Date: 11/06/12
Title of Talk: WP, Engineering devices to measure smooth muscle contractile forces
Presenter: Jennifer Parker-Duffen
Date: 11/27/12
Title of Talk: WP, Career opportunities in cardiovascular biology: an industry perspective
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 12/04/12
Title of Talk: WP, The A2b AR promotes MSC differentiation
Presenter: Shenia Peterson
Date: 12/18/12
Title of Talk: WP, The Effects of the A2bAR on Hematopoiesis
Presenter: Tim Calamaras
Date: 1/8/13
Title of Talk: WP, Heart Failure and Oxidative Stress
Presenter: Chad Mayer
Date: 1/22/13
Title of Talk: WP, Shiga-toxin producing E.coli and the Endothelium
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein
Date: 2/5/13
Title of Talk: WP, The Role of A2b Adenosine Receptor in Fat Differentiation
Presenter: Jennifer Parker-Duffen
Date: 2/19/13
Title of Talk: WP, Adiponectin and Vascular Disease
Presenter: Shinobu Matsuura
Date: 2/26/13
Title of Talk: WP, LOX in the control of platelet size
Presenter: Rongjuan Mi
Date: 3/5/13
Title of Talk: WP, Megakaryocyte Biology
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 3/19/13
Title of Talk: Thesis Practice
Presenter: Jennifer Parker-Duffen
Date: 4/9/13
Title of Talk: Thesis Practice
Presenter: Shenia Patterson
Date: 4/23/13
Title of Talk: WP, Update: The Effects of the A2bAR on Hematopoiesis
Presenter: Daniel Backman
Date: 5/7/13
Title of Talk: WP, Bioengineering and Vasculature Models
Presenter: Nadia Krasner
Date: 5/21/13
Title of Talk: WP, GLP-1 and Atherogenesis
Presenter: Chad Mayer
Date: 6/11/13
Title of Talk: WP, Shiga-toxin producing E.coli and the Endothelium
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein
Date: 6/25/13
Title of Talk: WP, The Role of A2b Adenosine Receptor in Fat Differentiation
Presenter: Tim Calamaras
Date: 7/9/13
Title of Talk: WP, Heart Failure and Oxidative Stress
Presenter: Shinobu Matsuura
Date: 7/16/13
Title of Talk: WP, Collagen adhesion in platelets are affected by LOX
Presenter: Rongjuan Mi
Date: 7/30/13
Title of Talk: WP, Megakaryocytes and LOX
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein
Date: 9/3/13
Title of Talk: Pre-Thesis Meeting Practice
Presenter: Kiana Mahdaviani
Date: 9/17/13
Title of Talk: WP
Presenter: Melissa Thompson
Date: 10/01/13
Title of Talk: WP
Presenter: Shenia Patterson
Date: 10/15/13
Title of Talk: WP
Presenter: Chad Mayer
Date: 10/29/13
Title of Talk: WP
Presenter: Daniel Backman
Date: 11/12/13
Title of Talk: WP
Presenter: Tim Calamaras
Date: 11/26/13
Title of Talk: WP
Presenter: Shinobu Matsuura
Date: 12/3/13
Title of Talk: WP
Journal Clubs by Trainees and Their Invitees (2010-2011)
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 1/19/10
Title of Talk: “The Potential Role of A2b AR in Bone Injury”
Presenter: Hillary Johnston-Cox
Date: 1/26/10
Title of Talk: “Adenosine: Chemotaxis and BM MSCs”
Presenter: Nikolaos Papadantonakis
Date: 2/23/10
Title of Talk: “Generation of a GFP tubulin platelet-specific mouse”
Presenter: Milka Koupenova-Zamor
Date: 3/16/10
Title of Talk: “The Role of A2b AR in Vascular Function”
Presenter: Idowu Akinsheye
Date: 4/13/10
Title of Talk: “Genetic and Molecular Regulation of HBG gene expression in patients with Sickle Cell Disease”
Presenter: Olga Sazonova
Date: 4/27/10
Title of Talk: “Matrix mechanics and cell density modulate vascular smooth muscle cell gene and protein expression”
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 5/4/10
Title of Talk: “Control of Mesenchymal Cell Differentiation by Adenosine Receptors”
Presenter: Hillary Johnston-Cox
Date: 5/11/10
Title of Talk: “A2B AR: Therapeutic Potential in Liver Disease and Potential Role in Glucose /Insulin Homeostasis”
Presenter: Qyana Griffith
Date: 6/8/10
Title of Talk: “Interface of Infectious Disease and Cardiovascular Disease”
Presenter: Larry Luchsinger
Date: 6/22/10
Title of Talk: “Control of vascular collagen”
Presenter: Milka Koypenova-Zamor
Date: 7/13/10
Title of Talk: “Control of obesity & atherosclerosis by A2b AR”
Presenter: Jennifer Parker
Date: 9/21/10
Title of Talk: Anti-inflammatory Effects of Adiponectin on Macrophages – Work in Progress
Presenter: Matt Mitsche
Date: 9/28/10
Title of Talk: Insights into Lipoprotein Assembly and Remodeling from Drop Tensiometry
Presenter: Hillary Johnston-Cox
Date: 10/05/10
Title of Talk: A2B AR: Link Between Insulin Resistance and Inflammation
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 10/19/10
Title of Talk: The Role of the A2bAR/cAMP in MSC Differentiation to Osteoblasts and Chondrocytes: Work in Progress
Presenter: Alexia Eliades
Date: 11/09/10
Title of Talk: Work in Progress: Effect of Lox and Lox-PP in Megakaryocyte Maturation and Development: Implication in Myelofibrosis
Presenter: Larry Luchinger
Date: 11/30/10
Title of Talk: The Myocardin Related Transcription Factor A (MRTF-A) Transactivates Type I Collagen in Lung Myofibroblasts
Presenter: Milka Koupenova-Zamor
Date: 12/07/10
Title of Talk: The Role of the A2b AR in the Metabolic Syndrome and Cardiovascular Tone
Presenter: Idowu Akinsheye
Date: 12/14/10
Title of Talk: Sickle Cell Anemia and Vascular Dysfunction: The Nitric Oxide Connection
Presenter: Hongjie Chen
Date: 1/11/11
Title of Talk: Functional Significance of VSMC Polyploidy
Presenter: Shakun Karki
Date: 1/25/11
Title of Talk: Regulation of Adiponectin in Fat Cells
Presenter: Olga Sazonova
Date: 2/01/11
Title of Talk: TBA
Presenter: Milka Koupenova, Hillary J.C., and Dr. Shirihai’s Group
Date: 1/25/11
Title of Talk: Role of A2b Adenosine Receptor in Insulin, Glucose and Lipid Metabolism
Presenter: Shakun Karki
Date: 2/1/11
Title of Talk: Transcriptional regulation of adiponectin
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein
Date: 2/8/11
Title of Talk: The Role of A2b Adenosine Receptor in Fat Differentiation and Implications in Metabolic Syndrome
Presenter: Jennifer Parker
Date: 3/1/11
Title of Talk: Adiponectin and Vascular Disease
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 3/15/11
Title of Talk: The Role of A2b Adenosine Receptor in Bone Injury and Repair
Presenter: Alexia Eliades
Date: 4/5/11
Title of Talk: Lysyl oxidase: a novel regulator of megakaryocyte lineage expansion
Presenter: Matt Mitsche and Idowu Akinsheye
Date: 4/26/11
Title of Talk: Insights into Triglyceride-Rich Lipoprotein Assembly From Drop Tensiometry and TBD
Presenter: Olga Sazonova
Date: 5/10/11
Title of Talk: VEGF and Vascular Disease
Presenter: Hillary J.C.
Date: 5/31/11
Title of Talk: The A2b Adenosine Receptor: Novel Role in Beta-cell function
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein and Shannon Carroll
Date: 7/26/11
Title of Talk: A2b AR: Fat and Bone Metabolism
Presenter: Tim Calamaras and Daniel Backman
Date: 9/27/11
Title of Talk: Bioengineering and Vasculature Models; Heart Failure and Oxidative Stress
Presenter: Hillary J.C.
Date: 10/11/11
Title of Talk: The Role of A2b AR in Glucose and Insulin Homeostasis
Presenter: Anna Eisenstein
Date: 10/25/11
Title of Talk: The Role of A2b AR in Fat Differentiation
Presenter: Nadia Krasner
Date: 11/8/11
Title of Talk: GLP-1 and Atherogenesis
Presenter: Jennifer Parker
Date: 11/8/11
Title of Talk: Adiponectin and Vascular Disease
Presenter: Dr. Victoria Herrera
Date: 11/15/11
Title of Talk: Nanoscience in Cardiovascular Biology
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 11/29/11
Title of Talk: The A2b AR promotes MSC differentiation to Osteoblasts and Bone Formation
Presenter: Shinobu Matsuura
Date: 12/20/11
Title of Talk: Lysyl Oxidase and Megakaryocyte Expansion and Bone Marrow Fibrosis
Journal Clubs by Trainees and Their Invitees (2008-2009)
Presenter: Philip Trackman
Date: 1/16/08
Title of talk: Lysil oxidase in the vasculature
Presenter: Donald J. McCrann
Date: 2/5/08
Title of talk: Practice of talk for thesis committee and defense: Regulation of polyploidy in the platelet and vascular lineages
Presenter: Milka Koupenova
Date: 2/26/08
Title of talk: Mouse models of atherosclerosis
Presenter: Dr. Hongjie Chen (Cardiovascular Post-doc)
Date: 3/18/08
Title of talk: The contribution of macrophage TNF-a during vascular injury
Presenter: Dr. Dan Yang (invited Post Doc)
Date: 4/8/08
Title of talk: The CXCR4 / SDF-1 axis and recruitment of progenitor cells to injured vessels
Presenter: Christopher Sullivan
Date: 5/6/08
Title of talk: Serum Amyloid A: Control of atherosclerotic properties
Presenter: Kristen Park
Date: 6/3/08
Title of talk:KO models and application to ion channel regulation in the vasculature
Presenter: Alexia Eliades
Date: 7/29/08
Title of talk: NADPH Oxidases
Presenter: Dr. Katya Ravid (PI)
Presenter: Cynthia St. Hilaire
Date: 8/08/08
Title of talk: The vascular A2b adenosine receptor is regulated by oxidative stress
Date: 9/17/08
Title of talk: Report on Purine Meeting (Copenhagen): Cardiovascular aspects
Presenter: Dr. Nikolaos Papadantonakis
Date: 10/28/08
Title of talk: Cell Cycle Control: Computational approaches
Presenter: Dr. Holger
Date: 11/4/08
Title of talk: The tissue protecting effects of purine receptors
Presenter: Dr. Alan Michelson
Date: 12/2/08
Title of talk: Platelets and thrombosis: from basic mechanisms to the clinic
Presenter: Larry Luchsinger
Date: 12/16/08
Title of talk: Control of MHC and collagen (Biochemistry Graduate Student Day)
Presenter: Hongjie Chen, PhD
Date: 1/27/09
Title of talk: The A2b adenosine receptor controls TNF-alpha in macrophages
Presenter: Milka Koupenova
Date: 3/10/09
Title of talk: The role of Adenosine receptors in lipid homeostasis
Presenter: Alexia Eliades
Date: 3/24/09
Title of talk: Oxidative Stress in the platelet lineage
Presenter: Dan Yang, PhD, MD
Date: 4/14/09
Title of talk: Control of Platelet thrombosis
Presenter: Nathan Wigner, PhD
Date: 5/5/09
Title of talk: Mesenchymal Stem Cells Differentiation during tissue regeneration
Presenter: Alexia Eliades
Date: 9/22/09
Title of Talk: “A role for Cyclin E in Megakaryocytic Polyploidization”
Presenter: Larry Luchsinger
Date: 10/27/09
Title of Talk: “Inflammation and matrix production”
Presenter: Shannon Carroll
Date: 11/3/09
Title of Talk: “A2B AR and Bone Healing”
Presenter: Rebecca Zee
Date: 12/8/09
Title of Talk: “Cellular thiol redox environment modulates SIRT1 activity”
Journal Clubs by Trainees and Their Invitees (2006-2007)
Presenter: Cynthia St.Hilaire
Date: March 20, 2006
Title of talk: Vascular smooth muscle adenosine receptor is an inducible receptor (effect of Myb protein)
Presenter: Phyllis Ottaviano
Date: May 22, 2006
Title of talk: Plasma glutathione peroxidase (in the context of oxidative stress and cardiovascular pathology)
Presenter: Clinical Conference at the Department of Cardiology, BMC
Date: June 5, 2006
Title of talk: Case presentation and discussion of pathology
Presenter: Donald J. MacCrann
Date: July 24, 2006
Title of talk: Oxidative stress and Survivin in vascular smooth muscle cells (the role of NOX proteins- in collaboration with Dr. John Keaney)
Presenter: Alexander Vezeridis
Date: September 18, 2006
Title of talk: TBN
Presenter: Cynthia St. Hilaire
Date: November 7, 2006
Title of talk: Generation of A2bAR-GFP transgenic mouse for vascular cell tracing
Presenter: Kristen Park
Date: January 9, 2007
Title of talk: Journal Club – Ion channel regulation of vascular smooth muscle
Presenter: Clinical Conference at the Department of Cardiology, BMC
Date: February 5, 2007
Title of talk: Case presentation and discussion of pathology
Presenter: Cynthia St. Hilaire
Date: February 27, 2007
Title of talk: Practice of talk for thesis committee: Induction of the A2bAR in smooth muscle and significance for
proliferation
Presenter: Alexander Vezeridis
Date: March 13, 2007
Title of talk: Regulation of ApoA-1 and role in biogenesis of HDL: Type III hypelypoproteinemia
Presenter: Donald J. McCrann
Date: April 24, 2007
Title of talk: NOX4 induction of vascular polyploidy
Presenter: Dr. Dan Yang (invited Post Doc)
Date: May 15, 2007
Title of talk: The CXCR4 / SDF-1 axis and recruitment of progenitor cells to injured vessels
Presenter: Cynthia St. Hilaire
Date: June 19, 2007
Title of talk: Transcription factors and other data bases: Application to the study of gene control in the cardiovascular system
Presenter: Kristen Park
Date: July 24, 2007
Title of talk: Review of Methods of efficient Gene Targeting: KO models and application to ion channels
Presenter: Dr. Katya Ravid (PI)
Date: September 10, 2007
Title of talk: tba
Presenter: Michelle Walk and Dr. Nikolaos Papadantonakis
Date: October 23, 2007
Title of talk: Extracellular Matrix – overview; Smooth muscle vs. cardiomyocytes
Presenter: Christopher Sullivan and Dr. Hongjie Chen (invited Post Doc)
Date: November 27, 2007
Title of talk: Vascular gene regulation by SAA; Animal models for the study of vascular pathology
Presenter: Alexander Vezerides
Date: December 20, 2007
Title of talk: Type II hyperlypoprpteinemia: Control of ApoA-1 (Thesis Committee)
Journal Clubs and Seminar Presentations (2004-2005)
Presenter: Greg Cote
Date: May 3, 2004
Title of talk: Neuregulin 1expression and function in the heart
Presenter: Cynthia St.Hilaire
Date: November 11, 2004
Title of talk: Transcriptional regulation of a purine receptor gene in vascular cells (survey of receptor role in vascular function)
Presenter: Phyllis Ottaviano
Date: January 24, 2005
Title of talk: Plasma glutathione peroxidase (in the context of oxidative stress and cardiovascular pathology)
Presenter: Tyler Heibeck
Date: February 7, 2005
Title of talk: Nitrotyrosine-Modified Proteins are associated with oxidative stress: Affinity Capture of Nitrotyrosine-Modified Proteins (Solution and solid phase methods)
Presenter: Donald J. MacCrann
Date: April 12, 2005
Title of talk: Survivin and vascular smooth muscle phenotypes
Presenter: Tyler Heibeck
Date: July 11, 2005
Title of talk: Nitrotyrosine-Modified Proteins and cardiovascular disease
Presenter: Dr. Katya Ravid (program director)
Date: September 20, 2005
Title of talk: Transgenic/knock out models for the study of vascular disease: a survey of recent literature
Presenter: Dr. Marc Lenburg (director of the Microarray Center at BUSM)
Date: November 14, 2005
Title of talk: Genomic and microarray approaches to the study of vascular pathology
Presenter: Dr. Wilson Colucci (Chief, Cardiology, BMC)
Date: December 1, 2005
Title of talk: Cardiovascular Biology: from the lab to the clinic (a case study)