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| Tuesday, September 9, 2008 l 8:30 AM - 5:00 PM l Endicott House l Dedham, MA |
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| Agenda: |
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| 8:30 - 9:00 AM |
Continental Breakfast
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| 9:00 - 9:15 AM |
Ken Chien, MD PHD
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Director, Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH
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Welcome |
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| Moderator: Chris Newton-Cheh |
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| 9:15 - 9:45 AM |
Sek Kathiresan, MD |
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Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH |
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Common DNA Sequence Variants, Blood Lipids, and Myocardial Infarction |
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| 9:45 - 10:15 AM |
Robert Gerszten, MD |
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Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH |
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Integrative Genomics Projects Related to DM and its Complications |
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| 10:15 - 10:45 AM |
Paul Huang, MD PHD |
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Associate Director, Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH |
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eNOS as a Target: in the Crosshairs between Metabolism and Cardiovascular Disease |
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| 10:45 - 11:00 AM |
Break |
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| 11:00 - 11:15 AM |
Kjersten Reich |
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Grants Coordinator, Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH |
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2008 CVRC Grant Submission Report: Successes and Trends |
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| Short Talks: |
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| Moderators: Calum MacRae + Ken Bloch |
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| 11:15 - 11:30 AM |
Kiyuk Chang, MD |
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Jaffer Lab |
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Peroxisome Proliferator-Activated Receptor-γ Activation Reduces Inflammation in Atherosclerosis As Assessed By Serial In Vivo Fluorescence Molecular Imaging |
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| 11:30 - 11:45 AM |
Sharon Cawley, PHD |
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Bloch Lab |
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Contractile Defects in Cardiac Myocytes from sGCalpha1-Deficient Mice |
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| 11:45 - Noon |
Stephen Chan, MD PhD |
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Loscalzo Lab |
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Identification and Function of a Hypoxia-Inducible MicroRNA in Human Pulmonary Arterial Endothelial Cells |
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| Noon - 12:15 PM |
Ibrahim Domian, MD PHD |
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Chien Lab |
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Assembly of Mature Ventricular Musclefrom ES Derived Progenitors |
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| 12:15 - 12:30 PM |
Andreas Werdich, PHD |
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MacRae Lab |
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Towards a Functional Myocardial Fate Map in the Developing Zebrafish Embryo |
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| 12:30 - 1:30 PM |
Lunch |
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| Moderator: Ken Chien |
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| 1:30 - 2:30 PM |
Keynote: |
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Jack Szostak, MD |
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Center for Computational & Integrative Biology and Department of Molecular Biology at MGH |
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Towards the Design and Synthesis of an Artificial Cell
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| Moderator: Stanley Shaw |
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| 2:30 - 3:00 PM |
Randy Peterson, PHD |
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Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH |
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This is your Brain on Drugs |
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| 3:00 - 3:30 PM |
Paul Yu, MD PHD |
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Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH |
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Gain- and Loss-of-Function in the Bone Morphogenetic Protein Signaling Pathway |
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| 3:30 - 3:45 PM |
Break |
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| Moderator: David Milan |
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| 3:45 - 4:15 PM |
Chad Cowan, PHD |
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Cardiovascular Research Center & Center for Regenerative Medicine at MGH |
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Understanding Obesity with Induced Pluripotent Stem Cells |
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| 4:15 - 4:45 PM |
Caroline Burns, PHD |
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Cardiovascular Research Center at MGH |
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Cardiac Progenitor Cells in Embryogenesis and Regeneration |
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| 4:45 - 5:00 PM |
Closing Remarks + Best Poster Prize Announced |
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