Speaker: Joan Taylor, PhD, Professor and Vice Chair for Research in Pathology and Lab Medicine, UNC School of Medicine Topic: "GRAFs mind the GAP between muscle fate and function" Seminar Synopsis: The overall goal of our research is to characterize the intracellular signaling pathways that govern normal and aberrant growth responses in the cardiovascular and … Read more
Speaker: Lockhart B. McGuire Professor, Director of Hematovascular Biology Center, University of Virginia Topic: "Clonal Hematopoiesis and Cardiovascular Disease: New Mechanisms, New Therapeutic Opportunities"
Speaker: Xander Wehrens, MD, PhD, Professor, Director of Cardiovascular Research Institute, Baylor University Topic: "Remodeling of calcium release unit proteins in Heart Failure"
Speaker: Rong Tian, MD, PhD, Professor of Anesthesiology and Pain Medicine, Director of the Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, University of Washington Seminar Title: "Metabolic Modulation of Cardiac Remodeling" My research focuses on the molecular mechanisms regulating cell metabolism and energetics. A long-term goal of my laboratory is to understand the role of mitochondria and metabolism … Read more
Speaker: Melina Kibbe, MD, Colin G. Thomas Jr. Distinguished Professor and Chair, Department of Surgery, UNC Seminar Title: "When Mice are Men: Sex Bias in Surgical Research" Objectives: To explain the sex differences that exist with diseases processes. To explain the sex disparity that exists in the development and evaluation of drugs, devices, and medical therapies. … Read more
Speaker: David Zawieja, PhD, Regents Professor and Department Head of Medical Physiology, Texas A&M University College of Medicine Topic: Lymphatics: the link between the parenchyma, cardiovascular and immune systems
A memorial service for Dr. Hugh "Chip" McAllister will be held on Thursday, July 12th at 2 pm at the Chapel of the Cross on E Franklin St in Chapel Hill, and all MHI faculty and staff are invited. Memorial gifts in honor of Dr. McAllister can be made by following this link – http://go.unc.edu/McAllisterHeartInstitute Regards, … Read more
Speaker: Dr. Anne Marie Schmidt, New York University Topic: Rage/Diaph1 Mechanism of Diabetic Complications and Metabolic Dysfunction
Speaker: Dr. Brian Kim, Stanford University
Speaker: Dr. Lena Claesson-Walsh, Uppsala University
