The Future of Cardiovascular Research

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12:00    Lunch Buffet

12:20    Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD | Welcome

12:25    Introduction -  Amber Smith | Welcome and Overview
 

Session 1 - Biomaterials | Moderator - Alex Chang

12:30 - 12:45    Alexander Riebero | Engineering Single hPSC-cardiomyocytes with Microcontact Printing to Assay Contractile Defects Induced by Drugs and Disease States

12:45 - 1:00      Karina Nakayama | Engineering Pre-Vascularized Skeletal Muscle for Treatment of Volumetric Muscle Loss

1:00 - 1:30        Kelly LaMarco | Science Translational Medicine
 

Session 2 -  Imaging | Moderator: Anna-Margaretha Hedwig Karmann

1:30 - 1:45        Nathan Itoga | Pre-procedural CT Angiogram is Associated with Higher Technical Success in Endovascular Treatment of SFA-Popliteal Artery Total Occlusions.

1:45 - 2:00        Tina Baykaner | Mechanism Based Mapping and Ablation of Atrial Fibrillation

2:00 - 2:30        Crystal Botham | 10 Tips for Writing Postdoc Proposals

2:30                    Break
 

Session 3 – CM/CA+ / Single Cell Analysis | Moderator: Joe Zhang

2:45 - 3:00        Guang Li | Transcriptomic Profiling Maps Anatomically Patterned Subpopulations Among Single Embryonic Cardiac Cells

3:00 - 3:15        Haodi Wu | Restore Impaired Diastolic Function in Induced Pluripotent Stem Cell Derived Cardiomyocytes from Hypertrophic Cardiomyopathy Patients by Re-balancing the Calcium Homostasis

3:15 - 3:25        Debra Rosenfeld | Career Resources at Stanford’s School of Medicine: A Primer

3:25 - 3:45        Andrew Lee | StartX and MedX
 

Session 4 – Clinical/Translational | Moderator: Maureen Wanjare

3:45 - 4:00        Nicole de Jesus | Split Reporters for Imaging the Integration of Stem Cells Post Transplantation

4:00 - 4:15        Junlei “Leo” Chang | Gpr124 is Essential for Pathologic Blood-brain Barrier Integrity

4:15 - 5:00        Daria Mochly-Rosen | The SPARK Program: A Partnership Between Academia and Industry

5:00     Mark Mercola, PhD | Closing Remarks

5:05     Wine & Cheese Networking Session: Lorry Lokey (SIM1) Lobby