Cardiovascular Symposium
Wednesday, January 24, 2024

Join the Bay Area Cardiovascular Science Symposium to get inspired by the latest discoveries in the cardiovascular research community. 

At this 1-day symposium, you’ll have the opportunity to connect with like-minded scientists across institutions who share the common goal of understanding and treating cardiovascular disease. You’ll also:

  • Learn about the groundbreaking cardiovascular research happening in the Bay Area
  • Build community with other Bay Area scientists
  • Have an opportunity to highlight your own projects and share your scientific knowledge with your colleagues
  • Find your next collaboration opportunities 

This event is open to scientists at all levels from Gladstone Institutes, Stanford University, and UC San Francisco.

Stanford University scientists looking for transportation to the event should contact Francesca Mae G. Tongco.

 

Program 

9:15am Welcome and Introduction
Benoit Bruneau, PhD, Director, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
Session 1 Chair:  Jon Muncie-Vasic, PhD, Postdoctoral Scholar, Gladstone Institutes
9:20am Turning the Oxygen Dial
Isha Jain, PhD, Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institutes
9:50am Mechanisms of Oxygen Toxicity: Implications for Cardiopulmonary Disease
Alan Baik, MD, Affiliate, Gladstone Institutes
10:20am Break
10:30am Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation Are Regulated by Distinct Subcellular cAMP Pools
Roshanak Irannejad, PhD, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UC San Francisco
11:00am Developing Strategies to Protect against Cardiovascular Toxicity of Oncology Drugs
Anna Hnatiuk, MD, PhD, Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine
Session 2 Chair: Juan Qin, PhD, Associate Researcher, UC San Francisco
11:30am CXCL10 and IFN-γ Mediate mRNA Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis
Masataka Nishiga, MD, PhD, Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine
12:00pm Lunch
1:00pm Development of Mechanism-Based Therapeutics for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Francesca Briganti, PhD, Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University
1:30pm Modulating Cell States in Heart Disease
Michael Alexanian, PhD, Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institutes
2:00pm Unlocking Heart Regeneration: Targeting Endothelial Enhancers
Ivana Zlatanova, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, UC San Francisco
2:25pm Break
Session 3 Chair: Masataka Nishiga, MD, PhD, Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine
2:40pm Selective Inhibition of Matrix Mechanosensing in Stromal Cells Attenuates Cardiovascular Fibrosis
Sangkyun Cho, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University
3:10pm Detecting Accelerated Cardiac Aging with Deep Learning and Common Variant Genetics
James Pirrucello, MD, Assistant Professor, UC San Francisco
3:40pm Mechanisms of Atherogenesis in Clonal Hematopoiesis
Trevor Fidler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UC San Francisco
4:10pm Investigating the Causal Relationship between Glycemic Trait and MRI-Derived Aortic Measures Using Mendelian Randomization
Catherine Tcheandjieu, DVM, PhD, Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institutes
4:35pm Closing Remarks
Brian Black, PhD, Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UC San Francisco
Joseph C. Wu, MD, PhD, Director, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University
4:40pm Poster Session and Reception

Details

Dates
January 24, 2024
Time
9:00am-6:00pm PST
Location
Mahley Auditorium
Audience
Gladstone and UCSF, Scientific
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