Bay Area Cardiovascular Science Symposium
Held on January 24, 2024, the Bay Area Cardiovascular Science Symposium brought together scientists from Gladstone Institutes, Stanford University, and UC San Francisco, to share the latest discoveries in the cardiovascular research community.
Watch the presentations from the symposium.
Turning the Oxygen Dial
Isha Jain, PhD, Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institutes
Mechanisms of Oxygen Toxicity: Implications for Cardiopulmonary Disease
Alan Baik, MD, Affiliate, Gladstone Institutes
Cardiac Contraction and Relaxation Are Regulated by Distinct Subcellular cAMP Pools
Roshanak Irannejad, PhD, Associate Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UC San Francisco
Developing Strategies to Protect against Cardiovascular Toxicity of Oncology Drugs
Anna Hnatiuk, MD, PhD, Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine
CXCL10 and IFN-γ Mediate mRNA Vaccine-Induced Myocarditis
Masataka Nishiga, MD, PhD, Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University School of Medicine
Development of Mechanism-Based Therapeutics for Dilated Cardiomyopathy
Francesca Briganti, PhD, Instructor, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University
Modulating Cell States in Heart Disease
Michael Alexanian, PhD, Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institutes
Unlocking Heart Regeneration: Targeting Endothelial Enhancers
Ivana Zlatanova, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, UC San Francisco
Selective Inhibition of Matrix Mechanosensing in Stromal Cells Attenuates Cardiovascular Fibrosis
Sangkyun Cho, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow, Cardiovascular Institute, Stanford University
Detecting Accelerated Cardiac Aging with Deep Learning and Common Variant Genetics
James Pirrucello, MD, Assistant Professor, UC San Francisco
Mechanisms of Atherogenesis in Clonal Hematopoiesis
Trevor Fidler, PhD, Assistant Professor, Cardiovascular Research Institute, UC San Francisco
Investigating the Causal Relationship between Glycemic Trait and MRI-Derived Aortic Measures Using Mendelian Randomization
Catherine Tcheandjieu, DVM, PhD, Assistant Investigator, Gladstone Institutes
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