College of Graduate Studies
First Annual Cardiovascular Training Grant Retreat
January 14-15, 2011
Gazes Cardiac Research Institute, Room 125
Friday, January 14, 2011 | ||
| 4:00 pm | Keynote Speaker Elizabeth Murphy, Ph.D. Title: "Role of S-Nitrosylation in Cardioprotection" | |
| 5:00 pm | Posters with beer, wine and hors d’oeuvres | |
| Saturday, January 15, 2011 | ||
| 9:00 a.m | Continental Breakfast | |
| 9:30 a.m | Introduction: Donald R. Menick, Ph.D. - Director | |
Presentations | ||
| 9:45 a.m | Brent Wilkerson Title: “HDL Carried Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Prolongs Endothelial Barrier Function Compared to Albumin: Evidence for Carrier-Specific S1P-Dependent Cell Behavior and Signaling” | |
| 10:00 a.m | Jason Funk | |
| 10:15 a.m | Brian Snarr | |
| 10:30 a.m | Break for Posters and Refreshments | |
| 10:45 a.m | Ryan Kendall, Ph.D. | |
| 11:00 a.m | Jean Ruddy, M.D. | |
| 11:15 a.m | Rick Peterson, Ph.D. Title: “Histone Deacetylases Facilitate Sodium/Calcium Exchanger Upregulation in Adult Cardiomyocytes” | |
| 11:30 a.m | Break | |
| 11:45 a.m | Keynote Speaker Title: "Novel Roles for GRKs in Cardiac Signaling and Function” | |
| 12:45 p.m | Lunch | |
Poster Presentations by Past and Present Fellows
Kelley Argraves (6/1/1998-5/31/2000)
Mentor: Dr Yusuf Hannun
Title: “Sphingosine-1-Phosphate Receptor, Gpr63: A New Player in Neovascularization”
Lauren Ball (1/26/2003-1/25/2005)
Mentor: Dr. Maria Buse
Title: "O-GlcNAc Transferase: A Modulator and Effector of Insulin Signaling"
Olga Chernysh (8/1/2009-present)
Mentor: Dr. Donald Menick
Title: “Role of p38/Akt Signaling Pathway in the Regulation of Sodium/Calcium Exchanger Expression in Adult Cardiomyocytes”
Kathryn Cribben (8/1/2010-present)
Mentor: Dr. Paul McDermott
Title: “The Role of Estrogen-Related Receptors in Cardiomyocyte Metabolic Adaptation to Oxidative Stress”
Brook J Damon (11/1/2006-2/31/2009)
Mentor: Dr. Robert Thompson
Title: "Cardiac Ca2+ Signaling in Mice with Mutated RyR2 Ca2+ Release Channels"
Shaina Eckhouse (6/5/2010-present)
Mentor: Dr. Frank Spinale
Title: “Region Specific Substrate Processing and microRNA Regulation of a Transmembrane Protease with Ischemia Reperfusion Injury--Relationship to Myocardial Dysfunction”
Denise M. Kimbrough (6/1/2010-present)
Mentor: Dr. Donald Menick
Title: “K63-Linked Ubiquitinated HDAC5 Remains Nuclear and Upregulates Ncx1 in Cardiac Hypertrophy”
Steve Kubalak (4/1/1991-3/31/1992)
Mentor: Dr. Jerry Webb
Title: “Subcellular Localization of Activated p38 and Smad2 in Isolated Dispersed Embryonic Heart Cell Lineages in Response to TGFbeta2 and 9-cis Retinoic Acid”
Amanda LaRue (6/1/2003-5/31/2005)
Mentor: Dr. Makio Ogawa
Title: “MCP-1 Directed Regulation of Hematopoietic Cell-Derived Circulating Fibroblast Precursors in Solid Tumors”
Mona S. Li (6/1/2009-present)
Mentor: Dr. Donald Menick
Title: “Role of Nkx2.5 Acetylation by Histone Deacetylases in Regulating Sodium/Calcium Exchanger Expression in Adult Cardiomyocytes”
Marie Lockhart (8/1/2009-present)
Mentor: Dr. Andy Wessels
Title: “Transcriptional Regulation of Cartilage Link Protein”
John C. McKillop (8/1/2009-present)
Mentor: Dr. Dhan Kuppuswamy
Title: “Acute Rapamycin Treatment Augments both Protein Ubiquitination and Akt Activation in Pressure-Overloaded Rat Myocardium”
Thomas Morinelli (6/23/1987-6/22/1990)
Mentor: Dr. Perry Halushka
Title: “Angiotensin II (AII)-Induced AT1A Receptor Internalization and Subsequent Increased Cyclooxygenase 2 (COX-2) Protein Expression in Rat Aortic Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells (RASMC) is Mediated by NF-kB Activation”
Tereance A. Myers (6/25/2010-present)
Mentor: Dr. Robert Gourdie
Title: “Epithelial-Mesenchymal Transition Priming of Stem Cells as an Approach to Promoting Scarless, Regenerative Healing in Vivo”
Kathryn Alexa Orr (8/1/2009-present)
Mentor: Dr. Lina Obeid
Title: “Characterization of a Novel Sphingosine Kinase Inhibitor"
Nathan Pruett (8/1/2006-7/31/2008)
Mentor: Dr. Alexander Awgulewitsch
Title: “Functional Relevance of Hox-specified Positional Identities in Adult Vasculature”
Janet Saunders (5/15/2010-present)
Mentor: Dr. Craig Beeson
Title: “Flow Cytometric Characterization of Mitochondrial Subpopulations in the Kidney”
J. Grace Wallenborn (7/6/2009-present)
Mentor: Dr. George Cooper
Title: “Adenosine Prevents Microtubule Network Densification During Decompensated Cardiac Hypertrophy Through p21-Activated Kinase 1 (Pak1) Inhibition”