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May 28, 2008

Penn CVI Annual Symposium on Cardiovascular Development and Disease

Dr. Michael Parmacek and Dr. Elizabeth Nabel Symposium Attendees Review Posters Attendee and Dr. Daniel Rader
Patterns of Candidate Gene Associations with Acute vs. Chronic Coronary Artery Disease Hypoxic Macrophages Decrease Cardiac Myocyte Survival Attendee and Dr. Elizabeth Nabel

Event Topics and Speakers:

Opening Remarks: Edward E. Morrisey, Ph.D. » and Mark L. Kahn, M.D. »
"Protease-Activated Receptors in Vascular Biology and Beyond"
Dr. Shaun Coughlin »
Director, Cardiovascular Research Institute, Professor of Medicine and Cellular and Molecular Pharmacology,
University of California, San Francisco
"Identifying Novel Genetic Determinants of Hemostatic Balance"
Dr. David Ginsburg »
James V. Neel Distinguished University Professor, Department of Human Genetics, Physician and Chief- Division of Medical Genetics, Department of Internal Medicine, University of Michigan
"NHLBI Strategic Initiatives: The Frontiers of Cardiovascular Research"
Dr. Elizabeth Nabel »
Director, National Heart Lung Blood Institute, NIH Senior Investigator, Genome Technology Branch,
NHGRI Division of Intramural Research
Breakout Session A: Cardiac Development and Stem Cells


"A population of melanocyte-like cells in the heart and pulmonary veins are a source of triggers for atrial arrythmogenesis"
Mark D. Levin, M.D., Vickas V. Patel Lab »


"Wnt signaling regulates morphogenesis of the inflow tract and atrioventricular canal during cardiac development"
Ying Tian, Ph.D., Edward E. Morrisey Lab »


"Large-scale candidate gene association with human heart failure"
Thomas A. Cappola, MD, Assistant Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania »


"Rushour controls cardiac neural crest cell migration and heart valve morphogenesis in zebrafish"
Santanu Banerjee, Ph.D. Michael Granato Lab »

Breakout Session B: Vascular Development and Thrombosis


"Heart of glass receptor and cerebral cavernous malformation proteins regulate the formation and integrity of the cardiovascular system"
Ben Kleaveland, Mark L. Kahn Lab »


"Genome Wide Association Studies of Coronary Artery Disease"
Muredach P. Reilly, MD, Associate Professor of Medicine, University of Pennsylvania »


"Von Hippel-Lindau mutation in mice recapitulates Chuvash polycythemia and pulmonary hypertension"
Michele Hickey, M. Celeste Simon Lab »


"Venom-Derived factor V from the common brown snake P. Textilis is expressed as a constitutively active cofactor"
Mettine Bos, Ph.D., Rodney L. Camire Lab - CHOP »
"Chromatin remodeling in heart development"
Dr. Benoit Bruneau »
Associate Investigator, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease, University of California at San Francisco
"Decoding the endothelial genome"
Dr. Nathan Lawson »
Associate Professor, Programs in Gene Function and Expression and Molecular, University of Massachusetts Medical School
"Control of Cardiac Mycocyte Differentiation by GATA4 and GATA6"
Dr. Stephen Duncan »
Marcus Professor of Human and Molecular Genetics, Director, Program in Regenerative Medicine; Department of Cell Biology, Neurobiology and Anatomy, Medical College of Wisconsin
"The Molecular and Genetic Basis of Congenital Heart Disease"
Dr. Michael Parmacek »
Director, Penn Cardiovascular Institute,
Chief, Division of Cardiovascular Medicine, University of Pennsylvania