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President's Symposium: Oxygen/Blood Flow
9:30 - 11:30am
Chair: Molly Frame, Stony Brook University
Invited Speakers:
Oxygen's role in metabolic regulation of blood flow: A radical view from the microcirculation
Roland Pitman, Virginia Commonwealth University
Optical detection of brain function: Simultaneous image of
cerebral blood flow, tissue oxygen metabolism
and cellular activity in
vivo
Congwu Du, Stony Brook University
Abstract Presentations:
Effect of gap junction blockade on renal autoregulation and phase synchronization of autoregulation dynamics
Nicholas Mitrou, Simon Frasier University
Reversratrol treatment rescues neurovascular coupling in
aged mice: Role of improved cerebromicrovascular function and
down-regulation of NADPH Oxidase
Peter Toth, University of Oklahoma
Microscopic study of PO2 and V O2 kinetics in contracting rat spinotrapezius muscle
A S Golub, Virginia Commonwealth University
Image-based characterization of function and structural heterogenity of tumor xenografts using blood flow modeling
Spyros Stamatelos, Johns Hopkins University
Inflammation
1:30 - 3:00pm
Chair: Anjelica Gonzalez, Yale University
Invited Speakers:
The endothelial glycocalyx: a regulator of vascular injury and recovery
Eric Schmidt, University of Colorado
Monocyte recruitment from venules during arteriogenesis
Shayn Peirce-Cottler, University of Virginia
Abstract Presentations:
Platelet-endothelial association with fibrinogen/fibrin,
coupled with oxidative stress, protein nitrosylation, and fibrosis may
underlie pulmonary endothelial cell dysfunction in a mouse model of Type
1 diabetes
Andrew Roberts, University of Louisville
miR155 expression is increased by inflammation and modulates the expression of CD11a in monocytes
Safiya Syed, Albion College
Signaling/Channels
3:30 - 5:00pm
Chair: Joshua Butcher, University of Virginia
Invited Speakers:
Calcium signaling regulation at the myoendothelial junction
Jonathan LeDeaux, University of Montreal
Novel Role for mitocondrial Telomerase in vascular stress response and maintenance of NO mediated dilatation
Andreas Beyer, Medical College Wisconsin
Abstract Presentations:
Recruitment of RGS5 protein to mechanically activated ATR in arteriolar VSMC
Kwangseok Hong, University of Missouri
Ca2+ Dynamics and contraction of junctional pericytes in the retinal vasculature
Albert Gonzales, University of Vermont
Society Awards Banquet
Saturday, March 28, 11:45am - 1:15pm
Ticketed event
Landis Award
Dr. Dai Fukumura, Harvard Medical School
Targeting tumor microvasculature and microenvironment
Sunday, March 29, 3:30 - 4:30pm
Microcirculatory Society Membership Business Meeting
Sunday, March 29, 4:30pm - 5:30pm
Microcirculatory Society Reception, Awards & Poster Discussions
Sunday, March 29, 5:30pm - 7:00pm
Ticketed event (see http://microcirc.org/SundayEveningReception.pdf for more details)
Kaley Lecture
Dr. Mark T. Nelson
Ion channel cross-talk in the microcirculation
Monday, March 30, 10:30am - 12:30pm
Held in conjunction with the American Physiological Society