The Microcirculatory Society Annual Meeting at Experimental Biology 2015

March 28 - April 1, 2015 - Boston Convention and Exhibitor Center

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See you next year in San Diego!

Experimental Biology 2016 is April 2 - 6


 

MCS Annual Meeting Scientific Sessions at Experimental Biology 2015:

March 28:

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

Special Events:

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


Additional information, including housing, registration, late-breaking abstracts, etc., can be found on the Experimental Biology 2015 web site:

http://experimentalbiology.org/2015/Home.aspx