“Vascular Endothelium: A Dynamically Mutable Interface”
The Foundations and Future of Vascular Biology
Saturday, June 11th, 2011
Joseph B. Martin Conference Center
Harvard Medical School
SCIENTIFIC PROGRAM
| 8:00 a.m. | CHECK-IN AND BREAKFAST |
| 8:45 a.m. | Welcoming Remarks: Guillermo García-Cardeña |
| 8:50 a.m. | Opening Remarks: Elizabeth G. Nabel |
| SESSION 1: VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM IN HEALTH AND DISEASE |
| Chair: Peter Libby |
| 9:05 a.m. | R. Wayne Alexander. Endothelial dysfunction and vascular disease. |
| 9:30 a.m. | Charles N. Serhan. Novel mediators and mechanisms in the resolution of acute inflammation. |
| 9:55 a.m. | Shaun Coughlin. Protease signaling in vascular biology and beyond... |
| 10:20 a.m. | Salvador Moncada. Stepping stones in endothelial research ... the making of an organ. |
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| 10:45 a.m. | COFFEE BREAK |
| SESSION 2: ENDOTHELIAL CELL ACTIVATION AND ADHESION BIOLOGY |
| Chair: Jordan S. Pober |
| 11:05 a.m. | Jordan S. Pober. Endothelial activation and inflammation. |
| 11:30 a.m. | Myron Cybulsky. Adhesion molecules, leukocytes and atherosclerosis. |
| 11:55 a.m. | Tanya Mayadas. cAMP dependent mechanisms of endothelial barrier function. |
| 12:20 p.m. | Masayuki Yoshida. Adhesion molecules: reliable guide of vascular inflammation. |
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| 12:45 p.m. | LUNCH |
| SESSION 3: VASCULAR ENDOTHELIUM AND INFLAMMATION |
| Chair: F. William Luscinskas |
| 1:35 p.m. | F. William Luscinskas. Gatekeepers of leukocyte recruitment: CD47 rolls, arrests and transmigrates. |
| 2:00 p.m. | William Muller. The role of the endothelium in leukocyte transendothelial migration: even more dynamic than we thought! |
| 2:25 p.m. | Peter Libby. Inflammation in atherosclerosis- from the petri plate to patients and populations. |
| 2:50 p.m. | Paul Ridker. The cardiovascular inflammation reduction trials: 30 years from IL-1 to CANTOS. |
| SESSION 4: BIOMECHANICAL FORCES AND CARDIOVASCULAR BIOLOGY |
| Chair: Forbes Dewey |
| 3:20 p.m. | Forbes Dewey. Stressed out for 30 years. |
| 3:45 p.m. | Peter F. Davies. Shear inspiration! |
| 4:10 p.m. | Natacha DePaola. Vascular endothelium responds to fluid shear stress gradients. |
| 4:35 p.m. | Frederick Schoen. Heart valve dynamics: on the cusp of understanding mechanisms of function and disease. |
| 5:00 p.m. | Guillermo García-Cardeña. Biomechanical control of endothelial cell fates. |
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| 5:30 p.m. | Closing Remarks: Michael A Gimbrone Jr. |
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| 5:45 p.m. | RECEPTION |
