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Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium
August 26-27, 2016
Shreveport, Louisiana
12:00- 2:00
2:00- 2:15
2:15- 2:55
2:55- 3:05
3:05- 3:25
3:25- 3:35
3:35- 3:55
3:55- 4:05
4:05- 4:25
4:25- 4:35
Arrival and Registration
Welcome and Introductory Remarks
Keynote Address:
Dwight Towler, MD, PhD
Professor of Internal Medicine
UT - Southwestern
Discussion
Dianne Milewicz, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair of Cardiovascular Medicine
Dept. of Internal Medicine
UT Health Science Center - Houston
Discussion
Emily Wilson, PhD
Professor and Associate Vice President for Academic Affairs
Dept. of Medical Physiology
Texas A&M Health Science Center
Discussion
Christopher Kevil, PhD
Professor and Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences
LSU Health Science Center - Shreveport
Discussion
Wnt Signaling and Arginine Methylation Relays in Diabetic Vascular Disease
The "Contractile-Elastin Unit: and Mechanosensing in Thoracic Aortic Disease
Mechanical Forces and Vascular Remodeling
Gasotransmitters and Vascular Biology
August 26th
8:00- 9:00
9:00- 9:40
9:40- 9:50
9:50- 10:10
10:10- 10:20
10:20- 10:45
10:45- 11:05
11:05- 11:15
11:15-11:35
11:35- 11:45
11:45- 12:05
12:05- 12:15
12:15-
Breakfast
Keynote Address:
Jun-Ichi Abe, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Cardiology
MD Anderson Cancer Center
Discussion
Decha Pinkaew, PhD
Instructor, Division of Cardiology
Department of Internal Medicine
UT Medical Branch - Galveston
Discussion
Coffee Break
Philip Shaul, MD
Professor and Vice Chair of Research
Center for Pulmonary and Vascular Biology
UT Southwestern Medical Center
Discussion
Reto Asmis, PhD
Professor and Senior Associate Dean
Dept. of Clinical Lab Sciences and Biochemistry
UT Health Science Center - San Antonio
Discussion
John P. Cooke, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair,
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences
Houston Methodist Research Institute
Discussion
Box Lunch and Adjournment
Mixer and Poster Session
5:00 - 7:00
August 27th
SUMOylation and Mechano-
Sensing in Atherogenesis
Fortilin, a Multifunctional
Protein
Endothelial Cell Biology of
Type 2 Diabetes
Macrophages: The
Immunometabolic Interface
Therapeutic Trans-
Differentiation of Human
Fibroblasts to Endothelial
Cells Using Small Molecules
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