Vascular Biology 2018 – NAVBO

Pre-Conference Meeting for Trainees

Organizers: Nicholas Chavkin, Yale University and Thanh Theresa Dinh, Stanford UniversitySunday, October 14 - 1:00-5:00pmRequires an additional registration fee of $25.

Program will consist of a guest speaker, a discussion or presentation on career development and abstracts presentations from graduate students and postdocs.

Refreshments will be served

*Session organizers will select the abstracts for presentation and the authors must be registered for this session.

Wednesday, October 17 - 2:00-4:00pm

Earl P. Benditt Award LectureReengineering the tumor microenvironment to improve cancer treatment: Bench to bedsideRakesh K. Jain, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical School

Judah Folkman Award in Vascular Biology LectureMolecular and cellular mechanisms of blood vessel growthChristiana Ruhrberg, University College London

Springer Junior Investigator Award Lecture TBD - award is based on abstract submission and an applicationClick here for application information

Recipients have not yet been determined

Tuesday, October 16 - 4:30-6:30pmHands-on worskhop to access, visualize and analyse IDG-specific data -- requires additional registration fee and there will be a limited number of attendees

Signaling in Vascular InflammationThursday, October 18 - 8:00am-12:00pm

Timothy Hla, Boston Childrens Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolNovel approaches to control vascular inflammation with S1P-based therapeuticsMatthias Nahrendorf, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolMyeloid cells in ischemic heart diseasePaul S. Frenette, Albert Einstein College of Medicine Arterial and sinusoid endothelial cells in the hematopoietic stem cell nicheTBDMonocyte function in the tumor microenvironment

Resolution of InflammationOrganizers:Jennifer Allport-Anderson, Novartis and Ira Tabas, Columbia UniversityTuesday, October 16 - 2:00-4:00pm

Gabrielle Fredman, Albany Medical CollegeSpecialized pro-resolving mediators in atherosclerosisFilip Swirksi, Massachusetts General Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolUnleashing inflammation in cardiovascular diseaseIra Tabas, Columbia University Efferocytosis in Inflammation Resolution

Vascular TherapeuticsOrganizers:Zorina Galis, NHLBI/NIH and Chris Vlahos, Eli Lilly and Co.

Zorina Galis, NHLBI/NIHThe NIH perspective: partnering to bring cardiovascular therapeutics from idea to marketChris Vlahos, CV Life Sciences Consulting, LLCBringing your discoveries to market: strategies and solutions to partnering with industryPeter Libby, Brigham and Womens Hospital, Harvard Medical SchoolThe academic perspective: from bench discovery to clinical trialsTudor Oprea, University of New Mexico The bioinformatics perspective: drug discovery in the age of big data

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Vascular Biology 2018 - NAVBO