RESEARCH CONFERENCE AGENDA
Organized by: Leslie Bruggeman, Ph.D.
MetroHealth Medical Center
Rammelkamp Center for Education & Research
2nd Floor Conference Room #240
Tuesdays 12:00 noon - 1:00PM

Date Speaker Topic
Sep 25, 2012Thomas Hostetter, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
University Hospitals of Cleveland
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Uremia 2012
Oct 2, 2012Natalia Trayanova, Ph.D.
Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Johns Hopkins University
MRI-based Prediction of Optimal VT Ablation Targets
Oct 9, 2012Mark W. Jackson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Defining Novel Tumor Suppressor - Oncogene Interactions During Mammary Cell Transformation
Oct 30, 2012Toshinori Hoshi, Ph.D.
Professor of Physiology
University of Pennsylvania
Regulation of BK Channels by Blood Breakdown Products
Nov 27, 2012Xin Qi, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
Case Western Reserve University
Regulation of Mitochondrial Function in Parkinson’s Disease
Dec 4, 2012Carlos Subauste M.D.
Associate Professor
Depts. of Medicine,
Ophthalmology & Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Autophagy in Toxoplasma Gondii-Host Interaction
Dec 11, 2012Radhika Atit, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Department of Biology
Case Western Reserve University
WNT Signaling in Skin Fibrosis
Jan 23, 2013John R. Sedor, M.D.
Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve
University
Vice President of Research
The MetroHealth System
APOL1 and Chronic Kidney Disease: Part 1
Jan 30, 2013Leslie A. Bruggeman, Ph.D.
Associate Professor of Medicine
Case Western Reserve University
Rammelkamp Center for
Education and Research
The MetroHealth System
APOL1 and Chronic Kidney Disease: Part 2
Feb 6, 2013Gregory Tochtrop, Ph.D
Assistant Professor,
Department of Chemistry & Pharmacology
Case Western Reserve University
The Origin and Fates of Reactive Species During Inflammation
Feb 13, 2013Jeongwu Lee, Ph.D.
Assistant Staff,
Lerner Research Institute
Stem Cell Biology &
Regenerative Medicine
The Cleveland Clinic
An “Epi” Role of the Epigenetic Silencer EZH2 in Brain Tumor Initiating Cells
Feb 20, 2013Cheryl Thompson, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor
Genetic & Molecular
Epidemiology of Colon & Breast Cancer
Case Western Reserve University
Sleep and Cancer Risk
Feb 27, 2013Ahmad Khalil, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Genetics
RNA Center
Case Western Reserve University
Emerging Functional and Mechanistic Paradigms of Mammalian Long Non-coding RNAs
Mar 6, 2013Roberto Galan, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Neurosciences
Case Western Reserve University
Role of Serotonin in the Generation of Epileptiform Activity: In Vitro, in Silico and in vivo Studies
Mar 13, 2013CWRU Spring BreakN/A
Mar 20, 2013Wen-Quan Zou, M.D., Ph.D.
Associate Professor, Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Prion Protein and Kidney
Mar 27, 2013Local School Spring Break (Easter Week)N/A
Apr 3, 2013Matthias Kretzler, M.D.
Professor of Internal Medicine
Research Professor of
Computational Medicine & Biology
University of Michigan
Systems Genetics of Renal Disease
Apr 10, 2013Scott M. Welford, Ph.D.
Assistant Professor,
Department of Radiation Oncology
Case Western Reserve University
Multi-Functionality of the Macrophage Migration Inhibitor Factor in the Tumor Microenvironment
Apr 24, 2013Phoebe L. Stewart, Ph.D.
Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Director, Cleveland Center for
Membrane and Structural Biology
Case Western Reserve University
Visualizing Macromolecular Structure and Interactions by CryoEM
May 1, 2013Derek Abbott, M.D., Ph.D.
Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology
Case Western Reserve University
Innate Immunity and Inflammatory Disease
May 8, 2013Oliver Wessely, Ph.D.
Associate Staff,
Department of Cell Biology
The Cleveland Clinic
Crosstalk Between Bicaudal-C and miRNAs in the Formation of Polycystic Kidney Disease
May 15, 2013Horst von Recum, Ph.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Case Western Reserve University
Affinity-Based Drug Delivery
May 22, 2013Carlton Bates, M.D.
Associate Professor,
Department of Pediatrics
Children`s Hospital of Pittsburgh,
University of Pittsburgh
Roles of Fibroblast Growth Factor Receptors in Models of Structural Kidney Disease

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