Cardiac & Vascular Biology Research Seminar - Weekly Seminar Series

Smart Biomaterials for Applications in Infection Treatment and Regenerative Medicine Anita Shukla, PhD

3'UTR Shortening and Developmental Gene Expression in Pulmonary Hypertension and Lung Fibrosis Harry Karmouty-Quintana, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology UTHealth - McGovern Medical School

Advance-CTR: Awards, Services, and Resources Gabrielle Stranieri Communication Manager Advance-CTR Brown University Division of Biology & Medicine

The role of extracellular vesicles in vascular calcification Elena Aikawa, MD, PhD

Thomas Bartnikas, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine at Brown University

Insights into cardiovascular development and regeneration in zebrafish Caroline E Burns, PhD & Geoff Burns, PhD Massachusetts General Hospital/Harvard Medical School Room 107

Activation of Retrotransposable Elements in Cellular Senescence and Aging John M. Sedivy, PhD Director, Brown University Center on the Biology of Aging

Prenatal mindfulness training to reduce risk for hypertensive disorders of pregnancy Margaret Bublitz, PhD

Macrophage IL-1b signaling in cardiac fibroblast proliferation and collagen deposition associated with pulmonary arterial hypertension Jamila Siamwala, PhD

Identification of Novel Mesenchymal Pathways that Regulate the Microvascular Niche & Contribute to the Development of Chronic Lung Diseases Susan M. Majka, Ph.D. Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary and Critical Care National Jewish Health Denver, Colorado