McGowan Institute Injury, Repair and Regenerative Medicine Seminar Series
Board Room – 5th Floor Eye and Ear Institute
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
(Lunch will be provided)
For information regarding the schedule, please contact Latha Satish, PhD at (412) 383-8082 / email: las238@pitt.edu
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2015
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| January | ||
| 6 | William Chen, MD, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Bioengineering and Orthopaedic Surgery |
Pericytes for Tissue Repair and Regeneration |
| 20 | Alicia Mathers, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Dermatology |
Signaling Through the P2X7 Receptor for ATP Induces Psoriasis-Like Inflammation: A Model for Wounding Induced Koebner Phenomenon |
| February | ||
| 3 | Yoram Vodovotz, PhD Professor Department of Surgery |
From Data Patterns to Knowledge: Applications of Computational Modeling to Wound Healing |
| 17 | Rubin Zamora, PhD Research Associate Professor Department of Surgery |
Data-driven Modeling for Precision Medicine in Pediatric Acute Liver Failure |
| March | ||
| 3 | Newell Washburn, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Chemistry and Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University |
Reducing Burn Progression with anti-TNF Conjugates |
| 17 | Melis Hazar, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University |
3D Wound Healing Explored with Chemical Etching |
| April | ||
| 7 | Bryan Brown, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Bioengineering |
Extracellular Matrix at the Intersections of Aging, Immunity, and Regenerative Medicine |
| 21 | Andrew Hertsenberg Graduate Candidate Department of Ophthalmology University of Pittsburgh |
Stem Cells for the Treatment of Corneal Fibrosis |
| May | ||
| 5 | Roger Esteban, PhD Postdoctoral Research Associate McGowan Institute for Regenerative Medicine |
Skin Adult Progenitor Cells for Regenerative Medicine Cell-Based Therapy in Burns |
| 19 | Kimberly Brothers, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Ophthalmology |
Bacterial Inhibition of Corneal Wound Healing |
| June | ||
| NO SEMINAR SUMMER BREAK |
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| July | ||
| NO SEMINAR SUMMER BREAK |
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| August | ||
| NO SEMINAR SUMMER BREAK |
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| September | ||
| 8 | Marie Bilaud, PhD Postdoctoral Associate Department of Cardiothoracic Surgery |
Cell-mediated pathways of thoracic aortic disease in patients with bicuspid aortic valve |
| 22 | Akhil Patel Graduate Student Department of Pharmaceutical Sciences School of Pharmacy |
Harnessing Native Microenvironmental Cues Endows Bioactivity to Biomaterials |
| October | ||
| 6 | Ellen Gawalt, PhD Associate Professor Bayer School of Natural and Environmental Sciences Duquesne University |
Biofilm mitigation through surface chemistry |
| 20 | Yu-li Wang PhD R. Mehrabian Professor Department of Biomedical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University |
Dissecting the control circuit for cell migration |
| November | ||
| 3 | David Vorp, PhD Professor and Associate Dean Department of Bioengineering |
Adipose-derived stem cell-based autologous tissue engineered blood vessels: Effect of donor demographics |
| 17 | Lisa Kasiewicz BS Graduate Student Department of Chemical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University |
siRNA loaded lipidoid nanoparticles for improved diabetic wound healing |
| December | ||
| 8 | Lauren Kokai, PhD Research Instructor Department of Plastic Surgery |
Adipose Stem Cells: Biology and Clinical Applications |
