McGowan Institute Wound Healing Research Conference 2012
Board Room – 5th Floor Eye and Ear Institute
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
(Lunch will be provided)
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2012
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| January | ||
| 10 | Johnny Huard, PhD Professor Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Regenerative Medicine based on Adult Stem Cells for Musculoskeletal Tissue Regeneration & Repair |
| 24 | Katherine Verdolini Abbott, PhD Professor Department of Communication Science and Disorders |
Role of Tissue Mobilization and Meditation in Vocal Fold Wound Healing |
| February | ||
| 7 | Melanie Scott, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Surgery |
Caspase-1 in Trauma and Hemorrhage |
| 21 | Sandeep Kathju, MD, PhD Associate Professor Department of Plastic Surgery |
Role of Bacterial Biofilms in Surgical and Chronic Wounds |
| March | ||
| 6 | No Seminar Spring Break |
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| 20 | Richard Koepsel, PhD Research Professor Department of Surgery and McGowan Institute |
MMP-1 Mitigation of Muscle Scars in Rats. |
| April | ||
| 3 | Tianbing Yang, PhD Research Associate Department of Otolaryngology |
Cell-Based Therapy to Reduce Scarring and Improve Healing in the Wound Bed. |
| 17 | Qingde Wang, MD, PhD Research Assistant Professor Department of Medicine |
Introduction to the Preparation of Genetically Modified Mouse Models |
| May | ||
| 1 | Rob Hartman, BS PhD Candidate Department of Orthopaedic Surgery |
Intervertebral Disc Mechanobiology: Informing Motion for Improved Quality of Life |
| 15 | Jeremy Kelly, PhD Postdoctoral Associate McGowan Institute |
Porcine Derived Extracellular Matrix Alters the Proliferation and Chemotaxis of Multiple Stem Cell Populations in a Tissue Specific Manner |
| 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 | ||
| 18 | Alkiviadis Tsamis, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar Department of Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh |
Multi-Photon Interrogation and Quantification of Fiber Architecture in Soft, Fibrous Tissues |
| October | ||
| 2 | Thomas Lozito, PhD Postdoctoral Associate Department of Orthopedic Surgery University of Pittsburgh |
Cross-talk Between Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Endothelial Cells by Matrix, Soluble Factors, and Microparticles |
| 16 | Partha Roy PhD Assistant Professor Department of Bioengineering University of Pittsburgh |
Role of Profilin-1 in Beast Cancer Metastasis |
| November | ||
| 6 | Philip LeDuc, PhD Professor Department of Mechanical Engineering Carnegie Mellon University |
Planes, Trains, Automobiles….and Cells? |
| 20 | Mauricio Rojas, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine University of Pittsburgh |
Cell Therapy in the Lung |
| December | ||
| 4 | Aaron Bell, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Pathology University of Pittsburgh |
The Liver: an Organ Under Siege by a Variety of Insults |
| 18 | Joshua Jamisa, MS Doctoral Candidate Department of Pathology University of Pittsburgh |
PKC Localization at the Membrane Increases Matrix Traction Force Dependent on PLC/EGFR Signaling |