Webinar Series

Somatic Oncogenic Mutations in the Endothelium Drive Vascular Malformations January 7, 2021 JASON FISH, PH.D. Associate Professor, Department of Laboratory Medicine and Pathobiology University Health Network – Toronto Senior Scientist, Toronto General Hospital Research Institute JASON FISH – Dr. Jason Fish completed his PhD at the University of Toronto in the laboratory of Dr. Philip Marsden in…

Reflecting on the power of cell-cell interactions with a Notch-centric focus December 3, 2020 LUISA IRUELA-ARISPE, PH.D. Stephen Walter Ranson Professor and Chair Department of Cell and Developmental Biology Northwestern University Took place on December 3, 2020 at 1:00pm EST LUISA IRUELA-ARISPE – Born in Spain and growing for most of her young life in Argentina…

Vascular Control of Tumor Progression and Metastasis November 12, 2020 HELLMUT AUGUSTIN, PH.D., DVM Division of Vascular Oncology and Metastasis Heidelberg University and German Cancer Research Center Took place on November 12, 2020 at 1pm EST HELLMUT AUGUSTIN – Hellmut G. Augustin is Professor of Vascular Biology at the Medical Faculty Mannheim of Heidelberg University, Head…

Aggregating Proteoglycans in the Vascular Wall September 17, 2020 SUNEEL APTE, MBBS, D.PHIL. Department of Biomedical Engineering Cleveland Clinic Lerner Research Institute Took place on September 17, 2020 at 1:00pm EST SUNEEL APTE – Suneel Apte studied medicine at the University of Bombay, India, and trained in orthopaedic surgery before embarking on a career in biomedical…

Lymphatic Development August 13, 2020 Organized by NAVBO Member: Kazuhide Okuda Peter MacCallum Cancer Centre Session will feature the following presentations: Determining the genetic and developmental basis of human lymphatic vascular disease Natasha Harvey, University of South Australia The origin and assembly of the zebrafish facial lymphatics Jonathan Astin, University of Auckland Mysteries of meningeal…

Therapeutic Vascularization for Tissue Regeneration July 9, 2020 SARA NUNES DE VASCONCELOS, PH.D. Scientist, Division of Experimental Therapeutics Toronto General Hospital Research Institute University Health Network Institute of Biomaterials and Biomedical Engineering University of Toronto Took place on July 9, 2020 at 1:00pm EST SARA NUNES DE VASCONCELOS – Microvascular regeneration and biology – Her lab…

Essential Yet Transient: An Introduction to the Placental Circulatory System June 11, 2020 MARY WALLINGFORD, PH.D. Assistant Professor Medical Infant Research Institute Tufts Medical Center Took place on June 11, 2020 at 1:00pm EST MARY WALLINGFORD – Mary Wallingford, PhD, is an Assistant Professor in the Division of Obstetrics and Gynecology at the Tufts University…

Matrix remodeling and integrin signaling in endothelial function and dysfunction May 14, 2020 MARTIN SCHWARTZ, PH.D. Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology Department of Cell Biology Yale School of Medicine Took place on May 14, 2020 at 1:00pm EST MARTIN SCHWARTZ – Martin Schwartz is a Professor of Medicine (Cardiology) and Professor of Biomedical Engineering and…