Cardiovascular Theme Symposium

Cardiovascular Theme Symposium

October 15, 2021

12:00 am

Session 1 Cardiomyocyte Biology

Moderator

Pearl Quijada, PhD – Assistant Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology, UCLA College of Life Sciences

Rene Packard, MD, PhD – Assistant Professor, Medicine & Physiology,

Speakers

Rachelle Crosbie, PhD – Professor, Integrative Biology & Physiology,

UCLA College of Life Sciences

Thomas Vondriska, PhD – Professor, Anesthesiology, Medicine & Physiology,

Brian Black, PhD – Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics,

University of California, San Francisco

Session 2 Vascular and Lipid Biology

Moderator

Julia Mack, PhD – Assistant Professor, Medicine,

Nicole Valenzuela, PhD – Assistant Professor, Pathology & Lab Medicine,

Speakers

Tamer Sallam, MD, PhD – Associate Professor, Medicine,

Thomas Vallim, PhD – Associate Professor, Medicine and Biological Chemistry,

Klaus Ley, MD – Professor & Head, Division of Inflammation Biology, La Jolla Institute for Allergy and Immunology, University of California San Diego,

Session 3Systems Biology and Omics

Moderator

Marlin Touma, MD, PhD – Associate Professor, Pediatrics,

Paivi Pajukanta, MD, PhD – Professor, Human Genetics,

Speakers

Jake Lusis, PhD – Professor, Medicine, Human Genetics,

and Microbiology, Immunology & Molecular Genetics

Marlin Touma, MD, PhD – Associate Professor, Pediatrics,

Stephen Montgomery, PhD – Associate Professor, Pathology,

Genetics & Computer Science, Stanford University     – and –

Session 4Ion Channels and Basic Electrophysiology

Moderator

Stephen Cannon, MD, PhD – Professor, Physiology,

Zhilin Qu, PhD – Professor, Bioengineering,

UCLA Samueli School of Engineering

Speakers

Olujimi Ajijola, MD, PhD – Associate Professor, Medicine,

Riccardo Olcese, PhD – Professor, Anesthesiology & Perioperative Medicine, and Physiology, David Geffen School of Medicine

Daniel Minor, PhD – Professor, Biochemistry & Biophysics and Cellular & Molecular Pharmacology, University of California San Francisco

Contact – Rosemary Portal – cri@mednet.ucla.edu