Seminar Series and Symposia: Cell and Tissue Engineering in the Cardiovascular and Musculoskeletal Systems
Judith Swain (Medicine)
Thomas Andriacchi (Mechanical Engineering)
Dennis Carter (Mechanical Engineering)
Bruce Reitz (Cardiothoracic Surgery)
Paul Yock (Medicine)

Stanford University Bio X Symposium
Tissue Engineering in the Cardiovascular and Musculoskeletal Systems
The Fundamental Science Behind Manipulating Angiogenesis and Muscle Contractility

March 16, 8:30-5:30pm, Fairchild Auditorium, Stanford University

Poster Presentations by Trainees
NIH Training Program in Biotechnology, Channing Robertson, Ph.D., Program Director
Biodesign Program, Medical Device Network, Paul Yock, M.D., Program Director

8:30 a.m.         
Introduction and Overview
Judith Swain, MD
Arthur L. Bloomfield Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

9:00 a.m.         
"Basic Science Lessons From Angiogenesis Research"
Judah Folkman, MD
Julia Dickman Andrus Professor of Pediatric Surgery, and Professor of Cell Biology, Harvard Medical School
                                   
10:00 a.m.        
"Engineered Blood Vessels:  Past, Present and Future"
Laura Niklason, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering and Anesthesia, Duke University

11:00 a.m.        
“Vascular Response to Signals Derived from Growth Factors and Extracellular Matrix”
David Cheresh, PhD
Professor of Immunology and Vascular Biology, The Scripps Research Institute

11:40 a.m.        
"The Del 1 Story, A Paradigm for Functional Genomics in the Modern Era"
Thomas Quertermous, MD
William G. Irwin Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

1:30 p.m.
“VEGF-Targeted Anti-Angiogenic Gene Therapy”
Calvin Kuo, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Stanford University

2:10 p.m.         
“Stem Cells: the Ultimate Plasticity of Cell Fate”
Helen Blau, PhD
Donald E, and Delia B. Baxter Professor of Molecular Pharmacology, Stanford University

3:10 p.m.
“Identifying Genes That Improve Cardiac and Skeletal Muscle Function”
H. Lee Sweeney, PhD
William Maul Measey Professor of Physiology, University of Pennsylvania

3:50 p.m.         
"Reversing Heart Failure Via Phospholamban Inhibition and AAV Mediated Cardiotropic Gene Delivery"
Kenneth Chien, MD, PhD
American Heart Association Professor of Medicine and Director of the UCSD/Salk Program in Molecular Medicine, UC San Diego

4:30 p.m.         
Student Presentations of Posters