Date:
Tuesday, May 5, 2015, 4:00pm to 5:00pm
Location:
Brigham and Women's Hospital, Anesthesia Conference Room, 75 Francis Street, Boston, MA
BWH Leaders in Regenerative Medicine Seminar
Online registration recommended.
Presentation:Benjamin Humphreys, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Renal Division, HMS
and
Rafael Kramann, MD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Humphreys Lab
Organ fibrosis is the leading cause of death in the industrialized world, but the pathogenic mechanisms driving this process are not clearly understood. This talk will review the fate and functional roles of Gli1+ myofibroblast progenitors in solid organ fibrosis, and outline potential new therapeutic strategies.
Directions to the Anesthesia Conference Room
- Follow the BWH Pike to Exit 4 to the Mary Horrigan Connors Center for Women’s Health
- Take the elevator to L1
- Turn so that the entrance to the Dept. of Anesthesia offices is behind you and you are facing the hallway.
Make a right at the hall way and go straight ahead, underneath the sign for the Anesthesia conference room.