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2016 Oct 12

Reprogramming approaches to understand cellular diversity and aging associated disease - in blood, brain and vasculature

3:30pm to 4:30pm

Location: 

Harvard University, BioLabs Lecture Hall Room 1080, 16 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA

HSCRB-HSCI Seminar Series

Guest Speaker:
Kristin K. Baldwin, PhD
Associate Professor
Molecular & Cellular Neuroscience Department
Dorris Neuroscience Center
Scripps Research Institute
...

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2016 Oct 26

11th Annual BMP Conference

Wed - Sun, Oct 26 to Oct 30, 8:00am - 4:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, Joseph B. Martin Conference Center, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

Please visit the event website for more details.  http://www.bmp2016boston.com/

For questions about the event, please email bmpboston2016@gmail.com

Confirmed speakers include HSCI's David Breault, Bjorn Olsen and Amy Wagers.

BMP 2016 is designed to expand our understanding of how the BMP signaling axis (BMP/TGFβ/Activin/GDF) influences development and maintenance of...

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2016 Jul 21

Cardiovascular Development in Zebrafish - From Cell Differentiation to Behavior

4:00pm to 5:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, New Research Building, Room 457, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

BWH | HMS Seminar in Molecular and Genomic Medicine | Department of Medicine | Genetics Division

Guest speaker:
Didier Stainier, PhD
Max-Planck Institute for Heart and Lung Research
BAd Nauheim, Germany

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2015 Jul 14

Cell stress regulation driving resident progenitor cell function: a potential pan-stem cell mechanism?

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Harvard Medical School, New Research Building, Room 350, 77 Avenue Louis Pasteur, Boston, MA

Special Invited Seminar of the Heart and Vascular Center, Brigham and Women's Hospital

Guest speaker:
David Sassoon, PhD
Director of Research INSERM
Stem Cells and Regenerative Medicine Team
Universite de Pierre et Marie Curie - Sorbonne Universites

Host:  Paul B. Yu, PhD  (857-307-1988)

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2014 Dec 03

Modeling cardiomyopathy and regenerating hearts with pluripotent stem cells

4:30pm to 5:30pm

Location: 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Shapiro Breakout Room, 70 Francis Street, Boston

BWH Leaders in Regenerative Medicine Seminar

Guest speaker:
Chuck Murry, MD, PhD
Professor, Pathology, Bioengineering, and Medicine/Cardiology
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Biology
Co-Director, Institute for Stem Cell and Regenerative Medicine
University of Washington

Online registration is recommended.

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2014 Nov 13

HSCI Technology Series: "All-optical electrophysiology"

12:00pm to 1:00pm

Location: 

Harvard University, Sherman-Fairchild 261, 7 Divinity Ave., Cambridge, MA

Guest presenters:
Adam Cohen, PhD
Professor and Howard Hughes Medical Institute Investigator
Departments of Chemistry and Chemical Biology and of Physics
and

Daniel Hochbaum, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Cohen Lab
Department of Chemistry and Chemical Biology

Abstract:
We recently developed a technology for probing the electrophysiology of cells using light-alone.  A blue light-activated ion channel triggers membrane depolarizations...

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2014 Apr 04

HSCI Cardiovascular Program Inter-Lab Meeting

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Dana-Farber Cancer Institute, Jimmy Fund Auditorium, 35 Binney Street, Boston, MA

Agenda:
Jordan Layton-Mange (Research Fellow in Medicine, Milan Lab)
"Utilizing Stem Cell-Derived Models of Arrhythmia: Increasing throughput, drug validation, and a new approach for genetic discovery"

Zhanpeng Huang (Instructor in Pediatrics, BCH, Wang lab)
"Regulation of cardiac hypertrophy and dilated cardiomyopathy by CIP"

Pizza and beverages will be provided at the meeting.

2014 Jan 06

HSCI Cardiovascular Program PIs Meeting

12:30pm to 2:00pm

Location: 

Brigham and Women's Hospital, Shapiro Bldg., Room S-L5A, 70 Francis Street, Boston, MA

Directions to the meeting room:
In the BWH Shapiro building, take the elevator to level 5. Exit the elevator and turn left. Go through the glass doors  (labelled "Cardiovascular Faculty Offices") and turn right. Walk around the right side of the reception desk towards the wall ahead of you. L5A is on your right, next to a portrait hanging on the wall.... Read more about HSCI Cardiovascular Program PIs Meeting