Center for Matrix Biology - Vanderbilt University and Medical Center

Date	Thursday November 13, 2008
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	"The Wnt Modulator sFRP2 Enhances Mesenchymal Stem Cell Engraftment, Granulation Tissue Formation, and Myocardial Repair"
Speaker	Maria Paula Alfaro Graduate Student, Young lab Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"Targeted Drug Delivery Using Recombinant Peptides"
Speaker	Roberto Diaz, M.D., Ph.D. Chief Resident, Department of Radiation Oncology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Thursday September 25, 2008
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	"Designer Triple Helical Molecules: A New Tool for Studying Cell-Matrix Interactions"
Speaker	Vadim Pedchenko, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor Division of Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"Identification of Noncollagenous Sites Encoding Assembly of α3α4α5(IV) collagen: Implication for Alport Gene Therapy"
Speaker	Jeong Suk Kang, Ph.D. Postdoctoral Fellow Division of Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Thursday May 15, 2008
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	" Laminin matrix assembly and receptor interactions: studies with in vitro and mouse models"
Speaker	Peter D. Yurchenco, M.D., Ph.D. Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway, NJ
Date	Thursday May 8, 2008
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	“Biodegradable polyurethane scaffolds and delivery systems for tissue engineering”
Speaker	Scott Guelcher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Vanderbilt University
Title	“Using microscopy to image the tumor microenvironment”
Speaker	Michelle Martin, Ph.D. Research Fellow Department of Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Thursday March 20, 2008
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	"Crosstalk Between Platelet Surface Receptors Influences Platelet Adhesion to collagen"
Speaker	Robin Marjoram Graduate Student, Santoro Lab Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"Selective Release of Mast Cell Pre-formed IL-6 Requires the a2b1 Integrin"
Speaker	Karissa McCall-Culbreath Graduate Student, Zutter Lab Department of Microbiology and Immunology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
	Thursday February 21, 2008
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	"Unconventional roles of collagens in synapse formation"
Speaker	Michael A. Fox, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Anatomy and Neurobiology Virginia Commonwealth University Medical Campus, Richmond, VA
Date	Thursday January 17, 2008
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	"To Stick or Not to Stick, That Is the Cell's Question"
Speaker	John Wikswo, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, and Physics Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education
Title	"Proteolytic Processing of Laminin-5 by Hepsin and Its Implications In Prostate Cancer"
Speaker	Manisha Tripathi Graduate Student, Quaranta Lab Department of Cancer Biology, Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Thursday November 29, 2007
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	“Acceleration of Wound Healing with FGF Binding Protein”
Speaker	Jeff Davidson, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	“Radiation-guided Drug Delivery to Tumors”
Speaker	Zhaozhong Han, Ph.D Assistant Professor of Radiation Oncology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Thursday October 18, 2007
Place	MCN C-2303 @ 4:00 PM
Title	" Structural basis for the crypticity of B cell autoepitopes of the Goodpasture autoantigen"
Speaker	Roberto Vanacore, Ph. D. Research Fellow, Division of Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"Uncoupling anti-GBM antibodies from glomerulonephritis: insights from mouse models"
Speaker	Dorin-Bogdan Borza, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Wednesday May 23, 2007
Place	PRB 898-B @ 2:45 PM
Title	"The Rigidity of the ECM Regulates Invadopodia Formation and Function"
Speaker	Nelson Alexander, Ph.D. Research Fellow, Department of Cancer Biology Scott Guelcher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Department of Chemical Engineering
Title	"Surface-Absorbed Gradients of ECM Proteins and Haptotaxis"
Speaker	Walter Georgescu Graduate Student, Department of Biomedical Engineering
Date	Wednesday April 18, 2007
Place	PRB 898-B @ 2:45 PM
Title	"Structural Basis of α2 Integrin I Domain Activation"
Speaker	S. Kent Dickeson, Ph.D. Research Assistant Professor, Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"The α2β1 Integrin Regulates Tumor Metastasis"
Speaker	Norma Ramirez, Ph.D. Research Fellow, Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Wednesday March 28, 2007
Time	PRB 898-B @ 2:45 PM
Title	"CARP:Fishing for Answers"
Speaker	Susan Samaras, Ph.D. Research Instructor, Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"Thrombospondins in Tissue Repair"
Speaker	Jeff Davidson, Ph.D. Professor of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Wednesday February 28, 2007
Time	PRB 898-B @ 2:45 PM
Title	“Drugs for Diseases of Bone Remodeling”
Speaker	Gregory R. Mundy, M.D. Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, Orthopaedics, and Cancer Biology Director, Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology
Title	“Experiments of Nature (and of our lab) to Identify New Regulators of Bone Remodeling”
Speaker	Florent Elefteriou, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine and Clinical Pharmacology Vanderbilt Center for Bone Biology
Date	Wednesday January 24, 2007
Time	PRB 898-B @ 2:45 PM
Title	"MMPs and bone matrix degradation"
Speaker	Conor C. Lynch, Ph.D. Assistant Professor, Vanderbilt Orthopedics Institute Department of Cancer Biology
Title	"Evidence for a switch from heterotrimeric laminin-5 to monomeric γ2 chain production in colon cancer: association with poor prognosis"
Speaker	Cherise Guess Ph.D. Candidate, Departments of Microbiology, Meharry Medical College and Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Wednesday November 29, 2006
Time	PRB 898-B @ 2:45 PM
Title	"Targeted Drug Delivery to Cancer Vasculature"
Speaker	Dennis Hallahan, M.D. Professor and Chair of Radiation Oncology, Professor of Cancer Biology and Biomedical Engineering Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"PAI-1 and Cardiac Fibrosis"
Speaker	William S. Bradham, M.D., Ph.D. Cardiovascular Medicine Fellow Division of Cardiovascular Sciences Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Wednesday October 25, 2006
Time	PRB 898-B @ 2:45 PM
Title	"Role of integrin α1β1 in renal fibrosis"
Speaker	Ambra Pozzi, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine/Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"The interplay between integrins α1β1 and α1β1in renal cell tubulogenesis"
Speaker	Roy Zent, M.D.,Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine/Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
	Wednesday September 27, 2006
	PRB 898-B @ 2:45 PM
Title	"Towards the Crystal Structure of Type IV Collagen NC1 Monomers"
Speaker	Munirathinam Sundaramoorthy, Ph.D. Assistant Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"How "Carbonyl Stress" Contributes to the Pathogenesis of Diabetic Nephropathy: A Hypothesis"
Speaker	Paul Voziyan, Ph.D. Research Associate Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Wednesday May 31, 2006
Time	PRB 898 @ 3:00 PM
Title	"Microfabricated Bioreactors for Studying Cell/Matrix Interactions"
Speaker	John Wikswo, Ph.D. Professor of Biomedical Engineering Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Physics Vanderbilt Institute for Integrative Biosystems Research and Education
Title	"Poly(ester urethane) Biomaterials for Bone Tissue Engineering"
Speaker	Scott Guelcher, Ph.D. Assistant Professor Department of Chemical Engineering Vanderbilt University
Date	Wednesday April 26, 2006
Time	PRB 898 @ 3:00 PM
Title	"The α2β1 Integrin and Tumor Progression"
Speaker	Mary M. Zutter, M.D. Professor of Pathology and Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"The α2β1 Integrin – Something Old and Something New"
Speaker	Samuel A. Santoro, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chair Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Wednesday March 29, 2006
Time	PRB 898 @ 3:00 PM
Title	"Laminin Assembly and the Induction of Cell Polarity"
Speaker	Peter D. Yurchenco, M.D., Ph. D. Professor, Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine UMDNJ, Robert Wood Johnson Medical School Piscataway, NJ
Date	Wednesday February 22, 2006
Place	PRB 898 @ 3:00 PM
Title	"Nanoparticulate Gene Delivery with Matrix Molecules"
Speaker	Jeff Davidson, Ph. D. Professor Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"Mesenchymal Stem Cells and Wound Repair"
Speaker	Susan Opalenik, Ph. D. Research Assistant Professor Department of Pathology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Date	Wednesday January 25, 2006
Place	PRB 898 B @ 3:00 PM
Title	"An Overview of what's happening in the Matrisian lab"
Speaker	Lynn Matrisian, Ph. D. Professor and Chair Department of Cancer Biology Ingram Distinguished Professor of Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"Integrin Binding to Laminins"
Speaker	Mark Harris Graduate Student Department of Cancer Biology Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Date	Wednesday November 30, 2005
Place	PRB 898 B @ 3:00 PM
Title	"Beta1 integrin and the Kidney"
Speaker	Roy Zent, M.D., Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"The Link between integrin a1b1 and reactive oxygen species production"
Speaker	Ambra Pozzi, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Divison of Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Date	Wednesday October 26, 2005
Place	PRB 898 B @ 3:00 PM
Title	"Novel collagen IV isoform switch improves renal phenotype in Alport mouse model"
Speaker	Dorin-Bogdan Borza, Ph. D. Assistant Professor of Medicine Division of Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center
Title	"Identification of the elusive crosslink that stabilizes the non-collagenous domain hexamer of collagen IV networks"
Speaker	Roberto Vanacore, M.S. Graduate student Division of Nephrology Vanderbilt University Medical Center

Date	Thursday September 29, 2005
Place	214 Light Hall @ 8:00 AM
Title	"Pathophysiology of Metabolic Alkalosis"
Speaker	Thomas DuBose, M.D. Professor and Chair, Internal Medicine and Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1052
Date	Friday September 30, 2005
Place	3131 MRB III @ 8:30 AM
Title	"Molecular Regulation of H+,K+-ATPases in Kidney"
Speaker	Thomas DuBose, M.D. Professor and Chair, Internal Medicine and Professor of Physiology and Pharmacology Wake Forest University School of Medicine Winston-Salem, NC 27157-1052

Date	Wednesday May 25, 2005
Place	3131 MRB III @ 3:00 PM
Title	"Using Surface Plasmon Resonance Technology to Unravel the Mechanism of Complex Protein Interactions and Assembly"
Speaker	Kristmundur Sigmundsson, Ph. D. Novo Nordisk A/S, Måløv Denmark

Date	April 6, 2005
Title	"The Two-Faced Janus Nature of Cancer Dissemination: Protease Contributions from the Stromal Face and/or the Tumor Face"
Speaker	James P. Quigley, Ph. D. Professor, Department of Cell Biology-VB1 Division of Vascular Biology The Scripps Research Institute La Jolla, CA 92037

Date	March 17, 2005
Title	“Lipoprotein and protease receptors: Role in cargo transport, cell migration and cell signaling events”
Speaker	Dudley Strickland, Ph.D. Professor, Department of Surgery and Physiology Director, Center for Vascular and Inflammatory Diseases University of Maryland School of Medicine Rockville, MD 20855

Date	December 17, 2004
Title	"ECM influence on cell differentiation and morphogenesis"
Speaker	Francesco Ramirez, Ph.D. St. Giles Chair of Genetics Chief Scientific Officer, Hospital for Special Surgery Professor, Department of Physiology and Biophysics Adjunct Professor, Department of Cell and Developmental Biology and Pediatrics Weill Medical College of Cornell University New York, NY 10021

Date	October 15, 2004
Title	"The Life of Glycoprotein"
Speaker	William J Lennarz, Ph.D. Distinguished Professor and Chairman Dept of Biochemistry and Cell Biology Director, Institute for Cell and Development Biology State University of New York at Stony Brook Stony Brook, NY 11794

Date	October 8, 2004
Title	"Structure of the c-propeptide of type I Collagen"
Speaker	Arthur Veis, Ph.D. Professor Emeritus of Biochemistry and Molecular Biology Dept of Cell and Molecular Biology Feinberg School of Medicine Northwestern University Chicago, IL 60611

Date	July 16, 2004
Title	"The Generation of nephritogenic immune responses and glomerular injury"
Speaker	Richard Kitching, MB ChB, FRACP, Ph.D. Senior Lecturer, Centre for Inflammatory Diseases Monash University, Dept of Medicine Monash Medical Centre Melbourne, Australia

Date	June 24, 2004
Title	"Mysteries and miseries of the kidney filter"
Speaker	Karl Tryggvason, M.D., Ph.D. Professor and Chairman Division of Matrix Biology Department of Medical Biochemistry and Biophysics Karolinska Institutet Stockholm, Sweden

Date	September 5, 2003
Title	“Roles for Laminin in Development and Function of the Kidney Glomerulus”
Speaker	Jeffrey H. Miner, Ph.D. Associate Professor of Medicine and Cell Biology & Physiology Washington University – Renal Division 660 South Euclid Avenue – Box 8126 St. Louis, Missouri 63110

Date	July 31, 2003
Title	“Isotopically-labeled Oligosaccharides: Synthesis and 3D Structure Using NMR Scalar and Dipolar Couplings”
Speaker	Anthony S. Serianni, Ph.D. Professor of Chemistry and Biochemistry 251 Nieuwland Science Hall University of Notre Dame Notre Dame, Indiana 46556-5670

Date	June 13, 2003
Title	“Glomerular Endothelial Cell Development and Role in GBM Assembly”
Speaker	Dale R. Abrahamson, Ph.D. Professor & Chair, Anatomy and Cell Biology University of Kansas Medical Center 3901 Rainbow Boulevard – 2008 Wahl Hall East Kansas City, Kansas 66160-7400