The Centre for Cardiovascular Science progress report meetings are held every Thursday in the QMRI, Little France, at 12pm-1pm. Thursday 15th December Speaker 1: Kajal Manwani: Hepatic 11?-Hydroxysteroid Dehydrogenase Type I and Atherosclerosis Risk Speaker 2: Sophie Zhao: Investigating cell specialization and differentiation in mouse adrenal cortex Chair: Shareen Forbes Thursday 8th December Speaker 1: Robert Hunter: A phenotype in the distal convoluted tubule in the syndrome of apparent mineralocorticoid excess Speaker 2: Eva Zou: The effect of 11bHSD1 in liver fibrosis and inflammation Chair: Nik Morton Thursday 1st December Speaker 1: Kathryn Wilson : Role of glucocorticoids on development of the cardiovascular system in zebrafish Speaker 2: Zhenguang Zhang : Dissecting the role of myeloid cell 11beta-HSD1 in inflammation Chair: Rebecca Reynolds Thursday 24th December Speaker 1: Chris White: Targeted 11b-HSD1 Deficiency Alters Heart Chamber Size But Not Contractility Speaker 2: Anna Stefanska: : Renin secreting cells in the human fetal kidney co-express pericyte markers Chair: Kerry McInnes Thursday 17th November Speaker 1: Rachel Verdon: Live, high resolution imaging of the developing zebrafish pronephros' Chair: Paddy Hadoke Thursday 10th November Speaker 1: Mei Lye: Longitudinal studies on the role of 11BHSD1 in cognitive ageing Speaker 2: Kirsten Rose: The use of fluorescence resonance energy transfer probes in molecular imaging Chair: Megan Holmes Thursday 3rd November Speaker 1: Sebastian Pieperhoff: The complexity of heart muscle cell connecting structures Speaker 2: James Baily: BHF CoRE funded Postgraduate Training in Rodent Pathology Chair: Nik Morton Thursday 27th October Speaker 1: Robert Menzies: Control of blood pressure and renal function in angiotensin II dependent hypertension Location Speaker 2: Natalie Homer: Using Mass Spectrometry in Clinical and Pre-clinical Research Chair: Scott Webster Thursday 20th October Speaker 1: Lizzie Skinner : Endothelial outgrowth cells have an identical phenotype to umbilical vein endothelial cells Speaker 2: Sophie Turban Rajaonah: 11-beta Hydroxysteroid dehydrogenase type 1 in pancreatic islets: a new role in beta-cell protectio Chair: Mandy Drak Thursday 13th October Speaker: Tiina Kipari: Are the atheroprotective effects of 11β-HSD1 deficiency attributable to immune cells or somatic tissue? Chair: Gillian Gray Thursday 6th October Speaker 1: Kim De Mora: Zebrafish heart organoculture: a new model to study regeneratio Speaker 2: Abhijeet Choudhary : Heme oxygenase and type 2 diabetes Chair: Martin Denvir Thursday 29th September Speaker 1: Ash Taylor: Nanoparticles: A role in neurodegenerative disease Speaker 2: Gianfranco Matrone : Role of Cyclin-dependent kinase 9 in cardiomyocyte proliferation in zebrafish Chair: Ruth Andrew Thursday 22nd September Speaker 1: Jennifer Bolton : Genetic epidemiology and genome-wide association studies - application towards understanding cortisol in humans. Speaker 2: Sarah Robertson : Does exposure to diesel particulate predispose the heart to increased injury after myocardial infarction? Chair: Nik Morton All welcome. Publication date 18 Jun, 2015
