2021 MCS Annual Meeting Sessions
Virtual Experimental Biology Meeting, April 27-30, 2021
Wednesday, April 28 2:00 PM - 3:30 PM EDT
MCS President's Symposium: Creating Opportunities for Microvascular Research
Chairs: Walter Lee Murfee (University of Florida) and Pooneh Bagher (Texas A&M University College of Medicine)
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Excitation Contraction Coupling- Connecting Theory to Translational Insight in the Microcirculation - Donald Welsh (Western University)
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Immune Cell Trafficking in the Fetal and Maternal Microcirculation - Markus Sperandio (Ludwig-Maximilians University)
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S1P Signaling in Cardiovascular Disease - Anja Meissner (Lund University and Wallenberg Centre for Molecular Medicine)
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Endothelial Alpha Hemoglobin Can Regulate Hypoxic Vasodilation - Brant Isakson (University of Virginia)
Thursday, April 29 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Kaley Award Featured Topic (Joint with the American Physiological Society): The Coronary Microvasculature: Small Vessels with Big Responsibilities
Dirk Dunker (Erasmus University Rotterdam)
Also Featuring:
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Vascular Rarefaction and Perivascular Fibrosis Contribute to the Development of Left Ventricular Diastolic Dysfunction in HFpEF - Katie Anne A. Fopiano (Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University)
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Mineralocorticoid Receptor Blockade Normalizes Coronary Resistance in Obese Swine Independent of Functional Alterations in Kv Channels - Shawn Bender (University of Missouri)
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Exercise Training Increases the Contribution of NADPH Oxidase 4 to Endothelium-Dependent Dilation in Collateral-Dependent Coronary Arterioles - Sharanee P. Sytha (Texas A&M University)
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Prolonged Endotethelial Dysfunction of Human Arterioles with SARS-CoV-2 - Yoshinori Nishijima (Medical College of Wisconsin)
Thursday, April 29 4:00 PM - 5:30 PM EDT
Circulatory Shock and Microvascular Dysfunction
Chairs: Binu Tharakan (Morehouse School of Medicine) and Flavia Souza-Smith (Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center - New Orleans)
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Acoustic Trauma Causes Dysfunction in Inner Ear Blood Flow - Xiaorui Shi (University of Oregon Health Science Center)
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Mechanisms of Vascular Failure and Hyporesponsiveness in Circulatory Shock Cardioprotection - Erik Kistler (University of California, San Diego)
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Microvascular Leakage in the Trauma-Hemorrhage Setting - Jerome Breslin (University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine)
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The Translational Tale of Hydroxocobalamin for Treatment of Microvascular Injury - Julie Freed (Medical College of Wisconsin)
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R2513 - Anti-Cancer Therapy Provokes Human Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction via Circulating Mitochondrial DNA and TLR9 Activation - Janee Terwoord (Medical College of Wisconsin)
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R2429 - SARS-Cov-2 Spike Protein Causes Human Lung Endothelial Inflammation - Victor Chatterjee (University of South Florida)
Thursday, April 29 6:00 PM - 7:00 PM EDT
MCS Business Meeting and President's Poster Reception
Note that this meeting will be held on Zoom outside of the Experimental Biology web framework. A link will be provided to all members via email.
This meeting will feature an update about the MCS, plus will feature receipients of the Zweifach student and Pappenheimer postdoctoral awards, with breakout rooms in which poster highlights will be presented.
Friday, April 30 10:00 AM - 11:30 AM EDT
Emerging Topics in Microcirculation
Chairs: Anjelica Gonzalez (Yale University) and Shawn Bender (University of Missouri)
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Effect of Anti-Cancer Therapy on Human Microvascular Function - Andreas Beyer (Medical College of Wisconsin)
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Consequences of Extracellular Matrix Abnormalities on Small Resistance Arteries - Carmen Halabi (Washington University School of Medicine)
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Multi-Scale Modeling, Experimental Mechanics, and In Vivo Imaging Towards Understanding Structure-Function Relationships in The Lymphatic Circulation - J. Brandon Dixon (Georgia Institute of Technology)
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Tools for Spatial-Temporal Mapping of the Microcirculation - Arvind Pathak (The Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine)
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The Role of Neuromodulatory Signaling in Functional Hyperemia - Cam Ha Tran (University of Nevada, Reno School of Medicine)
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Examining Vascular Adaptations to Spaceflight - Pooneh Bagher (Texas A&M University College of Medicine)
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Novel Mechanisms Regulating Lymphatic Valve Formation - Ying Yang (University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine)
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High-resolution Imaging and Manipulation of Brain Capillaries In Vivo - Andy Shih (Seattle Children’s Hospital/University of Washington School of Medicine)
Friday, April 30 2:30 PM-3:30 PM EDT
MCS Landis Award Lecture: Searching for Molecular Regulators of Endothelial Permeability in Inflammation: My Journey in Microcirculation Research
Sarah Yuan (University of South Florida Morsani College of Medicine)
Posters
The MCS posters include the followign abstract categories:
| 1030-APS | Angiogenesis/Microvascular Remodeling/Injury & Repair |
| 1031-APS | Atherosclerosis/Thrombosis/Platelets |
| 1032-APS | Inflammation/Leukocyte-Endothelium Interactions |
| 1033-APS | Instrumentation, Methodology, and Experimental Models |
| 1034-APS | Ischemia-Reperfusion/Free Radical Biology |
| 1035-APS | Lymphatic Function |
| 1036-APS | Microvascular Cell Signaling Pathways |
| 1037-APS | Microvascular Development and Aging |
| 1038-APS | Microvascular Flow Regulation/Oxygen Delivery/Networks |
| 1039-APS | Microvascular Mechanics/Hemodynamics/Rheology |
| 1040-APS | Microvascular Pathophysiology-pharmacology, Therapeutics and Translational Aspects |
| 1041-APS | Pericytes and Stem Cells |
| 1042-APS | Permeability/Fluid & Solute Exchange/Glycocalyx |
| 1043-APS | Tissue-Microvessel Interactions/Extracellular Matrix |
| 1044-APS | Vasomotor Control: Endothelium/Smooth Muscle/Nerves |