Cardiovascular Research Institute NUHC-MBI Mini Symposium
Date: October 23, 2020
Time: 1pm Singapore (GMT +8)
This will be an in person meeting for speakers only, hosted at the 5th floor seminar room at Mechanobiology Institute, National University of Singapore, T-Lab.
All others welcome to join via ZOOM at https://bit.ly/3m4Jc9l
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PROGRAMME
13:00 – 13:05 Address by Prof. Rong Li
13:05 – 13:10 Address by Prof. Roger Foo
13:10 – 13:25 Asst. Prof. Chester Lee Drum: An ultrastable, novel nanoparticle for easy encapsulation and bioproduction
13:25 – 13:40 Prof. Low Boon Chuan: Getting to the heart of the problem – a twist from a signalling scaffold
13:40 – 13:55 Prof. Song Tuck Wah: Role of RNA Editing of Filamin A and Oxygen-sensing in Cav1.2 Calcium Channel-mediated Muscle Contraction
13:55 – 14:10 Prof Alexander D. Bershadsky: Microtubules are cellular sensory elements mediating crosstalk between integrin adhesions and the actomyosin cytoskeleton
14:10 – 14:25 Asst. Prof. Jiang Jianming: Dissection of Dilated Cardiomyopathy using Animal Models developed by Adeno-associated Virus
14:25 – 14:40 A/Prof. Tim Saunders: The role of cell and tissue mechanics in the earliest stages of heart formation
14:40 – 15:00 Break
15:00 – 15: 15 Asst. Prof. Roshni Singraja: Human genetic identification of cardiovascular targets
15:15 – 15:30 Dr. Jennifer Young: Cardiac mechanobiology as a function of ECM stiffness and nanoscale ligand spacing.
15:30 – 15:45 Asst. Prof. Rongrong Zhao: Vascular protection by targeting the chondroitin sulfate pathway
15:45 – 16:00 Prof. C.T. Lim: Microfluidic Technologies for Mechano-cardiovascular Research.
16:00 – 16:15 Asst. Prof. Matthew Ackers-Johnson: Primary engineered heart tissue for cardiac disease models
16:15 – 16:30 Prof. Rong Li: Polycystic kidney disease: what does it have in common with myocardial hypertrophy?
16:30 -1 6:50 Break
16:50 – 17:30 Round table
SPEAKERS
Asst. Prof. Chester Lee Drum
An ultrastable, novel nanoparticle for easy encapsulation and bioproduction
Asst. Prof. Rongrong Zhao
Vascular protection by targeting the chondroitin sulfate pathway
Asst. Prof. Jiang Jianming
Dissection of Dilated Cardiomyopathy using Animal Models developed by Adeno-associated Virus
Prof. Song Tuck Wah
Role of RNA Editing of Filamin A and Oxygen-sensing in Cav1.2 Calcium Channel-mediated Muscle Contraction
Asst. Prof. Matthew Ackers-Johnson
Primary engineered heart tissue for cardiac disease models
Asst. Prof. Roshni Singraja
Human genetic identification of cardiovascular targets
Prof. Low Boon Chuan
Getting to the heart of the problem – a twist from a signalling scaffold
Prof. Rong Li
Polycystic kidney disease: what does it have in common with myocardial hypertrophy?
Prof. C.T. Lim
Microfluidic Technologies for Mechano-cardiovascular Research
Dr. Jennifer Young
Cardiac mechanobiology as a function of ECM stiffness and nanoscale ligand spacing.
A/Prof. Tim Saunders
The role of cell and tissue mechanics in the earliest stages of heart formation
Prof Alexander D. Bershadsky
Microtubules are cellular sensory elements mediating crosstalk between integrin adhesions and the actomyosin cytoskeleton
