Research in Progress Seminars
Welcome to CVRTI's Research in Progress seminar series. Research in Progress seminars give CVRTI's investigators an opportunity to discuss their ongoing research. Below you will find dates of future and past seminars conducted at the CVRTI. The next seminar is highlighted. Future seminars precede the highlighted one. Past seminars follow the highlighted one.
| Date | Title | Speaker |
| May 10, 2013 | Stretch-activated ion channels in rabbit ventricular myocytes | Qinghua Hu, MD,PhD |
| May 10, 2013 | Structural Remodeling of Cardiac Cells in Heart Failure and after Cardiac Resynchronization Therapy | Hui Li, MD,PhD |
| Apr 12, 2013 | Epigenetic Modifications and Gene Regulation in Heart Failure | Sarah Franklin, PhD |
| Nov 09, 2012 | Translating Confocal Imaging for Intraoperative Discrimination of Cardiac Tissues | Chao Huang |
| Nov 09, 2012 | Cytoskeletal Remodeling of Cardiac Ventricular Myocytes during Heart Failure | Lichter, Justin |
| Sep 14, 2012 | Defining the deleterious nature of putative Long QT Syndrome mutations | Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD |
| Apr 13, 2012 | Tuning inactivation of ERG/EAG channels | Vivek Garg, PhD |
| Jan 13, 2012 | Detection of Mitochondrial Depolarization Utilizing the Spatial Arrangement of Mitochondria in Cardiomyocytes and the Biophysical Properties of a Cationic Fluorophore | Paul Venable |
| Jan 13, 2012 | Electrical Depression in Sudden Cardiac Death--What is the Role of Hyperkalemia? | Tyson Taylor |
| Dec 08, 2011 | Diabetic cardiomyopathy and sudden cardiac death in diabetes - Role of cardiac calcium handling | Anders Peter Larsen, PhD |
| Oct 14, 2011 | Deformation of the Transverse Tubular System Caused by Contraction Speaker | Tom McNary |
| Oct 14, 2011 | Imaging of Cardiac Tissue Using Fiber-Optics Confocal Microscopy | Chao Huang |
| Sep 09, 2011 | EC-Coupling: How does structure inform our opinions on function? | Natalia Torres, PhD |
| Jun 10, 2011 | Functional expression of the sodium-activated potassium current in mammalian cardiomyocytes | Craig Dietrich, PhD |
| Jun 10, 2011 | Pharmacology of Slo2.1 channel activators | Priyanka Garg |
| Apr 15, 2011 | di-4-ANEPPS - friend or foe? | Anders Peter Larsen, PhD |
| Apr 15, 2011 | Na+ influx is an Important Determinant for Arrhythmias in a Drug Induced Model of Andersen-Tawil Syndrome | Przemyslaw Radwanski |
| Feb 11, 2011 | Mitochondrial role in cardioplegic rat and guinea-pig hearts exposed to ischemia-reperfusion: energetical study and pharmacological characterization | Alicia Elvira Consolini, PhD |
| Jan 14, 2011 | Metabolic factors of asystole as an outcome of ischemic VF in isolated canine hearts | Junko Shibayama, PhD |
| Nov 11, 2010 | Four Mechanisms of Sodium Current Block by Lidocaine | Michael Sheet Lab |
| Oct 08, 2010 | The zebrafish as a model system for the study of human Long QT Syndrome | Marty Tristani Lab |
| Sep 17, 2010 | Na+ currents are required for efficient excitation-contraction coupling in rabbit ventricular myocytes: a possible contribution of neuronal Na+ channel to triggering Ca2+ release from the Sarcoplasmic Reticulum | Natalia Torres |
| Jul 09, 2010 | Effects of Strain on Transverse Tubules and Electrical Properties of Ventricular Myocytes | Tom McNary |
| Jun 11, 2010 | Effects of Acidosis of Cardiac L-Type Calcium Current | Noriko Saegusa, PhD |
| May 14, 2010 | Unidirectional Fluxes in heterotypic gap junction channels can be explained by differences in channel’s pore shape: A Brownian Mathematical Model explains that there are no lobster traps or Maxwell’s demons involved. | Abhijit Mondal |
| May 14, 2010 | A Novel flexible Multi-Electrode Array system allows recording electrical signals from 2 and 3 dimensional cardiocytes tissues. | Alonso P. Moreno, PhD |
| Apr 09, 2010 | Modification of hERG1 Channel Gating by Divalent Cations | Jennifer Abbruzzese |
| Apr 09, 2010 | Mechanism of Action and Molecular Determinants for Binding of a hERG1 Channel Activator | Vivek Garg, PhD |
| Mar 12, 2010 | Gap Junctions and Cardiac Conduction: Is Edema The Missing Link | Rengasayee Veeraraghavan |
| Mar 12, 2010 | Characteristic Frequency Analysis of the Inward Rectifier Kir 2.1 | Ryan Rigby |
| Feb 12, 2010 | Complex Structure of Electrophysiological Gradients During Long- Duration Ventricular Fibrillation in Canine Heart | Paul Venable |
| Feb 12, 2010 | Role of ATP-Sensitive Potassium Current (IKATP) in the Dynamics of Long-Duration Ventricular Fibrillation and Asystole: Evidence for IKAP-Mediated Polymorphism | Tyson Taylor |
| Jan 08, 2010 | 3D Optical Mapping of Cardiac Arrhythmias: From Surface to Deep Myocardial Imaging | Bogdan G. Mitrea, PhD |
| Nov 07, 2008 | Slo2.1 potassium channel biology | Li Dai |
| Nov 07, 2008 | Exploring mechanisms of action and binding sites for hERG channel activators | Matthew Perry, PhD |
| Nov 07, 2008 | Heterogeneous Calcium Handling Modulates Spatio-Temporal Initiation of Premature Beats During Conditions of Calcium Overload | Przemyslaw Radwanski |
| Oct 17, 2008 | Edema Increases Conduction Anisotropy Heterogeneously Between the Left and Right Ventricles | Sai Veeraraghavan |
| Sep 26, 2008 | New Infra-red Emitting Voltage Sensitive Dye for Recording Action Potential in Isolated Myocytes | Mark Warren , PhD |
| Apr 25, 2008 | Cardiac Gap Junction Channels: News On Molecular Interactions That Affect Gating And Permeability | Alonso Moreno, PhD |
| Feb 22, 2008 | Molecular Pharmacology of Cardiac K+ Channels | Michael C. Sanguinetti, PhD |
| Nov 16, 2007 | The hERG Potassium Channel and Cardiac Excitability: Making Sense of Voltage Sensing | Martin Tristani-Firouzi, MD |
| Jul 27, 2007 | The Effects of Glucose and Insulin on the Ischemic Heart | Bonnie Punske, PhD |
| May 25, 2007 | Repolarization Measurement and Assessment: Novel Approaches for Improving Risk Assessment | Robert Lux, PhD |
| Apr 27, 2007 | Studies on Anti-Arrhythmic Drug Interactions with Sodium Channels | Michael F. Sheets, MD |
| Mar 23, 2007 | Permeability and Gating Properties of Hetero-oligomeric Gap Junction Channels Lacking PKC Functional Domains | Alonso Moreno, PhD |
| Mar 16, 2007 | Researches in Progress | Mohamed Hamdan, MD |
| Feb 20, 2007 | I. Mechanoelectrical Feedback Mechanisms in Cardiac Tissue II. Processing of Confocal Microscopic Images | Frank B. Sachse, PhD |
| Dec 11, 2006 | The Electrocardiology of Myocardial Ischemia | Rob S. MacLeod, PhD |
| Oct 27, 2006 | The Role of Interventricular Heterogeneities on Normal and Pathophysiology | Steve Poelzing, PhD |
| Sep 22, 2006 | Evolution of Ventricular Fibrillation - A Link Between Cellular Dynamics and ECG | Alexey V. Zaitsev, PhD |
| Aug 18, 2006 | The Mechanism of Action of a New Anti-Anginal Drug | William H. Barry |
| Jul 20, 2006 | hERG Potassium Channel Activators | David Fernandez, PhD and Matthew Perry, PhD |
| Jun 16, 2006 | The Role of Gap Junctions in Controlling Cardiac Intracellular pH | Kenneth W. Spitzer, PhD |
| May 19, 2006 | Three-dimensional Mapping of Ventricular Excitation, Recovery and Associated Potential Fields | Bruno Taccardi, MD,PhD |
| Apr 21, 2006 | Couplon Structure and Function: Consequences for EC Coupling in Heart | John HB Bridge |
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