Wound Healing Research Conference
2004 WOUND HEALING RESEARCH CONFERENCE
Board Room - 5th Floor Eye and Ear Institute
1:00 p.m. – 2:00 p.m.
(Lunch will be provided)

Contact: Lori Impavido (impavil@chp.edu) in the departmental research office (412) 692-6764
or Dr. Hebda at (hebda@pitt.edu)(412)692-6217
For information regarding the schedule, please contact Hilary Hake (Hilary.Hake@chp.edu) at (412) 692-7947

Next Scheduled Meeting: 14 December, 2004 at 1:00 pm

Latha Satish, PhD
Department of Pathology

Topic: Role of calpains during keratinocyte migration

2004

January
6 No Meeting Scheduled
20

Akihiro Iwabu
Department of Pathology
EGF induces fibroblast contractility and motility via a PKCδ-dependent pathway
February
3

Vlad Sandulache
Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology
The Role of Prostaglandin E2 in Wound Healing

17

Charu Agarwal
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Bioengineering
Differential Phenotypic Expression of Healing vs Normal MCL Fibroblasts
March
2

Suzanne Bertera, PhD
Department of Pediatrics, Division of Immunogenetics
Body Window-Enabled In Vivo Imaging of Transplanted Islets of Langerhans in Mice
16

Phil G. Campbell, PhD
Institute of Complex Engineered Systems and Department of Biomedical Engineering, CMU
Biological Pattern Formation Using Printed Solid-phase Growth Factors

April
6

Rich Bodnar
Department of Pathology
Regulation of Endothelial Cell Motility Through the CXC-receptor Pathway
20

Aron Parekh, PhD
Department of Pediatric Otolaryngology
Collagen Gels Remodeled by Fibroblast Ttraction Forces(work done for PhD Dissertation at Penn State University, Department of Chemical Engineering)
May
4

Anand Iyer
Department of Pathology
The Role of ECM Proteins in Wound Healing
18

David J. Hackam, MD, PhD
Departments of Pediatric Surgery and Cell Biology and Physiology
The Role of Gap Junctions and Vesicular Transport During Intestinal Transport
June
1

James H-C. Wang
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Bioengineering
Superoxide regulates stretching-induced a-SMA expression via activation of p38 MAPK
15 NO SEMINAR
SUMMER BREAK
September
21

Pui-yan Lee
Department of Bioengineering and Center for Pharmacogenetics, School of Pharmacy
Biodegradable Scaffolds for Gene Delivery in Diabetic Wounds
October
5

Charu Agarwal, MS
Departments of Orthopedic Surgery and Bioengineering, Musculo-Skeletal Research Center
Differential expression of contraction, collagen synthesis, and alpha-smooth muscle actin in healing and normal rat MCL fibroblasts
19 Susan Reynolds, PhD
Department of Environmental and Occupational Health School of Public Health
Stem cells of the tracheobronchial epithelium
November
2

David Hackam, MD, PhD
Depts of Pediatrics and Cell Biol & Physiol
The role of gap junctions in the modulation of cell migration during necrotizing enterocolitis
16

Ryan Branski, MA
NIH predoctoral fellow Dept of Communication Sci and Disorders School of Health & Rehabilitation Sciences
Vocal fold fibroblast response to mechanical stress
30

Yoram Vodovotz, PhD
Department of Surgery
Reciprocal regulation of iNOS & TGFß1—implications for wound healing
December
Date change to 2nd Tuesday due to Amer Soc for Cell Biology meeting
14

Latha Satish, PhD
Department of Pathology
Role of calpains during keratinocyte migration

Past Schedule