“China-USA Cardiovascular Symposium”

 

Hosted by ACRE-CNAHA Federation (ACF) & Chinese American Academy of Cardiology (CAAC)

Anaheim California,

Saturday, November 11^th, 2017, first night during AHA Scientific Sessions the (Nov. 11-15)

 

The lectures are open to all who wish to attend

 

Speakers will bring their presentations on a flash drive and load slide file on the laptop in the meeting room.

1:00-1:10 pm: Poster Set up

1:10-2:50 pm: Featured Scientific Presentation

(Chairs: Drs. Xiaoping Du and Simin Liu)

1.   1:00pm, Wang Wang, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, University of Washington at Seattle

     “Novel Signaling Mechanism Regulating Mitochondrial Dynamics”

2.     1:20pm, Xiaoli Tian, MD, PhD, Professor, Nanchang University

“Human aging research institute and school of life science”

3.     1:40pm, Raj Kishore, PhD, Temple University School of Medicine

     “Stem cell exosomes for myocardial repair: sacks full of goodies or not”".

4.     2:00pm, Shijun Hu, PhD, Professor, Institute for Cardiovascular Research, Soochow University "Effect of Epigenetic Memory on Differentiation and Function of Human iPSC-derived Cardiovascular Cells".

5.     2:20pm, Qing Miao, PHD, Associate Professor, Medical College of Wisconsin

“simvastatin reduced myocardial injury and atrial fibrillation by improving high density lipoprotein function。simvastatin reduced myocardial injury and atrial fibrillation by improving high density lipoprotein functionsimvastatin reduced myocardial injury and atrial fibrillation by improving high density lipoprotein functionNuclear localization of liver X receptor promotes hepatic lipogenesis”             

6.     2:40pm, Xiangan li, MD, PhD, Professor, University of Kentucky College of Medicine

“Novel sHDL as a potential therapy for Sepsis”

 

3:00-3:30, Keynote Speech

Irving Kent Loh, MD

Director, Ventura Heart Institute, Principal Investigator, Westlake Medical Res., Thousand Oaks, CA

“Repatha, A Focused Clinical Review”

 

3:30- 4:00 pm: Break and Poster Presentation

 

4:00- 6:00 pm: Young Investigator Abstract Oral Presentation:

(Chairs: Drs. Xiongwen Chen, Faqian Li & Yutao Xi; 8 finalists, 15 min talk+Q&A/each)

1. 4:00pm, Nanhu Quan, University of Mississippi Medical Center: “Sestrin2 Prevents Age-related Intolerance to Ischemia and Reperfusion Injury via Modulating Substrate Metabolism” (PI: Ji Li)
2. 4:15pm, Hanley Ma,  The Ohio State University: “A novel role of MG53 for protection against ischemia reperfusion injury in hearts” (PI: Hua Zhu)
3. 4:30pm, Jianqiu Zou, Augusta University: “Inactivation of Neddylation Activating Enzyme 1 (NAE1) in Mice and Rats Leads to Cardiac Developmental and Functional Defects” (PI: Huabo Su)
4. 4:45pm, Suowen Xu, University of Rochester: “Atheroprotective laminar flow represses the H3K27me3
5. epigenetic mark in human endothelial cells through down-regulation of EZH2” (PI: Zheng Gen Jin)
6. 5:00pm, Wei Li, Case Western Reserve University: “Role of thymidine phosphorylase in platelet activation and thrombosis” (PI: Roy L. Silverstein)
7. 5:15pm, Aiming Pang, University of Illinois at Chicago: “Outside-in Signaling of Integrina_IIbβ₃ Mediates Shear-dependent Platelet Microvesicle Formation and Phosphatidylserine Exposure” (PI: Xiaoping Du)