Agenda

14th Annual Boston Angiogenesis Meeting

Meeting Chair: Matthew A. Nugent

8:00 – 8:45 AM Registration
8:45 – 8:55 AM Introduction Matt Nugent

8:55

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10:35 AM

Session 1: Molecular Mechanisms
8:55 – 9:05 AM Moderator Introduction Nader Rahimi
9:05 – 9:35 AM Regulation of angiogenesis and tumor growth by thrombospondin-1 Jack Lawler
9:35 – 10:05 AM VEGFR-independent action of VEGF-A Andrius Kazlauskas
10:05 – 10:20 AM Transcriptional Repression of VEGF by ZNF24: Mechanistic Studies and Vascular Consequences
In Vivo		 Di Jia
10:20 – 10:35 AM Transmembrane potential as a morphogenetic signal in vivo Maria Lobikin

10:35

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10:55 AM

BREAK

10:55

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12:05 PM

Session 2: Pathologic Angiogenesis
10:55 – 11:05 AM Moderator Introduction Harold Dvorak
11:05 – 11:35 AM IGF-1 and ROP Lois Smith
11:35 – 11:50 AM Antiangiogenic agents targeting the anthrax toxin receptors Michael Rogers
11:50 – 12:05 PM Innate Immune Mediators of Retinal Neovascularization Kip Connor

12:05

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1:05 PM

LUNCH BREAK

1:05

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2:35 PM

Session 3: Development and Stem Cells
1:05 – 1:15 PM Moderator Introduction Joyce Bischoff
1:15 – 1:40 PM Regulation of angiogenesis by vascular suppressor genes Joann Chan
1:40 – 2:05 PM Vascular Production of BMP2 and its Role During Postnatal Bone Repair Louis Gerstenfeld
2:05 – 2:30 PM Reciprocal signaling between semaphorin and VEGF shapes the vascular topology Chenghua Gu

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2:50 PM

BREAK

2:50

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4:00 PM

Session 4: Therapeutic Angiogenesis
2:50 – 3:00 PM Moderator Introduction Rakesh Jain
3:00 – 3:30 PM Material-based delivery of cells and factors David Mooney
3:30 – 3:45 PM Endothelial cell control of cancer biology Juliana Dreyfuss
3:45 – 4:00 PM Tumor interstitial matrix targeting and drug delivery Yves Boucher
4:00 – 4:05 PM Keynote Introduction Matt Nugent

4:05

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5:00 PM

Keynote Lecture:

Microvascular Pericytes: Integrators of Angiogenic Activation

 Ira Herman

5:00

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6:00 PM

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