Seminar Schedule

Friday, September 25

John West, M.D., Ph.D., D.Sc.

UCSD Dept. of Medicine

Evolution of the Pulmonary Blood-Gas Barrier

Friday, October 2

Alison Marsden, Ph.D.

UCSD Dept of Mechanical Engineering

Optimization and Simulation for Cardiovascular Surgery Design in Children with Heart Disease

Friday, October 9

Peter Lindholm, M.D., Ph.D.

Depts of Physiology and Pharmacology, Karolinska Institutet

Glossopharyngeal Breathing Techniques and Pulmonary Function in Competitive Breath-Hold Diving

Friday, October 16

Leonardo Nogueira, Ph.D.

UCSD Dept. of Medicine

Redox Signaling of Skeletal Muscle Function

Friday, October 23

Shantanu Sinha, Ph.D.

UCSD Dept. of Medicine

From Fiber Contraction to Limb Movement: A Structure-Function Modeling Study

Friday, October 30

Joe Ramsdell, M.D.

UCSD Dept. of Medicine

COPDGene study – Concept, Progress and Preliminary Findings

Friday, November 6

Rui Carlos Sa, Ph.D.

UCSD Dept. of Medicine

Mapping Specific Ventilation in the Lung using Proton MRI

Friday, November 13

Mike Hogan, Ph.D.

UCSD Dept. of Medicine

Oxygen Dependence of Skeletal Muscle Function: From Whole Body to Single Cell

Friday, November 20

Ellen Breen, Ph.D.

UCSD Dept of Medicine

VEGF, Exercise and COPD

Friday, November 27

NO SEMINAR DUE TO THANKSGIVING HOLIDAY

Friday, December 4

Sebastiaan Holverda, Ph.D.

UCSD Dept of Medicine

The Effects of PEEP on Pulmonary Blood Flow Distribution

Friday, December 11

Andrew McCulloch, Ph.D.

UCSD Dept of Bioengineering

Multi-scale Modeling and Systems Biology of Cardiac Function