LLUMC Neurosciences - Zhang Lab Meeting Schedule

Zhang Neuroscience Research Laboratories Meeting Schedule

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The Loma Linda University Neuroscience Consortium Research Conferences are held on Friday at 10:00 a.m. in the Embryology Museum on the main level of Shryock Hall.
Zhang’s Lab Meetings are held separately for the Neonatal, Ischemic and Intracerebral Hemorrhage (ICH) Groups in the Risley Hall Conference Room (RM222) on Thursdays and Fridays.  (The Neonatal Group meets every Thursday at 1 p.m., Ischemia Group meets every Friday at 10 a.m., and ICH Group meets every Friday at 11 a.m. unless stated otherwise in the schedule). 

 

April 4, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Neuroscience Speaker: Dr. Fatima Sehba

 

April 11, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Ms. Becky Recker
Advances in stroke presentations:
Ms. Nancy Fathali - Advances in Stroke 2007
Ms. Rhonda Souvenir - Update on the Genetics of Stroke and Cerebrovascular Disease
Ms. Wanqiu Chen - Advances in Neuronal Cell Death

 

April 25, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Opening project: Dr. Jan Eckermann
Opening project: Dr. Yilin Zhou
Advances in stroke presentations:
Mr. Tim Lekic - Advances in Prevention and Health Services Delivery
Dr. Elena Titova - Advances in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Mr. Quingy Ma - Advances in Emerging Nondrug Therapies for Acute Stroke

May 2, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Update and opening project: Dr. Anatol Manaenko
Update and opening project: Ms. Nancy Fathali
Advances in stroke presentations:
Mr. Tim Lekic - Advances in Prevention and Health Services Delivery
Ms. Jacqueline Coats - Advances in Stroke Regenerative Medicine
Ms. Becky Recker - Advances in Imaging

 

May 9, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Neuroscience Speaker: Dr. Raghu Vemuganti "Functional significance of microRNAs in ischemic brain damage"

 

May 16, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Dr. Hidenori Suzuki
Update: Dr. Rob Ayer
Advancees in stroke presentations:
Mr. Arash Adami - Advances in Vascular Cognitive Impairment
Mr. Shelton Charles - Advances in Population Studies
Ms. Wenni Tong - Advances in Emerging Therapies
Dr. Elena Titova - Advances in Critical Care and Emergency Medicine
Ms. Amy Hyong - Advances in Health Policy

 

May 23, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Opening project: Mr. Quingyi Ma
Opening project: Dr. Yu Hasegawa
Journal Club: Dr. Reiko Tsuchiyama

 

June 6, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Update and opening project: Ms. Wanqiu Chen
Update: Dr. Robert Ayer
Update: Dr. Bob Ostrowski
Journal Club: Dr. Yilin Zhou

 

June 20, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Dr. Takumi Sozen
Update: Dr. Jan Eckermann
Journal Club: Dr. Yu Hasegawa

 

June 27, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Ms. Rhonda Souvenir
Update: Dr. Jerry Matchett
Update: Dr. Reiko Tsuchiyama

 

July 11, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Dr. Anatol Manaenko
Update: Dr. Yilin Zhou
Summer student presentation: Mr. Mehdi Seidi

 

July 18, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Mr. Quingy Ma
Update: Ms. Rhonda Souvenir
Summer student presentation: Mr. Brenden Matus

 

July 25, 2008

 

Neuroscience Consortium

Neuroscience speaker: Dr. Ludmila Belayev, LSUHSC
"Pathophysiology of ischemic stroke: penumbra and neuroprotection"

August 1, 2008

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Dr. Nirmalya Ghosh
Update: Dr. Elena Titova
Summer Student Presentations: Ms. Kathia Cordero
Mr. Shammah Williams

August 8, 2008

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Ms. Nancy Fathali

Summer Student Presentation: Ms. Priscilla Chee

Cerebral Pathophysiology Presentation: Ms. Wenni Tong



August 15, 2008

Neuroscience Consortium

Update: Mr. Tim Lekic

Summer Student Presentation: Ms. Jewel Sandy

Update: Dr. Vic Jadhav

Cerebral Pathophysiology Presentation: Mr. Quingy Ma

August 22, 2008

Neuroscience Consortium

Neuroscience speaker: Dr. Heng Zhao, Stanford University

August 29, 2008

Neuroscience Consortium


Update: Dr. Hidenori Suzuki
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Update: Ms. Wanqiu Chen

Opening Project: Dr. Bihua Wu
 & Dr. Oumei Cheng

September 5, 2008




Neuroscience Consortium



Neuroscience speaker: Dr. Jin-Moo Lee, Dept. of Neurology, Washington University 




September 12, 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Ms. Wenni Tong
Update: Dr. Amul Shah


Journal Club: Dr. Reiko Tsuchiyama


 

September 17 (Wednesday), 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Neuroscience Speaker: Dr. Douglas C. Wallace, Center for Molecular and Mitochondrial Medicine and Genetics, UC Irvine “Animal models of mitochondrial disease: pathophysiology and therapeutics”


September 19, 2008
Meeting canceled


September 26, 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Dr. Yu Hasegawa


Update: Dr. Takumi Sozen


Journal Club: Dr. Yilin Zhou 



October 3, 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Dr. Jan Eckermann


Update: Dr. Bob Ostrowski


Update: Mr. Michael Burris


Journal Club: Ms. Rhonda Souvenir



October 10, 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Opening project: Ms. Chun Hua Chen


Update: Dr. Anatol Manaenko


Update: Dr. Yilin Zhou



October 17, 2008
The meeting will not be held


October 24, 2008
The meeting will not be held


October 31, 2008


Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Ms. Nancy Fathali 


Update: Mr. Qingy Ma


Update: Ms. Rhonda Souvenir


November 7, 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Dr. Bihua Wu 


Update: Dr. Hidenori Suzuki


Journal Club: Ms. Chunhua Chen


November 14, 2008
The meeting will not be held


November 21, 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Opening Project: Ms. Melissa Charles


Opening Project: Dr. Nazanin Jafarian


Update: Dr. Oumei Cheng


Journal Club: Dr. Li Yong


November 28, 2008
Thanksgiving holiday


December 5, 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Ms. Wanqiu Chen


Update: Dr. Takumi Sozen


Update: Dr. Bob Ostrowski


December 12, 2008



Neuroscience Consortium



Opening Project: Mr. William Rolland


Update: Ms. Chunhua Chen


Journal Club: Ms. Tanya Freeman


December 19, 2008
Canceled


December 26, 2008
The meeting will not be held


January 9, 2009


Neuroscience Consortium



Opening project: Dr. Yilin Zhou


Update: Dr. Yu Hasegawa


Special Presentation: Ms. Wanqiu Chen


January 16, 2009



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Mr. Quingy Ma


Update: Dr. Jan Eckermann 


Journal Club: Dr. Wenwu Liu


January 23, 2009
The meeting will not be held



January 30, 2009


Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Dr. Bihua Wu


Update: Dr. Anatol Manaenko


Journal Club: Ms. Wenni Tong



February 6, 2009


Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Dr. Nazanin Jafarian


Update: Dr. Hidenori Suzuki


Journal Club: Mr. Quingy Ma


February 13, 2009
The meeting will not be held


February 20, 2009



Neuroscience Consortium



Opening project: Dr. Wenwu Liu


Update: Dr. Oumei Cheng


Journal Club: Mr. William Rolland


February 27, 2009
The meeting has been cancelled


March 6, 2009


Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Ms. Chunhua Chen


Update: Dr. Takumi Sozen


Journal Club: Mr. Tim Lekic


March 13, 2009



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Ms. Wenni Tong


Special Presentation: Dr. Oumei Cheng “Advancements in stem cell research for stroke”

Journal Club: Dr. Wenwu Liu


March 20, 2009


Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Ms. Wanqiu Chen


Update: Dr.Yu Hasegawa


Journal Club: Ms. Chunhua Chen


March 27, 2009
The meeting will not be held


April 3, 2009
The meeting will not be held


April 10, 2009



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Dr. Yilin Zhou


Update: Mr. Qiuingy Ma


Princeton Reviews: 
Ms. Nancy Fathali “ Dysfunctional Cell-Cell Signaling in the Neurovascular Unit as a Paradigm for Central Nervous System Disease”.
Ms. Wenni Tong “Astrocytes and Ischemic Injury” 
Ms. Rhonda Souvenir “Inflammation and the Emerging Role of the Toll-Like Receptor System in Acute Brain Ischemia”

April 17, 2009



Neuroscience Consortium

Opening Project: Dr. Hidenori Suzuki


Update: Dr. Bihua Wu


Princeton Reviews: 
Ms. Wanqiu Chen “Potential Molecular Targets for Translational Stroke Research” 
Mr. William Rolland “Hematoma Resolution as a Therapeutic Target. The Role of Microglia/Macrophages”
Ms. Chunhua Chen “Combination Pharmacotherapy for Achievement and Maintenance of Vascular Patency”


April 24, 2009



Neuroscience Consortium



Update: Mr. William Rolland 


Update: Dr. Oumei Cheng


Princeton Reviews: 
Mr. Quingyi Ma “Thrombin and Brain Recovery After Intracerebral Hemorrhage”
Dr. Wenwu Liu “Inflammation and White Matter Damage in Vascular Cognitive Impairment” 
Mr. Tim Lekic “Remodeling the Brain With Behavioral Experience After Stroke”

May 1, 2009

Ischemia Group: Ms. Chunhua Chen “Hydrogen therapy for hemorrhagic infarction” 


May 8, 2009 
 


Neuroscience Consortium



Neuroscience Speaker: Dr. Keith R. Pennypacker, Department of Molecular Pharmacology and Physiology, University of South Florida
 “Alternative targets for stroke treatment at delayed time points”




May 15, 2009



Ischemia Group: Dr. Hidenori Suzuki “Caspase-1 inhibitor on neurogenic pulmonary edema after subarachnoid hemorrhage in mice” 

ICH Group: Dr. Anatol Manaenko/Update


May 22, 2009


Ischemia Group: Dr. Robert Ostrowski “
Opening Project. Novel Method for Brain Protection after Stroke” 

ICH Group: Mr. Qingyi Ma/Update


May 29, 2009




Ischemia Group: Dr. Yu Hasegawa “Sodium orthovanadate reduces early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage” 


ICH Group: Mr. Tim Lekic/Update

June 5, 2009




ICH Group: Mr. William Rolland II/Update
June 12, 2009


Ischemia Group: Dr. Oumei Cheng “Protection of HBO preconditioning in the global ischemia rat model: the role of COX-2”

June 19, 2009



Ischemia Group: Ms. Prativa Sherchan “The role of smac/ DIABLO in subarachnoid hemorrhage-induced vasospasm: Minocycline a possible therapeutic agent”


ICH Group: Dr. Anatol Manaenko/Update


June 26, 2009


ICH Group: Mr. Quingyi Ma/Update

 


July 3, 2009



ICH Group: Mr. Tim Lekic/Update


July 9, 2009



Neonatal Group: Dr. Lillian Lee / Opening project “Effects of ABT 627 in neonatal hypoxia ischemia rat model”

Ms. Rhonda Souvenir / Educational presentation ” The role of EPO in cerebral ischemia”





July 10, 2009

Ischemia Group: Dr. Chunhua Chen “Hydrogen Therapy in hyperglycemia-enhanced hemorrhagic transformation (HTr) in MCAO rat model”


ICH Group: Mr. William Rolland/Update


July 17, 2009

Ischemia Group: Hidenori Suzuki “Effects of recombinant osteopontin on cerebral vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats” 


ICH Group: Mr. Matthew Peterson/Update

July 24, 2009

Ischemia Group: Dr. Robert P. Ostrowski “Novel method for brain Protection after Stroke. Update”

ICH Group: Mr. William Rolland II/Journal Club

July 30, 2009

Neonatal Group: Dr. Yilin Zhou / Update  “Mechanisms of isoflurane post-treatment induced neuroprotection in neonatal hypoxia-ischemia in rats”

Ms. Wanqiu Chen / Journal Club ”Selective inhibition of hypoxia-inducible factor (HIF) prolyl-hydroxylase 1 mediates neuroprotection against
normoxic oxidative death via HIF- and CREB- independent pathways”

July 31, 2009

ICH Group: Dr. Anatol Manaenko/Update

August 6, 2009




Neonatal Group: Ms. Wenni Tong / Educational presentation ”Matrix matalloproteinase-2/-9 in cerebral Ischemia”


August 7, 2009




Ischemia Group: Ms. Prativa Sherchan “Effects of Minocycline in early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats”


ICH Group: Mr. Yong Li/Opening project “Carvedilol/Anti-adrenergic therapy after ICH”

Mr. William Rolland/Journal-club: "FTY720 rescue therapy in the dark agouti rat model of experimental autoimmune encephalomyelitis: expression of central nervous system genes and reversal of blood-brain-barrier damage"

 


August 14, 2009

Neuroscience Consortium



Cerebral Pathophysiology Presentations:
Mr. Matthew Schrag “Advances in Organotypic Culture” 
Ms. Prativa Sherchan “Blood Brain Barrier and Brain Edema”  
Mr. William Rolland “Neuroinflammation”  
Mr. Yong Li “Subarachnoid Hemorrhage: Early Brain Injury and Cerebral Vasospasm” 
Ischemia Group: Dr. Yan Zhan “Hydrogen therapy after SAH in rats” 
ICH Group: Mr. Tim Lekic /Project update: “Germinal Matrix Hemorrhage and the effect of Hydrogen therapy”
 


August 20, 2009

Neonatal Group: Dr. Lillian Lee / Project Update “Neuroprotective effects of ABT-627 in neonatal hypoxia ischemia” 

Ms. Wenni Tong /
Opening project “Anti-apoptotic effect of granulocyte colony-stimulating factor in OGD model: roles of tissue inhibitor of matrix metalloproteinase -1”

Ms. Rhonda Souvenir /
Opening project “Erythropoietin regulation of hypoxia inducible factor”



August 21, 2009




Ischemia Group: Dr. Yu Hasegawa “Sodium orthovanadate reduces early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage”


September 3, 2009


Neonatal Group: Dr. Andrew Rice “The effect of hydrogen gas on NF-kappaB, MMP9 and caspase-3 in PC12 cells following OGD”


September 4, 2009




Ischemia Group: Dr. Kamil Duris “Alpha 7nAChR agonist PNU 282987 attenuates early brain injury in rat model of SAH”


ICH group: Dr. Nikan Khatibi/Opening project

September 11, 2009


Ischemia Group: Dr. Hidenori Suzuki “Recombinant osteopontin prevents vasospasm after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats via inducing mitogen-activated protein kinase phosphatase-1”


ICH group: Mr. Tim Lekic/Project update


September 17, 2009

Neonatal Group: Mr. Yong Li/Opening Project “The anti-excitotoxicity effects of granulocyte-colony stimulating factor in neonatal hypoxia-ischemia rat model”


September 18, 2009


Neuroscience Consortium



Neuroscience Speaker: Dr. Damir Janigro, Department of Cell Biology, Cleveland Clinic “Modeling BBB function and human disease”

ICH Group: Mr. Qingyi Ma/Update
 


September 25, 2009


ICH Group: Mr. William Rolland/Update


October 1, 2009


Neonatal Group: Ms. Nancy Fathali/Update “Immunologic Cells Orchestrate Neuroinflammation via Cyclooxygenase-2 after Neonatal Hypoxia-Ischemia in Rats”


October 2, 2009



Ischemia Group: Ms. Prativa Sherchan “Effects of Minocycline in early brain injury after subarachnoid hemorrhage in rats”

October 23, 2009


Ischemia Group: Dr. Yan Zhan “Hydrogen therapy in early brain injury after SAH in rats: the 1st update” 
Dr. Orhan Altay “Mouse model of SAH”


October 29, 2009

Neonatal Group: Dr. Yilin Zhou / Project Update “Isoflurane post-treatment protects against neonatal HI brain injury in rats: role of S1P/PI3k/Akt pathway” 

Ms. Wanqiu Chen/ Journal Club “Therapeutics for neonatal brain injury”


October 30, 2009

Neuroscience Consortium



Cerebral Pathophysiology Presentations: 
Mr. David Ajao "Traumatic Brain Injuries: Pathophysiology, Experimental Models, and Issues Arising from Bench-to-Bedside Research"
Mr. Andrew Semotiuk “Blood Brain Barrier”
Mr. Miguel SerranoIllan "Spinal Cord Injury: Pathophysiology and Possible Targets"

Ischemia Group: Dr. Yu Hasegawa “Trk-B activation by sodium orthovanadate attenuates early brain injury after SAH via antiapoptosis in rats”

ICH Group: Mr. William Rolland “IL-17 secreting T cells may potentiate the inflammatory response after ICH”


November 6, 2009


Ischemia Group: Dr. Kamil Duris “Alpha 7nAChR agonist PNU 282987 attenuates early brain injury in rat model of SAH: the 1st update” 


ICH Group: Mr. Qingyi Ma/Update "The neuroprotective effect of vascular adhesion protein-1 inhibition in intracerebral hemorrhage in mice"


November 12, 2009


Neonatal Group: Dr. Wenwu Liu /
Update  
Dr. Nikan Khatibi /Update  


November 13, 2009


Ischemia Group: Ms. Qin Hu/Opening Project “Isoflurane treatment reduces hemorrhagic transformation following brain ischemia in rats ”


ICH Group: Dr. Nikan Khatibi /Update  

 
November 20, 2009


Ischemia Group: Dr. Zhaohui He/Opening Project 
ICH Group: Dr. Anatol Manaenko/Project Update  “The Role of Arginine Vasopressin V1a Receptor Antagonist (SR 49059) upon Neurobehavior and Brain Water Content after a model of ICH in mice”

November 25, 2009


Neonatal Group: Ms. Rhonda Souvenir/Project Update