Zhang Neuroscience Research Laboratories Meeting Schedule
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"
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
