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Summary Sentence: Po-Wei Chen and Chanwoo Kim presenting
Full Summary: The Graduate and Post-Doc (GaP) Seminar Series is a weekly event of biotechnology related research presentations by two graduate students or post-docs of IBB and is co-sponsored by BME. It is held every Wednesday at 12:00pm in IBB 1128 and refreshments are provided. If your research group or department would like to present at future seminars, please contact Manu Platt, PhD.
GaP Seminar SeriesPo-Wei Chen - Advisor, Eberhard Voit, PhD
"Coordination of Rapid Sphingolipid Responses to Heat Stress in Yeast"
Like other organisms, the yeast Saccharomyces cerevisiae must respond to environmental stresses with a coordinated action that involves genes, proteins and metabolites. Using computer modeling, I characterize these responses from measured metabolic time series data.
Chanwoo Kim - Advisor, Hanjoong Jo, PhD
"Anti-inflammatory and Anti-atherogenic Role of BMP Receptor II in Endothelial Cells"
We found that loss of BMPRII causes endothelial inflammation and atherosclerosis by mechanisms mediated by reactive oxygen species, NFkB, and NADPH oxidases. These results suggest that BMPRII is a critical, anti-inflammatory and anti-atherogenic protein that is commonly targeted by multiple pro- and anti-atherogenic factors. BMPRII may be used as a novel diagnostic and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis.
