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26th Annual Scientific Meeting - Friday, June 14, 2013
The Searle Conference Center
Rush University Medical Center, Chicago, IL
1725 W. Harrison St.
Professional Building
Chicago, IL
To register for the meeting:
ASPET Members, login to the Members Only section to register for the meeting.
Nonmembers, click here to register.
Download the abstract submission form and instructions
(ABSTRACT DEADLINE: JUNE 1, 2013)
Parking instructions
8:30 – 10:30 a.m.: Registration (The Searle Conference Center, Professional
Building, 5th Floor)
Continental Breakfast (Main Lounge)
Poster Session (Main Lounge)
8:30 – 12:00 p.m.: Vendor Exhibits (Main Lounge)
10:45 – 11:45 a.m.: Young Investigator Symposium (542 Brainard Room)
10:45 – 11:00 a.m.: MicroRNA-30c regulates EMT, drug resistance and breast
tumor invasion
Jessica Bockhorn, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of
Chicago
11:00 – 11:15 a.m.: Reprogramming of the ovarian cancer microenvironment by
miRNA
Fred Kohlhapp, Postdoctoral Fellow, Northwestern University
11:15 – 11:30 a.m.: Micro-RNA-mediated downregulation of Kv channels in
pulmonary arterial hypertension
Nichole Pohl, Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Illinois at
Chicago
11:30 – 11:45 a.m.: Inhibition of microRNA-200a promotes endothelial cell
proliferation in pulmonary arterial hypertension
Cristina Bardita, M.D., Graduate Student, Rush University
12:00 – 1:00 p.m.: Lunch (Fenger-Sippy Room)
Lunch and Learn Career Workshop (Fenger-Sippy Room)
1:00 – 4:15 p.m.: Symposium: Functional microRNA in disease: Novel
opportunities for pharmacology (542 Brainard Room)
1:00 – 1:15 p.m.: Welcome and Opening Remarks by Alejandro Mayer,
Midwestern University, President, GLC-ASPET, and
Symposium Chairs Eric Blomme, AbbVie, and
Maria Barbolina, UIC
1:15 – 1:45 p.m.: Regulating the microRNA machinery
Zain Paroo, University of Illinois at Chicago
1:55 – 2:25 p.m.: MicroRNAs as biomarkers of safety and efficacy in drug
discovery and development
Jonathan Maher, Abbott Laboratories
2:35 – 3:05 p.m.: MicroRNA roles in tumorigenesis and chemotherapy
resistance
Gianpiero Di Leva, The Ohio State University
3:15 – 4:15 p.m.: Keynote Address: MicroRNAs in cardiovascular disease:
Current progress and challenges
Chunxiang (Kevin) Zhang, Rush University
4:30 – 5:00 p.m.: Business Meeting and Awards Presentation
Election Results: Alejandro Mayer, GLC ASPET President
Awards: Presented by Poster Competition Coordinators
Ricardo Monzon, Xavier University and
Saverio Gentile, Loyola University Medical Center
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