August 22, 2019
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Vascular Biology 2019 
Monterey, CA  
Septmeber 9-12, 2020
Conrad Hotel Seoul
Vascular Biology 2020
Newport, RI
October 25-29, 2020
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Partner Network Advantage - New Job Board Feature
Why post your job on NAVBO's career center rather than going directly to the larger job networks?
Pricing on the mass job boards can vary, but to get a job noticed you typically have to sponsor it for $5 - $10 per day, which can add up quickly especially since you also pay for each click the job gets. When you add it all together, you could be spending up to $45 per day on your job posting. But, when posting a job on NAVBO's career center, you simply pay a flat fee! The Premium package includes our Exclusive Extended Partner Network - which means the jobs are broadcast to sites like ZipRecruiter and Jobs2Careers and more for a flat fee.
 
With special member pricing, you can post a job for as low as $300 with this Partner Network. You never pay for each click, just the flat fee on the NAVBO career center. In addition, the Premium package includes a 60-day job posting making it a great value. The Premium packages also offer features like having your company's logo featured on the career center homepage, having your job appear first in search results, and more.
 
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Vascular Biology 2019 - Still Time to Register!
This is going to be one very exciting meeting!  We received over 250 abstracts!
 
We will also be celebrating NAVBO's 25th Anniversary!  Please join us! Online registrations will be available through October 25.  Register online to save $35 off onsite registrations.

Highlights:
Keynote Lecture by Hal Dietz, Johns Hopkins Medical Center:
Leveraging Nature's Success: Lessons from Modifiers of Cardiovascular Disease

Eight concurrent sessions in each workshop: 
Vascular Matrix Biology and Bioengineering.
Both workshops include sessions organized and sponsored by The Microcirculatory Society.

Boot camp on Tissue Clarity and Light Sheet Imaging, sponsored by Miltenyi Biotec and organized by Kristy Red-Horse of Stanford University. 
This session requires an additional fee and there is limited space, so register early to secure your seat! This session is sold out, but we do have a waiting list.

Pre-Conference Meeting for Trainees (Sunday, October 26 at 2:00pm).  Features of this four-hour session include presentations by Martin Schwartz, Yale School of Medicine and Jan Kitajewski, University of Illinois at Chicago, a panel discussion with young and upcoming investigators and of course, short talks by graduate students and postdocs.  This session has an added registration fee.  Attendees at all levels are welcome to attend!

In addition to NAVBO Travel and Outstanding Poster Awards, The Microcirculatory Society and the French Society of Angiogenesis are sponsoring travel awards and ACS Pharmacology and Translational Science  is supporting two poster awards. Click here for more info.

Plus! Nano-Talks, Poster Sessions, a Poster Competition, Exhibits, a Welcome Reception and a 25th Anniversary Celebration! 

Be sure to check out the Virtual Conference Bag, which has information on Exhibitors and Corporate Members. 
Upcoming Webinars
NAVBO Continues to Bring You Exciting Webinars 
 
   
 
Carlos Fernández-Hernando
Yale School of Medicine
 
Non-coding RNA regulation of lipid metabolism and atherosclerosis
September 12, 1:00pm EDT   
 
 
 
Sathish Srinivasan
Oklahoma Medical Research Foundation

Wnt/ß-catenin signaling, mechanotransduction and lymphatic vascular development 
October 10, 1:00pm EDT  
 
 
 
 
NAVBO Webinars are free to current NAVBO Members. Non-members can attend for $25 per webinar. 

And don't forget you can watch archived webinars as well - go to  
Don't Miss Out!!!  VB2019 Grants for Child Care
NAVBO announces grants to support child care expenses
The NAVBO Council voted to support grants for family members who may need additional support when attending a meeting.  Go to http://www.navbo.org/events/vb2019/childcare19/childcareinfo for more information and to apply. The deadline for submission of an application has been extended to September 10, 2019.

Help support these grants by purchasing a Vascular Biology networking  T-shirt or by giving a donation.  NAVBO will support five grants at $400 each;  all funds raised in this manner, even if above $2,000, will support these grants.  Thank you for your support.
Buy a T-shirt (or mug)
Make a donation (Select quantity 1 for $25; quantity 2 for $50, etc.)
NIH initiative - Illuminating the Druggable Genome
New NIH funding Opportunity
This new opportunity is related to the NIH initiative called " Illuminating the Druggable Genome" (IDG), that enables discovery of new targets among the less know proteins. IDG has funded the creation of the Pharos bioinformatics tool (presented at the previous NAVBO meeting boot camp). In this case, pilot project funding will be awarded to support the generation of additional data and tools around understudied protein(s) identified by the IDG Program to elucidate the function of these proteins in the context of human disease.
 
Important dates:
Open Date (Earliest Submission Date) September 28, 2019
Letter of Intent Due Date(s) September 28, 2019
Application Due Date(s) October 28, 2019, by 5:00 PM
 
Full announcement:
 
All questions should be addressed to the Scientific/Research Contact(s): Karlie Sharma, Ph.D.
National Center for Advancing Translational Sciences (NCATS)
Telephone: 301-451-4965
Promote Your Presentation on the Web Site
Current NAVBO Members Can List Their Upcoming Presentations (Oral or Poster) on our Web Site
Keep members, and all who visit our web site, aware of presentations by NAVBO members.  If you are attending the meeting, be sure to attend your NAVBO colleague's presentation.  If you are also presenting at that meeting, you can attend each other's presentations and offer mutual support! It can also help make you aware when a colleague is in your town so you reach out and arrange an in-person chat. And finally, this listing can also keep you abreast of other relevant meetings and  conferences.

So check out the current listings: http://www.navbo.org/membership/meeting-presentations-by-members and add yours!
There is a form at the bottom of the page for you to add your presentation.
Spotlight on Trainees (from the August 8 issue)
Civic Engagement Supported by Research!America
Research!America is announcing a request for proposals from graduate student- and postdoc-led science policy groups for the alliance's civic engagement initiative. Started in 2018, the Civic Engagement Microgrant Program supports activities developed by students to connect directly with public officials and community leaders regarding the importance of scientific discovery and research.
 
Research!America, supported in part by a grant from the Rita Allen Foundation, is funding graduate student groups' nonpartisan activities of their design focusing on civic engagement and elevating the importance of scientific research, innovation and public health. These programs encourage dialogue between young scientists and local leaders about the roles science and research play in issues important to their communities. Groups are also encouraged to expand their efforts through partnerships with social science and communications students as part of the new Science Meets Science Microgrant Program.  Applications are due September 20, 2019
2019 Sartorius & Science Prize for Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy 
Are you a representative of the upcoming generation of thought leaders in your field? Then go ahead and use this exciting opportunity to introduce yourself and your pioneering research to the world! We at Sartorius and Science look forward to receiving your application for the 2019 Sartorius &
Science Prize for Regenerative Medicine and Cell Therapy.
 
This annual prize is geared towards researchers focused on basic or translational research that advances regenerative medicine and cell therapy. Established in 2017, it is awarded for outstanding research performed by the applicant and as a mutual endeavor to raise awareness in the field.  The prize is US$ 25,000, publication of your essay in Science, publication in print of the Grand Prize essay and those of up to three runners-up on Science Online,  5-year AAAS membership and online subscription to Science  and other perks and benefits from the sponsoring company, Sartorius
Call for Papers - Single-Cell Anaylysis
A Frontiers Research Topic initiated by NAVBO
Recent advances in analyzing tissues and organs at the single cell (SC) level are revolutionizing our understanding of organ development, biology, and disease. Previously, the genetic composition or transcriptional profiles of cells was based on sequencing DNA or RNA from a large number of cells, but this approach loses information on the heterogeneity of individual cells. Sequencing DNA and RNA from individual cells preserves heterogeneity, and technological advances have made these techniques highly accessible.

A recent analysis - available here - of the SC extramural research funded by the NIH, either through NIH-initiated programs focused on SC or initiated by extramural investigators, revealed the paucity of such analyses related to vascular cells compared to a variety of other cells and tissues. This Research Topic is seeking to galvanize interest in SC applications related to the field of vascular cell biology and highlight original research related to SC analyses of vascular related cells, under normal or diseased conditions. We seek to understand the specific challenges associated with studying vascular cells, and how advances in SC approaches could benefit vascular fields. Submissions are due September 30, 2019. More information can be found here on the Frontiers web site.
Member News
Welcome to our New Members:
Michael Adams, Queen's University
Kalia Aguera, University of South Florida
Mumtaz Anwar, University of Illinois at Chicago
Nethika Ariyasinghe, Cedars-Sinai
Caitlin Bowen, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Abhijnan Chattopadhyay, The Univ of Texas Health Science Center
Yao Gao, Harvard Medical School/Boston Children's Hospital
Karen Gonzalez, Stanford University
Leah Greenspan, National Institutes of Health
Caitlin Howard, University of Washington
Shannon Kalsow, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Subir Kapuria, Children's Hospital of Los Angeles
Ariel Kauss, UCSF, Gladstone Institute of Cardiovascular Disease
Kaveeta Kaw, The University of Texas Health Science Center at Houston
Samuel Krempel, Hospital for Sick Children
Erick Kushner, University of Denver
Kwan yong Lee, Incheon Saint Mary's Hospital
Dan Li, Stanford University School of Medicine
Prisca Lin, University of South Florida
Bo Liu, University of Wisconsin Medical School, Madison
Justin Lowenthal, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
Oriane Matthys, Gladstone Institutes/UCSF
David McGuire, Virginia Tech
Gabriela Mendes, Texas A&M HSC
Jan-Renier Moonen, Stanford University
HooiHooi Ng, Florida International University
Joan Nichols, University of Texas Medical Branch
Amanda Orosco, Cedars-Sinai
Sarah Parker, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center
Xiaojing Qiao, UCLA
Abhay Ramachandra, Yale University
Kunal Raygor, University of California, San Francisco
Idan Redenski, Technion Institute of Technology
Siyeon Rhee, Stanford University
Mohammad Shaver, Florida International University
Seung jae Shin, University of Tsukuba
Tsutomu Shinohara, Stanford University School of Medicine
Mark Skylar-Scott, Harvard University SEAS/Wyss Institute
Matthew Stephens, University of Calgary
Zheying Sun, University of South Florida
Eri Takematsu, University of Texas at Austin
Sarah Taylor, FBRI, Va Tech
Katelynn Toomer, Johns Hopkins Medical Institute
Vigneshwaran Vellingiri, University of Illinois at Chicago
Shichao Wu, Wayne state University
Menglan Xiang, Stanford University
Nicole Zeinstra, University of Washington
Daoqin Zhang, UCLA
Jiayu Zhu, University of Chicago

If you have news to share with your colleagues, send it to membership@navbo.org
 Recent Publications by NAVBO Members

Intracellular retention of mutant lysyl oxidase leads to aortic dilation in response to increased hemodynamic stress
Journal of Clinical Investigation Insight
Heterozygous missense mutations in lysyl oxidase (LOX) are associated with thoracic aortic aneurysms and dissections. To assess how LOX mutations modify protein function and lead to aortic disease, we studied the factors that influence the onset and progression of vascular aneurysms in mice bearing a Lox mutation (p.M292R) linked to aortic dilation in humans.  Read more
Industry News (from the August 8 issue)
Call for Papers on Regulation of Coronary Blood Flow
Consulting Editors Johnathan Tune and Donal O'Leary, and Guest Editor Judy Muller-Delp, along with the editorial team of the American Journal of Physiology - Heart and Circulatory Physiology, invite submission of manuscripts on the regulation of coronary blood flow in normal and ischemic states . In particular, the editors are interested in submissions investigating novel paradigms of coronary control, as well as discussion of translational perspectives and identification of essential unanswered questions. Another invitation from AJP seeks contributions on   microbiota and cardiovascular disease . Submission deadline for both calls is August 31, 2019.
 
Single-cell transcriptomics define endothelial differentiation hierarchy
Samuel Lukowski and colleagues at the Universities of Queensland and New South Wales in Australia recently have published in Cell Reports their findings on the transcriptional differentiation of aortic endothelial cells. By using single-cell RNA sequencing and computational trajectory analyses to discern lineage relationships, the authors describe the presence of two transcriptionally distinct endothelial cell populations within the aorta-progenitors and differentiated cells-that differ notably in expression of metabolic and mitochondrial gene networks. Bulk RNA-seq results derived from analysis of normal and tumor-derived vasculature are consistent with this differentiation paradigm.
 

Side benefit of biologic anti-inflammatories on coronary inflammation in psoriasis
Biologic anti-inflammatories, such as anti-TNFalpha, anti-IL-12/23, or anti-IL-17, used in patients with moderate to severe psoriasis can also significantly reduce coronary inflammation. The reporting study, funded by NHLBI and published in JAMA Cardiology, employed a novel imaging biomarker, the perivascular fat attenuation index (FAI), to assess reduced inflammation. Chronic inflammatory diseases, including lupus and rheumatoid arthritis, are associated with increased the risk for heart attacks and strokes. The FAI, which reflects changes in the composition of perivascular fat that occur as a consequence of chronic coronary artery inflammation, may provide a new reference point for therapeutic decisions in individual patients.

Job Postings
Calendar of Events
Sept. 16 - 18, 2019
 Critical Issue in Tumor Microenvironment: Angiogenesis, Metastasis, and Immunology
Sept. 26 - 27, 2019
 2019 NHLBI Mitochondrial Biology Symposium
Oct 27 - 31, 2019
 Vascular Biology 2019
Sept. 9 - 12, 2020
 21st International Vascular Biology Meeting (IVBM 2020)
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