The new UCSF laboratory, funded by a $6.5 million grant from the Pacific Vascular Research Foundation and the Wayne and Gladys Valley Foundation, represents a collaboration between scientists and physicians working to generate and transfer new knowledge about vascular diseases into safer and more effective treatments.

The symposium on angiogenesis the growth of vessels from existing capillaries -- will feature presentations from distinguished speakers:

1:15 1:45 Rong Wang, PhD, UCSF assistant professor of surgery and anatomy and director of the Pacific Vascular Research Laboratory.
Elucidating the genetic control of angiogenesis using conditional transgenic mice.

1:45 2:15 Didier Stainier, PhD, UCSF associate professor of biochemistry.
A genetic approach to angiogenesis in zebrafish.

2:15 2:45 Shaun Coughlin, M.D., PhD, UCSF professor of medicine and cellular and molecular pharmacology and director of the UCSF Cardiovascular Research Institute.
Protease-activated receptors and coagulation proteases in blood vessel development.

2:45 3:15 Napoleon Ferrara, MD, Genentech fellow in the UCSF department of molecular oncology.
New insights in the regulation of angiogenesis by Vascular Endothelial Growth Factor (VEGF) and novel factors.

3:15 3:45 Refreshments

3:45 4:15 Douglas Hanahan, PhD, UCSF professor of biochemistry.
Mechanisms of tumor angiogenesis.

4:15 5:00 Shahin Rafii, MD, Cornell University assistant professor, department of medicine.
Recruitment of VEGF-responsive marrow-derived hemangiogenic cells essential for post-natal angiogenesis/vasculogenesis.

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Contact: Maureen McInaney
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University of California - San Francisco
4-Nov-2002