Applied BioPhysics offers an in-depth training course on electric cell-substrate impedance sensing (ECIS) theory.
Next training class: TBD
The course, taught by Dr. Charles Keese, provides the students with the knowledge and tools on how to apply ECIS theory in cellular research and how to properly operate the ECIS systems to further enhance potential publication opportunities.
Applied BioPhysics will also provide an opportunity to get familiar with our area by arranging lunch and dinner at local eateries for the duration of your stay. Please contact us for further details.
Registration Fees: $1250.00
*Fees include two nights of lodging, transportation to and from the hotel to Applied Biophysics facility, lunch on both days, and dinner on the first evening
Derek Beahm, PhD
SUNY at Buffalo State
Research Focus: Investigating membrane, intercellular, and transepithelial transport phenomenon and the applications and development of label-free biosensing instrumentation.
Erin Troy - Graduate Student
SUNY at Buffalo State
Research Focus: Investigating the effects of curcumin on the physiological properties of normal and transformed cell types.
Ryan Makin - Graduate Student
University of Virginia
Research Pathological ocular neovascularization in the context of age-related macular degeneration (AMD). The Gelfand Lab is interested in the role of the DICER ribonuclease in pathological angiogenesis, and we are currently utilizing ECIS to study the effects of SINE RNA on endothelial adherens junction degradation and barrier function.
Slava Rom, PhD
Assistant Professor - Temple University
Research Focus: Dr. Rom’s research focuses on microRNA biology and their role in blood-brain barrier dysfunction during ischemia-reperfusion (stroke), as well as on the Interactions between leukocytes and endothelium.
Tetyana Buzhdygan, PhD
Researcher- Temple University
Research Focus: The goal of Dr. Buzhdygan’s research is to shed light on the neurobiology of novel designer drugs in terms of their effects on neuroinflammation and blood-brain barrier damage.
Jessica Neder
Research Specialist - University of Maryland School of Medicine
Lin Zou MD, PhD
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Research Focus: Determining the role of extracellular RNA in lung injury during sepsis.
Lili Gu
Reseacher - University of Maryland School of Medicine
Dennis Grab PhD
Uniformed Services University of the Health Sciences
Research Focus: Microbes and microvascular endothelial cell (MEC) barriers.
Manikandan Panchatcharam, PhD
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Research Focus: Research focuses on lipids which play a major factor in blocking blood vessels leading to stroke and heart attack.
Susmita Bhattarai PhD
Student - Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
Research Focus: Cardiovascular disease model focusing on the vascular functionality and muscular function.
Kirstin Morris PhD
Student at UTSA-UTHSCSA, Orise Research Fellow, NAMRU-SA, Naval Medical Research Unit
Research Focus: Developing an electrospun collagen based 3D scaffold that would improve bone regeneration after tooth extraction.
Ann Marie DiGeorge Foushee
Research Technician Naval Medical Research Unit
Research Focus: Conduct research to improve operational readiness and safety of DOD personnel via development of novel wound dressings that address prevention of infection as well as promotion of wound healing.
Joshua Sumislawski, MD
Resident Physician - University of Colorado
Kelly Schweitzer
Assistant Professor - National Jewish Health
Research Focus: Investigate mechanisms underlying cigarette smoke induced lung injury and to better understand lung alveolar cell death and recovery from various insults both in vitro and in vivo.
Erica Beatman
Senior Research Technician - National Jewish Health
Research Focus: Investigating how to ameliorate lung damage induced by chronic cigarette smoke exposure by targeting specific lipids and enzymes associated with protection against the development of COPD and emphysema.
Fang Niu
University of Nebraska Medical Center
Gary W. McCollum, PhD
Vanderbilt Eye Institute, Vanderbilt University
Research Focus: Our lab's research efforts are focused on developing therapies against retinal inflammatory and vasoproliferative events occurring in diabetic retinopathy (DR), using in vitro cell culture models and animal models of diabetes. Specifically, in studies related to retinal inflammation, we test potential therapies against diabetes-induced compromise of the blood retinal barrier and leukostasis; for those related to vasoproliferation, we focus on the therapeutic blockade of endothelial cell migration, proliferation and tube formation.
G. Cristina Brailoiu, MD
Jefferson College of Pharmacy, Thomas Jefferson University
Research Focus: Dr. Brailoiu is interested in GPCR signaling and cardiovascular regulation. She is planning to use ECIS to characterize the changes in barrier function of brain microvascular endothelial cells in response to GPCR agonists.
Nektarios Barabutis, MSc, PhD
Frank Reidy Research Center for Bioelectrics, Old Dominion University
Research Focus: Dr. Nektarios Barabutis is interested on the mechanisms which govern the regulation of vascular permeability in lung tissues. He has recently introduced the protective role of p53 on the LPS induced hyperpermeability and he is currently focused on the intracellular cascades which mediate that effect.
Raji Rajesh Lenin, PhD
Gangaraju lab, Department of Ophthalmology, University of Tennessee Health Science Centre
Research Focus: Effect of hyperglycemia and TNF-α in ER stress induced tight junction alterations and vascular dysfunction in Human Retinal Endothelial cells. ECIS will be applied to understand the barrier functional changes in endothelial cells during diabetes.
Koreana Pak
Pathology and Laboratory Medicine, University of Pennsylvania
Research Focus: Investigate the mechanisms underlying hypoxia-driven sarcoma metastasis, as well as the role of ECM in tumor cell extravasation.
Matthew Pennington
Baker Institute for Animal Health, Cornell University
Research Focus: The Van de Walle lab focuses on the creation of ex vivo model systems to study ocular herpesvirus pathogenesis and for the evaluation of antivirals in a more physiologically relevant setting. We are currently exploring ECIS as a technique to aid in these studies. Additionally, we have utilized ECIS to study various aspects of mesenchymal stem cell biology.
Wei-Sheng Chen, PhD
National Institute of Allergy and Infectious Diseases (NIAID)
Research Focus: As a Postdoctoral Fellow, Dr. Chen is responsible for exploring the biological mechanisms of the systemic capillary leak syndrome (SCLS), an ultra-rare orphan disease that is characterized by acute and severe recurrent attacks associated with a rapid fall in blood pressure. Currently, there is no cure for SCLS and the clinical management is primarily supportive.
Randy Strauss
Virginia Tech, TBMH Program - Dr. Gourdie Lab
Research Focus: There is a growing appreciation that the gap junction protein, Cx43, has both channel -dependent and -independent functions. Cx43 shares the actin-binding scaffolding protein Zonula Occludens 1 (ZO-1), with both calcium-dependent adhesions junctions and tight junctions. The commonality of ZO-1 raises the prospect of regulatory and functional cross-talk between different classes of intercellular junction. My current goal is to examine the effects of a Cx43 C-terminal mimetic peptide on barrier function.
Doug Chung, PhD
UCLA, The Stein Eye Institute
Research Focus: Affecting approximately 4% - 5% of the world population above the age of 40, the corneal endothelial dystrophies are a group of heritable bilateral disorders that lead to the visual impairment and discomfort through the development of corneal opacities and edema as a result of corneal endothelial cell dysfunction and/or cell loss. We are currently using ECIS to characterize corneal endothelial proliferation, migration, and cell barrier function in cell-based models of corneal endothelial dystrophies.
Kaushali Thakore-Shah, PhD
UCLA
Research Focus: My research focus is to find ways to improve the proliferation potential of corneal endothelial cells so that they may be used for regenerative cell therapy.
Christopher Turner, PhD
University of British Columbia, Granville Lab, International Collaboration on Repair Discoveries (ICORD)
Research Focus: The Granville lab is focused on researching the role of granzymes in inflammation and disease. Our goal is to expand our current knowledge in granzyme biology and their role in pathogenesis. We also aspire to translate this knowledge to develop novel therapeutic approaches for management of chronic inflammatory disorders in which granzymes are involved.
Cameron Oram
University of British Columbia
Chris Barrett, MD
MIT
Research Focus: My research focuses on the links between the inflammatory response and coagulation system after major traumatic injury. The goal is to develop early interventions that have both immediate benefits in coagulopathic trauma patients while also having additional protective effects further in the hospital course to prevent late deaths after major trauma (due to organ failure and sepsis).
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