Keystone Conference Center
Keystone, Colo.
July 28-31, 2008

On behalf of the American Heart Association and the Scientific Council on Basic Cardiovascular Sciences, it is our pleasure to welcome you to the Basic Cardiovascular Sciences Conference 2008 – Heart Failure: Molecular Mechanisms and Therapeutic Targets in Keystone, Colorado.

During this conference, state-of-the-art lectures will be presented by renowned experts and complemented by abstract presentations representing the most current research.  Session topics were selected based on the need for a comprehensive international symposium incorporating the latest advances in understanding of the basic mechanisms that contribute to heart failure. A subtheme of this meeting will focus on the role of diabetes and obesity in the pathogenesis of heart failure.  Read More

MicroRNA and Cardiac Remodeling
Eva van Rooij, PhD, The University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center at Dallas, Dallas, TX
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Oxidoreductive Stress in the Heart
Ivor J. Benjamin, MD, The University of Utah Health Sciences Center, Salt Lake City, UT
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α, β Crystallin Cardiomyopathy
Jeffrey Robbins, PhD, Cincinnati Children’s Hospital Research Foundation, Cincinnati, OH
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Nuclear Receptors and Cardiovascular Disease
Bart Staels, PhD, Institute Pasteur De Lille, Lille, France
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Myocardial Lipid Metabolism in Diabetic Cardiomyopathy
Ira Goldberg, MD, Columbia University, New York, NY
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Diabetic Myocardial Disease: A Question of Fuel Balance
Heinrich Taegtmeyer, MD, University of Texas Health Science Center, Houston, TX
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Novel Genes in Familial Heart Diseases
Jonathan Seidman, PhD
Harvard Medical School, Boston, MA
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Cross-Talk Between Cardiomyocytes and Endothelial Cells
Issei Komuro, MD, PhD
Chiba University Graduate School of Medicine, Chiba, Japan
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Ubiquitin Proteasome Dysfunction in Human Cardiomyopathies
Sharlene M. Day, University of Michigan, Ann Arbor, MI
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MicroRNA320 Regulates Ischemia/Reperfusion-Induced Cardiomyocyte Death andApoptosis by Targeting Hsp20
Guo-Chang Fan, University of Cincinnati College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH
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Juvenile Anthracycline Treatment Contributes to Heart Failure in Adulthood by Impairing Vascularization and Cardiac Stem Cell Function
Asa B. Gustafsson, BioScience Center, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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Apoptosis and Autophagy in Ischemia/Reperfusion Injury
Roberta A. Gottlieb, MD, San Diego State University, San Diego, CA
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