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April 2024 |
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NAVBO Committees Seeking Volunteers |
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Are you passionate about the vascular biology community and looking for ways to make a meaningful impact? We are excited to announce that we are now accepting applications for committee volunteers, and we invite you to apply!
Communications Committee – is responsible for our broad communications to the public. This includes our newsletter, web site and social media platforms. We are also currently working on NAVBO’s Wikipedia page. If you are active on X (formerly Twitter), Facebook, etc. consider joining this team.
The Communications Committee is seeking any NAVBO members at any stage in their career who are interested in promoting NAVBO and its activities.
Diversity, Equity and Inclusion Committee – hosts bimonthly online Round Tables and Seminars on DEI Issues and will offer in person workshops at the annual meeting. The committee is active on social media.
Membership Committee – is responsible for retention of members, establishing and maintaining certain member benefits, and reaching to possible new members with our Trial Membership Program. Helping to retain members often means engaging with new members to establish their relationship with the society.
The Membership Committee is seeking NAVBO members in any stage of their career who are interested in building relationships and community with new members.
Please note: Membership in a committee is limited to active NAVBO members. |
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Seeking Reviewers for CSR |
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Help us suggest reviewers for your grants!
NAVBO is once again collaborating with the NIH Center for Scientific Review (CSR) to optimize the NIH grant review process for vascular biologists. CSR has asked NAVBO to submit a list of investigators, at all levels (Assistant, Associate and Full Professors, as well as equivalent level investigators at research institutions) that are funded by NIH and are willing to serve on study section on an ad hoc basis initially, and potentially as regular members.
We are asking qualified NAVBO members to "volunteer" to be included in this list of NAVBO-suggested grant reviewers that will be sent to CSR in order to show the commitment of NAVBO members to peer review as well as the incredible expertise of our membership. Information about this process is available on the CSR web site.
If you are willing to volunteer in this capacity, please complete this form by May 15. Responses will be compiled and reviewed by members of the NAVBO Council. |
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Submit a Proposal for a Symposium |
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NAVBO Regular Members are invited to submit a proposal for consideration as an Online Symposium. Our goals in this regard are two-fold: to bring additional, timely and member-initiated topics to the vascular biology community and to promote diversity, equity and inclusion.
Symposia are held on the third Tuesday of the month (except October) from 1:00-2:30pmET with usually three speakers, each giving a 20-minute presentation followed by a Q&A. It is very important that the speakers represent the diverse vascular biology community. Speakers do not need to be NAVBO members. |
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Criteria: The symposium organizer must be a Regular Member of NAVBO in good standing and complete this form. |
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Fundamental Papers |
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The NAVBO Education Committee requests your assistance in maintaining our listing of Fundamental Papers in Vascular Biology found on our web site.
This is a valuable resource for trainees and others who visit our site. Periodically these listings are updated, and it is now time to repeat this process. If you are supervising trainees or currently teaching vascular biology and related courses, whether graduate or undergraduate, please complete the form at this link to recommend papers you think should be included in our list. Please complete a new form for each paper you suggest. |
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Lessons Learned |
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Kunzhe Dong, Ph.D. My name is Kunzhe Dong and I am an Assistant Professor at the Immunology Center of Georgia, Augusta University. I earned my PhD in Animal Genetics from Chinese Academy of Agricultural Sciences in Beijing, China, in 2015. After a short-term postdoc training at a USDA laboratory in East Lansing, MI, I joined Dr. Jiliang Zhou’s lab at the Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia, Augusta University in 2017. It was there that I discovered my passion for vascular biology and began my dream of establishing my own lab |
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in the US. In 2023, I started my own lab in the newly funded Immunology Center of Georgia at Augusta University with the support of an AHA Career Development Award. While my transition physically moving from one building to another in the same campus is easier than many other new PIs who often relocate across states, the journey from a trainee to an independent researcher was no less challenging. Here are few lessons I have learned during my first year as a new PI.
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Lab of the Month |
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Month - April 2024 The Lab of Dr. Kunzhe Dong This month we are highlighting the lab of Dr. Kunzhe Dong, Assistant Professor at Augusta University. Find out more about his lab by visiting his page in our Lab of the Month listing. |
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Did You Know? |
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"Did You Know?" is provided by the NAVBO Membership Committee |
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IVBM 2024 - Register Soon |
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Travel Award Opportunity |
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Travel Awards to GRC for NAVBO Trainee Members |
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Spotlight on Trainees |
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National Postdoctoral Association offers free membership for HBCU students In February, the National Postdoctoral Association (NPA) announced that it would provide free membership to any undergraduate or graduate student enrolled at a Historically Black Colleges and University, as well as to postdocs working at such institutions. According to data from the National Center for Education Statistics, Black researchers are underrepresented in postdoctoral and university faculty positions relative to their enrollment numbers in higher education overall. As the national voice of the postdoctoral community, the NPA provides professional development, networking, skills education, and leadership opportunities to postdocs following a path to top academic, industry, entrepreneurial, nonprofit organization, and government positions. |
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Also available for students is free membership in NAVBO through our Advancing Young Voices through Diversity and Inclusion. Click here to apply or share this link with students. |
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Member News |
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Welcome to our New Members: Ibrahim Alzaim, Aarhus University Bright Asare-Bediako, Stanford University Giovanni Bertoldi, University of Padova Lukas Brandt, Medical College of Wisconsin Kai Ellis, University of Toronto Isabella Grumbach, University of Iowa Nadia Haghbin, Western University Dong Liu, Morehouse School of Medicine Alejandra Morales-Maldonado, Yale University Donna Poscablo, Stanford University Neekun Sharma, University of Missouri Liliana Som, University of Oxford |
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NAVBO Meetings and Events |
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Keep up to date on NAVBO happenings through the Calendar of Events |
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Registration open! |
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Click on the image to go to the web page. |
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Vasculata 2024 - Registration Open!! |
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Vasculata 2024 - July 22-25, 2024 at Stanford University |
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Registration for Vasculata 2024 is now open. You can also submit at abstract and/or apply for a need-based scholarship. Each day will cover a main theme - Monday, July 22: Basic Vascular Biology and Recent Innovations Thursday, July 25: Turning Promising Research Ideas into Clinical Applications
Click on the button below for more information and to apply.
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Register for Vascular Biolgoy 2024 |
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October 20-24, 2024 at the Asilomar Conference Grounds in Monterey |
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We hope to see you at the annual meeting, Vascular Biology 2024, this October in beautiful Asilomar! The 2023 meeting was a huge success featuring all four themes from our traditional workshops. This year will be the same with an additional general session on Vascular Malformations, co-sponsored by the Sturge-Weber Foundation, and a session on HHT sponsored by Cure HHT. The Microcirculatory Society is once again joining us.
In addition, we are very excited to welcome Dr. William Sessa, Senior Vice President and Chief Scientific Officer, Pfizer Inc., as our Keynote Speaker. His lecture is entitled, Endothelium at the interface of lipid metabolism and vascular function. We will then end the meeting with more on Metabolism, a session featuring Drs. Joseph Loscalzo, Brigham and Women’s Hospital; Dionna Kasper, Dartmouth College; Yajaira Suarez, Yale School of Medicine; and Kristen Zuloaga, Albany Medical College. Plan to stay through the end - Thursday, October 24 at 1:00pm.
In addition to our outstanding scientific sessions, we are sponsoring the Pre-conference Meeting for Trainees, two workshops on DEI, and two career development sessions. We'll have Nano-Talks, three nights of Poster Sessions with poster discussions lead by postdocs, and we're bring back our Networking 101 session for those new to the meeting and/or NAVBO.
Registration is open and we are accepting abstracts. Travel Awards are available for NAVBO and MCS trainee members, more information is available on our web site.
Super Early Bird Deadline - June 30, 2024
The full program is on our web site - https://navbo.org/vb2024 |
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Recent Member Publications |
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Trafficking dynamics of VEGFR1, VEGFR2, and NRP1 in human endothelial cells PLOS Computational Biology The vascular endothelial growth factor (VEGF) family of cytokines are key drivers of blood vessel growth and remodeling. These ligands act via multiple VEGF receptors (VEGFR) and co-receptors such as Neuropilin (NRP) expressed on endothelial cells. These membrane-associated receptors are not solely expressed on the cell surface, they move between the surface and intracellular locations, where they can function differently. Read More
The BulkECexplorer compiles endothelial bulk transcriptomes to predict functional versus leaky transcription Nature Cardiovascular Research Transcriptomic data can be mined to understand the molecular activity of cell types. Yet, functional genes may remain undetected in RNA sequencing (RNA-seq) experiments for technical reasons, such as insufficient read depth or gene dropout. Conversely, RNA-seq experiments may detect lowly expressed mRNAs thought to be biologically irrelevant products of leaky transcription. Read More
The β-catenin C terminus links Wnt and sphingosine-1-phosphate signaling pathways to promote vascular remodeling and atherosclerosis Science Advances Canonical Wnt and sphingosine-1-phosphate (S1P) signaling pathways are highly conserved systems that contribute to normal vertebrate development, with key consequences for immune, nervous, and cardiovascular system function; despite these functional overlaps, little is known about Wnt/β-catenin–S1P cross-talk. Read More
Akt3 activation by R-Ras in an endothelial cell enforces quiescence and barrier stability of neighboring endothelial cells via Jagged1 Cell Reports Communication between adjacent endothelial cells is important for the homeostasis of blood vessels. We show that quiescent endothelial cells use Jagged1 to instruct neighboring endothelial cells to assume a quiescent phenotype and secure the endothelial barrier. Read More
If you recently published a paper and would like to have it included in a future issue of the NAVBO NewsBEAT and/or on our web site. Please send the citation to membership@navbo.org |
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Special Thanks to Vascular Biology 2023 Supporters |
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The Center for Cardiovascular
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Industry News |
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Application open for 2024 NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award The NOMIS & Science Young Explorer Award recognizes and rewards early-career M.D., Ph.D., or M.D./Ph.D. scientists who perform research at the intersection of the social and life sciences. Essays from applicants describing their recent work are judged for clarity, scientific quality, creativity, and demonstration of cross-disciplinary approaches to address fundamental questions. A cash prize of up to US $15,000 will be awarded to essay winners, and their essays will be published in Science. Winners will also be invited to share their work with leading scientists in their respective fields at an award ceremony. Applications are due by May 15, 2024. See www.science.org/nomis for additional information.
Does grant success rate track with the NIH budget? From the NIH Extramural Nexus: Periods of steady NIH budget increase are not always accompanied by increased research project grant success rate. While inflation plays a role, the more fundamental forces at play are explored in a Service Science publication by Larson et al. In a nutshell, NIH funding dynamics are strongly affected by obligations incurred by grant awards made in previous years –“out-year obligations” – and by responses of the research community to NIH budget increases. As each fiscal year starts, a significant percentage of the agency’s budget is already committed to support ongoing awards awaiting expected non-competing renewals; only a fraction of the budget is available for new competing awards…the numerator of the success rate.
Suitable use of data of myriad sorts are regarded as key to addressing many of today's greatest problems, including climate change, the threat of future global pandemics, and personalized medicine. Access to said data is obviously crucial. Over time, data have become increasingly voluminous, complex, heterogeneous, and difficult to share. Groups that generate data may be reluctant to share them for a variety of professional, personal, financial, regulatory, and statutory reasons. A 2023 US-UK Scientific Forum on Researcher Access to Data examined the constellation of issues surrounding researchers' access to data and best practices gleaned from exemplary disciplines; a summarizing report may be found here. |
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NAVBO Corporate Partners |
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NAVBO Corporate Members |
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Summer Programs |
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PRIDE CVD-CGE June 21-27, 2024 (Virtual 10am - 3pm CT)
“PRIDE mentorship provided the foundation to build my work, allowed me to think outside the box, and provided an opportunity to build lasting collaborations with PRIDE cohorts and mentors, and to jointly publish and write grants. PRIDE provides an amazingly enriching experience and I strongly recommend it.” – PRIDE Mentee, 2008 |
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This NHLBI-funded “Programs for Inclusion and Diversity Among Individuals Engaged in Health-Related Research” support junior faculty underrepresented in biomedical research.
Washington University School of Medicine, St. Louis, Missouri MPI’s: Victor Davila-Roman, MD, Lisa de las Fuentes, MD, MS and DC Rao, PhD Program Administrator: Linda Schreier, BS (schreierl@wustl.edu)
Space is limited for the mentored program starting summer 2024. Apply early! |
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Calls for Papers/Proposals |
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Calendar of Events |
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| April 20 - 23, 2024 | Pathobiology 2024 | |
| May 2, 2024 | Webinar Featuring Dr. Tim Padera | |
| June 30 - July 5, 2024 | GRC - Endothelial Cell Heterogeneity in Vascular Development, Disease and Homeostasis | |
| July 2 - 5, 2024 | 23rd International Vascular Biology Meeting | |
| July 22 - 25, 2024 | Vasculata 2024 | |
| August 4 - 8, 2024 | Vasoregulation: Signaling and Multicellular Inputs | |
| October 20 - 24, 2024 | Vascular Biology 2024 | |
| February 11 - 14, 2025 | International Conference on VASCULAR ANOMALIES 2025 |
