Exploring the clinical, basic, and translational sciences in stroke research

For this new biweekly seminar series, we welcome all research topics related to stroke & cerebrovascular diseases and neurovascular injury & repair, including the clinical, basic, and translational sciences.

When: 12pm, Thursdays bi-weekly
Where: Holden Auditorium* (Farrell LTC, Medical Campus) and Zoom
*Unless noted below
Organizer: Andria Ford (WashU Neurology)

If you would like to present your research, contact Francesca Ryan.

Note individual events are listed on the ONR Calendar.

2024 Fall Schedule

For inquiries contact Andria Ford or Francesca Ryan.

September 5, 2024

Fredrick Denorme (WashU Emergency Medicine)

“Platelets in Stroke: Double-Edged Swords in the Brain”

September 19, 2024

NOTE in-person location: Schwarz Conference Room, 1st Fl (Maternity Building, Medical Campus)

Mark Rutherford (WashU Otolaryngology)

“Cerebroprotection from ischemic stroke by mitigation of glutamate excitotoxicity with antagonists of calcium-permeable AMPA receptors”

October 3, 2024

NOTE in-person location: Schwarz Conference Room, 1st Fl (Maternity Building, Medical Campus)

Ricardo D’Oliveira Albanus (Karch lab, WashU Psychiatry)

“Dissecting the interplay between cerebrovascular dysfunction and AD through multi-omic profiling of human brains”

October 17, 2024

Osvaldo Laurido-Soto (WashU Neurology)

“NUVISTA Results: Neuromodulation Using Vagal Nerve Stimulation for Ischemic Stroke as a Therapeutic Adjunct (NUVISTA) Trial”

October 31, 2024

NOTE in-person location: Schwarz Conference Room, 1st Fl (Maternity Building, Medical Campus)

Nelly Joseph-Mathurin (WashU Radiology)

“Evaluation of the neurovascular unit in the autosomal dominant AD”

November 14, 2024

Elena Gracheva (Zhou lab, WashU Biomedical Engineering)

“Using Optical Coherence Microscopy and optogenetic heart pacing for cardiovascular research in Drosophila”

December 12, 2024

Keith Lohse (WashU Physical Therapy)

“Scalable phenotypes for the ‘–omics’ of stroke recovery: Validating real-world actigraphy to measure motor recovery in a large heterogenous sample”

2024 Spring Schedule

March 14, 2024

Ryan Bowen (Lee lab, WashU Neurology)

“Optical Imaging Measures Predict Functional Recovery after Stroke”

March 28, 2024

Atul Kumar (Dhar lab, WashU Neurology)

“Stroke Imaging Biomarker Extraction at Scale – SNIPR Pipelines”

April 11, 2024

Yan Wang (WashU Neurology)

“Multimodal MRI to understand Moyamoya and Aneurysm Formation in Sickle Cell Disease”

April 25, 2024

Karan Jani (Goyal lab, WashU Radiology)

“Hyperacute Stroke Imaging: Leveraging ‘Zero-Zero’ Perfusion”

May 9, 2024

Asher Albertson (WashU Neurology)

“Stroke is Associated with Regional and Age-Specific Changes in Periodic and Aperiodic Cortical Activity”

June 6, 2024

NOTE location: Connor Auditorium (FLTC, Medical Campus)

Allison Miller (Lang lab, WashU Physical Therapy)

June 20, 2024

Adam Bauer (WashU Radiology)

“Optical neurotechnology for examining and manipulating network (re)connections after stroke”