ARPICO (Society of Italian Researchers & Professionals in Western Canada) has announced (received via March 18, 2022 email) a special event for April 13, 2022,
It is our pleasure, in collaboration with the Consulate General of Italy in Vancouver, to announce that ARPICO’s next public event will be held on Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 at 7:00 PM. This will again be a virtual event using our BlueJeans videoconferencing platform.
The event is in celebration of Italian Research in the World Day instituted in 2018 to value the quality and competencies of Italian researchers abroad and promote concrete actions and investments to allow Italian researchers to continue pursuing their careers in their homeland as well as make Italy an attractive environment for foreign researchers.
This year we are pleased to have Dr. Valentina Marchetti, a professional and academic in stem cell biological research, share with us a special lecture:
Understanding Vascular Diseases and Development Using Stem Cells
WHEN: Wednesday, April 13th, 2022 at 7:00 PM (BlueJeans link active at 6:45 PM)
WHERE: Online using the BlueJeans Conferencing platform. A link will be provided after you register via EventBrite (see RSVP below).
RSVP: Tickets for this event are required, but FREE; all wishing to attend are requested to obtain “free-admission” tickets on EventBrite (green “Register” button on that page), so that you may receive the online event link via email.
We look forward to seeing everyone at the event. See registration details below in the RSVP section. If you have any difficulties with EventBrite, please email us at info@arpico.ca and we will add you to the registration list personally.
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Event Abstract
The vascular system is one of the first to develop during embryo development and is essential for the maintenance and function of all organs and tissues in our body. A complex network of arteries, veins, and capillaries is formed early on and further organized to supply tissues and organs with oxygen, nutrients, and other essential molecules.
The inner lining of all blood vessels is composed of so-called endothelial cells, a single-layered cobblestone-like sheet of cells that play an important function as precise sensors of molecules and shear stress in blood. In response they regulate vessel tone, coagulation, cell differentiation, organ development and regeneration, among other things.
As such, endothelial cells are part of an important pathway for therapeutic intervention in multiple diseases including diabetes, atherosclerosis and cancer.
Experimental models of blood vessels can therefore contribute significantly to better understand the various human diseases and drug development. Stem cells (for our purposes, short for “human induced pluripotent stem cells”) are a prime tool to create better experimental in vitro models of the vasculature and can be used in specialized devices to mimic the human physiological environment.
Dr. Marchetti will illustrate experimental models of the vascular system including the usage of primary endothelial cells and the novel blood vessel organoid technology, among other things, in the context of vascular disease.
About Our Speaker
Valentina Marchetti obtained her PhD in experimental physiopathology at the University of Rome (Tor Vergata) Italy. She subsequently moved to the USA where she spent 5 years as post-doctoral fellow at The Scripps Research Institute, studying the usage of stem cells and myeloid cells for treating diabetic retinopathies and neurodegenerative diseases of the eye.
In the last 8 years she has been working in an industry environment, at STEMCELL Technologies, Vancouver, Canada, where she is responsible for establishing, validating and developing products for supporting endothelial stem cell biology research. In the last year she has also been extensively collaborating with several laboratories and has been an active part of an international group investigating the new SARS-COV-2 role in vascular diseases.
She has recently been appointed Adjunct Professor, in the Department of Molecular Biology and Biochemistry at Simon Fraser University. She is the author of numerous publications on key regulators of insulin resistance, vascular inflammation and microvascular complications related to cardiovascular diseases, as well as the roles of stem cells in diabetic retinopathies and cell therapy applications.
I have more details such as the agenda (from the March 18, 2022 email),
Evening Agenda
6:45 PM – BlueJeans Presentation link becomes active and registrants may join.
If you experience any technical details please email us at info@arpico.ca and we will attempt to assist you as best we can.
7:00 PM – Notes from Consul General of Italy, Fabio Messineo, introduction of & lecture by Dr. Valentina Marchetti
8:00 PM – Q & A Period via BlueJeans Chat
If participants wish to donate to ARPICO, this can be done within EventBrite; this would be greatly appreciated in order to help us continue to build upon our scholarship fund, and to defray the cost of the videoconferencing license.
Further details are also available at arpico.ca, arpico facebook, and EventBrite.
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FAQ
Where can I contact the organizer with any questions?
Can I update my registration information?
Yes. If you have any questions, contact us at info@arpico.ca
I am having trouble using EventBrite and cannot reserve my ticket(s). Can someone at ARPICO help me with my ticket reservation?
Of course, simply send your ticket request to us at info@arpico.ca so we can help you.
Should you have any questions about videoconferenceing via the Bluejeans Meetings platform, just click through to the EventBrite page for APRICO’s April 13, 2022 event.
