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MOLECULAR FUNCTION & IMAGING SYMPOSIUM: SATURDAY MAY 23RD 2009

7:00-7:30
Registration & Breakfast
Grand Scheme Foyer & Delivered Ballroom 7:15-7:30
Welcoming Remarks
Dr Rob Beanlands
ICRH / MFI TRANSLATIONAL WORKSHOPS I
7:30-8:30
Session A
Dr Erik Suuronen
Stem Cell and Regenerative Therapies: How to
Make the Leap from Lab Bench to Clinical
Dr Duncan Stewart*
Application and Evaluation
Mr Joe Irvine / Dr Nadine Tatton
7:30-8:30
Session B
Dr Rob deKemp
Cardiac Molecular Imaging: How Can Imaging
Approaches Enhance Basic & Clinical
Dr Matthias Friedrich
Research?
Dr Joseph Wu*
ICRH / MFI TRANSLATIONAL WORKSHOPS II

8:30-9:30
Session C
Dr Glenn Wells
Vascular Molecular Imaging: How Can
Imaging Approaches Enhance Basic & Clinical
Dr Jean-Claude Tardif*
Research?
Dr Alan Moody
08:30-9:30
Session D
Dr Ting Lee
Molecular Imaging for the Non-Imaging
Scientist: Options & Opportunities
Dr Matthias Friedrich
Dr Peter Burns
University of Toronto
Dr Frank Bengel*
Johns Hopkins University
MOLECULAR FUNCTION & IMAGING SYMPOSIUM: 9:30-9:45
COFFEE BREAK & POSTER SET-UP
Grand Scheme Foyer & Pavilion SESSION I – BASIC SCIENCE OF CARDIAC REGENERATIVE THERAPY
KEYNOTE LECTURE I
9:45-10:30
Cell Based Therapies for Cardiovascular Diseases: Dr Duncan Stewart
ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION I (10:30 − 12:00)
Patrick Burgon (UOHI) Miran Kenk (PhD Candidate, UOHI) 10:30-10:45
A Tissue-Engineered Biomatrix Enhances the Dr Pingchuan Zhang
Therapeutic Effects of Circulating Progenitor Cells Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Ottawa Heart Institute 10:45-11:00
An Injectable Collagen-Chitosan Hydrogel: Dr Chao Deng
Preparation, Physical Properties and Angiogenic Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Ottawa Heart Institute 11:00-11:15
Collagen Capsule as a Drug-delivery Vehicle Zahra Arzhangi
MSc Student
University of Ottawa Eye Institute
11:15-11:30
Controlled Release of Stromal Cell Derived Drew Kuraitis
Factor-1 to Enhance Progenitor Cell Recruitment PhD Candidate Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Ottawa Heart Institute 11:30-11:45
Bone Marrow Cells Attenuate Renal and Cardiac Dr Darren Yuen
Injury in a Model of Progressive Chronic Kidney St Michael’s Hospital University of Toronto 11:45-12:00
Bone Marrow Clara Cell Secretory Protein- Dr Martha Bustos
Expressing Cells Rescue Mice with Irreversible Latner Thoracic Surgery Laboratories University of Toronto MOLECULAR FUNCTION & IMAGING SYMPOSIUM: 12:00-12:45
LUNCH AND POSTER SESSION
SESSION II – PRECLINICAL IMAGING
KEYNOTE LECTURE II

12:45-13:30
Tracking of Stem Cell Therapy in Cardiac Disease Dr Joseph Wu
ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION II (13:30 – 15:00)

Moderator:
Dr Pasan Fernando (MDS Nordion, UOHI) Ran Klein (PhD Candidate, UOHI) 13:30-13:45
Labeling Circulating Progenitor Cells Using the Dr Tayebeh Hadizad
Lipophilic Ligand Hexadecyl-4-[18F]fluoro- PET Radiochemistry Laboratory University of Ottawa Heart Institute 13:45-14:00
Development of Non-Invasive PET Imaging for Mary Zhang
the Long-Term Assessment of Progenitor Cells Division of Cardiac Surgery University of Ottawa Heart Institute 14:00-14:15
Ultrasound-Mediated Gene Delivery of Growth Alexandra Smith
Factors Promotes Sustained New Blood Vessel St Michael’s Hospital University of Toronto 14:15-14:30
[11C]Methyl-Candesartan Displays Binding Sheryn Kirkpatrick
Specificity for Angiotensin II AT1 Receptors PET BioTesting Laboratory University of Ottawa Heart Institute 14:30-14:45
Application of New Bifunctional Chelates for Adam Smith
Excellence (MICE) MDS Nordion University of Ottawa Heart Institute 14:45-15:00
PDE4 Specific Binding is Observed in Rat Heart Adam Thomas
using (R)-[11C]Rolipram and Small Animal PET MSc Candidate PET BioTesting Laboratory University of Ottawa Heart Institute 15:00-15:15
COFFEE BREAK
MOLECULAR FUNCTION & IMAGING SYMPOSIUM: SESSION III – CLINICAL IMAGING
KEYNOTE LECTURE III

15:15-16:00
Translation of Stem Cell Imaging to Human Dr Frank Bengel
ORAL ABSTRACT SESSION III (16:00-17:30)

Moderator:
Dr Glenn Wells (UOHI) Dr Abdulaziz Alghamdi (Clinical Fellow, UOHI) 16:00-16:15
Amir Pourmoghaddas
Characteristics using Respiratory Motion Imaging Physics University of Ottawa Heart Institute 16:15-16:30
Test-retest Repeatability of Myocardial SPECT Dr Iftikhar Ali
Cardiac Imaging University of Ottawa Heart Institute 16:30-16:45
Metabolic Characterization of the Human R225W Sean Crawford
AMPKγ3 Mutation Reveals Increased Oxidative Capacity, Leak Dependent Respiration, and 16:45-17:00
Characterization of Patients with Preserved and Dr Maria Cecilia Ziadi
Reduced Myocardial Flow Reserve Measured Cardiac Imaging University of Ottawa Heart Institute 17:00-17:15
Reduced Cardiac Function with Cardiac Edema Myra Cocker
and Hyperemia in Elite High-Endurance Athletes with Common Colds: A Cardiovascular Magnetic Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta 17:15-17:30
Characterization of the Cardiotoxic Effects of Brooke Hogarth
Chemotherapies by Contrast-Enhanced Cardiac Libin Cardiovascular Institute of Alberta CLOSE OF SESSIONS
17:30-17:40
Dr Robert Roberts
President, CEO, Chief Science Officer
University of Ottawa Heart Institute

Source: http://www.lightbox.ca/~mfi/sup_files/MFI2009_program.pdf