DCB Seminar Series Featuring Dr. James F. Martin from Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Heart Institute

October 12, 2023 @ 11:00 AM 12:00 PM

Fall 2023 Seminar Series

Each quarter the Department of Developmental and Cell Biology hosts a weekly seminar. The purpose of these seminars is to enable experts from around the country to share their newest discoveries and ideas with our students and faculty. Seminars are held on Thursdays at 11:00 a.m., in Natural Sciences II room 4201, and live streamed via Zoom.  For seminar schedule click here.

Dr. James F. Martin
Professor, Baylor College of Medicine & Texas Heart Institute


Hippo-signaling in Heart Regeneration


Abstract:

The mammalian heart regenerates poorly and damage commonly leads to heart failure. The Hippo pathway is an evolutionarily conserved kinase cascade that regulates heart size during development and prevents adult mammalian cardiomyocyte regeneration by inhibiting the transcription cofactor Yap. Recent work indicates that deletion of the Hippo pathway component, Salv, in cardiomyocytes can reverse ischemic heart failure in a mouse model. Further experiments have uncovered Yap target genes and provided insight into the mechanisms by which Yap regulated cardiomyocyte gene expression.

 

Organizer:
Email: Mayra Rubio mrubio3@uci.edu

Details

Date:
October 12, 2023
Time:
11:00 AM – 12:00 PM
Event Category:

4201 Natural Sciences II

4201 Natural Sciences II
Irvine, CA United States
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