Free Radical School Virtual Seminar Series

SFRBM is proud to introduce a new educational benefit for members - the Free Radical School Virtual Seminar series. SFRBM plans to offer these virtual sessions on a quarterly basis, providing valuable education on a wide range of topics. The sessions are open to SFRBM members only and are offered at no charge.

PROGRAM OVERVIEW:

• Basic reactivity of hemoglobin and nitric oxide
• Destruction of nitric oxide activity by hemoglobin and mechanism whereby this is reduced in vivo
• Consequences of hemolysis on NO bioavailability
• Mechanisms whereby hemoglobin preserves or creates NO activity
  o Nitrite reduction
  o S-nitrosothiol signaling and SNO-Hb
• Therapeutic strategies
  o Reduction of NO scavenging
  o Compensation of NO scavenging

PROGRAM FORMAT:
Members can attend a SFRBM Virtual Free Radical School session right from your office or home. All you need to participate is a telephone and a computer with high speed internet connection. The audio is delivered over the telephone (toll-free). Registrants will be provided call in/login information 2-3 days prior to the session and a URL to access the presentation right on the web in real time.

COST:
There is no cost for SFRBM members to participate. The webinar is open to SFRBM members only.

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ABOUT THE SPEAKER:
Dr. Daniel Kim-Shapiro is a Professor of Physics and holds the Harbert Family Distinguished Chair for Excellence in Teaching and Scholarship at Wake Forest University. He also is the director of the Wake Forest Translational Science Center (TSC); Fostering Independence in Aging.

Dr. Kim-Shapiro earned a BA in physics at Carelton College, a MS in Physics from Southern Illinois University, and received a PhD in biophysics from the University of California at Berkeley, in 1993. Dr. Kim-Shapiro joined the faculty of Wake Forest in 1996. He employs physical tools and theory to solve problems in biology, focusing generally on reactive oxygen species, heme proteins, and blood flow. He is currently studying the effects of nitrite and nitric oxide in biological systems, especially as it relates to sickle cell and other blood or cardiovascular diseases. As director of the TSC, he also has a growing interest in aging research.

The Endoplasmic Reticulum: An Emerging Player in Redox Pathophysiology
Free Radical School - 2010 Annual Meeting
Speaker: Francisco Laurindo, MD
University of São Paulo
Length of session: 40 minutes