News and Events

News

Career Opportunities!

There is a Postdoctoral Associate position available in Dr. Annarita Di Lorenzo's lab at Weill Cornell Medical College. Applicants are encouraged to send current CV to and2039@med.cornell.edu.

Also, please check the WCMC career website to apply for the Research Technician position available.

The CVB welcomes Dr. Annarita Di Lorenzo as our newest Assistant Professor of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine.

Dr. Di Lorenzo obtained a Bachelor of Science degree and her Ph.D. from University of Naples Federico II, Italy, in 2001 and her Ph.D. in Pharmacology from the same University in 2004. Her experimental work was mainly focused on vascular dysfunction in type I diabetes.

During her postdoctoral research in the laboratory of Dr. William Sessa at Yale University (2006-2011), she expanded her work in field of vascular biology and inflammation by studying the role of protein kinase B/Akt and reticulon-4B (Nogo-B) in regulating vascular permeability and leukocyte recruitment in event of acute inflammation.

She is excited to begin her research at Weill Cornell Medical College.

EVENT

Dr. Hla organized the NAVBO Workshops in Vascular Biology 2011 featuring “Vascular Matrix Biology and Bioengineering” and “Biology of Signaling in the Cardiovascular System”. The meeting was held at the Resort and Conference Center at Hynnis on Cape Cod, October 16-20, 2011. There were 350 participants, over 100 talks and more than 175 posters. Many members of WCMC’s CVB attended and presented talks and posters.

Highlights

CVB graduate student, Bongnam Jung, presented her research as a short talk. Dr. Hideru Obinata was awarded one of eight poster awards.

For more information on NAVBO and this meeting, please visit: http://www.navbo.org/

Upcoming Events

Holiday parties at WCMC--pictures to come!