Next week’s Distinguished Scientist Seminar at the University of South Alabama College of Medicine will feature Dr. Hanjoong Jo, John and Jan Portman Professor in Biomedical Engineering at Georgia Tech and Emory University School of Medicine in Atlanta, and professor of medicine at Emory University.The lecture, titled “Bad blood flow induces atherosclerosis by microRNAs that control metalloproteinase activation," will take place April 10, 2014, at 4 p.m. in the first floor auditorium of the Medical Sciences Building on USA’s main campus.
Dr. Jo earned his Ph.D. in physiology from Pennsylvania State University in 1989. He served as a postdoctoral fellow at Washington University, St. Louis, and at the University of Alabama at Birmingham. Dr. Jo joined the biomedical enginnering department at Georgia Tech and Emory University in 2000, where he directs the cardiovascular mechanobiology and nanomedicine lab.
His lab studies how mechanical force associated with blood flow regulates vascular biology and cardiovascular disease, especially atherosclerosis and aortic valve calcification.
The lecture series is comprised of distinguished scientists from other academic institutions who are invited by the USA College of Medicine basic science departments to present a seminar showcasing their latest research findings. Faculty, staff and students are strongly encouraged to attend.
To learn more about Dr. Jo’s research, click here. To learn more about the lecture series, click here.
