Notre Dame hosts international biology workshop at Rome Global Gateway | News | Notre Dame News | University of Notre Dame Skip To Content Skip To Navigation Skip To Search University of Notre Dame Notre Dame News Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Home Contact Search Menu Home › News › Notre Dame hosts international biology workshop at Rome Global Gateway Notre Dame hosts international biology workshop at Rome Global Gateway Published: September 24, 2015 Author: Stephanie Healey The 15th International Workshop on Molecular and Cellular Biology of Plasminogen Activation began this week at the University of Notre Dame Global Gateway in Rome. Held every other year since 1985, this year’s workshop will host more than 85 scientists from 16 countries. The plasminogen activation pathway is an essential regulator in tissue remodeling and plays an important role in the regulation of cell functions through the activation of cell signaling pathways. The pathway has been identified as a significant participant in the regulation and progression of several human diseases including cancer, cardiovascular diseases, neurological pathologies and bacterial pathogenesis. More than 50 percent of this year’s workshop attendees are current graduate students or postdoctoral researchers, several of whom received fellowships to attend the meeting. “All sessions will be chaired by one established principal investigator and one young researcher,” said Frank Castellino, the Kleiderer-Pezold Professor of Biochemistry and director of the W. M. Keck Center for Transgene Research at Notre Dame. “We wanted to be sure that young, up-and-coming researchers were well represented at the meeting.” Over the five-day workshop, 52 oral presentations and 29 poster presentations will be shared. Scientists will come from Australia, Belgium, Canada, China, Denmark, Finland, France, Germany, Italy, Japan, New Zealand, Russia, Sweden, Turkey, United Kingdom and the United States. This workshop is unique in that it is almost completely abstract-driven, with the goal of fostering engaging research discussions on new and unpublished research. Keeping the new investigators in mind, four State-of-the-Art presentations will also be included to provide information on previous work and predictions about future research in the field. The State-of-the-Art speakers include: Francesco Blasi, FIRC Institute of Molecular Oncology Foundation: “Urokinase, Receptor, Inhibitors: But This is Very Old Now!” Nicola J. Mutch, University of Aberdeen: “Platelets are Key Modulators of Fibrinolysis.” Manuel Yepes, Emory University: “Tissue-type Plasminogen Activator is a Master Regulator of Synaptic Function in the Brain.” Shaun Lee, University of Notre Dame: “Blood Ties: Host Microbe Interactions in Group A Streptococcal Pathogenesis.” This year’s meeting was organized by Castellino, Victoria Ploplis and Rashna Balsara of the University of Notre Dame, and M. Patrizia Stoppelli and Nicolai Sidenius of Italy. The 16th workshop, which will be the first joint meeting with the International Society of Fibrinolysis and Proteolysis, will be held in Japan in 2016. Posted In: Diversity, Equity & Inclusion International Research Home Experts ND in the News Subscribe About Us Related September 12, 2022 Can you tell me how to get to Sesame Street … in different countries? May 03, 2022 Pulte Institute launches Central America Research Alliance April 06, 2022 Rise in trust of institutions led to boost in entrepreneurial intent, especially among STEM undergraduates August 25, 2021 Japanese far-right hate group helped popularize anti-Korean sentiment May 13, 2021 Tending its Own Garden: Notre Dame undergrads research European view of US elections For the Media Contact Office of Public Affairs and Communications Notre Dame News 500 Grace Hall Notre Dame, IN 46556 USA Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube Pinterest © 2022 University of Notre Dame Search Mobile App News Events Visit Accessibility Facebook Twitter Instagram YouTube LinkedIn