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Claudette M. St. Croix - Invited Speaker

Invited Lectureships and Major Seminars (last 5 years)

Date	Title of Presentation	Venue
April, 2012	Constriction in the microvasculature: muscle is not required	Invited Speaker, Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA. Symposium entitled "Novel Sites of Regulation in the Pulmonary Vasculature: Contradictions and Non-traditional Responses".
January, 2012	Zinc-Mediated Signaling and Regulation of Contractility in Vascular Endothelium	Seminar Speaker, Department of Environmental and Occupational Health, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health
October, 2011	Zinc-Metallothionein: A Molecular Target for Nitric Oxide-Mediated Signaling	Invited Symposium Speaker, Full Metal Jacket—The Roles of Metal Ions in Proteins, Science 2011 Next Gen, University of Pittsburgh
September, 2011	Use of contemporary optical imaging to reveal molecular pathways regulating contractile events in vascular endothelium	Invited Speaker, University of Pittsburgh, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology, Annual Retreat, Pittsburgh, PA
April, 2011	A Novel Role for Zinc in Regulating Contractile Events in the Pulmonary Vasculature	Invited Speaker, Sealy Center for Environmental Health and Medicine, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
April, 2011	Live Cell Imaging: Limitations and Possibilities	Invited Speaker, Institute for Human Infections & Immunity, University of Texas Medical Branch at Galveston
December, 2010	Use of Optical Imaging to Study Molecular Behavior in Living Systems	Keynote Speaker, Penn State Milton S. Hershey Medical Center
August, 2010	Optical Imaging Reveals a Role for Zinc in Mediating Contraction of Pulmonary Endothelium	Invited speaker, 17th International Microscopy Congress - IMC17, Rio de Janerio, Brazil
May, 2010	Visualization of nitric oxide-zinc mediated signaling events in pulmonary endothelium	Frontiers of Cellular Imaging for Research and Education, Marquette University, Milwaukee, WI
January, 2010	Visualizing nitric-oxide zinc mediated signaling events in living systems	Invited Speaker, Bioimaging Day, Carnegie Mellon University, Pittsburgh, PA
August, 2009	The use of contemporary optical imagining to reveal molecular pathways regulating contractile events in the pulmonary vasculature	Invited Speaker, Confocal Imaging Workshop, Department of Physiology and Biophysics,University of Southern California Keck School of Medicine, Los Angeles, CA
March, 2009	The Use of Fluorescent Sensors to Study Molecular Behavior in Living Systems	Invited Speaker, McGowan Institute Scientific Retreat, Nemacolin Woodlands Resort, Farmington, PA
March, 2009	A Novel Role for Zinc in Regulating Contractile Events in the Pulmonary Vasculature	Invited Speaker, McGowan Institute Wound Healing Seminar Series, University of Pittsburgh
February, 2009	The use of contemporary optical imagining technologies to reveal molecular pathways regulating contractile events in the pulmonary vasculature	Invited Speaker, Cell Signaling Seminar, Department of Pharmacology, University of South Alabama, Mobile Alabama
February, 2009	Confocal Microscopy	Invited Lecturer, IDL650 Optical Imaging Techniques, Ph.D. degree in Basic Medical Science, School of Medicine, University of South Alabama, Mobile Alabama
January, 2009	The use of contemporary optical imagining technologies to reveal molecular pathways regulating contractile events in the pulmonary vasculature	Invited Speaker, Basic & Translational Research in Lung Diseases Conference Division of Pulmonary Allergy and Critical Care Medicine, University of Pittsburgh
December, 2008	The use of contemporary optical imagining technologies to reveal molecular pathways regulating contractile events in the pulmonary vasculature	Invited Speaker, West Australian Sleep Disorders Research Institute/Department of Pulmonary Physiology, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
November, 2008	Cutting edge sensors in optical microscopy	Invited Lecturer, Live Cell Imaging for the Advanced User, The Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
November, 2008	Studying molecular interactions in living systems	Invited Lecturer, Live Cell Imaging for the Advanced User, The Centre for Microscopy, Characterisation and Analysis, University of Western Australia, Perth, Australia
November, 2008	Fluorescent Probes	Invited Lecturer, Avances Recientes en Microscopia, Instituto Dr Neurobiologia, Mexico City, Mexico
October, 2008	Imaging reveals a role for nitric oxide and zinc in regulating contraction of pulmonary endothelium	Invited Speaker, Biomedical Engineering Society Meetings, St. Louis, MO
August, 2008	Fluorescence resonance energy transfer: Assaying molecular behavior in living systems	Invited Lecturer, Short Course on Live Cell Imaging Using Fluorescence Methods, Microscopy and Microanalysis Meetings, Albuquerque, NM
April, 2008	Novel Optical Methods for Studying the Living Circulatory System and Lung	Symposium Chair and Organizer, Experimental Biology, San Diego, CA
April, 2008	The use of contemporary optical imaging technologies to reveal molecular pathways regulating contractile events in the pulmonary vasculature	Invited Speaker, Focus on Microscopy Conference, Osaka, Japan
January, 2008	Contribution of nitric oxide-induced zinc release in the hypoxic regulation of pulmonary vascular tone	Invited Speaker, Department of Cell Biology and Physiology Seminar Series, University of Pittsburgh School of Medicine
December, 2007	Nitric oxide mediated zinc release contributes to hypoxic regulation of pulmonary vascular tone	Invited Speaker, University of Pittsburgh Graduate School of Public Health Dean's Junior Faculty Seminar Series
April, 2007	Visualizing Nitric Oxide-Zinc Mediated Signaling Events in Intact Pulmonary Endothelium	Invited Speaker, Focus on Microscopy Meetings, Valencia, Spain
January, 2007	Contribution of nitric oxide-induced zinc release in the hypoxic regulation of pulmonary vascular tone	Invited Speaker, Magee-Women's Research Institute, Pittsburgh, PA