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SLURP: Journal Club on Dr. Alison Vander Roest's Research

What is SLURP? Join us for pizza at our SLURP (SLU Readiness Program) Series. Each of these journal club/happy hour-style sessions will take place a day or two before its respective Breakfast Club talk. These will be run by trainees and will give attendees the opportunity to delve a little deeper into the speaker's research, helping you prepare to get the most out of the talk. This session will be hosted by postdoc Kerry Kao, member of the Powers Lab.  Topic: Dr. Alison Vander Roest, University of Michigan Dr. Vander Roest will be presenting in the Distinguished Lecture Series on Thursday, February 12th, 2026. Pizza lunch will be provided for all attendees, sponsored by Dr. Suzie H. Pun and Dr. Michael Regnier! RSVP for pizza lunch: link For further information and to access the Journal Club article for this session, please visit the BCTP website. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: South Lake Union C Building (Admin) (SLC). Campus room: C123A. Accessibility Contact: kmitz@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Student Activities. Event sponsors: SLURP is organized and hosted by the trainees in the Bioengineering Cardiovascular Training Program (BCTP): Rachel Hu, Bella Jennings, Ethan Mickelson, Lesley Martinez Rodriguez, Likitha Nimmagadda, and Matt Magoon. BCTP is supported by the National Institute of Biomedical Imaging and Bioengineering of the National Institutes of Health under Award Number T32EB032787 and by the Department of BioE. Target Audience: Trainees interested in Cardiovascular Biology. Wednesday, February 11, 2026, 12:30 PM – 1:30 PM. For more info visit ccb.uw.edu.

Breakfast Club Distinguished Lecture with Alison Vander Roest, PhD

Speaker: Alison Vander Roest, PhD Assistant Professor of Biomedical Engineering University of Michigan Talk Title: Quantitative microscopy and modeling of cardiac mechanobiology . Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: South Lake Union C Building (Admin) (SLC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/4865023668. Campus room: Orin Smith Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Katie Mitzelfelt: kmitz@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Event Hosts: Daniel Yang, MD & Matthew Walker, PhD Administrative support for Breakfast Club provided by the Center for Cardiovascular Biology, the Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, the Center for Translational Muscle Research, the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center, and the Division of Cardiology. Target Audience: Anyone with an interest in Cardiovascular Biology. Thursday, February 12, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.

Breakfast Club Seminar with Michael Lenaeus, MD, PhD

Speaker: Michael Lenaeus, MD, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine/General Internal Medicine University of Washington Talk Title: TBD. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: South Lake Union C Building (Admin) (SLC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/4865023668. Campus room: Orin Smith Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Katie Mitzelfelt: kmitz@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Event Hosts: Daniel Yang, MD & Matthew Walker, PhD Administrative support for Breakfast Club provided by the Center for Cardiovascular Biology, the Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, the Center for Translational Muscle Research, the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center, and the Division of Cardiology. Target Audience: Anyone with an interest in Cardiovascular Biology. Thursday, February 19, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.

Breakfast Club Seminar with Stefania Fresca, PhD

Speaker: Stefania Fresca, PhD Assistant Professor of Mechanical Engineering University of Washington Talk Title: Deep learning-based reduced order models in cardiac electrophysiology , Bio: Stefania Fresca is Assistant Professor in Physics-based Machine Learning at the Department of Mechanical Engineering at University of Washington, Seattle. In 2017, she started her Ph.D. in the “Mathematical Models and Methods in Engineering” Program at MOX (Laboratory for Modeling and Scientific Computing) - Department of Mathematics at Politecnico di Milano, Italy, in the framework of the ERC Advanced Grant Project iHEART led by Prof. Alfio Quarteroni and devoted to cardiac modeling. After obtaining her Ph.D. Degree cum laude in 2021, she was recognized the Runner-up Best Ph.D. Award in Biomedical Engineering at the 7th International Conference on Computational & Mathematical Biomedical Engineering (CMBE22). Following her Ph.D. she spent two years as a Post-Doctoral Research Fellow at MOX and in 2023 started an… Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: South Lake Union C Building (Admin) (SLC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/4865023668. Campus room: Orin Smith Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Katie Mitzelfelt: kmitz@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Event Hosts: Daniel Yang, MD & Matthew Walker, PhD Administrative support for Breakfast Club provided by the Center for Cardiovascular Biology, the Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, the Center for Translational Muscle Research, the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center, and the Division of Cardiology. Target Audience: Anyone with an interest in Cardiovascular Biology. Thursday, February 26, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.

Breakfast Club Seminar with Kerry Kao, PhD

Speaker: Kerry Kao, PhD Postdoctoral Scholar in the Regnier Lab University of Washington Talk Title: TBD. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: South Lake Union C Building (Admin) (SLC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/4865023668. Campus room: Orin Smith Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Katie Mitzelfelt: kmitz@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Event Hosts: Daniel Yang, MD & Matthew Walker, PhD Administrative support for Breakfast Club provided by the Center for Cardiovascular Biology, the Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, the Center for Translational Muscle Research, the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center, and the Division of Cardiology. Target Audience: Anyone with an interest in Cardiovascular Biology. Thursday, March 5, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.

Breakfast Club Distinguished Lecture with Thomas Quertermous, MD

Speaker: Thomas Quertermous, MD Professor of ardiovascular Medicine Stanford University Talk Title: TBD. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: South Lake Union C Building (Admin) (SLC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/4865023668. Campus room: Orin Smith Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Katie Mitzelfelt: kmitz@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Event Hosts: Daniel Yang, MD & Matthew Walker, PhD Administrative support for Breakfast Club provided by the Center for Cardiovascular Biology, the Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, the Center for Translational Muscle Research, the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center, and the Division of Cardiology. Target Audience: Anyone with an interest in Cardiovascular Biology. Thursday, March 19, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.

Breakfast Club Seminar with Francis Kim, MD, FACC, FACP

Speaker: Francis Kim, MD, FACC, FACP Professor of Cardiology University of Washington Talk Title: TBD. Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: South Lake Union C Building (Admin) (SLC). Online Meeting Link: https://washington.zoom.us/j/4865023668. Campus room: Orin Smith Auditorium. Accessibility Contact: Katie Mitzelfelt: kmitz@uw.edu. Event Types: Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: Event Hosts: Daniel Yang, MD & Matthew Walker, PhD Administrative support for Breakfast Club provided by the Center for Cardiovascular Biology, the Mitochondria and Metabolism Center, the Center for Translational Muscle Research, the Wellstone Muscular Dystrophy Research Center, and the Division of Cardiology. Target Audience: Anyone with an interest in Cardiovascular Biology. Thursday, March 26, 2026, 9:00 AM – 10:00 AM.

Cardiovascular Training Program Annual Symposium

The BCTP and CVTP host an annual symposium, organized by the current BCTP and CVTP trainees with administrative and financial support provided by the UW Department of Bioengineering and UW Medicine Division of Cardiology. The symposium features an invited Keynote Speaker in the field of cardiovascular bioengineering, as well as talks from our current BCTP and CVTP trainees, alumni talks, a career panel, and poster session. More information available on the BCTP website. . Event interval: Single day event. Campus location: South Lake Union C Building (Admin) (SLC). Campus room: Orin Smith Auditorium, Building C Lobby, C123A/B. Accessibility Contact: kmitz@uw.edu. Event Types: Special Events. Lectures/Seminars. Event sponsors: The Bioengineering Cardiovascular Training Program (BCTP) and Cardiovascular Training Program (CVTP) host an annual symposium, organized by the current BCTP and CVTP trainees with administrative and financial support provided by the UW Department of Bioengineering and UW Medicine Division of Cardiology. Target Audience: Cardiovascular Biology Interest. Monday, March 30, 2026, 9:00 AM – 5:00 PM.