News and Events
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May 25, Friday 2012, The Zarins' Festschrift was held to celebrate the career and accomplishments of Dr. Christopher K. Zarins.
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May 22, Tuesday 2012, Anouncement for the Zarins' Festschrift on Stanford Vascular Surgery website: On May 25th, the Stanford Vascular Family will celebrate the career and accomplishments of our founding Division Chief, Dr. Christopher Zarins. Dr. Zarins retires at the end of May, after a Stanford career spanning 19 years, including 12 as Division Chief (1993-2005). The schedule for the Zarins' Festschrift includes speakers from all phases of Dr. Zarins' career; medical school, training, and his faculty leadership positions at Chicago and Stanford. Included as well will be an overview of Dr. Zarins' recent business ventures in medical entrepreneurship. All interested individuals are invited to join us. Please click on the following link for more information about the program: Zarins Festschrift
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March 30, 2012, Celebration for Dr. Oscar Abilez at Dr. Zarins home.
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November 2, 2011, Oscar Abilez, MD, did a great job in his PhD defense. His PhD thesis is entitled: "Biochemical, Electrical, & Optogenetic Control of Human Pluripotent Stem Cells". Wed, Nov 2, 2011, 11:00 AM-12:00 noon, Clark Center Auditorium.
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September 20, 2011, in the news: Researchers create first human heart cells that can be paced with light, by Andrew Myers | Sep. 20, 2011 | Stanford school of engineering. [Read more follow up news over the globe at Google search results]
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June 23, 2011, The Zarins Lab held a Party to honor Madhu, Zane, and Chengpei as they have finished work in the lab. Here is the website.
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April 27, 2009, Hirotake Masuda, MD, PhD, Professor of Pathology, Akita University Medical School, Akita, Japan, visited Stanford University and presented his recent research to Zarins Lab, entitled “Weaving theory of myocardial sarcomeres”.
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January 10, 2009, Memorial service - Seymour Glagov (August 8, 1925 - October 29, 2008)
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Vascular disease expert, Seymour Glagov, 1925-2008 [a copy is saved here] [First Glagov Symposium in 2003]
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July 3, 2008 - Oscar Abilez, MD, in the news: SPECIAL TOPICS: Bedside to bench, new program helps MDs earn PhDs ; also see 05/28/2008 MEDICAL CENTER REPORT
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February 14, 2008 - Congratulations to Dr. Christopher K. Zarins on his election as President of ISES this year at the International Society of Endovascular Specialists Annual Congress in Scottsdale, AZ.
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February 14, 2008 - Congratulations to Benjamin Y. Rafii, medical student in Dr. Zarins' lab, for winning Second Place in the 2008 International Society of Endovascular Surgery Research Award Competition in Scottsdale, AZ! His paper was entitled“Lateral movement of endografts within the aneurysm sac is an indicator of stent-graft instability”. All of the other finalists were physicians and fellows and Ben were the only medical student to be included in the six finalists who presented their work in Phoenix on Monday of this week.
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Bio-X Cardiovascular Research Group BBQ & Pool Party, at the Zarins Home, Friday, June 1, 2007, 5-8P
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March 16, 2007 - Congratulations! $75 Mllion Boost For California Stem Cell Scientist. This is a CIRM 4-year comprehensive grant: RC1-00151-1 Christopher K. Zarins, Stanford University, Engineering a Cardiovascular Tissue Graft from Human Embryonic Stem Cells. $2,618,704. [Stanford News Link]
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February 13, 2007 - Congratulations to Craig Goergen, graduate student in Dr. Taylor's and Dr. Zarins' lab, for winning 1st place in the basic science research category of the International Society of Endovascular Specialists Vascular Fellow's Competition in Scottsdale, AZ. His paper was entitled "Increased Arterial Abdominal Aortic Wall Motion: Possbile Role in Aneurysm Pathogenesis and Design of Endovascular Devices."
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Presentation at the AHA young investigators conference, Friday, September 29 2006, San Francisco: Oscar Abilez, Peyman Benharash, Emiko Miyamoto, Adrian Gale, Chengpei Xu, Christopher Zarins. P19 Stem Cells Progress To Organized Contracting Myocytes After Chemical And Electrical Stimulation: Implications For Vascular Tissue Engineering. [poster]
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Stimulation converts stem cells to myocytes. Monday, July 03, 2006, apollolipids.org
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Future Medicine - Regenerative Medicine -(2006) 1(4):415 - Full Text (A copy is HERE) (The publication: Abilez, et al. J Endovasc Ther. 2006 May-Jun;13(3):377-88. PMID: 16784327 [pdf])
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Palo Alto Online News, June 22, 2006. Stem-cell breakthrough at Stanford, by Don Kazak
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Stanford Report, June 21, 2006 Can stem cells be turned into vessels? by TRACIE WHITE
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Stanford doctors advance in bid to turn mice stem cells into blood vessels. 6/21/06 News Release. Office of Communication & Public Affairs, Stanford University School of Medicine.
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2006 Zarins-Taylor Lab Party was held on Saturday, June 10 at the Zarins' home, in honor of Peyman Benharash, MD and Jason T. Lee, MD, who finished one-year research fellowship; and Bonnie L. Johnson, RDMS, RVT, FSVU, who finished her service as the Director of Vascular Laboratory Services Division of Vascular Surgery from 1993 to 2006, and joins the research in the group. [Photo Collection]
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Aris Theologis has been selected by the Lifeline Research & Education Committee of the American Vascular Association to receive a 2006 Student Research Fellowship award. Congratulations! Tuesday, April 18, 2006.
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Oscar J. Abilez, MD and Peyman Benharash, MD both presented at the Joan L. & Julius H. Jacobson Research Initiatives in Vascular Disease Conference: Tools for the Next Decade. In cooperation with The National Institutes of Health- National Heart Lung and Blood Institute. March 30-31, 2006 - Renaissance Washington, DC Hotel.
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Jean M. Picquet, a visiting Professor and former fellow in this lab, has spent one week (February 27 to March 5, 2006) working with us on various projects.
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Saluting our Future Leaders. Oscar J. Abilez, first place winner, at the 2006 Endovascular Fellows' Research Award Competition, at the International Congress XIX on Endovascular Interventions, February 13, 2006, at the Phoenician Resort in Scottsdale, Arizona, USA. Winning presentation entitled "P19 Progenitor Cells Progress to Organized Contracting Myocytes after Chemical and Electrical Stimulation: Implications for Vascular Tissue Engineering". [February 14, 2006] The PLAQUE to The WINNER
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Peyman Benharesh is a Stanford Cardiovascular Institute $50,000 seed grant award-winner for his proposal entitled " Genomic, Morphometric, Hemodynamic, and Mechanical Investigation of Rat Arteries in a Pulsatile Organ-Culture System." the announcement [February 2, 2006]
- Young scientists like Mahncy Mehrotra are already developing ways to unblock your arteries. (Mahncy took a summer internship in 2005 in the Zarins Lab, under direct supervision of Oscar J. Abilez, MD). [January 12, 2006]
- BAY TV News July 5, 1999, 9PM - featuring Dr. Charlie Taylor, Bean Vrolyk, and Dr. Chris Zarins. Video (6'38"): 25MB | 49MB | 100MB (posted September 5, 2007)
