Events
Upcoming Events
Eighth Annual CPGLO Summit
Wednesday, August 28, 2024 - Registration Required
9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m.
Location
Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Building T298840 Biological Grade, San Diego, CA 92037
Agenda
9:00-9:30 a.m. Optional Wellness Activity
9:30-10:00 a.m. Check-in
10:00-10:10 a.m. Welcome from Co-Directors
10:10-11:20 a.m. Guest Presentations
- "Engaging Neuroplasticity with Acute Intermittent Hypoxia" - John B. West Distinguished Lecture - Gordon Mitchell, PhD - Preeminence Professor of Neuroscience and Physical Therapy; Director of the Breathing Research and Therapeutics Center (BREATHE); Director of Breathing Research and Therapeutics Training Program; Deputy Director of McKnight Brain Institute at the University of Florida
- “Biological Factors Induced by Deep Meditation" Hemal Patel, PhD – Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Anesthesiology
- “Modulation of Pain by Breathing and Meditation Techniques” Fadel Zeidan, PhD – Professor, Department of Anesthesiology in the Center of Pain Medicine; Director of the Pain Health and Mindfulness Laboratory; Endowed Professor the UC San Diego Sanford Institute for Empathy and Compassion; Co-Founder and Director of Neuroscience at the University of California San Diego Center for Psychedelic Research
11:20 a.m. - 12:25 p.m. Lunch
12:25-1:45 p.m. CPGLO Highlights
- “Tirzepatide for the Treatment of Obstructive Sleep Apnea and Obesity” Atul Malhotra, MD – CPGLO Co-Director; Peter C. Farrell Presidential Endowed Chair in Pulmonary Medicine at University of California San Diego School of Medicine; 2024 Sleep and Respiratory Neurobiology Lifetime Achievement Award by the American Thoracic Society – Medicine Grand Rounds Presentation
- “Blood Oxygen Transport and Depletion in Diving Penguins” Paul Ponganis, MD, PhD– CPGLO Co-Director; Research Physiologist, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
- “Optimizing Respiratory Care: Insights from Critical Care” Alex Pearce, MD – Associate Physician Diplomate, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, and Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego Health
- “Brainstem Neurons Control Allergen-induced Airway Hyperactivity” Yujuan Su, PhD – Project Scientist, Department of Pediatrics and Department of Cell and Developmental Biology, University of California San Diego
1:45-2:25 p.m. Short Presentations
2:25-2:45 p.m. Break
2:45-3:30 p.m. Guest Presentation
- “The Engine for Breathing” - John B. West Distinguished Lecture - Jack Feldman, PhD – David Geffen School of Medicine Chair in Neuroscience; Distinguished Professor of Neurobiology at the University of California Los Angeles
3:30-4:00 p.m. Closing Remarks, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche
4:00-5:00 p.m. Poster Session
Summit Goals
1. Establish cross-disciplinary connections by promoting interactions among faculty, staff, trainees, industry, and community members interested in adaptations related to and clinical applications of hypoxia research;
2. Exchange ideas regarding integrative research efforts;
3. Set foundations for interdisciplinary research proposals.
Previous Events
Seventh Annual CPGLO Summit
Monday, August 7, 2023
Schedule: 9am - 4pm PDT at Ted Scripps Room, Scripps Seaside Forum and online (Zoom link provided to registered participants only); afternoon session includes John B. West Guest Distinguished Lecture by Nobel Laureate in Medicine or Physiology, Dr. Gregg L. Semenza.
9:00 - 9:50 a.m. Optional Wellness Activity; Empathy and Compassion Opening, Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Jigme Lingpa Center
10:00 - 10:10 a.m. Welcome from Co-Directors
10:10 - 10:40 a.m. Guest Presentation
"Adaptive Introgression of the Beta-globin Cluster in Two Andean Waterfowl"
Kevin McCracken, PhD - James A. Kushlan Chair in Waterbird Biology and Conservation, Department of Biology, College of Arts & Sciences, Marine Biology & Ecology, Rosenstiel School of Marine & Atmospheric Sciences, Human Genetics & Genomics, Hussman Institute for Human Genomics, University of Miami Miller School of Medicine
10:40 - 11:15 a.m. Short Presentations
11:15 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Lunch
12:00 - 12:30 p.m. Introduction of the John B. West Distinguished Lectureship
12:30 - 1:30 p.m. John B. West Distinguished Lecture
“Hypoxia-Inducible Factors in Physiology and Medicine”
Gregg L. Semenza, M.D., Ph.D. - Nobel Laureate; Director, Vascular Program, Institute for Cell Engineering, C. Michael Armstrong Professor of Genetic Medicine, Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine
1:45 - 2:30 p.m. Clinical Lecture
“Voices from the Intensive Care Unit (ICU): ICU Recovery Clinics and Other Ways to Build Empathy for Patients”
Amy Bellinghausen Stewart, MD, Assistant Clinical Professor, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, Sleep Medicine, and Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California San Diego School of Medicine
2:30 - 4:00 p.m. Poster Session, Closing Remarks
SHORT PRESENTATION INFORMATION
Yangfan Zhang
“Depressed and shifted: metabolic plasticity of a marine fish species during acclimation to hypoxia”
Kristin O'Brien
“A unique mutation in HIF-1α of Antarctic fishes: did it permit the loss of hemoglobin?”
Gabriela Arango
“Hypoxia exposure induces differential metabolic responses in cells derived from sea turtles and lizards”
Michael Tift
“Distribution of tissue carbon monoxide in hypoxia tolerant species”
Diana Moreno-Santillán
“Genomic insights into diving adaptations in pinnipeds”
Kathy Pham
“Inflammatory profiles and immune responses to high altitude acclimatization”
Richard Milner
“The impact of hypoxia on cerebral angiogenesis and blood-brain barrier integrity”
Sixth Annual CPGLO Summit
Thursday, June 16, 2022
(Online Event)
Schedule
10:00 a.m. Optional Wellness Activity
10:30 - 10:40 a.m. Welcome from Co-Directors
10:40 - 11:15a.m.
Graham Scott, PhD - McMaster University, Hamilton, Ontario, Canada, Department of Biology
"Integrative mechanisms of hypoxia adaptation in high-altitude deer mice"
11:15 a.m. - 11:50 a.m.
Colleen Julian, PhD - University of Colorado, Department of Medicine-Bioinformatics
"The Antenatal Exposures and Non-Communicable Disease (ANDES) Study"
11:50 a.m. - 12:00 p.m. Break
12:10 - 1:00 p.m. Short Presentations
1:00 - 1:30 p.m. CANCELLED
Erik Swenson, MD - University of Washington, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Editor in Chief, High Altitude Medicine and Biology
1:30 - 2:20 p.m.
Douglas Conrad, MD, and Amy Non, PhD - University of California, San Diego
Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine and Department of Anthropology "Questioning the value of race in lung function reference equations for prediction of lung abnormalities and shortness of breath"
2:20 - 2:30 p.m.
Break
2:30 - 3:30 p.m.
Breakout Session/Trainee Presentations
Fifth Annual CPGLO Summit
Friday, June 4, 2021
(Online Event)
Schedule
9:30 a.m. Optional Wellness Activity
10:00 a.m. Welcome from Co-Directors
10:10 - 10:35 a.m.
Allyson Hindle, PhD - University of Nevada, Las Vegas, Department of Integrative Physiology
"Linking the Development of Diving Ability to Regulatory RNA Expression in the Weddell Seal"
10:35 - 11:00 a.m.
Adam R. Wende, PhD - University of Alabama at Birmingham School of Medicine, Department of Pathology
"Combined Transcriptomics and Methylomics to Define Etiologies of Human Heart Failure"
11:00 - 11:10 a.m. Break
11:10 - 11:50 a.m. Short Presentations
12:00 - 1:30 p.m. CoBAD presentation: Tracy Baker, PhD - University of Wisconsin-Madison, Department of Comparative Biosciences
"Maternal Intermittent Hypoxia Reprograms Adult Respiratory Control and the Gut Microbiome in Male Offspring"
*separate CoBAD registration/zoom link: http://bit.ly/CoBAD-Registration
1:35 - 2:00 p.m.
Gabriel Haddad, MD - University of California, San Diego
Chair, Department of Pediatrics, Physician-in-Chief and Chief Scientific Officer at Rady Children's Hospital
"Human Adaptations to High Altitude: Molecular Underpinnings"
2:00 - 3:00 p.m.
"COVID-19: Clinical Studies and Focus on Health Disparities"
3:00 - 4:00 pm
Happy Hour Breakout Session/Trainee Presentations
Fourth Annual CPGLO Summit
Thursday, May 30, 2019
Martin Johnson House
Building T29
8840 Biological Grade, San Diego, CA 92037
Schedule
7:30-8:30 Wellness Activity
8:00-8:45 Registration and Check-in
9:00-9:10 Welcome (Gregg Semenza's talk canceled; to be rescheduled)
9:10-9:35 "Adaptation to Altitude: From Mount Everest to Machu Picchu"
Tatum S. Simonson, PhD
Assistant Professor, CPGLO Founder and Co-Director
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
9:35-10:00 "The Hypoxia Inducible Factor Pathway in Pulmonary Hypertension: Pathogenic Role of Egln1 & Hif-2a"
Jason X. -J. Yuan, MD, PhD
Profesor and Section Chief of Physiology
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, & Sleep Medicine
Department of Medicine
University of California, San Diego
10:00-10:30 Break, Interactive Speed Meetings
10:30-11:00 "Fetal Hypoxia and Cardiac Programming: An Integrated -omics Approach"
Lubo Zhang, PhD
Professor & Director of the Center for Perinatal Biology
Division of Pharmacology School of Medicine
Loma Linda University
11:00-11:30 "Molecular Mechanisms that Mediate Acute Sensing of Blood Oxygen"
Andy Chang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
University of California, San Francisco
11:30-12:00 "A Single Gene Mutation May Have Helped Humans Become Optimal Long-Distance Runners"
Ellen C. Breen, PhD
Associate Research Scientist
Division of Pulmonary, Critical Care, and Sleep Medicine, Section of Physiology
University of California, San Diego
12:00-1:00 Lunch
(12:30-1:00 Optional Lunch and Learn: "Accessing -Omics Resources at UC San Diego"
Amanda Birmingham, Acting Director, Center for Computational Biology and Bioinformatics)
1:00-2:00 Short Presentations
2:00-2:45 Clinical Implications of Hypoxemia
2:45-3:00 Break
3:00-3:30 CPGLO Co-Directors Discussion
3:30-4:00 "Lessons from Tibet" Lama Lhanang Rinpoche, Jigme Lingpa Center San Dieg
4:00-5:00 Happy Hour Poster Session
Third Annual CPGLO Summit
Friday, April 20, 2018
Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Building T29
8840 Biological Grade, San Diego, CA 92037
Schedule
7:30-8:30 Wellness Activity
8:00-8:45 Registration and Check-in
8:45-9:00 Welcome from CPGLO Co-Directors
Opening remarks: John West, MD, PhD, DSc, Emeritus Professor
Division of Physiology, Department of Medicine, University of California, San Diego
9:00-9:20 "Atmospheric oxygen" discussion
Jeff Severinghaus, PhD, Professor, Geosciences Research Division
Scripps Institution of Oceanography
The human physiological impact of global deoxygenation (Martin, et al. 2016)
10:20-10:40 "Blood oxygen affinity: does it matter?"
Tobias Wang, PhD, Professor, Department of Bioscience - Zoophysiology
Aarhus University
10:40-11:00 "Blood flow, microcapillaries, and hypoxia inducible factor (HIF) target gene products of Sherpas and lowlanders residing at 3800m in Nepal"
Cynthia Beall, Distinguished University Professor and Sarah Idell Pyle Professor,
Department of Anthropology
Case Western Reserve University
11:00-11:20 Break 11:20-11:40 "Chronic mountain sickness in Andean highlanders"
Francisco Villafuerte, PhD, Professor, Department of Physiology
Universidad Peruana Cayetano Heredia
11:40-12:00 "Genomic investigations of physiological adaptation in highland deer mice"
Zac Cheviron, PhD, Assistant Professor, Department of BiologyUniversity of Montana
12:00-1:00 Lunch (Optional Science Friday radio hour: Diving Deep To Appreciate The Spleen with Melissa Ilardo and Cynthia Beall)
(12:30-1:00 Optional Lunch and Learn: "Accessing 'omics resources at UC San Diego" Kristen Jepsen, PhD, Director of the Institute of Genomic Medicine)
1:00-2:00 Short Presentations
2:00-2:30 "The ecology of transdisciplinary team science"
Dan Stokols, PhD, Chancellor's Professor Emeritus, Departments of Psychology and Social Behavior; Urban Planning and Public Policy, School of Social Ecology; and Program in Public Health, College of Health Sciences, University of California, Irvine
Dr Stokols' book, Social Ecology in the Digital Age is available from Academic Press/Elsevier, with 30% discount in 2018 with flyer, thanks Dan!
2:30-2:45 Break
2:45-3:30 Grant Session and Discussion with Sharon Franks, PhD, Office of Research Affairs/Research Proposal
Development Service
3:30-4:00 "Transcriptome profiling of the severity of pulmonary arterial hypertension"
Jason Yuan, MD, PhD, Professor, Associate Vice President for Translational Health Sciences
University of Arizona
4:00-5:00 Happy Hour Poster Session
5:00-5:30 Closing Discussion; Post-Summit Opportunities
Martin Johnson House, Scripps Institution of Oceanography
Building T298840 Biological Grade, San Diego, CA 92037
Thank you to our 2024 CPGLO Summit sponsors
Parking & Shuttle Information
Martin Johnson House, Building T29
8840 Biological Grade, San Diego, CA 92037
Directions and Parking
Please visit the Scripps Seaside Forum "Directions and Parking" Page for more information. https://scripps.ucsd.edu/about/venues/seaside-forum/directions
Driving Directions
From Hwy 5
- Head west on La Jolla Village Drive.
- Turn left onto La Jolla Shores Drive.
- Wind down La Jolla Shores Drive.
- Turn right at Naga Way (Sharp turn! Look for Scripps sign.)
- When the road forks, take to the right.
- Drive up the road until you come to three small white cottages on the left. Look for Martin Johnson House or T29.
From Hwy 52
- Take 52 West, La Jolla Parkway.
- La Jolla Parkway continues down a hill into La Jolla and turn right onto La Jolla Shores Drive.
- Turn left on Naga Way (Sharp turn! Look for Scripps sign.)
- When the road forks, take to the right.
- Drive up the road until you come to three small white cottages on the left. Look for Martin Johnson House or T29.
Parking at the Martin Johnson House is extremely limited. Please note, parking passes with an SIO decal are required to park in this area or vehicles will be ticketed. Additional parking is available on La Jolla Shores Drive and within the surrounding neighborhood.
Shuttle Information
Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Shuttle
The Scripps Institution of Oceanography (SIO) Shuttle provides free service between the main UC San Diego campus and the Martin Johnson House. The shuttle runs from the Gillman shuttle stop on main campus every 30 minutes for most of the day on the half hour. https://transportation.ucsd.edu/campus/shuttles/sio.html#Gilman-Transit-Center-(south)
Weather in La Jolla, CA
Please bring layers as some events will take place outside in the cool ocean breeze.
Join more than 300 CPGLO participants
Reach out to:
Dr. Tatum Simonson
Email: tsimonson@health.ucsd.edu
Center for Physiological Genomics of Low Oxygen (CPGLO)
9500 Gilman Drive, Mail Code 0623A
La Jolla, CA 92093-0623A