Harnessing the Therapeutic Potential of Extracellular Proteolysis

The Gordon Research Seminar on Plasminogen Activation and Extracellular Proteolysis is a unique forum for graduate students, post-docs, and other scientists with comparable levels of experience and education to present and exchange new data and cutting edge ideas.

This meeting will highlight the breadth of potential that extracellular proteolysis holds for the treatment of diseases, including (but not limited to): cardiovascular and cerebrovascular diseases, cancer, and disorders of the central nervous system. This GRS will showcase the work of young investigators within topics of: molecular mechanisms of plasminogen pathway and extracellular proteolysis and their function in homeostasis; regulation of innate immune responses and inflammation; and thrombosis, hemostasis and tissue repair. The meeting will conclude with a panel discussion of scientists who have had experience with "bench-to-bedside" research by translating their basic science discoveries to clinical trials.