Aikawa-Aikawa Laboratories

Cardiovascular Division, Brigham and Women's Hospital
2020-05-25 - Publication in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology journal:

Ryo Kawakami et al., published "S100A9-RAGE Axis Accelerates Formation of Macrophage-Mediated Extracellular Vesicle Microcalcification in Diabetes Mellitus" in Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis, and Vascular Biology journal.

2020-05-21 - Jeffrey M. Hoeg Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology Award:

Congratulations to Dr. Elena Aikawa for receiving the 2020 Jeffrey M. Hoeg Arteriosclerosis, Thrombosis & Vascular Biology Award for Basic Science & Clinical Research.

2020-03-02 - Publication in Atherosclerosis journal:

Livia Passos et al., published "Innate and Adaptive Immunity in Cardiovascular Calcification" in Atherosclerosis journal!

2019-01-04 - Toshiaki Nakano publishes in Circulation AHA Journal:

Toshiaki Nakano et al., just published "Uremic Toxin Indoxyl Sulfate Promotes Proinflammatory Macrophage Activation Via the Interplay of OATP2B1 and DII4-Notch Signaling" in Circulation. Read it here!

2018-12-19 - The 2018 Longwood Extracellular Vesicle Symposium “From Science to Therapeutics”:

The symposium took place at CICS on November 28, 2018.

2018-11-12 - American Heart Association Scientific Sessions:

Shunsuke Katsuki and Ryo Kawakami presented their data in the oral sessions of the AHA 2018 . Congrats to both of them. Shunsuke was invited to the ATVB early career networking reception.

2017-05-16:

Masanori Aikawa moderated at World Medical Innovation Forum 2017, the Special Focus Session “Japan Today”. Here is a link to the Japan session on this YouTube channel.

2017-05-01:

Elena Aikawa kicked off the Word Medical Innovation Forum in Boston today by promoting her Heart Valve Translational Research Program at Brigham and Women's Hospital.

2017-01-03:

Ryo Kawakami joined Dr. Elena Aikawa lab as a Research Fellow. Welcome Ryo!!

2016-10-04:

Masanori Aikawa,MD, Ph.D became Chief Editor of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

2016-09-30:

Celebrating Women in Women in Medicine and Science (WMSS)’s fifth year, the symposium was co-sponsored by the BWH Center for Faculty Development and Diversity (CFDD), the Brigham Research Institute, the Center for Clinical Investigation and the Connors Center for Women’s Health and Gender Biology. Elena Aikawa,MD, Ph.D the event founder and co-chair, noted the symposium provides an opportunity for clinicians and researchers from various disciplines—whose paths may not ordinarily cross—to learn about their colleagues’ work. Sited from the Elena Aikawa,MD, Ph.D became the first women president of the The International Society for Applied Cardiovascular Biology.

2016-07-29:

Congrats to Casper on being awarded the Biomaterials Innovation Research Center Award for Scientific Excellence Award!! Casper attended the Micro- and Nanotechnologies for Medicine: Emerging Frontiers and Applications Workshop in Cambridge

2016-06-30:

Dr Masanori became Specialty Chief Editor of the section Atherosclerosis and Vascular Medicine of Frontiers in Cardiovascular Medicine.

2016-05-23:

Dr. Masanori Aikawa and his group have won the 2015 Cover Art Award for their November Manuscript! Congrats!!

2016-05-06:

Jessica Ruiz presented a poster at the Annual ATVB conference in Nashville, TN. Congrats Jessica!!

2016-03-08:

Dr Elena Aikawa is featured in the March issue of BWH Clinical and Research News

2016-03-01:

Dr Elena Aikawa presents a keynote lecture at the Heart Valve Society Meeting, NYC in March

2016-02-10:

Casper van der Ven has joined the lab! Casper is a Phd student from Utrecht, Netherlands! Welcome Casper!!

2016-01-25:

Congrats to Jona Krohn on his publication in ATVB. Also on the paper are Eduardo Martinez-Martinez and Whitney Irvin.

2016-01-25:

Congrats to Whitney Irvin and Dr Elena Aikawa on their Mitral Valve paper in The Journal of the American College of Cardiology (JACC).

2016-01-12:

Dr Masanori Aikawa is a plenary speaker at US-HUPO this March.

2016-01-11:

Congrats to Jessica Ruiz on her publication in Nature Materials. Congrats Jessica!

2015-11-17:

Dr Elena Aikawa gave an invited presentation at the AHA Scientific Sessions, 2015, Orlando, FL

2015-11-17:

Dr Masanori Aikawa chaired the session and gave an invited presentation at the AHA Scientific Sessions, 2015, Orlando, FL.

2015-11-17:

Dr Elena Aikawa received the Special Recognition Award in Vascular Biology from Council on ATVB at the AHA Scientific Sessions, 2015, Orlando, FL. Congrats Dr Elena!!

2015-10-19:

Dr Elena, Dr Masanori, and Jona attended the NAVBO Vascular Biology 2015 Conference this week. Jona presented his Lerner Award poster, while Dr Masanori gave a number of talks. Dr Elena co-chaired a session on the Tuesday intitled "Cardiac Valve Disease: Cells, Matrix, Signaling and Bioengineering".

2015-08-31:

Jona Krohn was recognized as the winner of the 2015 Lerner Poster Award at the Annual Lerner Research Symposium. His winning poster will be presented at this years AHA conference in Orlando, Florida. The Poster presentation will be at the ATVB Early Career Networking Reception and an oral presentation at Russell Ross Memorial Lectureship in Vascular Biology, Chairs: Peter Libby, MD and Klaus Ley, MD. Congrats Jona!!

2015-06-02:

Dr Elena Aikawa's lab here at NRB and CICS was recognized as lab of the month for North American Vascular Biology Organization (NAVBO)! Congrats Dr Elena!!!

2015-05-04:

Elena Aikawa, Session moderator and invited talk at 1st Inaugural Meeting of the Heart Valve Society, Monte Carlo, Monaco

2015-04-14:

Manuel Salinas arrived in the lab! He is a new Post-doc fellow in the lab!! Welcome Manuel!!

2015-04-06:

Elena Aikawa, Invited lecture at Wallace H. Coulter Foundation Lecture Series at Department of Biomedical Engineering, Florida International University, FL

2015-03-25:

Elena Aikawa, Invited talk at the Circulating Biomarkers World Congress 2015, Boston, MA

2015-03-18:

Elena Aikawa, Invited lecture at C. Dayton Riddle Distinguished Seminar Series at Department of Bioengineering, Clemson College of Engineering and Science, SC

2014-11-25:

Elena Aikawa,MD, Ph.D is featured as a co-founder of the Society for Internationally Trained Women Faculty at BWH in BWH Bulletin story entitled “Society for Internationally Trained Women Faculty and Fellows Marks 10th Anniversary”.

2014-11-24:

Dr Elena Aikawa will give an invited lecture and chair the session at American Heart Association Scientific Sessions, 2014 Chicago, IL on the topic of Extracellular vesicles, exosomes and microparticles in cardiovascular disease.

2014-10-31:

Elena Aikawa,MD, Ph.D is featured as one of the organizers and moderators of the 3rd Women in Medicine and Science Symposium at BWH in BWH Bulletin Cover Story by Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg “BWH Celebrates Women in Medicine and Science”.

2014-10-14:

Elena Aikawa,MD, Ph.D was recognized as the Best Top 10 Reviewers 2014 from Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, the official journal of the American Heart Association. Congratulations, Elena!

2014-10-14:

Masanori Aikawa MD, PhD was recognized as the Best Top 10 Reviewers 2014 from Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, the official journal of the American Heart Association. Congratulations, Masanori!

2014-10-13:

Dr Elena Aikawa gave a keynote lecture and chair the session at Biennial Meeting for American Society for Matrix Biology, Cleveland, OH on the topic of Cardiovascular biology and disease.

2014-09-29:

Elena Aikawa,MD, Ph.D will be co-organizing and chairing the Women in Medicine and Science Symposium on September 29th from 2:30-6:00 to celebrate Women in Medicine and Science Month at Brigham and Women's Hospital. Symposium Website: www.brighamandwomens.org/WMSS

2014-09-02:

Josephin Mosch joined the lab! She is a medical student from Germany! Welcome Josephin!!

2014-09-01:

Dr Elena Aikawa gave an invited lecture at European Society of Cardiology, Barcelona, Spain on Matrix vesicles as precursors of cardiovascular calcification.

2014-08-13:

Dr Elena Aikawa gave an invited lecture at 44th International Sun Valley Workshop: Muscoskeletal Biology, International Bone and Mineral Society, Sun Valley, Idaho on Matrix vesicles in the pathogenesis of cardiovascular calcification.

2014-08-05:

Rafaelle Delaney gave his final presentation for the BWH Stars Program.

2014-07-17:

Current Aikawa Aikawa Lab members!

2014-07-10:

The Web Site is up!

2014-06-02:

Dr Elena Aikawa gave an invited lecture at 19th World Congress on Heart Disease, Boston, MA on Novel mechanisms of cardiovascular calcification

2014-06-01:

Masanori Aikawa received the Innovation Development Grant Award from Partners Innovation of Partners Healthcare to support his study on vein graft disease. Congratulations, Masanori!

2014-04-01:

BWH Clinical & Research News. A story by Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg “Researches Identify Novel Marker and Possible Target for Cardiovascular Calcification” featured the article demonstrating how proteomics can identify new inducers of osteoclastogenesis by Elena Aikawa’s research group (ATVB, 2014, 34:626-34).

2014-03-01:

NEWS-Medical.Net. “Researchers discover certain proteins in osteoclasts that may be used to destroy cardiovascular calcification” featured online a new study by Elena Aikawa’s research team.

2014-02-07:

Masanori Aikawa delivered the 5th Annual Tucker Collins Lectureship at the Harvard Medical School Vascular Biology Seminar. Congratulations, Masanori!

2013-11-02:

Elena Aikawa was recognized as one of the Best Top 10 Reviewers from Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology, the official journal of the American Heart Association. Congratulations, Elena!

2013-11-01:

Masanori Aikawa received the Special Recognition Award in Vascular Biology from the American Heart Association’s Council on Arteriosclerosis Thrombosis and Vascular Biology. Congratulations, Masanori!

2013-06-02:

A BWH Clinical & Research News story by Marjorie Montemayor-Quellenberg “A Hard Bubble to Burst” featured the article on the role of macrophage extracellular vesicles in microcalcification by Aikawa Elena group (Circ Res, 2013, 113:72-77).

2013-06-01:

Masanori Aikawa has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations, Masanori!

2013-05-07:

BWH Clinical & Research News, May 7, 2013. Look who is talking: Aikawa Elena shared prediction of how medicine will change in 50 years in celebration of Time Capsule Tuesday.

2013-04-01:

Elena Aikawa has been promoted to Associate Professor of Medicine at Harvard Medical School. Congratulations, Elena!

2012-11-29:

New Web site launched! Thanks to Daniel.

2012-09-14:

Elena Aikawa organized and chaired the Women’s Research Day at BWH. Also learn about this event and see CICS members photograph at http://www.brighamandwomens.org/about_bwh/publicaffairs/news/publications/DisplayCRN.aspx?articleid=2047

2012-08-31:

BWH Bulletin Cover Story “BWH Celebrates Women in Medicine and Science”, Aug 31, 2012 featured Aikawa Elena as one of the organizers of the first BWH Women’s Research Day. http://www.brighamandwomens.org/about_bwh/publicaffairs/news/publications/DisplayBulletin.aspx?articleid=5673

2012-05-12:

Masanori Aikawa was elected an honorary member of the Korean Stroke Society and delivered Keynote Lecture at its Annual Meeting in Seoul. Congratulations, Masanori!

2012-03-07:

Our center director Masanori Aikawa, MD, PhD received a title of Yoshihiro Miwa Associate Chair at BWH. This news was featured in “Brigham and Women’s” magazine. Congratulations, Masanori!

2011-07-01:

Masanori Aikawa delivered the Special Plenary Lecture entitled “Macrophage activation in cardiometabolic disorders” at the Japanese Atherosclerosis Society Annual Meeting (Sapporo, Japan)