Director : Dr. Huabo Su - hsu@augusta.edu
Seminar Schedule: Spring 2024
SPRING 2024 |
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Date | Speaker |
January 3 | No Seminar |
January 10 | Fabrice Dabertrand, PhD, Associate Professor School of Medicine, Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO Host: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: "Pericyte control of cerebral blood flow in health and small vessel disease" |
January 17 | Seungwoo Kang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia Title: "The tripartite synapse: roles for gliotransmission in reward-seeking and alcohol use disorder" |
January 24 | Adil Rasheed, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Title: "Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like Protein): An Immunometabolic Nexus of Cardiovascular Disease" |
January 31 | Roberto I. Vazquez-Padron, PhD, Professor of Surgery DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Endovascular Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Host: Xiaochun Long, PhD Title: “Wall remodeling in the human vein: Setting things right with single-cell RNA sequencing” |
February 7 | Hanjoong Jo, PhD, Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Co-Hosts: Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD and Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD Title: "Disturbed Flow-Induced Endothelial Reprogramming (FIRE) in Atherosclerosis” |
February 14 | Beryl Khakina, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: "Effect of Aging on Vascular and Neurocognitive Function in Aged HIV-1 Tg26 Transgenic Mice" Ishara Menik, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: “Female sex and the Impact of High Dietary Salt Intake in the Development of Endothelial Dysfunction and Hypertension” |
February 21 | Analia Loria, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Host: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: “Prenatal fentanyl exposure induces endogenous opioid system (EOS) dysregulation associated with neurogenic hypertension in the adult offspring" |
February 28 | Balveen Kaur, PhD, Professor of Pathology Georgia Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia Title: "Oncolytic HSV virotherapy for Cancer" |
March 6 |
Amy Arnold, PhD, Associate Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Co-Hosts: David Stepp, PhD, and David Fulton, PhD Title: “Angiotensin-(1-7): A New Approach to Target Cardiometabolic Complications in Obesity” |
March 13 | Marco Orecchioni, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Title: “Monocyte and Macrophage Expressing Olfactory Receptors: Key Mediators of Inflammation and Atherosclerosis” |
March 20 | Peng Yao, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Translational Control of Cardiac Pathophysiology: When mRNA Meets the Heart" |
March 27 | Candee Barris, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: "XX Chromosome Complement Predisposes Females to Obesity-induced, Leptin-mediated Aldosterone Production and Hypertension” |
April 3 | Varsha Tandra, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Mentor: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Regulation of UFM1 modification from ER dynamics to cardiac homeostasis” |
April 10 | No Seminar - Spring Break |
April 17 | CANCELED. No Seminar. Zsuzsanna Bordan's presentation will be rescheduled. |
April 24 | CANCELED. No Seminar. Jenny (Huanjiao) Zhou, MD, PhD, will be rescheduled. |
May 1 | Steve Haigh, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton Title: "TBA" |
May 8 | Yu Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX Host: Yao Liang Tang, MD, PhD Title: "The role of H19X in striated muscle development and disorders" |
May 15 | Canceled. No Seminar. |
May 22 | Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Stepp, PhD Title: "TBA" |
May 29 | Suhib Alhusban, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Brian Annex, MD Title: "TBA" |
June 5 | Megh Mehta, MD/PhD Candidate in Physiology, Department of Physiology, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Klause Ley, MD Title: "TBA" |
June 12 | Taylor Kress, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: "TBA" |
Fall 2023
Date |
Speaker |
August 16 |
Rafael Czepielewski, PhD, Assistant Professor Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Title: "Organ Outflow Dynamics: Lymphatics Orchestrating Immunity's Symphony" |
August 23 |
Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD, Professor Division of Endocrinlogy and Metabolism, Department of internal Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA Host: Brian Annex , MD Title: "Exploration of Mechanisms Contributing to Poor Disease Outcomes in Diabetic Peripheral Artery Disease" |
August 30 |
Qian Ma, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Mentor: Yuqing Huo, PhD Title: "De novo purine synthesis in vascular diseases" |
September 6 | Yanfang 'Peipei' Zhu, PhD, Assistant Professor Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Title: "Epigenetic Regulation of Neutrophil Heterogeneity Against Cancer" |
September 13 | Sihem Boudina, PhD, Professor of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Host: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulators of Inflammation‐Resolution Signaling in Cardiac Repair and Heart Failure" |
September 20 | Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Joe Miano, PhD Title: "Interrogating Myocardin Regulation and Binding Targets" |
September 27 | Yun Fang, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine-Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Co-Hosts: Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD and Masuki Ushio-Fukai, PhD Title: "Precision Nanomedicine Targeting Novel Endothelial Mechano-Sensing Mechanisms to Treat Vascular Diseases" |
October 4 | David Kim, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, MD/PhD student at Medical College of
Georgia Mentor: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: "Novel role of lncRNA in neointima formation in human Saphenous Vein" |
October 11 | Ganesh Halade, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida Heart Institute, Tampa, FL Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulators of Inflammation‐Resolution Signaling in Cardiac Repair and Heart Failure" |
October 18 | Saurabh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Host: David Fulton, PhD Title: "HIV‐Associated Chronic Widespread Pain: Role of Peripheral Immune Cells" |
October 25 | Michael Koval, PhD, Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care a Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Host: Rudolf Lucas, PhD Title: "Regulation of vascular function by Pannexin-1" |
November 1 3:00PM |
Redouane Aherrahrou, PhD, Junior Group Leader Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Luebeck, Germany/University of Eastern Finland, Finland Host: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Genetic regulation of atherosclerosis-relevant phenotypes and gene expression in human vascular smooth muscle cells" |
November 8 | Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Expanding the Toolkit for Obesity Research: Murine AAV Models of Obesity" |
November 15 | Andrew H. Baker, PhD, Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences Head of Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Host: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "Repair and regeneration in the vasculature" |
November 22 | NO Seminar |
November 29 | Josue Zambrano-Carracus, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "RBX1-CRLs are essential for perinatal heart development by regulating Hippo-YAP signaling" |
December 6 | WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Gábor Csányi, PhD Title:“Mechanisms of foamy monocyte formation in atherosclerosis” |
December 13 |
Mitch Shivers, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia |
December 20 |
Cody Rosewater, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia |
December 27 | NO Seminar |