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Journal Club

Vascular Biology - VBIO 9020

Weekly presentation and discussion of recent journal articles that represent an important advance in the field of cardiovascular biology. Students and Postdocs are expected to lead the discussion and answer questions in relation to the paper and field in general.  Specific focus will include "hot" topics and new methodologies related to cardiovascular biology and pathology as they emerge from the literature and how such topics/techniques can be applied to one's own research. The paper discussion will enhance the presentation, problem solving, critical thinking skills of the trainee and his/her ability to provide constructive criticism to improve scientific work.

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Co-Directors

photo of Dr. Gábor Csányi

Dr. Gábor Csányi

gcsanyi@augusta.edu

photo of Dr. Vijay Ganta

Dr. Vijay Ganta

vganta@augusta.edu

Journal Club will begin in August

Date Speaker
Aug 15  Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: David Fulton, PhD
Title: “Imidazole propionate is a driver and therapeutic target in atherosclerosis”
Nat (2025). DOI.org/10.1038/s41586-025-09263-w
Aug 22 Candee Barris, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Eric Bellin de Chantemele, PhD
Title: “Paracrine Smooth Muscle-to-Endothelial Signaling via TNF Elevates Blood Pressure in Obesity”
Circ Res (2025).DOI:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.124.326069
Aug 29 Doug Sloan, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title:“Bioaccumulation of microplastics in decedent human brains”
Mat Med (2025). DOI.org/10.1038/s41591-024-03453-1
Sept 5 Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Huabo Su, PhD
Title:  “Rewiring of 3D Chromatin Topology Orchestrates Transcriptional Reprogramming and the Development of Human Dilated Cardiomyopathy”
Circ (2022). DOI.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.055781
Sept 12 Cody Bridgewater, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: David Stepp, PhD
Title: “Characterizing primary and secondary senescence in vivo”
Nat Aging (2025). DOI.org/10.1038/s43587-025-00917-y
Sept 19 Chang Min Lee, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor:  Jie Li, PhD
Title: “Tunneling nanotube–like structures regulate distant cellular interactions during heart formation”
Science (2025). DOI.org/10.1126/science.add3417
Sept 26 Emily Steinbeck, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Immunology Center of Georgia
Advisor:  Adil Rasheed, PhD
Title: “Immune checkpoint landscape of human atherosclerosis and influence of cardiometabolic factors”
Nat Cardiovasc Res (2024). DOI.org/10.1038/s44161-024-00563-4
Oct 3 Khalia Cummings, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Immunology Center of Georgia
Advisor: Marco Orecchioni, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Oct 10 Drew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: David Stepp, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Oct 17 Kelvin Orji, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisors: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Oct 24 Obaalologhi Wilfred, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Huabo Su, PhD
Title: “CEMIP Maintains Vascular Contractility by Controlling PP1c-MLC20 Cascade in SMCs”
Circ Res. (2025). DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.125.326233
Oct 31 Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD
Title: “Genomic Editing of a Pathogenic Mutation in ACTA2 Rescues Multisystemic Smooth Muscle Dysfunction Syndrome in Mice”
Circ. (2025). DOI.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.125.0742
Nov 7 No meeting
Nov 14 Elizabeth Aboagye, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Benard Ogola, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Nov 21 Tamasi Roy, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Nov 28 No meeting
Dec 5 Stephen Addo, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Dec 12 Amritha Sreekumar, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Dec 19 Delphine Okoye, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Benard Ogola, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Dec 26 None 
Happy 2026
Jan 2 None 
Jan 9 Doug Sloan, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Jan 16 Kamarajan Rajagopal, PhD 
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vascular Biology Center
Mentors: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Jan 23 Mitch Shivers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: David Fulton, PhD
Title: “TBA”
Jan 30 Elizabeth Aboagye, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Benard Ogola, PhD
Title: “TBA”

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