2026–2027 Academic Year
Wednesdays at 12:00 p.m.
Location: Room CL-1103
| Date | Speaker | Seminar Title |
| Sept. 2 | Leslie Poole, PhD Professor, Department of Biochemistry Wake Forest University School of Medicine |
Redox mechanisms regulating disease-relevant protein and pathway functions |
| Sept. 9 | Lakshmi Santhanam, PhD Professor, Department of Anesthesiology and Critical Care Medicine Johns Hopkins University School of Medicine |
Mechanism of arterial stiffening in females arising with menopause and aging |
| Sept. 16 | Ishara M.G. Menik PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University |
Leptin-Triggered Aldosterone and Endothelial MR Activation as a Mechanistic Axis of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension in Young Female Mice Tracing the pathway upstream fromendothelium to gut |
| Sept. 23 | Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, PhD Professor, Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center |
Pathophysiological role of Sigmar1 in the heart |
| Sept. 30 | Jaser Doja PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Dissertation Defense |
The Endogenous Myocardin Enigma |
| Oct. 7 | Chunyu Ge, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Vascular Biology Center Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University |
Serum response factor links smooth muscle cell state remodeling to fibronectin–integrin signaling in abdominal aortic aneurysm |
| Oct. 14 | Zach Brown PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University |
Localized expression of activin A in the lung induces a disease phenotype consistent with pulmonary hypertension |
| Oct. 21 | Deqiang Li, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics Ohio State University College of Medicine |
Contributions of Cardiac Endothelium to Myocardial Morphogenesis_known and unknown |
| Oct. 28 | Josue Zambrano-Carrasco PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Dissertation Defense |
Compartmentalized Nuclear Protein Quality Control Coordinates Ventricular Chamber Development |
| Nov. 4 | Cyrine Ben Dhaou, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology Louisiana State University Health Science Center |
Uncovering New Mechanisms Linking ER Stress, Lipid Accumulation, and Vascular Inflammation in Atherosclerosis |
| Nov. 11 | Chang Min Lee PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University |
The role of ufmylation in endothelium |
| Nov. 18 | Amy Bradshaw, PhD Professor, Department of Molecular and Cellular Biology Medical University of South Carolina |
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| Nov. 25 | No Seminar | Thanksgiving Holiday |
| Dec. 2 | Cody Bridgewater PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University |
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| Dec. 9 | To Be Announced | |
| Dec. 16 | Peter Biggs PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University |
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| Dec. 23 | No Seminar | Christmas Holiday |
| Dec. 30 | No Seminar | Winter Break |
| Jan. 6 | Mitch Shivers PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University |
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| Jan. 20 | Amritha Sreekumar PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University |
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| Jan. 27 | Feng Early, MD, PhD Professor, Department of Medicine University of Rochester Medicine |
Beyond Hunger: Unraveling the Role of AgRP Neurons in Cardiovascular Regulation |