| Seminar series is held on Wednesdays at 12 p.m. in CL-1103 | |
| Date | Speaker |
| Aug 27 | Mitch Shivers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "A Novel Model of Sustained Hypertension Using an AngII Adeno-Associated Virus" |
| Sept 3 | Zach Brown, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Cell specific role of PBK in pulmonary hypertension" |
| Sept 10 | Ta Yuan Chang , PhD, Professor, and Catherine C. Chang, PhD, Principal Research Scientist Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH Hosts: Ruth Caldwell, PhD, and Modesto Rojas, MD Title: “Acyl-CoA: Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1 (ACAT1): Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Medical Physiology” |
| Sept 17 | Manuel F. Navedo-Morales, PhD Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, CA Host: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "Sugar Rush: How Pannexin 1 Channels Orchestrate Arterial Dysfunction in Diabetic Hyperglycemia" |
| Sept 24 | Jianyi Jay Zhang, MD, PhD Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL Host: Yaoliang Tang, PhD Title: "Heart Regeneration and Graft Associate Arrhythmia in Large Mammals" |
| Oct 1 | Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "When Noncoding DNA Breaks the Heart: Neonatal Lethality from a Myocd-Adjacent Deletion" |
| Oct 8 |
Edward A. Fisher, MD, PhD |
| Oct 15 | Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: “The Role of Leptin-Aldosterone-Endothelial Mineralocorticoid Receptor Axis in Development of Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure in Young Female Mice” |
| Oct 22 | Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Huabo Su, PhD Title: “RBX1, a key dosage-sensitive regulator of heart development” |
| Oct 29 Defense |
Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: “Modeling Obesity in Mice using Novel AAVs: Weight Gain, Weight Loss, and Metabolic Resilience” |
| Nov 5 | Yabing Chen, PhD Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR Host: Xiaochun Long, PhD Title: "Vascular stiffness and aging: a pan vascular view" |
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Nov 10 |
Wei Kong, MD, PhD Dean, School of Basic Medical Science and Chair, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Healther Science Center, Hai Dian Qu, China Hosts: Hong Shi, MD and Xiaochun Long, PhD Title: "Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: what can we do beyond cholesterol-lowering" |
| Nov 12 | Candee Barris, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Nov 19 | Zhiyongn Lin, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Host: Jie Li, PhD Title: “Safeguarding the Vasculature: The Matricellular Protein CCN2 in Vascular Homeostasis and Protection” |
| Nov 26 | No Seminar Happy Thanksgiving! |
| Dec 3 | Chang Min Lee, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Jie Li PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Dec 10 | Weijia Luo, PhD Assistant Professor, Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia Title: "TBA" |
| Dec 17 | Cody Bridgewater, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Stepp, PhD Title: "TBA" |
| Dec 24 | No Seminar Merry Christmas and Happy New Year! |