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Vascular Biology Research Seminar Series

Vascular Biology – VBIO 9010

 

Director : Dr. Huabo Su 

Jump to: Fall 2025 

Fall 2025

                                         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
Director of the Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine
New York University Langone Health, Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Host: Joseph Miano, PhD
Title:
“Metabolic and psychological stress: effects on atherosclerosis intersect in the bone marrow” 

 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" 

Nov 10
Monday

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!
   

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