Physiology Seminar Series ~ 2015

Seminar Archives

Date	Speaker	Title
January 5	No Seminar Winter Holiday
January 12	Andrea Zsombok, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	What to know when working in a multicultural environment.
January 19	No Seminar Martin Luther King Holiday
January 26	Ibolya Rutkai, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Mitochondria in the Cerebral Vasculature.
February 2	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
February 9	Franck Mauvais-Jarvis, PhD Professor of Medicine, Director, Tulane Diabetes Research, Tulane University, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Academic Visibility.
February 16	No Seminar Lundi Gras Holidays!
February 23	Alexis A. Gonzalez, PhD Associate Professor, Pontificia Universidad, Católica de Valparaíso, Chile.	Renin, (Pro)renin Receptor and Cyclooxygenase-2: a dynamic trio in the renal medulla for blood pressure regulation?
March 2	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
March 9	Mayerson-DiLuzio Joint Seminar, Co-Sponsored by THRCE Walter F. Boron, MD, PhD Professor & Chairman, Department of Physiology and Biophysics, Case Western Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH.	Role of gas channels in the permeability of red blood cells to CO2 and O2.
March 16	D.S. Adnan Majid, PhD MD Candidate, Medical Scientists Training Program, University of California, San Diego, CA.	Selective inhibitory control and the basal ganglia: insights into the motor neurophysiology of stopping action.
March 23	Anil Mishra, PhD Professor of Medicine, Section of Pulmonary Diseases, Director, Tulane Eosinophilic Disorder Center, Tulane University, School of Medicine New Orleans, LA.	Interleukin (IL)-15 is a Novel Therapeutic Molecule for Recovering Allergen-induced Airway Obstruction and Fibrosis in Chronic Asthma.
March 30	No Seminar EB 2015 Meeting
April 6	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
April 13	Jason K. Kim PhD Professor, Program in Molecular Medicine, University of Massachusetts Medical School, Worcester, MA.	Type 2 Diabetes: An Old Disease with Evolving Paradigms.
April 20	Dewan S.A. Majid, MBBS, PhD Professor, Department of Physiology, Director: Mouse Phenotype Core Facility, Tulane Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Renal contribution to Salt-Sensitive Hypertension.
April 27	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
May 5	Richard Bergman, PhD Director Diabetes and Obesity Research Institute, Biomedical Sciences, Cedars-Sinai Medical Center, Los Angeles, CA.	The Hyperbolic relationship between insulin action and insulin response: why does it happen and what does it mean?
May 11	A.P. (Pete) Shepherd, PhD Professor (retired), University of Texas Health Science Center, Biomedical Sciences, San Antonio, TX.	A History of Computer Programs for Teaching Physiology.
May 18	Hongju Wu, PhD Associate Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Targeting on α-cells for diabetes treatment.
May 25	No Seminar Memorial Day Holiday
June 1	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
June 8	Matthew D. Whim, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Cell Biology and Anatomy, LSU Health Sciences Center, New Orleans, LA.	Autonomic Plasticity and its Role in the Prevention of Hypoglycemia.
June 15	Sarah Lindsey, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Environmental Estrogens in Female Cardiovascular Health.
June 22	Nick Verne, MD Professor and Greenberg Chair in Medicine, Executive Vice Dean, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Translational up-regulation of nociceptive visceral mechanisms via TRPV1 signaling pathways.
June 29	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
July 6	No Seminar Fourth of July Holiday
July 13	T. Cooper Woods, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Non-Coding RNA and Plaque Rupture.
July 20	Ryan Walker, BS Graduate Student, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Regulation of a Novel Calcium Sensitive Dicarboxylate Transport Process by Calcium-Sensing Receptor Signaling.
July 27	Michael Cypress, BS Graduate Student, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	SGLT2 Mediates Glucose-Induced Angiotensinogen Synthesis in Proximal Tubular Cells.
August 3	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
August 10		No Meeting
August 17		No Meeting
August 24	Philip J. Kadowitz, PhD Professor, Department of Pharmacology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Analysis of Cardiovascular Response to Hydrogen Sulfide. The Good, the Bad, and the Ugly.
August 31	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
September 7	No Seminar Labor Day Holiday
September 14	Laurie R. Earls, PhD Assistant Professor Cell and Molecular Biology Tulane University Associate Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Age-dependent molecular pathways impacting neuronal function in 22q11 deletion syndrome and schizophrenia.
September 17	Seminar Jointly Co-Sponsored by THRCE & the Department of Pediatrics Volker H. Haase, MD Professor of Medicine, Prof. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics, Professor of Cancer Biology, Krick-Brooks Chair in Nephrology, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension, Vanderbilt University Medical Center, Nashville, TN.	Oxygen sensing in the kidney: insights from genetic models and clinical translation.
September 28	Ryosuke Sato, PhD Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Molecular Core Workshop: Updated Systems in the Core Facilities, and an Introduction for Digital PCR.
October 5	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
October 12	Glenn M. Toney, PhD Ashbel Smith Professor, Department of Physiology, University of Texas Health Science Center, Austin, TX.	What the Brain Knows about Blood Pressure: Emerging Concepts.
October 19	Vecihi Batuman, MD Chief, Renal Section, VA Medical Center, New Orleans, Dr. A Rudolph and Ruth Ryder Huberwald Professor of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Inflammatory pathways involved in myeloma light- chain induced proximal tubular injury.
October 26	Tamas Kozicz MD, PhD Associate Professor, Clinical Anatomy, Hayward Genetics Center, Department of Anatomy, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Translational aspects of inter-individual differences in stress responsiveness.
November 2	No Seminar Faculty Meeting
November 9	Rudy Ortiz, PhD Professor, School of Natural Sciences, University of California, Merced, CA.	Contributions to Metabolic Syndrome: Hypertension or Insulin Resistance, Is One Greater than the Other?
November 16	Nazih Nakoul, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Structure-Functions Studies of Ammonium Transport in the Collecting Duct.
November 23	Dewan S.A. Majid, MBBS, PhD Professor, Department of Physiology, Director: Mouse Phenotype Core Facility, Tulane Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence, Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.	Mechanistic inquest for salt-sensitive hypertension: where are we now?
November 30		No Seminar Faculty Meeting
December 7	No Seminar
December 14	Roy Orlando, MD Mary Kay & Eugene Bozymski and Linda & William Heizer, Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Adjunct Professor of Cell & Molecular Physiology, University of North Carolina at, Chapel Hill School of Medicine.	The Esophageal Epithelial Barrier in Gastroesophageal Reflux Disease.
December 21	No Seminar Winter Recess
December 28	No Seminar Winter Recess
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Physiology Seminar Series ~ 2015