Physiology Seminar Series ~ 2021

Seminar Archives

 

Date Speaker Title

January 4

Faculty Meeting

No Seminar

January 11

Tadashi Yoshida, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine & Physiology
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA
A New role for Angiotensin II: Regulation of Skeletal Muscle Regeneration

January 18

Martin Luther King Holiday No Seminar

January 25

Patrice Delafontaine, MD
Executive Dean
Professor of Medicine
Adjunct in Physiology
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA

JOINT SEMINAR-MEDICINE

IGF-1 and Atherosclerosis

February 1

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

February 8

L. Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of  Physiology
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA
The Intratubular Intracellular Renin-Angiotensin System
in Hypertension and Diabetes

February 15

Mardi Gras Break No Seminar

February 22

Matthew Walker III, PhD
Professor
Biomedical Engineering Practice And Radiological Sciences
Associate Director
Medical Innovators Development Program
School of Engineering & Medicine
Vanderbilt University 
Nashville, TN

Distinguished Alumnus

Innovation Activism:  A Career Arc from Academia to Industry and Back

March 1

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

March 8

Mark Mondrinos, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of  Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University-Uptown
New Orleans, LA
Microphysiological Systems for Emulating Human Pathobiology

March 15

Eric Lazartigues, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Louisiana State University Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA

JOINT SEMINAR-MEDICINE

ACE2 Internalization: From Hypertension to COVID-19

March 22

David Mattson, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of  Physiology
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA
The relationship between the environment, salt, and inflammation in the development of hypertension and renal end-organ damage

March 29

Kathleen Hering-Smith, PhD
Associate Professor
Director, Nephrology & Hypertension Core
Adjunct in Physiology
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA
Proximal Tubule Apical Na+/H+ Exchanger 3: Back to the Future

April 5

Easter Monday No Seminar

April 12

Janos Peti-Peterdi, MD, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology & Neurosciences
Director, Zilkha Neurogenetic Institute
University of Southern California
Los Angeles, CA
Intravital imaging and new mechanisms of the nephron central command

April 18

 

Victor Thannickal, MD
Harry B. Greenberg Chair
John W. Deming Department of Medicine
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA

JOINT SEMINAR-MEDICINE

Why and How Aging Predisposes to Pulmonary Fibrosis

April 26

Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD
Research Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery & Physiology
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA
The Endotheliopathy of Trauma: New Evidence of a Link Between Endothelial Metabolism and the Glycocalyx 

May 3

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

May 10

Young-Sup Yoon, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Biomedical Engineering
Director of Stem Cell Biology
Bruce R. Logue, Chair
Division of Cardiology
Emory University School of Medicine
Atlanta, GA
Vascular Regeneration with Stem Cells and Direct Reprogramming

May 17

Pedro A. Jose, MD, PhD
Past Chair
NIH Hypertension and Microcirculation Study Section
Professor of Medicine, Pharmacology, & Physiology
George Washington University
School of Medicine & Health Science
Washington, DC

JOINT SEMINAR-MEDICINE
Co-Sponsored by THRCE

Renal dopamine and salt sensitivity of blood pressure

May 24

A. Wayne Orr, PhD
Professor and Director
Division of Research
Department of Pathology & Translational Pathobiology
Director, Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences
LSU Health Shreveport
Shreveport, LA
EphA2 in Atherosclerotic Fibroproliferative Remodeling

May 31

Memorial Day Holiday No Semianr

June 7

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

June 14

Junjie Yang, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
Birmingham, AL
Stem Cells and Exosomes for Myocardial Infarction

June 21

Dewan S.A. Majid, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology 
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Physiological Role of TNF-α During High Salt Intake

June 28

Prerna Kumar, PhD
Research Instructor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Class 1 HDAC Inhibitor Regulates the Expression of Natriuretic Peptide Receptor-A Gene

July 5

4th of July Week No Seminar

July 12

Mark Mondrinos, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University
Microphysiological Systems for Emulating Human Pathobiology

July 19

Owen Richfield, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Yale University
New Haven, CT
Mathematical Modeling of Glomerular Filtration and Mechanics for the Optimization of Glomerulus-on-a-Chip Systems

July 26

Sarah Abdullah
Graduate Student
Department of Surgery & Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine

 

Mechanism of Mito ROS Mediated Glycocalyx Damage and a Protective Role of Estrogen

August 2

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

August 9

Siva Sakamuri, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Bio-energetics of the Aged Brain Microvasculature

August 16

Angelle Bradford
Graduate Student
Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
A Review of the Role of IGFIR in Cardiovascular Complications of Type 2 Diabetes

August 23

Eric Kimbell Judd, MD
Associate Professor 
Division of Nephrology 
University of Alabama At Birmingham 
Birmingham, AL
Physiologic Aspects of Pig Kidney Xenotransplantation

August 30

Patricia Snarski
Graduate Student
Department of Medicine & Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
 

September 6

Labor Day Holiday No Seminar

September 13

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

September 20

Patricia Snarski
Graduate Student
Department of Medicine & Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine

Macrophage Specific IGF1 Overexpression Decreases Atherosclerosis via Multiple Mechanisms

September 27

AHA Conference No Seminar

October 4

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

October 11

Suttira 'Joy' Intapad, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Sphingolipids in Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction

October 18

Ryosuke Satou, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine

Availability of The Molecular Core in the Tulane Hypertension Center

October 25

Owen Richfield, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Yale University
New Haven, CT
 

Mathematical Modeling of Glomerular Filtration and Mechanics for the Optimization of Glomerulus-on-a-Chip Systems

November 1

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

November 8

Mimi Sammarco, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery & Physiology 
Tulane University School of Medicine
 
Cellular Metabolism at the Crossroads of Skeletal Regeneration

November 15

Rhea Bhargava, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA

JOINT SEMINAR-MEDICINE

What does sugar have to do with Lupus?

November 22

Thanksgiving Week No Seminar

November 29

T. Cooper Woods, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology 
Tulane University School of Medicine
Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Derived Exosomes Increase Vascular Inflammation in Diabetes

December 6

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

December 13

Kenneth D. Mitchell, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology 
Tulane University School of Medicine
Renal Derangements in Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension

December 20

Christmas Week No Seminar

December 27

Winter Recess No Seminar

**Not our normally scheduled day, time and/or place

Monday Seminars are held in the Tulane Medical School Building, Lecture Room 4150 from 12:00 Noon - 1:00 pm unless otherwise stated