Physiology Seminar Series

2024

DATESPEAKERTITLE
January 18Matthew Sparks, MD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Duke University School of Medicine 
Durham, NC 

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & THRCE

Vascular Angiotensin Receptors in Blood Pressure Control

January 25No SeminarNo Seminar

**January 31

WEDNESDAY 

Emily Goldberg, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
University of California
San Francisco, CA

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & Microbiology

A New Mechanism of Protein Acylation and its Role in Inflammation

February 1No SeminarNo Seminar
February 8Minolfa Prieto, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Prorenin Receptor in the Kidney and Cardiovascular Diseases
February 15
 
Justin Van Beausecum, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine, Division of Nephrology
Medical University of South Carolina, Charleston, SC
Sex-Dependent Regulation of Endothelial Inflammation

**February 21

WEDNESDAY @ 3:30PM

Leslie Gewin, MD
Associate Professor 
Department of Medicine 
Division of Nephrology
Washington University School of Medicine
St. Louis, MO

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & Nephrology

Tubular fatty acid oxidation and kidney injury: Is it just the mitochondria?

February 29No SeminarNo Seminar
March 7Norman J.  Haughey, PhD
Professor of Neurology & Psychiatry
Neuroimmunology and
Neurological Infections
The Johns Hopkins University
School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD
Regulation of Neural Activity Through Modulation of Biological Membrane Microstructure in the Healthy and Diseased Brain
March 14Eleanor Lederer, MD
John S. Fordtran Endowed Professorship
UT Southwestern School of Medicine
Professor of Medicine
Assistant Chief of Medical Services
for Research
Co-Director NODES Dallas Research Site
VA North Texas Health Sciences Center
Dallas, TX
Citrate:  Do we know what we don’t know?
March 21Richard J. Roman, PhD
Billy Guyton Distinguished Professor of Pharmacology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & THRCE

MMPs in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension and Diabetic Nephropathy

March 28No Seminar (Spring Break)No Seminar
April 4No Seminar (APS Summit)No Seminar
April 11TBA
 

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & THRCE

 

April 18TCE SBM Symposium
Tidewater Auditorium - 8:30 - 5:00
Tulane University
See Schedule Online
April 25Allan Alencar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University School of Medicine
RESCHEDULED: TRICS Conflict
May 2Rhea Bhargava, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine
Tulane University School of Medicine
The role of renal parenchymal cells in lupus nephritis 

 

FALL 2024

 
August 22Dr. Heddwen Brooks, PhD
Professor and Chair
Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Students ONLY
August 29Allan Alencar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University School of Medicine
 
September 5No Seminar (AHA Scientific Sessions)No Seminar
September 12OPEN 
September 19OPEN 
September 26OPEN 
October 3No Seminar (Fall Break)No Seminar
October 10OPEN 
October 17OPEN 
October 24OPEN 
October 31Kelly Hyndman, PhD
Associate Professor 
Department of Medicine/Nephrology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
School of Medicine
Birmingham, AL
 
November 7Nicholas R. Ferreri, PhD
Professor 
Department of Pharmacology
New York Medical College
Member of Touro University
Valhalla, NY

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & THRCE

 

*WEDNESDAY

November 13**

*4:00PM/Rm #6001

Kristen Zuloaga, PhD
Associate Professor 
Director of Graduate Studies
Department of Neuroscience & Experimental Therapeutics
Albany Medical College
Albany, NY

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & Neuroscience

 

November 21Romer Gonzalez-Villalobos, MD, PhD
Senior Principal Scientist 
Cardiovascular and Metabolism Discovery
Janssen Research & Development, LLC
Boston, MA

Distinguished Alumni Lectureship

 

November 28No Seminar (Thanksgiving Holiday)No Seminar
December 5Zhongjie Sun, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair 
Thomas A. Gerwin Chair of Excellence in Physiology
Co-Direct, UT Methodist Cardiovascular Institute 
University of Tennessee HSC
Memphis, TN

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & THRCE

 

December 12Raymond C. Harris, MD
Ann and Roscoe R Robinson Professor of Medicine 
Director of Research, Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine
Nashville, TN

JOINT SEMINAR - Physiology & THRCE