| Date | Speaker | Title |
|---|---|---|
| January 1 | New Year's Holiday | No Seminar |
| January 8 | Faculty Meeting | No Seminar |
| January 15 | Martin Luther King Holiday | No Seminar |
| January 22 | J. Thomas Cunningham, PhD Professor Department of Physiology & Anatomy University of North Texas Denton, TX |
Role of the brain angiotensinogen system in intermittent hypoxia-induced hypertension |
| January 29 | Andrei V. Derbenev, PhD Associate Professor Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Novel role of glycine in control of sympathetic outflow |
| February 5 | Faculty Meeting | No Seminar |
| February 12 | Lundi Gras Holiday | No Seminar |
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February 19
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Pradeep K. Dudeja, PhD Professor Department of Medicine University of Illinois at Chicago |
JOINT CONFERENCE Gut Microbe Interactions in Pathophysiology of Diarrheal Diseases |
| February 26 | Norman Kreisman, PhD Professor Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Preconditioning Hippocampal Slices with Hypothermia reduces Acute Hypoxic Injury: Potential Mediation by Erythropoietin |
| March 5 |
R. Ariel Gomez MD, PhD |
2018 Mayerson-DiLuzio Lectureship
Joint Seminar, Co-Sponsored by THRCE Plasticity and fate of renin cells in homeostasis and disease |
| March 12 | Faculty Meeting | No Seminar |
| March 19 |
Andrew Gewirtz, PhD |
JOINT CONFERENCE Gut microbiota, low-grade inflammation, diet, and metabolic syndrome |
| March 26 | Hongju Wu, PhD Associate Professor Departments of Medicine & Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Pax4 as a novel therapeutic target for diabetes treatment |
| April 2 | Easter Monday | No Seminar |
| April 9 | Faculty Meeting | No Seminar |
| April 16 |
Solange Abdulnour-Nakhoul, PhD Nazih L. Nakhoul, PhD |
JOINT CONFERENCE Role of the calcium sensing receptor in the esophagus
Update on the importance of regulating renal ammonia transport |
| April 23 | Experimental Biology Meeting | No Seminar |
| April 30 | Gustavo Zubieta-Calleja, PhD Professor Director, High Altitude Pulmonary & Pathology Institute La Paz, BOLIVIA |
Benefits of exposure to chronic hypoxia: Adaptation, tolerance to hypoxia, acid-base at high altitude and future space travel |
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May 7 **4:00PM |
Jianghui Hou, PhD Associate Professor Department of Medicine Washington University in St. Louis St. Louis, MO |
Paracellular channels - biology, physiology and disease |
| May 14 | Ryosuke Sato, PhD Associate Professor Departments of Medicine and Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Role of Kidney Production of Angiotensinogen in the Reduction of Blood Pressure by SGLT2 Inhibition under Diabetic and Non-diabetic Conditions |
| May 21 | Laura Levy, PhD Vice President for Research Professor of Microbiology & Immunology Tulane University SOM |
JOINT CONFERENCE Introduction to Research: Funding Opportunities, regulatory requirements, and infrastructure support at Tulane |
| May 28 | Memorial Day Holiday | No Seminar |
| June 4 | Faculty Meeting | No Seminar |
| June 11 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
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June 18 **12:30PM |
Colleen Johnson, MD Director, Cardiac of Electrophysiology Assistant Professor of Medicine Tulane University SOM |
How Electrophysiology Impacts Heart Failure |
| June 25 | Terez Shea-Donohue, PhD Professor of Radiation Oncology University of Maryland SOM Baltimore, MD |
JOINT CONFERENCE Harnessing the therapeutic potential of enteric nematode infection |
| July 2 | 4th of July Week | No Seminar |
| July 9 | Faculty Meeting | No Seminar |
|
July 16 |
Bruna Visniauskas, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Role of bradykinin/B2 receptor in hte regulation of renin in the collecting duct |
| July 23 |
Licy Lorena Yanes Cardozo, MD |
Cardiometabolic complications in polycystic ovary syndrome |
| July 30 | No Seminar | No Seminar |
| August 6 | Ramachandran Samivel, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Disruption of GC/NPRA gene induces hypertrophy and cardiac fibrosis through TGF-β/SMAD dependent pathway |
| August 13 | Hong Gao, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Orexin facilitates glutamate excitatory effect in RVLM neurons |
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August 20 |
Supaporn 'Tom' Kulthinee, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Purinergic P2X1 and P2X7 receptors activation attenuate angiotensin AT1 receptors dominance in regulating the preglomerular renal microcirculation in angiotensin II dependent hypertension |
| August 27 | Mimi Sammarco, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Surgery Tulane University SOM |
Bone and soft tissue regeneration in a mouse model: pointing the finger at a mechanism |
| September 3 | Labor Day Holiday | No Seminar |
| September 10 | Faculty Meeting | No Seminar |
| September 17 | Namita Rout, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Microbiology & Immunology Tulane University SOM |
JOINT SEMINAR Gamma-delta T cells in the nonhuman primate model of HIV infection and their potential for immunotherapy |
| September 24 | Noah Shroyer, PhD Associate Professor Department of Medicine Section of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Baylor College of Medicine Houston, TX |
JOINT SEMINAR Plasticity and quiescence of intestinal stem cells: implications for regeneration and cancer |
| October 1 | T. Cooper Woods, PhD Associate Professor Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
VSMCs Mediators of Cardiovascular Disease |
| October 8 | Tanika N. Kelly, PhD, MPH Associate Professor Department of Epidemiology Tulane School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine |
The Gut Microbiome Associates with Lifetime Cardiovascular Disease Risk Profile among Bogalusa Heart Study |
| October 15 | James D. Stockand, PhD Professor, Cellular and Integrative Physiology Director, Pathobiology of Occlusive Vascular Disease Fellowship Program University of Texas Health Science Center San Antonio |
JOINT MEDICINE SEMINAR/CO-SPONSORED BY THRCE Disruption of Purinergic Control of Sodium Excretion Intrinsic to the Distal Nephron Causes Salt-Sensitive Hypertension |
| October 22 | David E. Stec, PhD Professor of Physiology and Biophysics University of Mississippi Medical Center Jackson, MS |
Bilirubin and biliverdin reductase in metabolic disease |
| October 29 | Faculty Meeting | No Seminar |
| November 5 | Dewan Majid, MBBS, PhD Professor Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
TNF receptors and kidney function |
| November 12 | Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD Research Associate Center for Craniofacial Molecular Biology University of Southern California Los Angeles, CA |
The endothelial response to hypoxia at two time scales: Glycocalyx shedding and the role of protein methylation in VEGF signaling |
| November 19 | Dahlene Fusco, MD, PhD Assistant Professor Department of Medicine Tulane University SOM |
JOINT SEMINAR Interferon Effectors as a Platform for Broad-Acting Antiviral Design |
| November 26 | Harrison Pensrose Graduate Student Department of Pathology & Laboratory Medicine Tulane University SOM |
Characterization of lipid metabolic reprogramming and loss-of-FOXO3 in inflammation-promoted colon cancer |
| December 3 | Charalabos Pothoulakis, MD Professor, Pathology and Laboratory Medicine Director of Research, Center for Inflammatory Bowel Diseases-UCLA Los Angeles, CA |
JOINT SEMINAR Substance P— Induced Exosomal |
| December 10 | Departmental Meeting | No Seminar |
| December 17 | Prerna Kumar, PhD Research Instructor Department of Physiology Tulane University SOM |
Inhibition of HDAC activity Blocks NF-KB and Suppresses the Renal Inflammation and Fibrosis in Npr1 Haplotype Mice |
| December 24 | Christmas Holiday | No Seminar |
| December 31 | New Year's Eve Holiday | 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
