Physiology Seminar Series - 2023

2023

 

DATE

SPEAKER

TITLE

January 9

No Seminar

No Seminar

January 16

Martin Luther King Holiday

No Seminar

January 17**

Dr. Leah J. Siskind
Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Toxicology
Brown Cancer Center
University of Louisville School of Medicine
Louisville, KY

Cisplatin-induced kidney injury and chronic kidney disease: Models and mechanisms

January 23

Lucie Desmoulins, PhD
Instructor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Angelle Bradford
Doctoral Candidate 
Dept. of Physiology and Medicine
Tulane University SOM

Brain circuits underlying the sympathetic control of the liver

 

 

Loss of IGF1R Promotes Cardiovascular Complications of  Type 2 Diabetes

January 30

Dr. John H. Dasinger
Senior Postdoctoral Fellow
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
Investigations into Immune Mechanisms of Preeclampsia

February 6

Faculty Meeting

No Seminar

February 13

Mark J. Mondrinos, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept. of Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University
Accurate in vitro models of human physiology and disease:
Are we there yet?

February 20

Mardi Gras Holiday No Seminar

February 27

R. Brooks Robey, MD
Attending Physician
Medicine/Nephrology at Tulane 
Associate Chief of Staff for
Research and Development at the Southeast Louisiana Veterans Health Care System

Hexokinases:  Adventures in Metabolic Complexity, Regulation, & Function

March 6

No Seminar

No Seminar

March 13

Jennifer Fang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Dept of Cell & Molecular Biology
School of Science & Engineering
 Tulane University
A Novel HHT-on-a-Chip Platform for Studying the Role of Connexins in Vascular Malformation
 

March 20

No Seminar No Seminar

March 27

No Seminar No Seminar

April 3

Sarah Abdulla
Graduate Student
Biomedical Sciences Program
Tulane University SOM
THESIS DEFENSE
Mechanisms of Endothelial Glycocalyx Damage in Hemorrhagic Shock

April 4**

Alison Kriegel, PhD 
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Medical College of Wisconsin
Milwaukee, WI
What’s old is new again - revisiting renal pathology and adaptation in the age of multiomics

April 10

No Seminar No Seminar

April 17

*Rm 6001

APS Summit Practice Session

Dr. Adrien Molinas
Dr. Lucie Desmoulins
Dr. Kailash Pandey

April 24

APS Summit

No Seminar

May 1

Dr. Alyssa Hasty
Cornelius Vanderbilt Professor Molecular Physiology & Biophysics and Medicine
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Immune memory during weight loss and regain
 

May 8

Dr. Michelle Gumz
J. Robert & Mary Cade Professor of Physiology
Associate Professor 
Department of Physiology and Aging
University Florida
Gainesville, FL

MAYERSON-DiLUZIO LECTURESHIP

Tick, Tock, It’s Time to Think about Sex Differences in the Circadian Clock
 

May 15

Dr. Annet Kirabo
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine 
Division of Clinical Pharmacology
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN
Immune Mechanisms of Salt-Sensitive Hypertension: A role for ENaC
 

May 22

No Seminar No Seminar

May 29

Memorial Day Holiday

No Seminar

June 5 - August 7

Summer Break

No Seminar

August 14

Faculty Meeting No Seminar

August 21

Dr. Zirong Gu
Associate Research Scientist
Zuckerman Mind Brain Behavior Institute
Columbia University
New York, NY
Dissecting projection- and function-specific vbasal ganglia output circuits in health and disease

August 28

Dr. Amanda Miller
Postdoctoral Scholar
Department of Neural and Behavioral Sciences
College of Medicine
State College, PA
Angiotensin-(1-7) and Adrenergic Receptors in Aging

September 4

Labor Day

No Seminar

September 11

No Seminar No Seminar

September 20

*WEDNESDAY

Dr. Kristen Zuloaga

CANCELLED

Joint Seminar with Brain Institute

 

September 25

Dr. Lucie Desmoulins
Research Instructor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Brain circuits underlying the sympathetic control of the liver

October 2

No Seminar

No Seminar

October 9

Dr. Brant Isakson
Professor
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biological Physics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Surprising Functions for Pannexin Channels

October 16

Dr. Gregory T. Macleod
Professor
Cellular Neuroscience
Wilkes Honors College
Florida Atlantic University
Jupiter, FL
What Can Worms and Flies Tell Us About Neuronal Control of Mitochondria?

October 23

Dr. Olan Jackson-Weaver
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Adjunct, Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Joint THRCE Seminar

Endothelial succinate metabolism as a driver of glycocalyx damage during hemorrhagic shock

October 30

No Seminar No Seminar

November 6

Dr. Ming Li
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

MS STUDENTS ONLY

A journey towards creating selective T-Type Ca2+ channel blockers

November 13

Dr. Sarah Lindsey
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Associate Director, Tulane Center of Excellence in Sex-Based Biology & Medicine
Tulane University SOM

Impact of Estrogen Loss on Vascular Health

November 20

Dr. Yi Tan
Associate Professor of Pediatrics
Carol B. Mcferran Endowed Chair in Juvenile Diabetes Research
University of Louisville
Louisville, KY

Joint THRCE Seminar

Uncoupling the mitogenic and metabolic function of FGF1: Translational studies in metabolic syndrome-associated complications

November 27

No Seminar

 

December 4

Dr. Eric Belin de Chantamele
Professor
Department of Medicine
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta University
Augusta, GA
The Leptin-Aldosterone-Mineralocorticoid Receptor Axis, a Central Mechanism of Cardiovascular Disease in Females

December 11

Dr. Elizabeth Engler-Chiurazzi
Assistant Professor of Neurosurgery
Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
Tulane University SOM
CANCELLED

December 18

Christmas Week

No Seminar

December 25

Winter Recess

No Seminar

     
     

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

Physiology Seminars are held at 12:00 noon on Mondays in-person.  See each individual flyer for specific details.