Physiology Seminar Series Archive

2021

DateSpeakerTitle
January 4Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
January 11Tadashi 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 18Martin Luther King HolidayNo Seminar
January 25Patrice Delafontaine, MD
Executive Dean
Professor of Medicine
Adjunct in Physiology
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA

JOINT SEMINAR-MEDICINE

IGF-1 and Atherosclerosis

February 1Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
February 8L. 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 15Mardi Gras BreakNo Seminar
February 22Matthew 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 1Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
March 8Mark Mondrinos, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of  Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University-Uptown
New Orleans, LA
Microphysiological Systems for Emulating Human Pathobiology
March 15Eric 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 22David 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 29Kathleen 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 5Easter MondayNo Seminar
April 12Janos 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 26Olan 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 3Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
May 10Young-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 17Pedro 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 24A. 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 31Memorial Day HolidayNo Semianr
June 7Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
June 14Junjie 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 21Dewan S.A. Majid, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology 
Tulane University School of Medicine
The Physiological Role of TNF-α During High Salt Intake
June 28Prerna 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 54th of July WeekNo Seminar
July 12Mark Mondrinos, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University
Microphysiological Systems for Emulating Human Pathobiology
July 19Owen 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 26Sarah 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 2Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
August 9Siva Sakamuri, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Bio-energetics of the Aged Brain Microvasculature
August 16Angelle 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 23Eric Kimbell Judd, MD
Associate Professor 
Division of Nephrology 
University of Alabama At Birmingham 
Birmingham, AL
Physiologic Aspects of Pig Kidney Xenotransplantation
August 30Patricia Snarski
Graduate Student
Department of Medicine & Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
 
September 6Labor Day HolidayNo Seminar
September 13Faculty MeetingNo 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 27AHA ConferenceNo Seminar
October 4Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
October 11Suttira 'Joy' Intapad, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Sphingolipids in Preeclampsia and Intrauterine Growth Restriction
October 18Ryosuke Satou, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Availability of The Molecular Core in the Tulane Hypertension Center
October 25Owen 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 1Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
November 8Mimi Sammarco, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Surgery & Physiology 
Tulane University School of Medicine
 
Cellular Metabolism at the Crossroads of Skeletal Regeneration
November 15Rhea 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 22Thanksgiving WeekNo Seminar
November 29T. 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 6Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
December 13Kenneth D. Mitchell, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology 
Tulane University School of Medicine
Renal Derangements in Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension
December 20Christmas WeekNo Seminar
December 27Winter RecessNo Seminar

2020

DateSpeakerTitle
January 6Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
January 13Yusuke Higashi, PhD
Research Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Tulane University SOM
New Orleans, LA
RECK and fibroproliferative vascular disease
January 20Martin Luther King HolidayNo Seminar
January 27Keith C. Ferdinand, MD
Gerald S. Berenson Endowed Chair in Preventive Cardiology
Professor of Medicine
John W. Deming Department of Medicine
Tulane University SOM
Recent advances in resistant hypertension treatment and control
February 3Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
February 10Eric Lazartigues, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
Louisiana State University Health Science Center
New Orleans, LA
Role of ADAM17 and ACE2 in sympatho-excitation and neurogenic hypertension
February 17Hong-Wen Deng, PhD
Professor
Edward G. Schlieder Endowed Chair
Director, Tulane Center for Bioinformatics and Genomics
Department of Biostatistics and Data Science
School of Public and Tropical Medicine
Tulane University SOM

Joint Seminar

Genomics and bioinformatic analyses for a complex trait-osteoporosis

February 24Lundi Gras HolidayNo Seminar
March 2Faculty SeminarNo Seminar
March 9Muralidharan Anbalagan, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Structural & Cellular Biology
Director, Pre-Clinical Small Animal Imaging Facility
Tulane University SOM
Novel strategies for the treatment of bone metastases from breast cancer
March 16Gregory Bix, MD, PhD
Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research
Vada Odom Reynolds Chair in Stroke Research
Department of Neurosurgery
Tulane University SOM

*****CANCELLED******

Enter the Matrix: Novel Therapeutic Targets for Ischemic Stroke

March 23Antoine Chaanine, MD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Section of Cardiology
Heart & Vascular Institute
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Metabolic Remodeling in the Failing Heart : Role of the transcription factor FOXO3a

March 30Xuebin Qin, MD, PhD
Professor of Comparative Pathology
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Covington, LA

Zoom Meeting

Fate Dynamics, Niches and Functions of Renal Macrophage (RM)

April 6Faculty Meeting via ZoomNo Seminar
April 13Jacqueline M. Stephens
Professor
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
Department of Biological Sciences
Louisiana State University
Baton Rouge, LA

Zoom Meeting

Adipocyte signaling pathways that contribute to metabolic health

April 20

 

Dr. Meenakshi (Meena) Madhur
Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
Vanderbilt University
Nashville, TN

Joint Seminar - Zoom Meeting

Hypertension and the maladaptive immune response

April 27Srikanta Dash, PhD
Director, Hepatitis Research Laboratory
Professor of Pathology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Hybrid Extracellular Vesicles: Biomarker for Early Detection of HCC After Hepatitis C Cure

May 4Faculty Meeting via ZoomNo Seminar
May 11Tianxin Yang, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Nephrology and Hypertension
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, UT

Zoom Meeting

Discovery of Biological Function of Soluble (Pro)Renin Receptor

May 18Eric E. Simon, MD
Section Chief, Nephrology and Hypertension 
Program Director
Nephrology and Hypertension Fellowship
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Kidney and Hypertension Issues with COVID-19

May 25Memorial DayNo Seminar
June 1Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
June 8Nick Ferreri, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

***CANCELLED DUE TO WEATHER***

Intrinsic effects of TNF-alpha along the nephron

June 15S. M. Jazwinski, PhD
Professor of Biochemistry
John W. Deming Regents Chair in Aging
Director, Tulane Center for Aging
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Individual Phenotypic Variability –The Key to Personalized Medicine

June 22Jia Zhuo, MD, PhD
Professor 
Department of Physiology 
Director, Tulane Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

The Novel Roles of Intratubular Paracrine and Intracrine Angiotensin II in The Kidney: New Insights and Future Perspectives

June 29Yanbo Fan, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cancer Biology and Internal Medicine
Cardiovascular Health and Disease
University of Cincinnati
Cincinnati, OH

Zoom Meeting

Transcription factor EB regulates vascular homeostasis

July 64th of July WeekendNo Seminar or Meeting
July 13Zubaida Saifudeen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Adjunct, Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Harnessing Metabolism to Modulate Nephron Progenitor Cell Fate

July 20Chandramohan Ramasamy, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Effect of tyrosol, a phenolic compound on streptozotocin-induced type-2 diabetic rats

July 27Xiao Li, MD, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

 

August 3Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
August 10Nick Ferreri, PhD
Professor
Department of Pharmacology
New York Medical College
Valhalla, New York

Zoom Meeting

Intrinsic effects of TNF-alpha along the nephron

August 17Andrew Grande, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Neurosurgery
University of Minnesota Medical School
Minneapolis, MN

Zoom Meeting

Translating Neuronal Reprogramming for Stroke-Moving Beyond the Bench

August 24Andrea Zsombok, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Brain circuits involved in the regulation of the liver

August 31Ike Dela Pena, PhD
Assistant Professor
Pharmaceutical and Administrative Sciences
Loma Linda University
Loma Linda, CA

Zoom Meeting

Neurobiology of ADHD: New Insights from Animal Models

September 7Labor Day HolidayNo Seminar
September 14Alejandro R. Chade, MD, FAHA
Professor
Department of Physiology and Radiology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

Zoom Meeting

Treating the kidney and helping the heart work in progress in experimental CKD

September 21

JOINT CONFERENCE
Department of Medicine

John Kirwan, MSc, PhD, FACSM
Professor
George A. Bray, Jr. Endowed Super Chair in Nutrition
Executive Director
Pennington Biomedical Research Center at LSU
Baton Rouge, LA

Zoom Meeting

Obesity, A Dying “Weigh” of Life

September 28Kailash Pandey, PhD
Professor
Vice Chair of Medical Research
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Npr1 Gate-Keeping Gene in Immunogenic and Inflammatory Pathways: Regulating BP and Kidney Dysfunction

October 5Bina Joe, PhD
Distinguished University Professor and Char
Department of Physiology & Pharmacology
Director, Center for Hypertension and Precision Medicine
University of Toledo
College of Medicine and Life Sciences
Toledo, OH

Zoom Meeting

Annual Mayerson-DiLuzio Lectureship

Pressure from the Bugs within:  Microbiomic and metabolic contributions to hypertension

October 12Caroline R. Sussman, PhD
Assistant Professor of Physiology
Translational Polycystic Kidney Disease Center
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Zoom Meeting

Zooming in and zooming out on cAMP signaling and kidney injury in polycystic kidney disease

October 19John C. Burnett, Jr, MD
Professor of Medicine and Physiology
Consultant, Division of Circulatory Failure
Department of Cardiovascular Medicine
Consultant, Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering  
Mayo Clinic
Rochester, MN

Zoom Meeting

The Heart is an Endocrine Organ: From Biology to Innovative Therapeutics for Cardiovascular Disease

October 26Michael F. Romero, PhD
Professor of Physiology
Consultant, Department of Physiology & Biomedical Engineering
Consultant, Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic College of Medicine
Rochester, MN

Zoom Meeting

Acidosis, cysts, glaucoma and diabetes: Who needs to transport baking soda (NaHCO3) anyone?

 

November 2Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
November 9Zhou Chengcheng, PhD, FAHA
Professor
Division of Biomedical Sciences
University of California
Riverside, CA

Zoom Meeting

IKKβ, from atherogenesis to adipogenesis and beyond

November 16Gregory Bix, MD, PhD, FAHA
Director, Clinical Neuroscience Research Center
Professor and Vice Chair of Clinical and Translational Research
Department of Neurosurgery
Vada Odom Reynolds Chair in Stroke Research
Center for Clinical Neurosciences
Tulane University School of Medicine

Zoom Meeting

Enter the Matrix: Novel Therapeutic Targets for Ischemic Stroke

November 23Ana Paul De Oliveira Leite, PhD
Post-Doctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

The Role of AT1a Receptors in Angiotensin II-induced Hypertension: No Clear Sex in Proximal Tubule-specific AT1a Receptor Knockout Mice

November 30Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Multiple Actions of Neural Stem Cells: Impact on Neurodegenerative Diseases and Neurovascular Injury

December 7Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
December 14Hongju Wu, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine-Endocrinology
Tulane University SOM

Zoom Meeting

Pax4 gene therapy in diabetes treatment

December 21Winter RecessNo Seminar
December 28Winter RecessNo Seminar

2019

DateSpeakerTitle
January 7Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
January 14LCME Site VisitNo Seminar
January 21Martin Luther King HolidayNo Seminar
January 28Rafael Rubio Garcia
Professor Emeritus
Department of Physiology & Biophysics
University of Virginia
Charlottesville, VA
Universidad Autónoma de San Luis Potosi
MEXICO
Functionalities of the endothelial luminal membrane-glycocalyx
February 4Kenneth D. Mitchell, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Navar and Mitchell: An unexpected 35-year journey by a Texan and a Scot
February 11Yingzi Cong, PhD
Professor
Departments of Microbiology & Immunology and Pathology
University of Texas Medical Branch
Galveston, TX

JOINT CONFERENCE

Host-microbiota interaction in regulation of inflammatory bowel diseases

February 18Robert L. Hester, MD
Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor
Professor of Physiology and Orthopedic Surgery
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Mathematical modeling ofr understanding physiological responses

February 25

 

Antoine Chaanine, PhD
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Department of Cardiovascular Diseases
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Rochester, MN
Novel Insight in the Pathophysiology of Heart Failure. Role of the FOXO3a-BNIP3 Pathway
March 4Lundi Gras HolidayNo Seminar

March 11

*Room 7062

Clinton Webb, PhD
Herbert Kupperman Chair in Cardiovascular Disease
Regents' Professor
Department of Physiology
Medical College of Georgia
Augusta, GA

2019 Mayerson-DiLuzio Lectureship

Joint Seminar, Co-Sponsored by THRCE

Mitochondria-derived DAMPs as a trigger of innate immune responses and vascular inflammation in hypertension

March 18W. Marcus Lambert, PhD
Assistant Dean of Diversity and Student Life
Assistant Professor of Education Research
Weill Cornell Medicine
New York, NY

Special School Wide Grand Rounds

Inclusive Excellence:  Breaking down barriers to success and recognizing your greatest potential

March 25Heather Drummond, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Vascular degenerins in renal hemodynamics
April 1Arthur Beyder, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Division of Gastroenterology and Hepatology Department of Internal Medicine
Mayo Clinic School of Medicine
Rochester, MN

JOINT CONFERENCE

The molecules and mechanisms that make irritable and slow colons

April 8Experimental Biology MeetingNo Seminar
April 15Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
April 22Easter MondayNo Seminar
April 29Qinglin Yang, PhD
Professor of Pharmacology
Cardiovascular Center of Excellence
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA
Targeting metabolic dysfunction in the diseased heart
May 6Ming Li, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Why and how to design T-type calcium channel blockers

May 13

 

Zubaida Saifudeeen, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pediatrics
Tulane University SOM
Deconvolving the Contribution of the Glycolytic Pathway in Nephron Progenitor Cell Self-Renewal
May 20Frank Mauvais-Jarvis, MD
Professor of Medicine
Division of Endocrinology & Metabolism
Tulane University SOM

JOINT CONFERENCE

Is diabetes different in women?

May 27Memorial DayNo Seminar
June 3Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
June 10Sudha Talwar, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Urology
Tulane University SOM
Intracrine androgen-estrogen axis drives CRPC (castration resistance prostate cancer) progression: fact or fiction?

June 17

 

Lucie Desmoulins, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
TRPV1-expressing neurons project to thermoregulatory POA neurons
June 24Krisztian Stadler, PhD
Associate Professor-Research
Pennington Biomedical Research Center
LSU
Mitochondrial substrate overload and chronic kidney disease
July 14th of July WeekNo Seminar
July 8No MeetingNo Seminar
July 15Owen Richfield
Graduate Student
Departments of Physiology and Mathematics
Tulane University SOM
Quantification of Mechanical Stresses in the Rat Glomerulus under Pathophysiological Hemodynamic Conditions
July 22Hong Gao
Research Scientist
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Differential responses to insulin of RVLM DBH neurons and kidney-related RVLM neurons in diet-induced obesity mice
July 29Bruna Visniauskas
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Gender differences of soluble proprenin receptor in Type 2 diabetes mellitus
August 5Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
August 12Hans-Michael Kubisch, PhD
Associate Professor
Tulane National Primate Research Center
Tulane University SOM
Some thoughts on the genetics and genetic management of rhesus macaques and the development of new genetic disease models
August 19Sergiy Sukhanov, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Heart and Vascular Institute
Tulane University SOM
GAPDH: New fate of old housekeeping protein
August 26Ganesh Halade, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine
Division of Cardiovascular Disease
University of Alabama at Birmingham
Leukocyte directed inflammation and resolution in heart failure
September 2Labor Day HolidayNo Seminar
September 9Dulce Casarini, PhD
Department of Medicine
Division of Nephrology
Federal University of Sao Paulo
Sao Paulo, BRAZIL
Association between 90 kDa N-domain ACE and presence of arterial hypertension
September 16L. Lee Hamm, MD
Senior Vice President
Dean, School of Medicine
Tulane University SOM

JOINT SEMINAR

Acidosis: vicious cycle of chronic kidney disease

September 23Town Hall MeetingNo Seminar
September 30Cheryl M. Heesch, PhD
Professor
Department of Biomedical Sciences
College of Veterinary Medicine
University of Missouri
Columbia, MO
Sympatho-respiratory coupling:  Is a sigh really just a sigh?
October 7Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
October 14Jennifer L. Sones
Assistant Professor
Veterinary Clinical Sciences
LSU School of Veterinary Medicine
Metabolic Basis for Disease in BPH/5 Preeclamptic-like Mice
October 21Nazih Nakhoul, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Medicine/Nephrology
Tulane University SOM

JOINT CONFERENCE

Regulation of Renal Ammonia Transport

October 28Jennifer Simkin, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Orthopedics
LSU Health Sciences Center
Inflammation: Setting the stage for tissue regeneration in mammals
November 4Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
November 11Minolfa Prieto, MD,PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
The Prorenin Receptor: A Pandora's Box

November 18

*JBJ Rm# 111A

Vivian Fonseca, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pharmacology
Chief, Section of Endocrinology
Tulane University SOM

JOINT SEMINAR

Precision Medicine - The All of US Program: Research Opportunities

November 25Partha K. Chandra, PhD
Research Instructor
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University SOM
The effects of exosomes from latent HIV-1 infected cells on  mitophagy and mitochondrial fusion in brain microvasculature
December 2Nassir Marrouche, MD
Professor of Medicine
Section of Cardiology
Heart & Vascular Institute
Tulane University SOM

JOINT CONFERENCE

TBA

December 9Kandasamy Neelamegam, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Biochemical and molecular mechanism of Myricetin on Streptozotocin-Cadmium-induced diabetic nephropathy in experiments rats
December 16Dewan S.A. Majid, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

TBA

December 23Christmas WeekNo Seminar
December 30Winter RecessNo Seminar

2018

DateSpeakerTitle
January 1New Year's HolidayNo Seminar
January 8Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
January 15Martin Luther King HolidayNo Seminar
January 22J. 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 29Andrei V. Derbenev, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Novel role of glycine in control of sympathetic outflow
February 5Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
February 12Lundi Gras HolidayNo Seminar

February 19

 

Pradeep K. Dudeja, PhD
Professor
Department of Medicine
University of Illinois at Chicago

JOINT CONFERENCE

Gut Microbe Interactions in Pathophysiology of Diarrheal Diseases

February 26Norman Kreisman, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Preconditioning Hippocampal Slices with Hypothermia reduces Acute Hypoxic Injury: Potential Mediation by Erythropoietin
March 5R. Ariel Gomez MD, PhD
Professor
Pediatric Center of Excellence in Nephrology
University of Virginia School of Medicine
Charlottesville, VA

2018 Mayerson-DiLuzio Lectureship

Joint Seminar, Co-Sponsored by THRCE

Plasticity and fate of renin cells in homeostasis and disease

March 12Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
March 19Andrew Gewirtz, PhD
Professor
Center for Inflammation Immunity & Infection
Georgia State University
Atlanta, GA

JOINT CONFERENCE

Gut microbiota, low-grade inflammation, diet, and metabolic syndrome

March 26Hongju Wu, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine & Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Pax4 as a novel therapeutic target for diabetes treatment
April 2Easter MondayNo Seminar
April 9Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
April 16

Solange Abdulnour-Nakhoul, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Physiology
Tulane University SOM

Nazih L. Nakhoul, PhD
Associate Professor
Departments of Medicine and Physiology
Tulane University SOM

JOINT CONFERENCE

Role of the calcium sensing receptor in the esophagus

Update on the importance of regulating renal ammonia transport

April 23Experimental Biology MeetingNo Seminar
April 30Gustavo 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

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 14Ryosuke 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 21Laura 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 28Memorial Day HolidayNo Seminar
June 4Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
June 11No SeminarNo Seminar

June 18

**12:30PM

Colleen Johnson, MD
Director, Cardiac of Electrophysiology
Assistant Professor of Medicine
Tulane University SOM
How Electrophysiology Impacts Heart Failure
June 25Terez Shea-Donohue, PhD
Professor of Radiation Oncology
University of Maryland SOM
Baltimore, MD

JOINT CONFERENCE

Harnessing the therapeutic potential of enteric nematode infection

July 24th of July WeekNo Seminar
July 9Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
July 16Bruna 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 23Licy Lorena Yanes Cardozo, MD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell & Molecular Biology
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson,  MS
Cardiometabolic complications in polycystic ovary syndrome
July 30No SeminarNo Seminar
August 6Ramachandran 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 13Hong Gao, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Orexin facilitates glutamate excitatory effect in RVLM neurons
August 20Supaporn '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 27Mimi 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 3Labor Day HolidayNo Seminar
September 10Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
September 17Namita 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 24Noah 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 1T. Cooper Woods, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
VSMCs Mediators of Cardiovascular Disease
October 8Tanika 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 15James 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 22David E. Stec, PhD
Professor of Physiology and Biophysics
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS
Bilirubin and biliverdin reductase in metabolic disease
October 29Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
November 5Dewan Majid, MBBS, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
TNF receptors and kidney function
November 12Olan 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 19Dahlene Fusco, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine
Tulane University SOM

JOINT SEMINAR

Interferon Effectors as a Platform for Broad-Acting Antiviral Design

November 26Harrison 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 3Charalabos 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
Regulation of Colitis

December 10Departmental MeetingNo Seminar
December 17Prerna 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 24Christmas HolidayNo Seminar
December 31New Year's Eve HolidayNo Seminar

2017

DateSpeakerTitle
January 2Return From Winter BreakNo Seminar
January 9Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
January 16Martin Luther King HolidayNo Seminar
January 23Andrea Zsombok, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
Hypothalamic Preautonomic Neurons in Diabetes
January 30Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
February 6Kusal Das, PhD
Professor
BLDE University, Bijapur, India
Oxygen Sensing and Lead Toxicities: Molecular interactions, cell signaling and antioxidant defense
February 13Xiaohui (Frank) Zhang, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Mechanical Engineering & Mechanics
Lehigh University
Probing the Biomechanical Properties of Single Protein Molecules

February 15**

 

Miranda Gray
Outreach Manager
Faculty 1000
Washington, DC

NOTE DIFFERENT DAY: Wednesday

F1000: Changing the Way that Science is Communicated

February 20**

Jane Reckelhoff, PhD
Director, Women's Health Research Center
University of Mississippi Medical Center
Jackson, MS

Attend BIRCWH Distinguished Lecture
(Must Register to attend: JBJ Room 403 @ 1:30 PM)

Sex Differences in Control of Blood Pressure

February 27Lundi Gras HolidayNo Seminar
March 6
Faculty Meeting
No Seminar
March 13Patricia Molina, MD, PhD
Richard Ashman, PhD Professor & Head, Department of Physiology
Director, Alcohol & Drug Abuse Center of Excellence
LSU Health Sciences Center
New Orleans, LA

2017 Mayerson-DiLuzio Lectureship
Joint Seminar, Co-Sponsored by THRCE

Alcohol Interaction with HIV Disease; Translational approach to understanding mechanisms & comorbidities

March 20Ryan Walker
Graduate Student
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

THESIS DEFENSE

Signaling Pathways of Dicarboxylate Transport in a Proximal Tubule Cell Line

March 27Michael Cypress
Graduate Student
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM
SGLT2 Mediates Angiotensinogen Augmentation in Renal Proximal Tubular Cells Under High Glucose Conditions
April 3Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
April 10Prasad VG Katakam, MD, PhD 
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University SOM
Free Radical Biology of NOS Isoforms in Healthy and Disease States
April 17Easter MondayNo Seminar
April 24EB MeetingNo Seminar
May 1Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
May 8
Jason Middleton, PhD
Assistant Professor of Cell Biology, Anatomy, and Neuroscience
LSU Health Sciences Center
An Awake Head-fixed Preparation for Interrogating Neural Circuits and Behavior in Auditory Processing
May 15
Hernan A. Bazan, MD
Associate Professor of Surgery
Program Director
Vascular Surgery Fellowship
Ochsner Clinic
New Orleans, LA

JOINT CONFERENCE

From Vulnerable Plaque to Patient at Risk: Insights into plaque instability

May 22
John T. Paige, MD
Professor of Clinical Surgery
Director of Wound Care
LSU Health Sciences Center
Heal Thyself: wound healing, acellular xenografts and diabetics
May 29Memorial Day HolidayNo Seminar
June 5Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
June 12
Donna M. Neumann, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
LSU Health Sciences Center
Chromatin Insulators Control the Latent HSV-1 Transcriptional Program
June 19
Ryosuke Sato, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine

JOINT CONFERENCE

The Molecular Core Facility Workshop, Introducing Our Updated Systems Including Glucose Telemetry System

June 26
Carolyn Bayer, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Biomedical Engineering
Tulane University SOM
Photoacoustic imaging of placental function
July 34th of July EveNo Seminar
July 10Michael Cypress
Graduate Student
Department of Physiology
Tulane University SOM

THESES DEFENSE

SGLT2 Mediates Angiotensinogen Augmentation in Renal Proximal Tubular Cells Under High Glucose Conditions

July 17Jay Kolls, MD
Professor of Medicine and Pediatrics
Director, Center for Translational
Research in Infection & Inflammation
John W. Deming Endowed Chair in Internal Medicine
Tulane University SOM

JOINT CONFERENCE

Type 17 Immunity at Mucosal Surfaces

July 24Kazi N. Islam, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Pharmacology
& Experimental Therapeutics
LSU Health Sciences Center
Nitric Oxide Mediated Cardioprotection is Hydrogen Sulfide Dependent
July 31Speaker CancelledNo Seminar
August 7Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
August 14Juan Carlos Velez, MD
Associate Professor,
Department of Nephrology
Ochsner Clinic Foundation
New Orleans, LA
Aminopeptidase A, Angiotensin Homeostasis & Glomerular Disease
August 21L. Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor and Chairman
Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

JOINT CONFERENCE

Intratubular Renin-Angiotensin System: A paradigm shift in understanding angiotensin II dependent Renal Injury in hypertension & diabetes

August 28Laura A. Schrader, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA
Sex differences in behavioral and molecular outcomes of acute stress
September 4Labor Day HolidayNo Seminar
September 11Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
September 18S. Michal Jazwinski, PhD
John W. Deming, MD Regents Chair in Aging
Professor of Medicine and Biochemistry
Director, Tulane Center for Aging
Tulane School of Medicine
New Orleans, LA

JOINT SEMINAR

Adaptation to metabolic dysfunction during aging: Making the best of a bad situation

September 25Charles D. Nichols, PhD
Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology
& Experimental Therapeutics
LSU Health Sciences Center
Psychedelics as Anti-inflammatories and More
October 2Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
October 9Pleasant Hooper, MD
Founder
TMS BioScience Labs
Small molecules to small sample volumes paving the way with clinical mass spectrometry
October 16M.A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, MD
Associate Dean
Associate Provost for Health Sciences
Professor of Epidemiology
Tulane University
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine

JOINT SEMINAR

Medicine, miracles, and the role of the physician scientist

October 23Yamini Bhusan Tripathi, PhD
Professor of Medicinal Chemistry
Institute of Medical Sciences
Banaras Hindu University - INDIA
Management of Diabetic Nephropathy:  Traditional concepts of ayurveda and their scientific validation
October 30Yu-Ping Wang, PhD
Professor of Biomedical Engineering
School of Science & Engineering
Tulane University
Brain imaging meets (epi)genomics
November 6Edward W Inscho, PhD
Professor
Department of Physiology
University of Alabama at Birmingham
The Influence of Toll-Like Receptor 4 on Renal Microvascular Function
November 13Faculty MeetingNo Seminar
November 20Jian-Ying Wang, MD, PhD
Joseph and Corinne Schwartz-Endowed Professor  General Surgery
University of Maryland School of Medicine
Baltimore, MD

JOINT SEMINAR

Post-transcriptional Regulation of Gut Epithelium Homeostasis and Barrier Function by Long Noncoding RNAs

November 27Supaporn “Tom” Kulthinee, PhD
Post-doctoral Fellow
Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Interaction between angiotensin AT1 receptors and purinergic P2X receptors in regulating the preglomerular renal microcirculation under elevated angiotensin II and high renal perfusion pressure environments
December 4Stryder Meadows, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Tulane University
Molecular mechanisms underlying arteriovenous malformations in hereditary hemorrhagic telangiectasia (HTT)
December 11Jean-Pyo Lee, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine
Multiple actions of neural stem cells: Impact on neurovascular and neurodegenerative diseases
December 18A. Oliver Sartor, PhD
C.E. & Bernadine Laborde
Professor for Cancer Research
Medical Director, Tulane Cancer Center
Assistant Dean for Oncology
Tulane University School of Medicine

JOINT SEMINAR

Prostate cancer update 2017

December 25Christmas HolidayNo Seminar

2016

DateSpeakerTitle
January 4No Seminar
Faculty Meeting
January 11Jeffrey G. Tasker, PhD
Catherine & Hunter Pierson Chair in Neuroscience,
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Ghrelin regulates fluid homeostasis via unique neuronal-glial control of vasopressin release.
January 18No Seminar
Martin Luther King Holiday
January 25Philip J. Kadowitz, PhD
Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
TUSOM
The Nitric Oxide Enigma in Beta-3 Receptor Signaling.
February 1No Seminar
Faculty Meeting
February 8No Seminar
Lundi Gras Holidays!
February 15Derek Pociask, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine,
TUSOM,
T cell control of epithelial repair during influenza infection.
February 22Adam Brown, PhD
Associate Professor,
Field Application Scientist,
Bio-Rad Laboratories,
Houston, TX.
Droplet Digital PCR.
February 29Satish Patil, PhD
Department of Physiology,
BLDE University’s Shri B.M.Patil Medical College,
Hospital & Research Centre,
Vijaypur, Karnataka, India.
Yoga practice and vascular health in elderly with hypertension.
March 3Mayerson-DiLuzio
Joint Seminar, Co-Sponsored by THRCE

Joey Granger, PhD
Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor,
Professor of Physiology & Medicine,
Director, Cardiovascular-Renal Research Center,
Dean, School of Graduate Studies in the Health Sciences.
Potential Therapeutic Targets for the Treatment of Preeclampsia
March 14Edward Soll, MD
Technical/Business Advisor,
Founder and Former CEO,
Doctors Imaging Services,
Metairie, LA.
Advanced Brain MRI: Volumetrics and qDTI in a Clinical Practice.
March 21No Seminar
Faculty Meeting
March 28No Seminar
Easter Holidays
April 4No Seminar
2016 EB Meeting
April 11Andrei Derbenev, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Physiology,
TUSOM.
The Role of Sodium-Activated Potassium Channels in Presympathetic RVLM Neurons.
April 18ALUMNI AWARD

Chu Chen, PhD
Professor,
Neuroscience Center,
LSU Health Sciences Center,
New Orleans, LA.
Endocannabinoid Signaling in Alzheimer’s Disease.
April 25No Seminar
General Medical Faculty Meeting
May 2No Seminar
Faculty Meeting
May 9Kailash Pandey, PhD
Professor,
Department of Physiology,
TUSOM, New Orleans, LA.
Receptor Trafficking Generates Waves of Signals: Endosomes a Virtual Platform for Signaling Train.
May 16Zubaida Saifudeen, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Pediatrics-Nephrology,
TUSOM, New Orleans, LA.
Energy Metabolism Balances Nephron Progenitor Cell Renewal and Differentiation.
May 23Lucienne Lara Morcillo, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Federal University of Rio de Janeiro,
Rio de Janeiro, RJ, Brazil.

New Pharmacological Approach in ER Stress during Kidney Ischemia Reperfusion. 

 

May 30 

 

No Seminar
Memorial Day Holiday 

June 6 

 

No Seminar
Faculty Meeting

June 13 

 

Ricardo Mostany, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
TUSOM. 

 

Synaptic Instability in the Aged Cerebral Cortex: Role of Interneurons. 

 

June 20 

 

Andrea Zsombok, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Hypothalamic Preautonomic Neurons and TRPV1. 

 

June 27 

 

Andrei Derbenev, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Physiology,
TUSOM.

Synaptic and Extrasynaptic Control of RVLM Neurons. 

 

July 4 

 

No Seminar
Fourth of July Holiday

July 11 

 

Ming Li, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Basal Hyperinsulinemia and Insulin Resistance—Interaction Between Islet β-cells and the Peripheral Tissues. 

 

July 18 

 

L. Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor & Chairman,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Pressure Natriuresis: Facts and Fiction. 

 

July 25
Room# 4001 

 

Brian G Rowan, PhD
Associate Professor & Interim Chair,
Gerald and Flora Jo Mansfield Piltz Endowed Professor of Cancer Research,
Dept. of Structural and Cellular Biology.

Teaching Approaches In Histology and Physiology. 

 

August 1 

 

No Seminar
Faculty Meeting

August 8 

 

No Meeting

August 15 

 

No Meeting

August 22 

 

No Meeting
Physiology MS Student Orientation

August 29 

 

ALUMNI AWARD

Sophia Omoro, MD, PhD
Founder, Blooming Lily Foundation,
President, odAOMO.
The Bigger Picture: Beyond the Microscope.

September 5 

 

No Seminar
Labor Day Holiday 

September 12 

 

Michael Cypress, MS
Graduate Student,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

SGLT2 Mediates Glucose-Induced Angiotensinogen Synthesis in Proximal Tubular Cells. 

 

September 19
08:30am - 09:30am 

 

Elangovan Vellaichamy, PhD
Professor,
Peptide Research and Molecular Cardiology Unit,
Department of Biochemistry,
University of Madras,
Chennai, Tamil Nadu, INDIA.

Transient silencing of Npr3 gene expression attenuates β-adrenoceptor activation mediated cardiac hypertrophic growth in experimental rats. 

 

September 19
12 noon - 1:00pm
F. Javier Salazar Aparicio, PhD
Professor,
Department of Physiology,
School of Medicine,
University of Murcia,
SPAIN.

Arterial Pressure and Renal Effects of Obesity in Rats with an Altered Renal Development. 

 

September 26 

 

No Seminar
Faculty Meeting 

October 3 

 

Ryosuke Sato, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physiology,
TUSOM.

Update and Utility of the Molecular, Imaging, and Analytical Core Facility. 

 

October 10 

 

V. Reddy Gogulamudi, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Prieto Laboratory,
Department of Physiology,
TUSOM.

Effect of high glucose on prorenin receptor. 

 

October 17Jason Gardner, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Physiology,
LSU Health Sciences Center,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
Lysyl Oxidase in the Volume Overloaded Heart: Friend or Foe?

October 24 

 

Gary Mawe, PhD
Professor,
Department of Neurological Sciences,
Pharmacology, and Medicine, Division,
Gastroenterology and Hepatology,
University of Vermont,
Burlington, VT.

“Inflammation-Induced Neuroplasticity: Lessons from the Little Brain in the Gut. 

 

October 31 

 

Damir B. Khismatullin, PhD
Associate Professor,
Department of Biomedical Engineering,
Tulane University,
New Orleans, LA.

Reprogramming of Cancer Cells via Ultrasound-Induced Mechanotransduction. 

 

November 7 

 

No Seminar
Faculty Meeting

November 14 

 

Yumei Feng, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Depts. Pharmacology and Physiology & Cell Biology,
Center for Cardiovascular Research,
University of Nevada SOM,
Reno, NV.

The Epigenetics: Linking Salt to the Brain Renin-Angiotensin System. 

 

November 21 

 

No Seminar
Thanksgiving Holiday 

November 28 

 

Stacy Drury, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Psychiatry and Behavioral Sciences,
Vice Chair of Research, Department of Pediatrics,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
Cross Species Studies of Telomere Length as a Marker of Early Adversity.

December 5 

 

No Seminar
Faculty Meeting

December 12 

 

Virginia Reverte Ribo, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Prieto Laboratory,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

RAS Activation in Response to High Fat Diet Induce-Type 2 Diabetes. 

 

December 19

No Seminar
Winter Recess 

December 26 

 

No Seminar
Winter Recess 

**Not our normally scheduled day

2015

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

**Not our normally scheduled day