Year 2020
THRCE Frontiers in Hypertension & Kidney Research Seminar

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SPEAKER

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March 5, 2020

No Meeting Scheduled

WKD
Thursday, March 12, 2020 **

Special THRCE Seminar in honor of WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2020

JIA ‘JOE’ ZHUO, MD, PHD
Director, Tulane Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence
Professor, Department of Physiology
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.

Hypertension as the Key Factor & Therapeutic Target of Chronic Kidney Diseases.

Due to COVID-19, THRCE Seminars will be Zoom Meetings until further notice. 
Thank you for your understanding.

Monday, April 20, 2020 **

Hosted Jointly by THRCE, 
the Depts. of Medicine & Physiology.


Meenakshi Swaminathan Madhur, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor
Department of Medicine,
Division of Clinical Pharmacology,
Division of Cardiovascular Medicine,
Dept. of Molecular Physiology & Biophysics,
Vanderbilt University School of Medicine,
Nashville, TN.
Hypertension and the Maladaptive Immune Response.

Video recording of Presentation

Monday, May 11, 2020 **

Hosted Jointly by THRCE, 
the Depts. of Medicine & Physiology.


Tianxin Yang, MD, PhD
Professor of Medicine & Physiology
Dialysis Research Foundation Endowed Chair
Division of Nephrology & Hypertension
VA Senior Research Career Scientist
Veteran Affairs Medical Center
University of Utah
Salt Lake City, Utah.
Discovery of Biological Function of Soluble (Pro)Renin Receptor.

Video recording of Presentation

June 11, 2020

Junwang Xu, Ph.D
Assistant Professor of Surgery,
University of Colorado, Denver - Anschutz Medical Campus,
Children’s Hospital Colorado,
Barbara Davis Center for Childhood Diabetes
Aurora, Colorado.
Non-coding RNAs in diabetic wounds.

Video Recording of Presentation

June 25, 2020

Mingyu Liang, MB, PhD
Professor & MCW Eminent Scholar;
Department of Physiology,
Director, Center of Systems Molecular Medicine
Center Director,
Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, Wisconsin.
miR-204: A High-Value MicroRNA.

Video Recording of Presentation

July 9, 2020

Eman Gohar, PhD
Instructor,
Section of Cardio-Renal Physiology & Medicine
Department of Medicine, Division of Nephrology,
The University of Alabama at Birmingham,
Birmingham, AL
G protein-coupled Estrogen Receptors in the Kidney.

Video Recording of Presentation

July 23, 2020

Barbara Thompson Alexander, PhD
Professor,
Department of Physiology and Biophysics,
The University of Mississippi Medical Center,
Jackson, MS.
Low Birth Weight and Increased Cardiovascular Risk

Video Recording of Presentation

August 6, 2020

Chih-Hong Wang, PhD
Research Investigator,
Department of Internal Medicine,
Michigan Diabetes Research Center (MDRC)
Metabolomics Core,
University of Michigan Medical School, 
Ann Arbor, MI.
Inhibition of renin angiotensin system improves leptin and insulin sensitivity.

Video Recording of Presentation

August 20, 2020

Dewan S.A. Majid, MD, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology,
Director, Phenotype Core Facility, Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence,
Chair, Seminar Committee,
Tulane University School of Medicine, 
New Orleans, LA.
Protective role for TNF receptor type-1 in the renal responses to high salt intake.

Video Recording of Presentation

September 3, 2020

Ryosuke Sato, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology,
Director, Molecular Core Facility, Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence,
Tulane University School of Medicine, 
New Orleans, LA.
Establishment of Novel Humanized Kidney Models for Medical Research: Engrafted Human Kidney Organoids to Animal Kidney.

Video Recording of Presentation

September 17, 2020

Ryuji Morizane, MD, PhD
Visiting Scholar, Wyss Institute, Harvard University,
Assistant Professor, Department of Medicine,
Harvard Medical School (HMS),
Research Staff, Nephrology Division,
Massachusetts General Hospital (MGH), Boston, MA,
Affiliated Faculty, Harvard Stem Cell Institute (HSCI),
Cambridge, MA.
Kidney Organoids for Disease Modeling and Regenerative Medicine.

Video Recording of Presentation

October 1, 2020

Curt D. Sigmund, PhD
James J. Smith & Catherine Welsch Smith,
Chair, Department of Physiology,
Associate Director, Cardiovascular Center,
Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, WI
Post-translational Mechanisms in Vascular Smooth Muscle Regulate Arterial Stiffness and Blood Pressure: Role of RhoBTB1/Cullin-3.

Video Recording of Presentation

WHD
October 15, 2020

Special THRCE Seminar in honor of WORLD Hypertension DAY 2020

Tahir Hussain, PhD
Associate Dean of Research and Graduate Programs,
Joseph P. & Shirley Shipman Buckley Professor in Drug Discovery,
College of Pharmacy, University of Houston,
Houston, TX.

Immunomodulatory role of Angiotensin AT2 Receptor in Renoprotection.

Video Recording of Presentation

October 29, 2020
Canceled & Rescheduled to January 21, 2021

Peter M. Abadir, MD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Division of Geriatrics Medicine & Gerontology,
The John Hopkins University, School of Medicine,
Baltimore, MD.
The Biology of Frail Angiotensin System Translated: Worn-out Mitochondria to Poor Wound Healing.

November 12, 2020

Robert M. Carey, MD
David A. Harrison III Distinguished Professor of Medicine
Dean, Emeritus, and University Professor
University of Virginia, School of Medicine
University of Virginia Health System
Charlottesville, VA
New AT2 receptor signaling mechanisms in natriuresis and defects leading to hypertension.

Video Recording of Presentation

November 26, 2020

No Meeting
Thanksgiving

December 10, 2020

Special THRCE Seminar

Jia ‘Joe’ Zhuo, MD, PHD
Director: Tulane Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence
Professor, Department of Physiology & Medicine,
Tulane University School of Medicine, NO, LA.

How to Write R01 Grants: A Personal Experience & Perspective.

December 24, 2020

No Meeting
Winter Holidays

 

**Not our normally scheduled day/time**

During COVID-19 restrictions: Zoom meetings will replace in person meetings. Zoom meetings are scheduled from 12 noon till 1 pm.

After COVID-19 restrictions are lifted: Seminars will be held in the Tulane Medical School Building, Room 4700 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm.