Vascular Biology Research Seminar Series

Vascular Biology – VBIO 9010

Seminar Schedule: Fall 2024

Date	Speaker
Aug 28	Nigel Mackman, PhD John C. Parker Distinguished Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, University of North Carolina at Chapel Hill, Chapel Hill, NC Host: Rudolf Lucas, PhD Title: "Mechanisms of cancer-associated thrombosis and bleeding: focus on tissue factor-positive extracellular vesicles"
Sept 4	Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "Myocardin Madness"
Sept 11	Sudhahar Varadarajan, PhD Assistant Professor, Vascular Biology Center Mentor: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Copper Transporter CTR1 as a Disturbed Flow Sensor to Promote Atherosclerosis through Cuproptosis"
Sept 12 Thurs Defense	Suhib Alhusban, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Brian Annex, MD Title: "Glucosamine Mediated Hexosamine Biosynthesis Pathway Activation Utilizes ATF4 to Promote “Exercise-Like” Angiogenesis and Perfusion Recovery in PAD"
Sept 18	No Seminar
Sept 25	Yusra Zaidi, PhD Posdoctoral Fellow, Vascular Biology Center Mentor: Brian Stanfield, MD Title: "Neurofibromin: A novel macrophage regulator"
Oct 2	CANCELED due to Helene Bradford Hill, PhD Professor of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine , Louisville, KY Host: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Metabolic regulation of myocardial perfusion in the young and aged heart"
Oct 9	Rescheduled to December 4th due to Helene Stefano Tarantini, PhD Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences, Oklahoma City, OK Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: A nutrigeroscience approach against age-related vascular cognitive impairment"
Oct 16	Zach Brown, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Exploring the Mechanistic Roles of PBK in Pulmonary Hypertension"
Oct 23	Michelle Tallquist, PhD Professor of Medicine, Center of Cardiovascular Research, John A. Burns School of Medicine, University of Hawaii at Manoa, Honolulu, HI Advisor: Joseph Miano Title: “Fibroblast Function in Development and Disease”
Oct 30	Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Huabo Su Title: "Role of RBX1-Cullin RING Ubiquitin Ligases in the heart"
Nov 6	Chen Yan, PhD Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester Medical Center, Rochester, NY Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Cyclic Nucleotide Signaling in Cardiovascular Diseases: Molecular Targets and Therapeutic Potentials"
Nov 12 Tues Defense	9:00am Seminar WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: "Activation of receptor-independent fluid-phase pinocytosis promotes foamy monocyte formation in atherosclerotic mice"
Nov 13 Defense	1:00pm Seminar David Kim, MD/PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: “Identification of human-specific novel long non-coding RNA in neointima formation”
Nov 19 Tues	Ralf Brandes, MD Professor of Physiology, Institute for Cardiovascular Physiology, Goethe University Frankfurt, Franfurt am Main, Germany Host: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Novel aspects of redox-control of endothelial metabolism"
Nov 27	No Seminar
Dec 4	Junichi Saito, PhD Postdoctoral Associate, Internal Medicine, Yale School of Medicine, New Haven, CT Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele Title: "Interplay between ECM and Vascular Smooth Muscle Cells"
Dec 11	Rajat M Gupta, MD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Brigham and Women's Hospital, Harvard Medical School,Cambridge, MA Host: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: "Identifying the Shared Genetic Risk Between Rare and Common Vascular Diseases with High-throughput CRISPR screens"
Dec 18	Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center Advisor: David Stepp, PhD Title: “Prevention of Sarcopenic Obesity Maintains Angiogenic Capacity in PAD”
Dec 25	NO Seminar
	Spring 2025
January 1	NO Seminar
Jan 8	Mitch Shivers, PhD Student Vascular Biology Center Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Hematopoietic Cell Galectin-3 as a Driver of Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"
Jan 15	Stefano Tarantini, PhD Assistant Professor of Research, Department of Nutritional Sciences, University of Oklahoma Health Sciences Center, Oklahoma, OK Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele Title: A nutrigeroscience approach against age-related vascular cognitive impairment"
Jan 22	Cody Bridgewater, PhD Student Vascular Biology Center Advisor: David Stepp Title: TBA
Jan 29	Name, Rank School of Medicine, Department, State Host: Name Title: TITLE
Feb 5	Bradford Hill, PhD Professor of Medicine, Division of Environmental Medicine, University of Louisville School of Medicine , Louisville, KY Host: Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD, and Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD Title: "Metabolic regulation of myocardial perfusion in the young and aged heart"
Date	Name, Rank School of Medicine, Department, State Host: Name Title: TITLE
Date	Name, Rank School of Medicine, Department, State Host: Name Title: TITLE
Date	Name, Rank School of Medicine, Department, State Host: Name Title: TITLE

SPRING 2024

Date	Speaker
January 3	No Seminar
January 10	Fabrice Dabertrand, PhD, Associate Professor School of Medicine, Departments of Anesthesiology and Pharmacology, University of Colorado, Aurora, CO Host: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: "Pericyte control of cerebral blood flow in health and small vessel disease"
January 17	Seungwoo Kang, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology, Medical College of Georgia Title: "The tripartite synapse: roles for gliotransmission in reward-seeking and alcohol use disorder"
January 24	Adil Rasheed, PhD, Assistant Professor of Pharmacology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Title: "Mixed Lineage Kinase Domain-Like Protein): An Immunometabolic Nexus of Cardiovascular Disease"
January 31	Roberto I. Vazquez-Padron, PhD, Professor of Surgery DeWitt Daughtry Family Department of Surgery, Division of Vascular Endovascular Surgery, Miller School of Medicine, University of Miami, Coral Gables, FL Host: Xiaochun Long, PhD Title: “Wall remodeling in the human vein: Setting things right with single-cell RNA sequencing”
February 7	Hanjoong Jo, PhD, Professor of Medicine Division of Cardiology, Emory University, Atlanta, GA Co-Hosts: Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD and Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD Title: "Disturbed Flow-Induced Endothelial Reprogramming (FIRE) in Atherosclerosis”
February 14	Beryl Khakina, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: "Effect of Aging on Vascular and Neurocognitive Function in Aged HIV-1 Tg26 Transgenic Mice" Ishara Menik, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: “Female sex and the Impact of High Dietary Salt Intake in the Development of Endothelial Dysfunction and Hypertension”
February 21	Analia Loria, PhD, Associate Professor of Pharmacology and Nutritional Sciences College of Medicine, University of Kentucky, Lexington, KY Host: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: “Prenatal fentanyl exposure induces endogenous opioid system (EOS) dysregulation associated with neurogenic hypertension in the adult offspring"
February 28	Balveen Kaur, PhD, Professor of Pathology Georgia Cancer Center, Medical College of Georgia Title: "Oncolytic HSV virotherapy for Cancer"
March 6	Amy Arnold, PhD, Associate Professor of Neural and Behavioral Sciences Pennsylvania State University, University Park, PA Co-Hosts: David Stepp, PhD, and David Fulton, PhD Title: “Angiotensin-(1-7): A New Approach to Target Cardiometabolic Complications in Obesity”
March 13	Marco Orecchioni, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology & Toxicology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Title: “Monocyte and Macrophage Expressing Olfactory Receptors: Key Mediators of Inflammation and Atherosclerosis”
March 20	Peng Yao, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine Aab Cardiovascular Research Institute, University of Rochester, Rochester, NY Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Translational Control of Cardiac Pathophysiology: When mRNA Meets the Heart"
March 27	Candee Barris, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: "XX Chromosome Complement Predisposes Females to Obesity-induced, Leptin-mediated Aldosterone Production and Hypertension”
April 3	Varsha Tandra, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Mentor: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Regulation of UFM1 modification from ER dynamics to cardiac homeostasis”
April 10	No Seminar - Spring Break
April 17	CANCELED. No Seminar. Zsuzsanna Bordan's presentation will be rescheduled.
April 24	CANCELED. No Seminar. Jenny (Huanjiao) Zhou, MD, PhD, will be rescheduled.
May 1	CANCELED. No Seminar. Steve Haigh's presentation will be rescheduled.
May 6 Monday 11:00am	Da-Zhi Wang, PhD, Professor of Medicine Morsani College of Medicine, Heart Institute, University of South Florida Health, Tampa, FL, Special Guest Of: Xiaochun Long, PhD Title: “Heart development, function and regeneration: From mechanism to disease”
May 8	Yu Liu, PhD, Associate Professor of Biology and Biochemistry College of Natural Sciences and Mathematics, University of Houston, Houston, TX Host: Yao Liang Tang, MD, PhD Title: "The role of H19X in striated muscle development and disorders"
May 15	CANCELED. No Seminar.
May 22	Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Stepp, PhD Title: "Regulation of the MSTN-GAL3-NOX1 Axis Reverses Obesity-Induced Skeletal Muscle Quality Decline Resulting in Improved Glycemic Indices and Ameliorated Outcomes in a Model of Critical Limb-Threatening Ischemia”
May 29	CANCELED. No Seminar. Suhib Alhusban's presentation will be rescheduled.
June 5	Megh Mehta, MD/PhD Candidate in Molecular Oncology and Immunology, Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Klaus Ley, MD Title: “Investigating sc-eQTLs in immune cells from a CAD patient cohort”
June 12 Defense	Taylor Kress, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Eric Belin de Chantemèle, PhD Title: "Role of HIV-Derived Proteins Expressed by CD4+ T Lymphocytes and of the Integrase Inhibitor Dolutegravir in the Development of HIV-Associated Cardiometabolic Disorders"
July 3 Defense 10:00am	Zsuzsanna Bordan, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "PDZ-Binding Kinase, a Novel Regulator of Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Arterial Hypertension"
July 11 Defense 9:00am	Steve Haigh, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton PhD Title: "The Role of Galectin 3 in Pulmonary Artery Hypertension"

FALL 2023

Date	Speaker
August 16	Rafael Czepielewski, PhD, Assistant Professor Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Title: "Organ Outflow Dynamics: Lymphatics Orchestrating Immunity's Symphony"
August 23	Ayotunde Dokun, MD, PhD, Professor Division of Endocrinlogy and Metabolism, Department of internal Medicine, University of Iowa Health Care, Iowa City, IA Host: Brian Annex , MD Title: "Exploration of Mechanisms Contributing to Poor Disease Outcomes in Diabetic Peripheral Artery Disease"
August 30	Qian Ma, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Mentor: Yuqing Huo, PhD Title: "De novo purine synthesis in vascular diseases"
September 6	Yanfang 'Peipei' Zhu, PhD, Assistant Professor Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia at Augusta University Title: "Epigenetic Regulation of Neutrophil Heterogeneity Against Cancer"
September 13	Sihem Boudina, PhD, Professor of Nutrition & Integrative Physiology College of Health, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT Host: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulators of Inflammation‐Resolution Signaling in Cardiac Repair and Heart Failure"
September 20	Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Joe Miano, PhD Title: "Interrogating Myocardin Regulation and Binding Targets"
September 27	Yun Fang, PhD, Associate Professor of Medicine Department of Medicine-Pulmonary and Critical Care, University of Chicago, Chicago, IL Co-Hosts: Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD and Masuki Ushio-Fukai, PhD Title: "Precision Nanomedicine Targeting Novel Endothelial Mechano-Sensing Mechanisms to Treat Vascular Diseases"
October 4	David Kim, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, MD/PhD student at Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Neal Weintraub, MD Title: "Novel role of lncRNA in neointima formation in human Saphenous Vein"
October 11	Ganesh Halade, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Internal Medicine, Morsani College of Medicine, University of South Florida Heart Institute, Tampa, FL Host: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: "Intrinsic and Extrinsic Regulators of Inflammation‐Resolution Signaling in Cardiac Repair and Heart Failure"
October 18	Saurabh Aggarwal, MD, PhD, Associate Professor Department of Anesthesiology and Perioperative Medicine, University of Alabama at Birmingham, Birmingham, AL Host: David Fulton, PhD Title: "HIV‐Associated Chronic Widespread Pain: Role of Peripheral Immune Cells"
October 25	Michael Koval, PhD, Professor of Medicine Division of Pulmonary, Allergy and Critical Care a Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA Host: Rudolf Lucas, PhD Title: "Regulation of vascular function by Pannexin-1"
November 1 3:00PM	Redouane Aherrahrou, PhD, Junior Group Leader Institute for Cardiogenetics, University of Luebeck, Germany/University of Eastern Finland, Finland Host: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Genetic regulation of atherosclerosis-relevant phenotypes and gene expression in human vascular smooth muscle cells"
November 8	Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "Expanding the Toolkit for Obesity Research: Murine AAV Models of Obesity"
November 15	Andrew H. Baker, PhD, Professor of Translational Cardiovascular Sciences Head of Centre for Cardiovascular Science, The Queen's Medical Research Institute, University of Edinburgh, Scotland Host: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "Repair and regeneration in the vasculature"
November 22	NO Seminar
November 29	Josue Zambrano-Carracus, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "RBX1-CRLs are essential for perinatal heart development by regulating Hippo-YAP signaling"
December 6	WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Gábor Csányi, PhD Title:“Mechanisms of foamy monocyte formation in atherosclerosis”
December 13	Mitch Shivers, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton, PhD Title: "A Model of Sustained Hypertension Using Adeno Associated Viruses" Zach Brown, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Fulton, PhD Title:"A Noval Viral Approach to Modeling Pulmonary Hypertension"
December 20	Cody Rosewater, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: David Stepp, PhD Title: "Improving muscle health, a novel approach for the treatment of obesity-induced cerebral small vessel disease" Chang Min Lee, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Jie Li, MD, PhD Title: “Role of the ufmylation system in the endothelium.”
December 27	NO Seminar

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