| 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, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD Title: "Myocardin Madness" |
| Sept 11 | Sudhahar Varadarajan, PhD Assistant Professor, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia 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, Medical College of Georgia 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, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Brian Stanfield, MD Title: "Neurofibromin: A novel macrophage regulator" |
| Oct 2 |
CANCELED due to Helene Bradford Hill, PhD |
| Oct 9 |
Rescheduled to December 4th due to Helene Stefano Tarantini, PhD |
| Oct 16 | Zach Brown, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia 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, Medical College of Georgia 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, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: "Activation of receptor-independent fluid-phase pinocytosis promotes foamy monocyte formation in atherosclerotic mice" |
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Nov 13 Defense |
1:00pm Seminar David Kim, MD/PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia 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, Medical College of Georgia 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, Medical College of Georgia 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, PhD Title: A nutrigeroscience approach against age-related vascular cognitive impairment" |
| Jan 22 | Canceled |
| Jan 29 | Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: “Role of Leptin-mediated Activation of Aldosterone-Endothelial Mineralocorticoid Axis in Salt-sensitive Hypertension” |
| Feb 5 | Canceled |
| Feb 12 | Chang Min Lee, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Jie Li, PhD Title: “The role of ufmylation in endothelium” |
| Feb 19 | POSTPONED Peihang Gan, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: "Posttranscriptional and transcriptional regulation in the heart, what's new?" |
| Feb 26 | Patrick Osei-Owusu, PhD Associate Professor of Physiology & Biophysics, Case WEstern Reserve University, School of Medicine, Cleveland, OH Host: Benard Ogola, PhD Title: "Unraveling the Physiological Relevance of G protein Regulation by RGS Proteins: From a Myocyte Perspective" |
| March 5 | László Kovács, PhD Assistant Professor of Medicine, Department of Medicine, Division of Pulmonary Medicine, Medical College of Georgia Title: “Novel mechanisms of HIV-associated pulmonary vascular disease” |
| Mar 12 | Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Fulton, PhD Title: “High-Fat and Sugar-Free: The AgRP-AAV Mouse Model of Obesity” |
| Mar 19 | Stephen Addo, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: "Investigating the role of neutrophil macropinocytosis in the pathogenesis of abdominal aortic aneurysm.” Amritha Sreekumar, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: “Decoding Aneurysm progression: A spatial transcriptomic analysis of slow and fast progressing AAA” |
| Mar 26 | Stefan Chlopicki, PhD, MD Professor & Director, Department of Pharmacology, Director of Jagielloonian Center for Experimental Therapeutics (JCET), Jagiellonian University, Krakow, Poland Host: Gabor Csanyi, PhD Title: "Heterogenous Mechanisms of Endothelial Dysfunction: Insight From In Vivo Studies" |
| April 1- Tues 11:30am | 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" |
| Apr 2 | NO Seminar |
| Apr 9 | NO Seminar |
| Apr 16 | Khalia Cumming, PhD Student in Vascular Biology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Marco Orecchioni, PhD Title: "Olfactory Receptor 2 Signaling Enhances Monocyte and Macrophage Chemotactic Migration in Atherosclerotic Aorta" |
| Apr 23 | NO Seminar |
| Apr 30 | Delphine Okoye, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Benard Ogola, PhD Title: “Sex differences in vascular remodeling of the carotid ligation mice model” Peter Biggs, PhD Student in Vascular Biology, Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Mentor: Alexander Verin, PhD Title: “PKM2 signaling in HDAC7-mediated lung endothelial barrier dysfunction” |
| May 7 | Jun Yoshioka, MD, PhD Medical Professor of Molecular, Cellular & Biomedical Sciences, City University of New York (CUNY) School of Medicine, New York, NY Host: Huabo Su, PhD Title: "Hyperglycemia impairs cardiac reserve and exercise endurance: a new molecular mechanism" |
| May 14 | Candee Barris, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: “XX Chromosome Complement Predisposes Females to Obesity-induced, Leptin-mediated Aldosterone Production and Hypertension” |
| May 21 | Akiko Mammoto, MD, PhD Associate Professor, Department of Pediatrics, Division of Neonatology, Medical College of Wisconsin, Milwaukee, WI Hosts: Tohru Fukai, MD, PhD, and Masuko Ushio-Fukai, PhD Title: "Mechanosensitive mechanism of lung vascular regeneration Headshot for use on the seminar announcement and itinerary" |
| May 28 | Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: David Stepp, PhD Title: "Prevention of Sarcopenic Obesity Maintains Regenerative Capacity in Peripheral Artery Disease” |
| June 4 | Beryl Khakina, PhD student in Vascular Biology Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title: “Role of HIV viral proteins and African ancestry on neuroinflammation, cognitive impairment and hypertension” |
| June 11 | Megh Meta, MD/PhD student in Molecular Oncology and Immunology Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia Advisor: Klaus Ley, PhD Title: "Significant impact of single nucleotide polymorphisms on interferon-γ and its receptor in human T lymphocytes" |
| June 18 | CANCELED |
| June 25 | Tyler W. Benson, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati, College of Medicine, Cincinnati, OH Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title:"The Role of Platelet Activation in the Progression of Abdominal Aortic Aneurysms" |
| July 2 | Daniel J. Fehrenbach, PhD Postdoctoral Fellow, Division of Clinical Pharmacology, Indiana University School of Medicine, Indianapolis, IN Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD Title:"ROCKing the Boat: Immune Dysfunction in Hypertension and Heart Failure" |
| 2025-2026 session will begin in August |
