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Vascular Biology Research Seminar Series

Vascular Biology – VBIO 9010

 

Director : Dr. Huabo Su 

Jump to: Spring 2025  Past Seminars

Spring 2025

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
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, 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"

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: "TBA"
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: "TBA"
June 4 Beryl Khakina, PhD student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title: "TBA"
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: "TBA"
June 18 Joseph Visker, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Drakos Research Group, NEH-CV Research & Training Institute, University of Utah, Salt Lake City, UT
Hosts Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title:"TBA"
June 25 Tyler W. Benson, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, University of Cincinnati
Host: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title:"TBA"

Past Seminars

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, 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
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
Advisor: Jie Li, PhD
Title: “The role of ufmylation in endothelium”
Feb 19 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"

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

 

 

Past Years

FALL 2024

Date Speaker
Aug 16  Suhib Alhusban, PhD Candidate
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Brian Annex, MD
Title: “Phosphoglycerate dehydrogenase activates PKM2 to phosphorylate histone H3T11 and attenuate cellular senescence”
Nat Comm. 2023.14:1323 | DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37094-8
Aug 23 Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: David Fulton, PhD
Title: “ROS-induced ribosome impairment underlies ZAKa-mediated metabolic decline in obesity and aging”
Science. 2023.382:1135 | DOI.org/10.1126/science.adf3208
Aug 30 Chang Min Lee, PhD Student
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Huabo Su, PhD
Title: “Mitochondrial transfer mediates endothelial cell engraftment through mitophagy”
Nature. 2024;629:660-668 | DOI.org/10.1038/s41586-024-07340-0
Sept 6 Chongyu Zhang, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vascular Biology Center
Mentor: Yao Liang Tang, PhD
Title: “Translational landscape of direct cardiac reprogramming reveals a role of Ybx1 in repressing cardiac fate acquisition”
Nat Cardiovasc Res. 2023. 2:1060-1077 | DOI.org/10.1038/s44161-023-00344-5
Sept 13 Candee Barris, PhD Candidate
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title: “Xist ribonucleoproteins promote female  sex-biased autoimmunity”
Cell. 2024. 187(3):733-749 | DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2023.12.037
Sept 20 WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title: "Lp-PLA2 (Lipoprotein-Associated Phospholipase A2) Deficiency Lowers Cholesterol Levels and Protects Against Atherosclerosis in Rabbits"
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2023;43:e11–e28. | DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.317898
Sept 27 Delphine Okoye, PhD Student
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Ben Ogola, PhD
Title: “FSH Is Responsible for Androgen Deprivation Therapy–Associated Atherosclerosis in Mice by Exaggerating Endothelial Inflammation and Monocyte Adhesion”
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 44(3) | DOI.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319426
Oct 4

CANCELED due to Helene
Barun Chatterjee, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Vascular Biology Center
Mentor: Tohur Fukai, MD, PhD

Oct 11 Ann Cormier, PhD Student
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Brian Stansfield, MD
Title: "SRF SUMOylation modulates smooth muscle phenotypic switch and vascular remodeling"
Nat Commun 15, 6919 (2024). | DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51350-5
Oct 18 Stephen Addo, PhD Student
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title:“NF1 deficiency drives metabolic reprogramming in ER+ breast cancer”
Mol Metab. 2024 Feb;80:101876. |  DOI:10.1016/j.molmet.2024.101876.
Oct 25 Amritha Sreekumar, PhD Student
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title: Macrophage ILF3 promotes abdominal aortic aneurysm by inducing inflammatory imbalance in male mice"
Nat Comm. 2024.15:7249. |  DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-024-51030-4.
Nov 1 David Kim, MD/PhD Candidate
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Neal Weintraub, MD
Title: lncRNA VELRP Modulates Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cell Proliferation and Promotes Vascular Remodeling in Pulmonary Hypertension”
ATVB. 2024. DOI.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.124.3214
Nov 8 Drew Speese, PhD Candidate
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: David Stepp, PhD
Title: “Amyloid beta 42 alters cardiac metabolism and impairs cardiac function in male mice with obesity”
Nat Commun. 2024.15:258. |  DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-023-44520-4
Nov 15 No Journal Club
Nov 22 No Journal Club
Nov 29 No Journal Club
Dec 6 Beryl Khakina, PhD Student
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title: “Endothelial-to-Mesenchymal Transition Contributes to Accelerated Atherosclerosis in Hutchinson-Gilford Progeria Syndrome”
Circulation 150, 20 (2024) | DOI.org/10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.065768 
Dec 13 Peter Biggs, PhD Student
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Alexander Verin, PhD
Title: “Force-mediated recruitment and reprogramming of healthy endothelial cells drive vascular lesion growth”
Nat Commun
 15, 8660 (2024)  |  DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-024-52866-6
Dec 20 Ishara Menik, PhD Student
Vascular Biology Center
Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title: “Social Bonds Retain Oxytocin-Mediated Brain-Liver Axis to Retard Atherosclerosis”
Atherosclerosis. Circ Res. 2024 Nov 27 |  DOI.org/10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.124.324638
Dec 27 No Journal Club

SPRING 2024

Date Speaker
January 5 Zsuzsanna Bordan, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
David Fulton Lab
Title: “Endothelial FIS1 DeSUMOylation Protects Against Hypoxic Pulmonary Hypertension”
Circulation Research. 2023;133:508–531 | DOI:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321200.
January 12
      Canceled
Sonia Batan, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Vijay Ganta Lab
Title: “Genetic inhibition of CARD9 accelerates the development of atherosclerosis in mice through CD36 dependent-defective autophagy”
Nat Commun 14, 4622 (2023) | DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-023-40216-x.
 January 19 Amr Salem, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Joseph Miano Lab
Title: “Mural cell-derived chemokines provide a protective niche to safeguard vascular macrophages and limit chronic inflammation”
Immunity 56, 2325–2341 (2023) | DOI.org/10.1016/j.immuni.2023.08.002
 January 26 Nestor Ishimwe, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Joseph Miano Lab
Title: “Endothelial HDAC1-ZEB2-NuRD Complex Drives Aortic Aneurysm and Dissection Through Regulation of Protein  S-Sulfhydration”
Circulation. 2023;147:1382–1403 | DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.062743
 February 2 Andrew Speese, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
David Stepp Lab
Title: “Skeletal muscle regeneration failure in ischemic-damaged limbs is associated with pro-inflammatory macrophages and premature differentiation of satellite cells”
Genome Med. 2023 Nov 10;15(1):95 | DOI: 10.1186/s13073-023-01250-y.
 February 9 Taylor Kress, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: “CD4+ T-Cell Legumain Deficiency Attenuates Hypertensive Damage via Preservation of TRAF6”
Circulation Research. 2024;134:9–29 | DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.322835
 February 16 Yoichi Ono, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title:  “Beiging of perivascular adipose tissue regulates its inflammation and vascular remodeling”
Nature Communications (2022) 13:5117 | DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-022-32658-6
 February 23 Sheela Nagarkoti, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Masuko Ushio-Fukai Lab
Title: “Blood flow patterns switch VEGFR2 activity through differential S-nitrosylation and S-oxidation”
Cell Reports 42(11):113361 | DOI:10.1016/j.celrep.2023.113361.
 March 1 Maryam Razaei-Gazik, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Jie Li Lab
Title: “Dynamic interplay between RPL3- and RPL3L-containing ribosomes modulates mitochondrial activity in the mammalian heart”
Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 Jun 23;51(11):5301-5324 | doi: 10.1093/nar/gkad121.
 March 8 NO Journal Club
 March 15 Rahul Patil, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Alexander Verin Lab
Title: “MicroRNA-1 protects the endothelium in acute lung injury”
JCI Insight. 2023 Sep 22;8(18):e164816 | doi: 10.1172/jci.
 March 22 Mai Yamamoto, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Tohru Fukai Lab
Title: “Succinate-induced macrophage polarization and RBP4 secretion promote vascular sprouting in ocular neovascularization”
Neuroinflammation (2023) 20:308 | doi.org/10.1186/s12974-023-02998-1
 March 29 Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: “Unraveling the Role of Sex in Endothelial Cell Dysfunction: Evidence From Lineage Tracing Mice and Cultured Cells”
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024 Jan.44(1):238-253 | doi.org/10.1161/ATVBAHA.123.319833
April 5 No Journal Club
April 12 Chang Min Lee, PhD Student
Jie Li Lab
Title: “HEG1 Protects Against Atherosclerosis by Regulating Stable Flow-Induced KLF2/4 Expression in Endothelial Cells”
Circulation. 2023;149:00–00 | DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.123.064735
April 19 Qimei Han, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Annex Lab
Title: “Disrupted Binding of Cystathionine γ-Lyase to p53 Promotes Endothelial Senescence”
Circulation Research. 2023;133:842–857 | DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323084
April 26 Mohamed Nofal, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Brian Annex Lab
Title: “Hyperglycolysis in endothelial cells drives endothelial injury and microvascular alterations in peritoneal dialysis”
Clin. Transl. Med. 2023;13:e1498 | DOI.org/10.1002/ctm2.1498

May 3
Rescheduled

Beryl Khakina, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
May 10 Beryl Khakina, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: “LOX-1 and MMP-9 Inhibition Attenuates the Detrimental Effects of Delayed rt-PA Therapy and Improves Outcomes After Acute Ischemic Stroke"
Circulation Research. 2024;134:954–969 | DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.123.323371
May 17
CANCELED
Anil Sakamuri, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Ben Ogola Lab
Title: "lncRNA JPX-Enriched Chromatin Microenvironment Mediates Vascular Smooth Muscle Cell Senescence and Promotes Atherosclerosis"
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2024;44:156–176 | DOI: 10.1161/ATVBAHA.122.319250
   

FALL 2023

Date Speaker
August 18 Beryl Khakina, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: “Angiotensin II–Mediated Neuroinflammation in the Hippocampus Contributes to Neuronal Deficits and Cognitive Impairment in Heart Failure Rats”
Hypertension. 2023;80:1258–1273. DOI: 10.1161/HYPERTENSIONAHA.123.21070
August 25 Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: “Hardwiring tissue-specific AAV transduction in mice through engineered receptor expression"
Nat Methods 20, 1070–1081 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41592-023-01896-x
September 1 Candee Barris, PhD Candidate
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: “Genes That Escape X Chromosome Inactivation Modulate Sex Differences in Valve Myofibroblasts”
Circulation. 2022;145:513–530. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.054108
September 8 Zach Brown, PhD Student
David Fulton Lab
Title: SOX17 Enhancer Variants Disrupt Transcription Factor Binding And Enhancer Inactivity Drives Pulmonary Hypertension
Circulation. 2023;147:1606–1621. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.122.061940
September 15 Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate
Joe Miano Lab
Title: "Vascular smooth muscle–specific YAP/TAZ deletion triggers aneurysm development in mouse aorta"
JCI Insight. 2023;8(17):e170845. https://doi.org/10.1172/jci.insight.170845.
September 22 Md. Selim Hossain, PhD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Masuko Ushio-Fukai Lab
Title: “Astrocyte-targeting therapy rescues cognitive impairment caused by neuroinflammation via the Nrf2 pathway”
NPAS. 2023 Aug 15;120(33):e2303809120. doi: 10.1073/pnas.2303809120.
September 29 Steve Haigh, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: “Intracellular tPA–PAI-1 interaction determines VLDL assembly in hepatocytes”
Science 381, eadh5207 (2023). DOI:10.1126/science.adh5207
 October 6 Suhib Alhusban, PhD Candidate
Brian Annex Lab
Title: “ATF4 Protects the Heart From Failure by Antagonizing Oxidative Stress”
Circulation Research. 2022;131:91–105. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321050
 October 13 Cody Rosewater, PhD Student
David Stepp Lab
Title: Therapeutic blood-brain barrier modulation and stroke treatment by a bioengineered FZD4-selective WNT surrogate in mice
Nat Commun 14, 2947 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1038/s41467-023-37689-1
 October 20 Ishara M.G. Menik, PhD Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title:“Smooth Muscle Mineralocorticoid Receptor Promotes Hypertension After Preeclampsia”
Circulation Research. 2023;132:674–689. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321228
 October 27 WonMo Ahn, PhD Candidate
Gabor Csanyi Lab
Title: “Macrophage-to-endothelial cell crosstalk by the cholesterol metabolite 27HC promotes atherosclerosis in male mice”
Nat Commun 14, 4101 (2023). DOI.org/10.1038/s41467-023-39586-z
 November 3 Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Student
Huabo Su Lab
Title: “Missense Mutation in Human CHD4 Causes Ventricular Noncompaction by Repressing ADAMTS1”
Circulation Research. 2023;133:48–67. DOI: 10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.322223
 November 10 No Journal Club
 November 17 No Journal Club
 November 24 No Journal Club
 December 1 David Kim, PhD Candidate
Neal Weintraub Lab
Title: "BACH1 deficiency prevents neointima formation and maintains the differentiated phenotype of vascular smooth muscle cells by regulating chromatin accessibility"
Nucleic Acids Res. 2023 May 22;51(9):4284-4301 / DOI:10.1093/nar/gkad120
 December 8 Mitch Shivers, PhD Student
David Fulton Lab
Title:

“ACTRIIA-Fc rebalances activin/GDF versus BMP signaling in pulmonary hypertension”journal

 December 15 Chang Min Lee, PhD Student
Jie Li Lab
Title: “Dysregulation of PD-L1 by UFMylation imparts tumor immune evasion and identified as a potential therapeutic target”
PNAS 2023;120(11): e2215732120. https://doi.org/10.1073/pnas.2215732120
 December 22 No Journal Club
 December 29 No Journal Club

FALL 2022

Date Speaker
August 19 Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab 
Title: "Oocytes maintain ROS-free mitochondrial metabolis by suppressing complex I"
Nature 607:756-761. 2022 / DOI.org/10.1038s41586-022-04979-5
August 26 Brandee Goo, MD/PhD Candidate
Neal Weintraub Lab
Title: "Extracellular Vesicle-based interorgan transport of mitochondria from energetically stressed adiposytes"
Cell Metabolism 33:1853-1868 / DOI.org/10.1016/j.cmet.2021.08.002
September 2 Zsuzsanna Bordan, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: "Chitinase 3-like-1 contributes to the development of pulmonary vascular remodeling in pulmonary hypertension"
JCI Insight.2022 / DOI.org/10.1172/jci.insight.159578 
September 9 Drew Speese, PhD Candidate
David Stepp Lab
Title: "Somatic mutations in single human cardiomyocytes reveal age-associated DNA damage and widespread oxidative genotoxicity"
Nat Aging 2, 714-725.2022 / DOI.org/10.1038/s43587-022-00261-5
September 16 Steve Haigh, PhD Candidate
David Fulton Lab
Title: "Dichotomous Roles of Smooth Muscle Cell-Derived MCP1 (Monocyte Chemoattractant Protein 1) in Development of Atherosclerosis"
Arterioscler Thromb Vasc Biol. 2022;42:942-956 / DOI.10.1164/ATVBAHA.122.347882
September 23 Jaser Doja, Graduate Student
Joe Miano Lab
Title: "Spatial multi-omic map of human myocardial infarction"
Nature.608,766-777(2022) / DOI.org/10.1038/s41586-022-05060-x
September 30 WonMo Ahn, Graduate Student
Gabor Csanyi Lab
Title: "The Amino Acid homoarginine Inhibits Atherogenesis by Modulating T-Cell Function"
Circulation Research. 2022;131:00-00 / DOI:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.122.321094
October 7 Candee Barris, Graduate Student
Eric Belin de Chantemele Lab
Title: "Hematopoietic loss of Y chromosome leads to cardiac fibrosis and heart failure mortality"
Science 377:292-297 / DOI:10.1126/science.abn3100
October 14 David Kim, MD/PhD Candidate
Neal Weintraub Lab
Title: "Inhibition of macrophage histone demethylase JMJD3 protects against abdominal aortic aneurysms"
J. Exp. Med. 2021. 218(6):1-19.DOI:org/10.1084/jem.20201839
October 21 Ragheb Harb, MD, Postdoctoral Fellow
Neal Weintraub Lab
Title: "Inhibition of macrophage histone demethylas JMJD3 protects against abdominal aortic aneurysms"
J. Exp. Med.2021.218(6):1-19.DOI:org/10.1084/jem.20201839
October 28 Maria Blahove, Graduate Student
Gabor Csanyi Lab
Title: "Extracellular Vesicles From Epicardial Fat Facilitate Atrial Fibrillation"
Circulation. 2021;143:2475–2493.DOI: 10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.120.052009
November 4 NO Journal Club
November 11 Zach Brown, Graduate Student
David Fulton Lab
Title: "Directed evolution of a family of AAV capsid variants enabling potent muscle-directed gene delivery across species"
Cell. 2021 Sept 16;184(19):4919-4938.e22 / DOI:10.1016/j.cell.2021.08.028.
November 18 Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, Graduate Student
Huabo Su Lab
Title: "PRDM16 Is a Compact Myocardium-Enriched Transcription Factor Required to Maintain Compact Myocardial Cardiomyocyte Identity in Left Ventricle"
Circulation. 2022;145:586–602.DOI:10.1161/CIRCULATIONAHA.121.056666
November 25 NO Journal Club
December 2 Cody Rosewater, Graduate Student
David Stepp Lab
Title: Cardioprotective factors against myocardial infarction selected in vivo from an AAV secretome library"
Sci. Transl. Med.14(660),eabo0699 / science.org/doi/10.1126/scitranslmed.abo0699
December 9 Mitch Shivers, Graduate Student
David Fulton Lab
Title:  “Robust genome editing in adult vascular endothelium by nanoparticle delivery of  CRISPR-Cas9 plasmid DNA”
Cell Reports 38, Jan 2, 2022 / https://doi.org/10.1016/j.celrep.2021.110196
December 16 Karl Diaz-Sanders, Graduate Student
Jennifer Sullivan Lab
Title: "miR-33 Silencing Reprograms the Immune Cell Landscape in Atherosclerotic Plaques"
Circ Res. 2021 April 16; 128(8):1122-1138. DOI:10.1161/CIRCRESAHA.120.317914
December 23 and 30 NO Journal Club

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