THRCE Seminar Series

 

Year 2022, 2023, & 2024
THRCE Frontiers in Hypertension & Kidney Research Seminar

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January 20, 2022 Zhongjie Sun, MD, PhD, FAHA
Chief of Section of Nephrology and Hypertension,
Professor and Chair,
Thomas A. Gerwin Chair of Excellence in Physiology,
Co-Director, UT Methodist Cardiovascular Institute,
Department of Physiology,
University of Tennessee,
Memphis, TN.
Epigenetic regulation of kidney function and blood pressure by KDM6A

Video Recording of Presentation

February 3, 2022 Yumei Feng Earley, MD, PhD. FAHA
Professor of Pharmacology, Physiology & Cell Biology,
Director, Transgenic Animal Genotyping & Phenotyping Core,
Director, MD/PhD Program,
Reno, NV.
The Brain Prorenin-Angiotensin System in the Regulation of Blood Pressure and Glucose Metabolism

Video Recording of Presentation

February 17, 2022 Tony Ye Hu, PhD
Professor, Biochemistry and Molecular Biology
Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation
Director, Center for Cellular and Molecular Diagnostics
Professor, Division of Microbiology, Tulane National Primate Research Center
Professor, Department of Biomedical Engineering
School of Medicine, Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
Written in Blood – Nanotechnology-enabled Biomarker Discovery for Disease Diagnosis

Video Recording of Presentation

Special THRCE Seminar
National Kidney Month

Thursday, March 17, 2022
Steven Daniel Crowley, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Member of the Duke Cancer Institute,
Duke University School of Medicine,
Durham, NC.
Regulators of Dendritic Cell-Mediated T Cell Activation in Salt-sensitive Hypertension

Video Recording of Presentation

Monday March 28, 2022 ** Hosted Jointly by THRCE & the Department of Physiology

Gregory D. Fink, PhD
Professor,
Weatherhead Presidential Chair in Biotechnology Innovation
Department of Pharmacology & Toxicology
Michigan State University
East Lansing, MI.

What can we learn about obesity-associated hypertension by studying Dahl salt-sensitive rats?
Video Recording of Presentation
April 14, 2022 Manoocher Soleimani, MD
Professor, Department of Medicine
University of New Mexico Health Sciences Center
Department of Veterans Health Administration
Staff Nephrologist
New Mexico Veterans Health Care System, Albuquerque, NM
Hypertension in Metabolic Syndrome: The Role of Fructose and Salt Absorbing Transporters in the Small Intestine

Video Recording of Presentation

May 12, 2022 Ruisheng Liu, MD, PhD
Professor, Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology,
Professor, College of Medicine Molecular Pharmacology & Physiology,
University of South Florida, College of Medicine, Tampa, FL.
A novel mechanism and therapeutic target for glomerular hyperfiltration and hypertension in diabetes

Video Recording of Presentation

June 9, 2022 Jia ‘Joe’ Zhuo, MD, PHD
Director, Tulane Hypertension & Renal Center of Excellence,
Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Angiotensin II, AT1a receptor, and Na+/H+ Exchanger 3 in The Proximal Tubules: Novel Roles in Angiotensin II-induced Hypertension and Kidney Injury.

Video Recording of Presentation

June 23, 2022 Daniel Batlle, MD
Earle, del Greco, Levin Professor of Nephrology/Hypertension,
Professor of Medicine (Nephrology & Hypertension),
Northwestern University, Feinberg School of Medicine,
Chicago, IL.
ACE2 , the kidney and COViD 19.

Video Recording of Presentation

September 1, 2022 Hosted Jointly by THRCE & Kathy Newman Lecture of the Dept. of Pediatrics

Joo-Seop Park, PhD
Associate Professor,
UC Department of Surgery,
Divisions of Pediatric Urology & Developmental Biology,
Cinninnati Children's Hospital,
Cincinnati, OH.

Gene Regulatory Networks in Kidney Development.

Video Recording of Presentation

September 29, 2022 Kailash N. Pandey, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair of Medical Research,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Genetic and Epigenetic Mechanisms Regulating Blood Pressure and Renovascular Function.

Video Recording of Presentation

October 27, 2022 T. Cooper Woods, PhD
Associate Professor, Departments of Physiology & Medicine,
Associate Professor, Tulane University Heart & Vascular Institute,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
miR-221 and -222 in Atherosclerosis

Video Recording of Presentation

November 10, 2022 Alfred K. Cheung, MD
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine,
Chief, Division of Nephrology,
Vice Chair for Research,
University of Utah Hospital,
Salt Lake City, UT.
Controversies about KDIGO BP Guidelines on Techniques and Target

Video Recording of Presentation

November 24, 2022 No Meeting: Thanksgiving Break
December 8, 2022 Mark C. Chappell, PhD, FAHA, FASN
Professor,
Department of Physiology and Pharmacology,
Wake Forest School of Medicine,
Winston-Salem, NC.
The Renin-Angiotensin System in Fetal Programming of Hypertension

Apology: Due to technical issues, no recording of this presentation was made.

December 22, 2022 No Meeting: Winter Holidays
January 19, 2023
From 4PM - 5PM
Hosted Jointly by THRCE, and the Department of Physiology

Samir El-Dahr, MD
Professor and Chairman,
Department of Pediatrics,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Single-cell chromatin and transcriptional landscape of the developing kidney

Video Recording of Presentation

February 16, 2023 Satoru Eguchi, MD, PhD, FAHA
Department of Physiology & Cardiovascular Research Center,
Lewis Katz School of Medicine at Temple University, 
Philadelphia, PA.
Smooth Muscle AT1 Receptor Signaling in Mediating Vascular Remodeling Independently from Hypertension

Dr. Eguchi requested that no recording of the presentation is made.

Special THRCE Seminar
World Kidney Day

Thursday, March 9, 2023
Special THRCE Seminar in honor of WORLD KIDNEY DAY 2023

L. Gabriel Navar, PhD
Professor & Past Chair of the Department of Physiology,
Founding Director of THRCE,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Activation of the Intrarenal Renin-Angiotensin System in Angiotensin II-Dependent Hypertension

Video Recording of Presentation

March 30, 2023 Xiaojiang Xu, PhD
Associate Professor, 
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Single Cell Sequencing and Spatial Transcriptome Data Analysis

Video Recording of Presentation

March 30, 2023 Xiaojiang Xu, PhD
Associate Professor, 
Department of Pathology and Laboratory Medicine,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Single Cell Sequencing and Spatial Transcriptome Data Analysis

Video Recording of Presentation

No Seminar No Seminars will be hosted until August 2023
August 17, 2023
From 4PM - 5PM
TSOM, 4th floor, Room# 4001
Xiaofeng Yang, MD, PhD, FAHA 
Professor of Cardiovascular Sciences, Immunology and Pharmacology,
Department of Cardiovascular Sciences,
President, Medical Faculty Senate, 
Lewis Katz School of Medicine (LKSOM)
at Temple University, 
Philadelphia, PA.

Aortic innate immunity, metabolic reprogramming and trained immunity
Video recording of presentation

August 31, 2023
From 4pm till 5pm
TSOM, 4th floor, Room# 4001
Gene Leflore Bidwell III, PhD, 
Associate Vice Chancellor for Research,
Professor and Research Division Chief: Department of Neurology,
University of Mississippi Medical Center,
Jackson, MS
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Renally Targeted Drug Delivery using Elastin‐like Polypeptide

Video recording of presentation

September 28, 2023
From 4pm till 5pm
TSOM, 4th floor, Room# 4001
Hosted Jointly by THRCE & Kathy Newman Lecture of the Dept. of Pediatrics

Oliver Wessely, PhD,
Associate Staff, 
Department of Cardiovascular & Metabolic Sciences,
Lerner Research Institute,
Cleveland Clinic Foundation,
Cleveland, OH

A Design-of-Experiment Approach Towards Kidney Regeneration and Replacement using Human Pluripotent Cells

Video recording of presentation

October 12, 2023 Xuebin Qin, MD, PhD,
Professor of Medicine, Div. of Comparable Pathology,
Chair, Personnel and Honors Committee,
Tulane National Primate Research Center,
Tulane University in Covington,
Professor, Department of Immunology & Microbiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine in New Orleans.
Understanding Renal Macrophage Biology via a Rapid Cell Ablation Tool

Zoom Presentation Link

October 26, 2023 Olan Jackson-Weaver, PhD,
Assistant Professor,
Adjunct of Physiology,
Tulane University, the School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
Endothelial succinate metabolism as a driver of glycocalyx damage during hemorrhagic shock

Zoom Presentation Link

November 9, 2023 TBA. TBA
Zoom Presentation Link
December 7, 2023 TBA. TBA
Zoom Presentation Link
January 18, 2024 Matthew A. Sparks, MD,
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Program Director for the Nephrology Fellowship Program,
Duke University School of Medicine,
Durham, NC.
Vascular Angiotensin Receptors in Blood Pressure Control

Zoom Presentation Link

**Not our normally scheduled day/time**

Thursday Conferences are held in the Tulane Medical School Building, Physiology Lecture Room# 4001 from 12:00 PM noon - 1:00 pm unless otherwise stated.