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2024 Multi-COBRE Seminar Series

DateSpeakerAffiliationTitle
01/09/2024Dr. Tarek Mohamed
Assistant Professor		LSU-ShreveportUnderstanding Doxorubicin-induced Cardiotoxicity Using Human-induced Pluripotent Stem Cells-derived Cardiomyocytes
02/13/2024Dr. Heather Drummond
Professor		University of Mississippi Medical CenterThe Role of Vascular Smooth Muscle bENaC and ASIC2 in Protection Against Renal Injury
03/12/2024

Dr. Matt Morris
Assistant Professor

Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity ResearchCan Hepatocyte Energy Metabolism Regulate Food Intake?
04/09/2024Dr. Wenliang Song
Assistant Professor		Brown UniversityHarnessing Bioactive Lipids on Lipoproteins to Reduce Residual Cardiometabolic Risk
05/14/2024

Dr. Normand LeBlanc
Professor

University of Nevada-RenoCompartmentalized ANO1, CaV1.2 and IP3R Signaling Drives Agonist-mediated Excitation-contraction Coupling of Pulmonary Arterial Smooth Muscle Cells
06/11/2024Dr. Ana-Marie Dragoi
Assistant Professor		LSU-ShreveportNeisseria Gonorrhoeae and Macrophages: New Tricks of an Old Bacteria
07/16/2024Dr. Seth Holwerda
Assistant Professor		Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity ResearchThe Role of Sympathetic Nerve Activity in Obesity-Related Hypertension
08/13/2024Dr. David Stec
Professor		University of Mississippi Medical CenterMechanisms of Cardiovascular Disease Risk in Metabolic Dysfunction-Associated Steatotic Liver Disease (MASLD)
09/10/2024

Dr. Imad Al Gouleh
Assistant Professor

Brown UniversityInsights on the Role of Scaffolding Protein EBP50 in Pulmonary Hypertension
10/8/2024Dr. Andreia Nunes
Research Assistant Professor		University of Nevada-RenoThe Role of Macrophages in Duchenne Muscular Dystrophy Cardiomyopathy
11/12/2024Dr. Gopi Kolluru
Assistant Professor of Research		LSU-ShreveportCSE/H2S Signaling in Cardiovascular Aging
12/10/2024Dr. Felicia Steger
Assistant Professor		Kansas Center for Metabolism and Obesity ResearchIntermittent Fasting for the Treatment of Type 2 Diabetes