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2011
Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence
Thursday Seminar Schedule
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Speaker
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Title
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January 6, 2011
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Samir El-Dahr, MD
Jane B. Aron Professor of Pediatrics,
Chair,
Department of Pediatrics,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA
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Chromatin and Epigenetic Mechanisms in Nephron Differentiation.
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January 20
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David L. Mattson, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology,
Medical College of Wisconsin,
Milwaukee, WI
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Cellular L - Arginine Uptake Mechanisms in the Control of Nitric Oxide Production, Renal Function, and Arterial Blood Pressure.
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February 3
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Eric Lazartigues, PhD, FAHA
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics LSUHSC, School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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ACE2 in Hypertension and diabetes.
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February 17
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Charles S. Wingo, MD
Professor of Medicine & Physiology
University of Florida
Gainesville, FL.
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The Physiological Significance of H,K-ATPases in Salt and Electrolyte Balance.
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March 3
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Mark W. Chapleau, PhD
President:
American Autonomic Society,
Professor
in Cardiovascular Diseases and Molecular Physiology & Biophysics,
University of Iowa
Carver College of Medicine,
Iowa City, IA.
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Molecular Mechanisms and Novel Therapeutic Targets for Dysautonomia in Cardiovascular Disease.
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March 17
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Frank Costantini, PhD
Professor,
Genetics and Development,
Columbia University Medical Center,
New York, NY.
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Control of branching morphogenesis
during kidney development.
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March 22 **
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Orson Moe, MD,
Donald W. Seldin Professorship in Clinical Investigation,
The Charles Pak Distinguished Chair in Mineral Metabolism,
Director, Charles & Jane Pak Center for Mineral Metabolism & Clinical Research,
Professor, Department of Internal Medicine,
University of Texas Southwestern Medical Center, Dallas, TX.
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A Nephrocentric View of Klotho.
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March 31
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Gerald S. Berenson, MD,
Clinical Professor of Cardiology Medicine & Pediatrics,
Research Professor of Epidemiology,
Director, Tulane Center for Cardiovascular Health,
PI: Bogalusa Heart Study,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
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"How does a Scientist Recognize a Current Observation as Important rather than in Retrospect"
Racial (black-white) Contrasts in Autonomic Control of Heart Rate and Blood Pressure.
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April 14
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Jens M. Titze, MD
Junior Research Group II,
Interdisciplinary Centre for Clinical Reserach,
Nikolaus-Fiebiger-Centre for Molecular Medicine,
Department for Nephrology & Hypertension,
Friedrich-Alexander-University Erlangen-Nürnberg,
Erlangen / Germany.
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Interstitial sodium homeostasis: regulation of the third space.
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April 28
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Khalid Matrougui, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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CD4+CD25+ Regulatory T Cells and Microvascular Endothelial Dysfunction in Hypertension.
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May 5 **
Time: 3:00 to 4:00pm
Venue: Pharmacology Library, Room # 4700
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R. Ariel Gomez, MD
Harrison Distinguished Professor of Pediatrics & Biology,
Department of Pediatrics,
University of Virginia School of Medicine,
Charlottesville, VA.
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Regulation of renin cell identity and homeostasis.
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May 12
NO MEETING
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No Seminar
Tulane University Graduation Ceremony & Other Commencement Event
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May 26
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Philip Kadowitz, PhD
Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Role of Nitrite in Mediating Vasodilator Responses to Nitroglycerin in the Pulmonary Circulation.
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June 9
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L. Lee Hamm, MD, FACP
Director, THRCE
Huberwald Professor
and the Harry B. Greenberg, MD
Chair of Internal Medicine,
Executive Vice Dean of the
School of Medicine,
Tulane University, New Orleans, LA.
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Effects of Proteases in the Collecting Duct.
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June 23
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Yumei Feng, MD, PhD
Director, Mouse Phenotype Core
Assistant Professor,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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(Pro)renin receptor and blood pressure regulation.
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July 7
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Zubaida Saifudeen, PhD
Assistant Professor,
Department of Pediatrics,
Section of Nephrology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Novel p53-Regulated Pathways in the Developing Kidney.
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July 21
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Jing Chen, MD, MS
Assistant Professor of
Medicine & Epidemiology,
Department of Medicine,
Tulane University,
School of Public Health and Tropical Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
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Endothelial Dysfunction in Chronic Kidney Disease: a Multifaceted Disorder.
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August 4
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David W. Busija, PhD, MD
Regents Professor and Chairman,
Department of Pharmacology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Mitochondrial-Specific Influences on the Cerebral Vasculature.
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August 18
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Kenneth D. Mitchell, PhD, FAHA, FASN
Associate Professor,
Director of Graduate Studies,
Director, DeBakey Scholars Program,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Blood Pressure and Renal Functional Responses to Renin Inhibition in ANG II-Dependent Hypertension.
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September 1
NO MEETING
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September 15
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Sergiy Sukhanov, PhD
Research Assistant Professor,
Tulane Heart & Vascular Institute,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Angiotensin II, oxidative stress and muscle atrophy.
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September 29
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Vicky Rands, MS, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Sex Differences in Collecting Duct Renin.
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October 13
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Ihor V Yosypiv, MD
Associate Professor of Pediatrics,
Department of Pediatrics,
Chief, Division of Pediatric Nephrology,
Tulane University School of Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Prorenin receptor in kidney development and disease.
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October 27
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Nazih L Nakhoul, PhD
Research Associate Professor,
Departments of Medicine & Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
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Renal Mechanisms of Ammonium Transport.
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November 8**
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Akira Nishiyama, MD, PhD
Chairman and Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Faculty of Medicine, Kagawa University,
Kagawa, Japan.
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Role of intrarenal RAS in the pathophysiology of salt-sensitive hypertension and cardiorenal syndrome.
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November 10
NO MEETING
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American Society of Nephrology (ASN) Kidney Week 2011
Philadelphia, Nov 8 - 13
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November 24
NO MEETING
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December 8
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M.A. "Tonette" Krousel-Wood, MD
Associate Dean / Associate Provost for Health Sciences,
Professor of Clinical Epidemiology,
Department of Epidemiology,
Tulane University School of Public Health & Tropical Medicine,
New Orleans, LA.
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Canceled and rescheduled to January 19, 2012.
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December 22
NO MEETING
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**Not our normally scheduled day
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Thursday Conferences are held in the Tulane Medical School Building, Room 4700 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm unless otherwise stated.
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