IGF-1, Vascular Aging and Atherosclerosis

Patrice Delafontaine, MDProfessor in the Department of Medicine
Chief, Section of Cardiology
Director, Tulane University Heart and Vascular Institute
TCC Contributing Member
Tulane University School of Medicine

Time: 4pm

Host: YiPing Chen

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Atrial and ventricular myocyte specification of differentiating human embryonic stem cells

Yue Ma, Ph.D.Professor
Institute of Biophysics Chinese Academy of Science

Time: 4pm

Host: YiPing Chen

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Paving the necrotic pathways with chemical compounds

Zhigao Wang, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Department of Molecular Biology
Graduate Programs Cancer Biology Genetics and Development
UT Southwestern Medical Center

Time: 4pm

Host: Shusheng Wang

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

The effects of Estrogen on the Cardiovascular System

Richard Karas, Ph.D.Professor, Tufts University School of Medicine
Vice-Chairman of Medicine
Director, Preventive Cardiology Center
Co-Director, Women's Heart Center
Associate Director, Molecular Cardiology Research Institute

Time: 2pm

Host: Nandini Vasudevan

Location: 122 Boggs, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Regulation of glucose homeostasis through the skeleton

Thomas L. Clemens, Ph.D.Director, Center for Musculoskeletal Research
Department of Orthopedic Surgery
Johns Hopkins University

Time: 4pm

Host: Ben Hall

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

GPR30 mediates estrogen-sensitivity in a model of angiotensin II-dependent hypertension

Dr. Sarah LindseyAssistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology
Tulane University School of Medicine

Time: 4pm

Host: Nandini Vasudevan

Location: 117 Richardson, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Translating the p53 pathway into anticancer drug discovery

Hua Lu, Ph.D., MB
Professor and Chairman Reynolds and Ryan Families Chair in Translational Cancer
Department of Biochemistry & Molecular Biology
Tulane University School of Medicine

Time: 4pm

Host: Nandini Vasudevan

Location: 117 Richardson, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Genetic and epigenetic determinants of gene transcription by MyoD and NeuroD2

Stephen Tapscott MD, PhDFred Hutchinson Cancer Research Center

Time: 4pm

Host: Ben Hall

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

And Now for Something Completely Different

David Mullin, Ph.D.Professor
Department of Cell and Molecular Biology
Tulane University

Time: 4pm

Host: CMB Department

Location: 122 Boggs, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Retinal Homeostasis: A tale of two secretases

Mike Boulton, Ph.D.University of Florida

Time: 4pm

Host: Shusheng Wang

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Specialized Synapses Compute Visual Information in the Retina

Jeffrey S. Diamond, Ph.D.Senior Investigator, NIH
Keynote speaker LUMCON Neurobiology

Time: 4pm

Host: Ben Hall

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Role of the Renin-Angiotensin System in Genesis of Hypertension

L. Gabriel Navar, Ph.D.Chair, Department of Physiology
Director, Center of Biomedical Research
Excellence in Hypertension and Renal Biology
Tulane University Health Sciences Center

Time: 4pm

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Fall Break!

Role of Shox genes in cardiac pacemaker development and function

YiPing Chen, Ph.D.Department Chair, Cell and Molecular Biology
Tulane University

Time: 4pm

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Regulation of mobile element activity by host factors

Astrid M. Engel, Ph.D.Assistant Professor
Epidemiology Department
Tulane Cancer Center

Time: 4pm

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Physiological significance of nongenomic effects of glucocorticoids

Chun-Lei Jiang, M.D., Ph.D. Director and Professor
Department of Nautical Medicine and
Laboratory of Stress Medicine
Second Military Medical University
Shanghai, P.R. China

Host: Jeffrey G. Tasker, Ph.D.

Time: 4pm

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus

Thanksgiving Holiday!

Comparative studies on tooth regeneration and skull development in reptiles

Joy Richman, Ph.D.Professor
Department of Oral Health Sciences
Life Sciences Institute
University of British Columbia, Canada

Host: YiPing Chen, Ph.D.

Time: 4pm

Location: 102 Jones, Tulane University Uptown Campus