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2022 Seminar Series

Seminars are held from noon-1 p.m. Wednesdays either virtually or in CW106. All students, faculty and staff are invited to attend. For more information, contact Courtney Graham in the Department of Physiology at 
(601) 984-1820.

Date	Name	Title	Institution
01/05/2022	No Seminar	No Seminar	No Seminar
01/12/2022	Dr. Xuan Li	Sestrin2 Plays an Essential Role in Regulating the Unfolded Protein Response During Cardiac Ischemia/Reperfusion and Preventing Excessive Myocardial Apoptosis	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
01/19/2022	Dr. Michael Hall	Bridging Basic, Clinical and Population Science Research: Challenges and Opportunities	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
01/26/2022	Dr. Erin Taylor	Immune System Dysfunction in the Pathogenesis of Hypertension in Autoimmunity	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
02/02/2022	Dr. Thomas Scherer	Leptin- A Regulator of Hepatic Lipid Metabolism	Medical University of Vienna
02/09/2022	Dr. Eric George	The Placental Extracellular Matrix	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
02/16/2022	Dr. John Clemmer	Physiological Models of Hypertensive Kidney Disease and Diastolic Failure	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
02/23/2022
03/02/2022	Dr. Jennifer Stancill	Protective Mechanisms in Pancreatic β-cells: From Antioxidants to Antivirals	Medical College of Wisconsin
03/09/2022	Dr. Kathleen Corey	Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease as a Risk Factor for Cardiovascular Disease	Harvard Medical School
03/16/2022	Dr. Lisandra de Castro Bras	Using Natural Peptides To Prevent  Long-term Adverse Cardiac Remodeling	East Carolina University
03/23/2022	Dr. Zhen Wang	Mechanismsof Synergistic Interactions of Hypertension and Diabetesin Promoting Kidney Injury	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
03/30/2022
04/06/2022	No Seminar	Experimental Biology Conference	No Seminar
04/13/2022	Dr. Johannes van Berlo	Cardiac Remodeling and Regeneration	University of Minnesota
04/20/2022	Dr. William A. "Drew" Pruett	Identifying Boundaries of Population Phenotypes Using Prediction Error	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
04/27/2022	Dr. Renata Pereira	ATF4 Integrates Mitochondrial Stress in Brown Adipose Tissue with Improved Metabolic Fitness	University of Iowa
05/04/2022	Dr. Sonia Najjar	Is Non-alcoholic Steatohepatitis an Insulin Resistance Disease?	Ohio University
05/11/2022	Dr. Marat Fudim	NAFLD and Heart Failure	Duke University
05/18/2022	Dr. Xiaochen He	The Role of NK Cells in the Progression of Heart Failure	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
05/25/2022	Dr. Harini Sampath	Regulation of Metabolic Health by Intestinal Delta-9 Desaturases	Rutgers University
06/01/2022	Dr. Harry Pantazopoulos	Extracellular Matrix Abnormalities Across Psychiatric Disorders	UMMC-Psychiatry and Human Behavior
06/08/2022	Dr. Frank Spradley	Swimming Exercise Benefits Obese Hypertensive Pregnancies	UMMC- Surgery
06/15/2022	Dr. Barbara Alexander	Sex Steroids and Cardiovascular Risk: Gender-Affirming Hormone Therapy in the Transgender Female	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
06/22/2022	Dr. Robert Raffai	Macrophage Exosomes as Meditors and Therapeutics for Cardiometabolic Inflammation	University of California-San Francisco Parnassus
06/29/2022	Dr. Birdie LaMarca	The Importance of T & B Cells in the Pathophysiology Associated with Preeclampsia	UMMC-Pharmacology & Toxicology
07/06/2022	No Seminar	Independence Day Holiday	No Seminar
07/13/2022	Dr. Jorge Vidal	Pathophysiological Consequences, and Fitness Cost, of the Oxidation of Hemoproteins by Pneumococcus	UMMC- Dept. of Cell & Molecular Biology
07/20/2022	Dr. Keisa Mathis	Understanding the Pathogenesis of Lupus Hypertension and Renal Injury	University of North Texas
07/27/2022	Dr. David Brown	PARP1 and Linker Histones in the DNA Damage Response	UMMC- Cell & Molecular Biology
08/03/2022	Dr. Lee Bidwell	ELP Biologics for Treatment of Preeclampsia	UMMC- Neurology
08/10/2022	Pooja Shukla	A Simple, Non-Invasive Model to Characterize Pulmony Oxygen Transport	University of Missouri
08/17/2022	Dr. Ana Omoto	The CNS Actions of Leptin: From Glucose Control to Cardiac Protection	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
08/24/2022	Dr. David Stec	Mechanisms of Cardiovascular Disease Risks in NAFLD	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
08/31/2022	Dr. Joshua Speed	Endothelin-1 in Obesity Related Inflammation and Insulin Resistance	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
09/07/2022	No Seminar	Hypertension Scientific Sessions	No Seminar
09/14/2022	Dr. Brian Becker	An Update on Renal Nerves, Salt, and Blood Pressure Control	University of Alabama at Birmingham
09/21/2022	Dr. Heather Drummond	Epithelial Sodium Channels in Macrophage Migration and Polarization	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
09/28/2022	Dr. Ana Palei	Mechanisms of Pregnancy-induced Cardiac Dysfunction	UMMC- Dept. of Surgery
10/05/2022	Drs. Osvaldo Gonzalez and Kyle Moore	Gonzalez: Investigating GI-Signaling in Enteroendocrine K-Cells. Moore: Resident Memory-Like T Cells in an Aristolochic Acid-Induced Model of CKD	National Institutes of Health and the University of Alabama at Birmingham
10/12/2022	Dr. Olufunto Badmus	Therapeutic Potential of Beta Hydroxybutyrate in NAFLD-induced Cardiovascular Disease	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
10/19/2022	Dr. Tristan Clemons	Bio-Inspired Supramolecular Polymers for Regenerative Medicine Applications	University of Southern Mississippi
10/26/2022	Dr. Jussara do Carmo	Developmental Programming of Cardiorenal Diseases by Parental Obesity	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
11/02/2022	Dr. Jian-Xiong Chen	Targeting Ferroptosis And Histone Acetylation In Mitochondrial Cardiomyopathy	UMMC- Dept. of Pharmacology
11/03/2022	Dr. Max Cooper	How Did Our Immune System Evolve?	Emory University School of Medicine
11/09/2022	Dr. Robert Hester	How Randomness Altered a Career; With a Little Science Added In	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
11/16/2022	Madison Newberry	Pro-inflammatory Role of Endothelin-1 in Obesity	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
11/23/2022	No Seminar	Thanksgiving Holiday	No Seminar
11/30/2022	Dr. Yingjie Chen	Effect of Inflammation on the Transition from Left Heart Failure to Right Heart Failure	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
12/07/2022	Umesh Bhattarai	IL-12a Deficiency Attenuates Pressure Overload-Induced Cardiac Inflammation, Hypertrophy, Dysfunction, and Heart Failure Progression	UMMC- Dept. of Physiology
12/14/2022	Dr. Arion Kennedy	The Role of MHC Class I in Non-Alcoholic Fatty Liver Disease	North Carolina State University
12/21/2022	No Seminar	Christmas Holiday	No Seminar
12/28/2022	No Seminar	Christmas Holiday	No Seminar