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2009
Tulane Hypertension and Renal Center of Excellence
Thursday Seminar Schedule

Date
Speaker
Title
January 8, 2009 Eric Lazartigues, PhD, FAHA
Assistant Professor, Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
LSUHSC, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
ACE2/Ang-(1-7)/Mas: the axis of good.
January 22

Special THRCE event: International Speaker

Bernardo Rodriguez-Iturbe, MD
Professor of Medicine,
Hospital Universitario de Maracaibo & Universidad del Zulia,
Maracaibo, Venezuela.

The Relationship of Renal Angiotensin and Renal Inflammation in Experimental Hypertension.
February 5 Kenneth D. Mitchell, PhD, FAHA, FASN
Associate Professor, Director of Graduate Studies,
Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Renal Derangements in ANG II-Dependent Malignant Hypertension.
February 19

Dewan S.A. Majid, MD, PhD,
Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.

Tumor necrosis factor-alpha: role in the kidney and in the angiotensin II induced hypertension.
March 5

Zubaida Saifudeen, PhD
Assistant Professor, Dept of Pediatrics, Sect. of Nephrology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans , LA

More than a Tumor-Suppressor: A Role for p53 in Kidney Development
March 19 Richard Wainford, PhD
Instructor of Pharmacology,
Department of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics
LSUHSC, School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA.
Brain G-alpha-subunit protein mediated regulation of blood pressure.

Mon, March 23 **
Joint Seminar:
THRCE & Tulane
Department of Physiology

Thomas Coffman, MD
Professor & Chief of Department of Medicine,
Duke University, Durham, NC.

Cancelled
April 2 Minolfa C. Prieto, MD, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans, LA
Distal Nephron Renin and Prorenin Receptors in Ang II-dependent Hypertension
April 16

B Braam, MD, PhD, FASN
Internist/nephrologist,
Assiociate Professor, Division of Nephrology and Immunology,
University of Alberta Hospital,
Edmonton AB.

AT1 receptor expression in cells relevant for atherosclerosis
April 23 **

Special THRCE event: International Speaker

Pontus B. Persson, MD, PhD
Chair & Professor,
Johannes-Muller Institute of Physiology,
Humboldt University, Berlin, Germany.

A case report in translational physiology:
Contrast media induced nephropathy, the mechanisms behind this rapidly growing problem
April 30 Catalin M. Filipeanu MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Louisana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans
Cancelled and rescheduled to May 28th, 2009
May 14
Cancelled
Cancelled
May 28

Catalin M. Filipeanu MD, PhD
Research Assistant Professor,
Department of Pharmacology,
Louisana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans

Various roles of heat shock proteins on the G-protein coupled receptors expression and function
June 11
Min Li, MD, PhD
Associate Professor of Medicine,
Section of Nephrology & Hypertension, Department of Medicine,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Renoprotection of Pituitary Adenylate Cyclase-Activating Polypeptide in Cisplatin-Induced Acute Kidney Injury
June 25

Torrance Green, MD, MSPH
Graduate Student, Dept. of Physiology
Tulane School of Medicine, New Orleans

COX2: Lessons from the Clinic, Answers from the Lab
July 9

Phillip Kadowitz, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans

Mechanism of the Vasodilator Actions of Nitroglycerin
July 23

Joey P. Granger, PhD
Billy S. Guyton Distinguished Professor,
Professor of Physiology & Medicine and Dean,
University of Mississippi Medical Center, Jackson, MS

Pathophysiology of hypertension in response to placental ischemia: Implications for preeclampsia
August 6
Maki Urushihara, MD, PhD
Visiting Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Urinary AGT as a Marker of the Intrarenal RAS Status in Kidney Disease
August 20 Romer A Gonzalez-Villalobos, MD, PhD
Research Instructor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Intrarenal ACE-derived Ang II generation during Hypertension
September 3
NO MEETING
Labor Day Holiday
September 17 Andrea Zsombok, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
TRPV1 receptor in the brain during type 1 diabetes

Mon, September 21 **
Joint Seminar:
THRCE & Tulane
Department of Physiology

A H Jan Danser, PhD
Professor, Erasmus University Rotterdam, Netherlands
Cardiac aldosterone: origin and effects
October 1 Andrei V Derbenev, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Neuronal circuitry in the brainstem
October 15 Matrougui, Khalid, PhD
Assistant Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Microvascular Pathology in Type 2 Diabetes: Role of Epidermal Growth Factor Receptor Tyrosine Kinase
October 22**

Special THRCE Seminar

Yumei Feng, MD, PhD
Postdoctoral Fellow, Department of Pharmacology  & Experimental Therapeutics,
Louisana State University Health Sciences Center, New Orleans

Angiotensin converting enzyme 2 and central blood pressure regulation

October 29
NO MEETING
American Society of Nephrology Renal Week, 2009
San Diego, CA
November 12 Tina Thethi, MD, MPH
Assistant Professor,
Department of Medicine, Section of Endocrinology

Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
Early Biomarkers of Renal Injury in Obesity
Tuesday, November 24**

Special THRCE Seminar

Jill W Verlander, DVM,
Associate Scientist & Director,
Electron Microscopy Core Facility,
University of Florida College of Medicine,
Gainesville, FL

TBA
November 26
NO MEETING
Happy Thanksgiving
December 10 Kailash Pandey, PhD
Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans
TBA
December 24
NO MEETING
Happy Holidays
January 7, 2010

Hiroyuki Kobori, MD, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Physiology,
Tulane University School of Medicine, New Orleans

TBA
**Not our normally scheduled day

Thursday Conferences are held in the Tulane Medical School Building, Room 4700 from 4:00 - 5:00 pm unless otherwise stated.