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Vascular Biology Research Seminar Series

Vascular Biology – VBIO 9010

 

Director : Dr. Huabo Su 

Jump to: Spring 2026Fall 2025 

Spring 2026

 

                                         Seminar series is held on Wednesdays at 12 p.m. in CL-1103
Date Speaker
 Jan 7 Stephen Addo, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title: "TBA"
 Jan 14 Thiago Bruder, PhD, Assistant Professor 
Department of Physiology & Cell Biology, University of South Alabama, Mobile, AL
Hosts: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title: “A Novel Endothelial Autocrine Mechanism in the Regulation of Vascular Tone and Blood Pressureâ€
 Jan 21 Khalia Cummings, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Immunology Center of Georgia, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Marco Orecchioni, PhD
Title: "TBA"
 Jan 28 Md. Shenuarin Bhuiyan, PhD, Professor
Department of Pathology and Translational Pathobiology, Louisiana State University Health Shreveport, Shreveport, LA
Hosts: Ruth Caldwell, PhD, and Modesto Rojas, MD
Title: “Tµþ´¡â€
 Feb 4 Amritha Sreekumar, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Gabor Csanyi, PhD
Title: "TBA"
 Feb 11 Qian Ma, PhD, Postdoctoral Associate
Department of Ophthalmology, Baylor College of Medicine, Houston, TX
Hosts: David Fulton, PhD
Title: “Tµþ´¡â€
 Feb 18 Peter Biggs, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Alexander Verin, PhD
Title: "TBA"
 Feb 25  
 Feb 26 (Thu) Wolfgang Bergmeier, PhD, Professor
Department of Biochemistry and Biophysics, University of South Carolina School of Medicine, Chapel Hill, NC
Hosts: 
Title: “Tµþ´¡â€
 Mar 4
Beryl Khakina, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title: "TBA"
 Mar 11 TBA

 Mar 18

Delphine Okoye, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Ben Ogola, PhD
Title: "TBA"
 Mar 25 Adam Straub, PhD, Associate Professor
Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology, Vascular Medicine Institute, University of Pittsburgh, PA
Hosts: David Fulton, PhD, and David Stepp, PhD
Title: “Tµþ´¡â€
 Apr 1 NO SEMINAR
 Apr 8  
 Apr 15 Obaalologhi (Wilfred) Wilfred, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Huabo Su, PhD
Title: "TBA"
AND
Elizabeth Aboagy, PhD Student in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Ben Ogola, PhD
Title: "TBA"
 Apr 22 NO SEMINAR
 Apr 29  
 May 6  
May 13 NO SEMINAR
May 20  
May 27  
Jun 3  
Jun10  
Jun 17  
   
   

Fall 2025

                                         Seminar series is held on Wednesdays at 12 p.m. in CL-1103
Date Speaker
 Aug 27 Mitch Shivers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: David Fulton, PhD
Title: "A Novel Model of Sustained Hypertension Using an AngII Adeno-Associated Virus"
 Sept 3 Zach Brown, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: David Fulton, PhD
Title: "Cell specific role of PBK in pulmonary hypertension"
 Sept 10 Ta Yuan Chang , PhD, Professor, and Catherine C. Chang, PhD, Principal Research Scientist
Department of Biochemistry and Cell Biology, Geisel School of Medicine at Dartmouth, Hanover, NH
Hosts: Ruth Caldwell, PhD, and Modesto Rojas, MD
Title: “Acyl-CoA: Cholesterol Acyltransferase 1 (ACAT1): Cell Biology, Biochemistry, and Medical Physiologyâ€
 Sept 17 Manuel F. Navedo-Morales, PhD
Professor, Department of Pharmacology, University of California Davis, CA
Host: Huabo Su, PhD
Title: "
Sugar Rush: How Pannexin 1 Channels Orchestrate Arterial Dysfunction in Diabetic Hyperglycemia"
 Sept 24 Jianyi Jay Zhang, MD, PhD
Professor and Chair, Department of Biomedical Engineering, Heersink School of Medicine, The University of Alabama at Birmingham, AL
Host: Yaoliang Tang, PhD
Title: "Heart Regeneration and Graft Associate Arrhythmia in Large Mammals"
 Oct 1 Jaser Doja, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Joseph Miano, PhD
Title: "When Noncoding DNA Breaks the Heart: Neonatal Lethality from a Myocd-Adjacent Deletion"
 Oct 8

Edward A. Fisher, MD, PhD
Director of the Center for the Prevention of Cardiovascular Disease, Leon H. Charney Professor of Cardiovascular Medicine, Department of Medicine
New York University Langone Health, Grossman School of Medicine, New York, NY
Host: Joseph Miano, PhD
Title:
“Metabolic and psychological stress: effects on atherosclerosis intersect in the bone marrow†

 Oct 15 Ishara M.G. Menik,  PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title:
“The Role of Leptin-Aldosterone-Endothelial Mineralocorticoid Receptor Axis in Development of Salt Sensitivity of Blood Pressure in Young Female Miceâ€
 Oct 22 Josue Zambrano-Carrasco, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Huabo Su, PhD
Title:
“RBX1, a key dosage-sensitive regulator of heart developmentâ€
 Oct 29   Defense
Hunter Sellers, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: David Fulton, PhD
Title:
“Modeling Obesity in Mice using Novel AAVs: Weight Gain, Weight Loss, and Metabolic Resilienceâ€
 Nov 5 Yabing Chen, PhD
Professor and Vice Chair for Research, Department of Pathology, Oregon Health & Science University, Portland, OR
Host: Xiaochun Long, PhD
Title: "Vascular stiffness and aging: a pan vascular view" 

Nov 10
Monday

Wei Kong, MD, PhD
Boya Distinguished Professor, Department of Physiology and Pathophysiology, Peking University Healther Science Center, Hai Dian Qu, China
Hosts: Hong Shi, MD and Xiaochun Long, PhD
Title: "Atherosclerotic cardiovascular disease: what can we do beyond cholesterol-lowering"
 Nov 12 Candee Barris,  PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Eric Belin de Chantemele, PhD
Title: "Female Sex Hormones do not Drive the Sex-Specific Mechanisms of Obesity-Related Hypertension"
 Nov 19 Zhiyongn Lin, PhD
Associate Professor, Department of Medicine, Emory University School of Medicine, Atlanta, GA
Host: Jie Li, PhD
Title:
“Safeguarding the Vasculature: The Matricellular Protein CCN2 in Vascular Homeostasis and Protectionâ€
 Nov 26 No Seminar               Happy Thanksgiving!
 Dec 3 Chang Min Lee, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: Jie Li PhD
Title: "The role of ufmylation in Endothelium"
 Dec 10 Weijia Luo, PhD
Assistant Professor, Center for Biotechnology and Genomic Medicine, Medical College of Georgia 
Title: "
Disease-Stage Dependent Regulation of Cardiac Remodeling: GTPase-Mediated ECM Dynamics and Epigenetic Control of Transcription Initiationâ€
 Dec 17 Cody Bridgewater, PhD Candidate in Vascular Biology
Vascular Biology Center, Medical College of Georgia
Advisor: David Stepp, PhD
Title: "Muscle mass is protective against aging-induced cerebrovascular dysfunction"
 Dec 24 No Seminar                  Merry Christmas and Happy New Year!
   

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