Cardiovascular Center Seminar Series
The LSUHSC Center of Excellence in Cardiovascular Research hosts an exciting Cardiovascular Biology Seminar Series! Renowned scientists from prestigious and innovative institutions visit our Center regularly, sharing ideas and inspiring us to become the best. Please take a moment to view the LSU Health Science Center Medical School – Seminar Calendar. These seminars are golden opportunities to learn and visit with other scientists who aspire with similar interests.
Pallavi SHrivastava, PhD
LSU Heath Science Center
“TBD”
WiPS
December 16, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Sara Moghimi, PhD
LSU Heath Science Center
“Serotonin-Vascular Coupling in the Brain: New Strategies and Tools to Investigate Neuroplasticity and Neurodegeneration”
WiPS
December 9, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Roshan Dutta, PhD
The University of Alabama at Birmingham
“RNA Methylation as a Therapeutic Switch Linking Inflammation, Fibrosis, and Repair in Cardiovascular Disease.”
December 2, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB 459A
Ann Stowe, PhD
University of Kentucky College of Medicine
“Excercise Alters the Immune Response to Brain Injury”
November 18, 2025 | 12:00 PM | LEC 632
Leon Tai, PhD
University of Illinois Chicago
“APOE and Blood Brain Barrier Function”
November 11, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Hanjun Wang, MD
University of Nebraska Medical Center
“Nanomedicine Targeting Cardiopulmonary Spinal Afferents to Treat Chronic Heart Failure”
November 10, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Annette Diane de Kloet
Georgia State University
“Social Stress-Induced Hypertension: Neural Mechanisms and Strategies for Intervention”
November 4, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Vahideh Tarhiz, PhD
LSU Health Science Center
“IRAP-Mediated HT-Driven Ovarian Cancer Progression”
October 29, 2025 | 11:00 AM | CSRB Room 459A
Jiaojiao Xu, PhD
John Hopkins
“Unexpected Role for Sensory Receptors and Gut Microbiota in Renal Physiology”
October 28, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Stella Goulopoulou, MS, PhD
Lom Linda University
“Danger Within: Dysregulated Circulating Mitochondrial DNA as a Mediator of Placental and Maternal Vascular Dysfunction in Preeclampsia”
October 22, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Marko Poglitsch, PhD
Chief Science Officer, aTension.life
“The RAS Equilibrium Concept - Implications for Basic Research and Clinical Diagnostics in Hypertension”
October 14, 2025 | 2:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Robin Finch, PhD
University of Kentucky
“Pregnancy Hypertension and Pre-eclampsia: Disease Insights from Profiling of the Renin Angiotensin Aldosterone System.”
October 14, 2025 | 8:30 AM | CSRB Room 459A
Ayushi Patel
LSU Health Science Center
“miRNA Targets in Cardiometabolic Disease”
WiPS
October 7, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Frank Smart, MD
LSUHSC, Department of Cardiology
“Heart Failure With Preserved EF: Time to Rethink Diagnosis and Management"”
September 30, 2025 | 12:30 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Joseph Francis, PhD
LSU Baton Rouge - School of Veterinary Medicine
“Role of Caveolin-1 in Triple Negative Breast Cancer”
September 23, 2025 | 11:00 AM | LEC Room 632
Nour Abbes
LSU Health Science Center
“Cardiovascular and Reproductive Effect of High Fat Diet in Female Mice”
WiPS
September 16, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Sonna Younger PhD
Clinical Lead, Technical Application Scientist II BioLegend/Revvity
“Introduction to Multicolor Flow Panel Design”
September 9, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Uma Priya Mohan, PhD
Work In Progress
“Deletion of ADAM17 on Microglia Attenuates Salt-Sensitive Hypertension and Neuroinflammation”
August 26, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Sanjana Dayal, PhD
University of Iowa
“Prediabetes Promotes Thrombotic Cardiovascular Outcomes”
August 19, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Xing Fu, PhD
Louisiana State University AgCenter
"The Role of Cardiac Fibroblasts in Ischemic Heart Disease"
June 10, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Jonathan Paul Fadok, PhD
Tulane University
"Neural Circuits of Survival: How the Brain Orchestrates Defensive Behavior"
May 27, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Eric J. Belin de Chantemele, MSc, DSc, FAHA, FCVS
Augusta University
"Mechanisms of HIV Associated Cardiovascular Disease"
May 22, 2025 | 11:30 AM | AHSON 235 - Lecture Hall B
Jan Reininger, Dipl.-Phys., LL.M.
Adares Law Firm
"Key Facts for International Patenting Strategies and the Pitfalls of European Patent Practice: Implications for Your US Science Practice"
May 13, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Patrice Delafontaine, MD, FACC, FAHA, FACP, FESC
Tulane University
"Insulin-Like Growth Factor-1 and Cardiovascular Disease"
May 6, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Parnia Mobasheran
LSU Health Sciences Center
"Kynurenic Acid Mitigates Doxorubicin-Induced Cardiotoxicity Via Improving Mitochondrial Function"
WiPS
May 1, 2025 | 1:00 PM | CSRB Room 366
Ankit Aryal, PhD
LSU Health Sciences Center
"Improving Mitochondrial Hemostasis with Targeted Gene Therapies for Heart Failure"
WiPS
April 29, 2025 | 1:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Sara Moghimi, PhD
Tulane University
"Evaluating the Effects of Compounds on
Mitochondrial Dynamics by Assessing
Mitochondrial Ca² and pH in Transduced
Mammalian Neuroblastoma Cells and Transgenic
Drosophila Neuronal Cells via Live-Cell
Fluorescence Microscopy and Plate Reader
Analysis."
April 8, 2025 | 12:30 PM | CSRB Room 459A
WiPS
Uma Priya Mohan
Vahideh Tarhriz
Nour Abbes
April 1, 2025 | 1:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Jinju Wang, PhD
Marshall University
"Potential Roles of Exercise- Intervened EVs in Ischemic
Stroke"
March 25, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Andrea Zsombok, PhD
Tulane University
"Sympathetic Circuits Regulating the Liver"
March 18, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Pablo Alfredo Ortiz, PhD
Henry Ford Health
"Making Sense of Omics Approaches to Study Renal Physiology and Hypertension"
February 25, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Srinivas Sriramula, BVSC, MVSC, PhD
East Carolina University
“Heart in the Crossfire: Understanding Cardiovascular Complications of SARS-CoV-2"
February 18, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Ting Yang, MD
Duke University
"The Complex Role of Prostaglandin EP4 Receptor in Hypertension and Vascular Integrity"
February 4, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Xu Xiaojiang, PhD
Tulane University
"Integrative Analysis of Single-Cell and Spatial Transcriptomics in Cardiovascular Disease"
January 28, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Michelle L Gumz, PhD
UF Health
"Cardiovascular Circadian Clocks: It's Time to Think About Sex Differences!"
January 21, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A
Carrie B. Wiese, PhD
University of California, Los Angeles
"The Great X-cape: X Chromosome Escape Genes Drive Metabolic Sex Differences"
January 14, 2025 | 12:00 PM | CSRB Room 459A