Vicki Bautch, PhD

MR5 Room 3005

LINCing the Nucleus to Endothelial Cell Function in Blood Vessels Blood flow-generated shear forces regulate vascular endothelial cell status and signaling, and disrupted responses are linked to cardiovascular disease. We investigate how nuclear membrane proteins integrate forces and communicate to cell-cell … Read More

CVTG RIP – Rodgers, Loeb, Shamsuzzaman

MR6 2502

Skylar Rodgers - Peptide Amphiphile Nanofibers as Targeted Therapy for Atherosclerosis  Skylar Loeb - Lymphatic regulation of cardiometabolic heart failure Sohel Shamsuzzaman - Role of Stem Cell Antigen-1 (Sca1) in Atherosclerosis Development and Late-Stage Pathogenesis

Madeline Nieves-Cintron, PhD

MR5 Room 3005

Sex-dependent cAMP Pools in Vascular Smooth Muscle: Role of Sex Hormones  This talk focuses on the sex-dependent regulation of subcellular cAMP compartments in vascular smooth muscle. Our research revealed a sex-specific distribution of cAMP pools that contribute to sex-dependent regulation … Read More

Darla L. Tharp, PhD

MR5 Room 3005

Brains, Blood Vessels, & Hearts: Investigating Cardio-Cerebral Crosstalk using Pig Models of Heart Failure The primary focus of my research is to investigate mechanisms involved in the development of heart disease and associated cognitive impairment, with the goal of discovering … Read More

Ariel Polizio, PhD

MR5 Room 3005

Age-related clonal hematopoiesis: A Novel Driver of Hypertension? The rising prevalence of hypertension with age poses a major public health challenge due to its role as a critical risk factor for cardiovascular disease. Parallel to this trend, older individuals frequently … Read More

CVTG RIP – Elevator Pitches

MR6 Room 2502

All Trainees Trainees should prepare a 3-4 minute introduction about themselves and their project—no slides! Audience will be quiet diverse from 2nd year graduate students just getting into labs to faculty and also from very different areas. These short “elevator … Read More