Date Event Title Speaker
04/10/2024 Mitochondrial dysfunction abrogates dietary lipid processing in enterocytes Raj Neupane
04/03/2024 Zilebesiran, an RNA Interference Therapeutic Agent for Hypertension Dien Ye
03/27/2024 Identification of a non-canonical chemokine-receptor pathway suppressing regulatory T cells to drive atherosclerosis Xufang Mu
03/20/2024 Cancelled - Please Attend Faculty Candidate Seminar Xu Xiao
03/13/2024 Spring Break
03/06/2024 AKR1B1 drives hyperglycemia-induced metabolic reprogramming in MASLD-associated hepatocellular carcinoma Garrett Anspach
02/28/2024 The pro-resolving mediator, annexin A1 regulates blood pressure, and age-associated changes in cardiovascular function and remodeling Genesee Martinez
02/21/2024 Fibrillin-1 regulates endothelial sprouting during angiogenesis Bowen Li
02/14/2024 An improved reporter identifies ruxolitinib as a potent and cardioprotective CaMKII inhibitor Nicholas McVay
02/07/2024 Presenilin-1 in smooth muscle cells facilitates hypermuscularization in elastin aortopathy Alex Pettey
01/31/2024 GDF15 is a major determinant of ketogenic dietinduced weight loss Ailing Li
01/24/2024 Aster-dependent nonvesicular transport facilitates dietary cholesterol uptake Ryan Temel
01/17/2024 EcoHIV-Infected Mice Show No Signs of Platelet Activation Hammodah Alfar
01/10/2024 ApoA-I Protects Pancreatic β-Cells From Cholesterol-Induced Mitochondrial Damage and Restores Their Ability to Secrete Insulin Gregory Graf
12/06/2023 The Histone Methyltransferase SETDB2 Modulates Tissue Inhibitors of Metalloproteinase–Matrix Metalloproteinase Activity During Abdominal Aortic Aneurysm Development Julianne Sharpe
11/29/2023 Directed evolution of a family of AAV capsid variants enabling potent muscle-directed gene delivery across species Cheavar Blair
11/22/2023 Thanksgiving Break
11/15/2023 Single-Molecule Spatial Transcriptomics of Human Thoracic Aortic Aneurysms Uncovers Calcification-Related CARTPT-Expressing Smooth Muscle Cells Sohei Ito
11/08/2023 Prolonged QT intervals in mice with cardiomyocyte-specific deficiency of the molecular clock Brian Delisle
11/01/2023 Cell-autonomous regulation of complement C3 by factor H limits macrophage efferocytosis and exacerbates atherosclerosis Shu Liu
10/25/2023 Resveratrol intervention attenuates chylomicron secretion via repressing intestinal FXR-induced expression of scavenger receptor SR-B1 Olivia Hage
10/18/2023 Hepatic SREBP signaling requires SPRING to govern systemic lipid metabolism in mice and humans Anna Mead
10/11/2023 A HIF independent oxygen-sensitive pathway for controlling cholesterol synthesis Gregory Graf
10/04/2023 Pharmacological treatment with FGF21 strongly improves plasma cholesterol metabolism to reduce atherosclerosis Zachary Kipp
09/27/2023 The DWORF micropeptide enhances contractility and prevents heart failure in a mouse model of dilated cardiomyopathy Garrett Elmore
09/20/2023 Intracellular tPA–PAI-1 interaction determines VLDL assembly in hepatocytes Alex Pettey
09/13/2023 Hepatic nonvesicular cholesterol transport is critical for systemic lipid homeostasis Preetha Shridas
09/06/2023 Severe hypertriglyceridemia caused by Gpihbp1 deficiency facilitates vascular remodeling through increasing endothelial activation and oxidative stress Ryan Temel
08/30/2023 Blair Lab TBD
08/30/2023 Platelets exacerbate cardiovascular inflammation in a murine model of Kawasaki disease vasculitis Shayan Mohammadmoradi
08/23/2023 Alsiraj Lab TBD
08/23/2023 Extracellular vesicle-based interorgan transport of mitochondria from energetically stressed adipocytes Congqing Wu
04/25/2023 Sustained alternate-day fasting potentiates doxorubicin cardiotoxicity Cheavar Blair
04/18/2023 STING activation in platelets aggravates septic thrombosis by enhancing platelet activation and granule secretion Jian Cui, PhD
04/11/2023 Atherosclerosis Regression and Cholesterol Efflux in Hypertriglyceridemic Mice Lei Cai