Grand Round - Topic TBA
Physiology Conference Room, 4th Floor, Room 201
SPEAKER:
Oscar Gomez Torres, PhD
Visiting Scientist from Universidad Castilla
La Mancha, Spain
Welcome to the Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
Physiology is the study of how biological systems perform their functions to maintain the steady-state internal environment of living organisms. We can study these processes at the genetic, cellular, organ system or whole-animal level. Our departmental name reflects the increasing application of molecular biology techniques in the understanding of physiological function. Understanding the basic concepts of physiological control of organ systems in the human body is key to identifying regulatory processes during organ dysfunction and disease states which, in turn, may elucidate a novel approach in therapeutic intervention.Our Department Links:
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Department of Molecular and Cellular Physiology
LSU Health Shreveport
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1501 Kings Highway
Shreveport, LA 71103
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Shreveport, LA 71130-3932
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Fall Seminar Series
Nanotherapeutic-inspired interventions for the treatment of cardiovascular and chronic lung diseases
Physiology Conference Room, 4th Floor, Room 201
SPEAKER:
Elvin Blanco, PhD
Assistant Professor
Nanomedicine, Institute for Academic Medicine
Houston Methodist University
Heat Shock Factor 1 Dynamically Restructures the Yeast Genome
Physiology Conference Room, 4th Floor, Room 201
SPEAKER:
David Gross, PhD
Professor
Department of Biochemistry
LSU Health Shreveport
Grand Round - Topic TBA
Physiology Conference Room, 4th Floor, Room 201
SPEAKER:
Veronica Galvan, PhDAssociate Professor
Barshop Institute for Longevity and Aging Studies and the Nathan Shock Center of Excellence in the Biology of Aging; Glenn Biggs Institute for Alzheimer’s and Neurodegenerative Diseases; UT Health – San Antonio |
Adapting to living on the edge: niche biogenesis mechanisms of bacterial pathogens
Physiology Conference Room, 4th Floor, Room 201
SPEAKER:
Stanimir Ivanov, PhDAssistant Professor
Department of Microbiology LSU Health Shreveport |
Latest Department News
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LSU Health Shreveport researchers recently presented preliminary findings at the American Heart Association’s Basic Cardiovascular Sciences 2019 Scientific Sessions that use of the illegal stimulant methamphetamine causes build-up of tough protein fibers in heart muscle, which may help explain the development of enlarged hearts and heart failure in users.
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Zaki Al Yafeai, Dr. Celeste Wu, Dr. Shafiul Alam and Alexandre Do Couto E Silva were recognized as American Heart Association Fellowship recipients.
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Christopher Pattillo, PhD, Associate Professor of Molecular and Cellular Physiology, has received a grant from the National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute of the NIH for his five-year project, “Cellular Reductive State Regulates Arteriogenesis.”
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A paper authored by many researchers at LSU Health Shreveport on the prevention and treatment of stroke was recently published in Circulation, a journal of the American Heart Association.
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Gaganpreet Kaur and Mansoureh Barzega have been awarded Malcolm-Feist Pre-Doctoral Fellowships by the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences.
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Zaki Al-Yafeai, Physiology graduate student, was recently awarded an American Heart Association Predoctoral Fellowship Award.
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Mansoureh Barzegar received the Inaugural William Halpern travel award from Microcirculatory Society which was given to the top scored applicant.
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The LSU Health Shreveport Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology and Aphios Corporation have obtained United States Patent No. 9,994,585 entitled “Transplantation Therapies,” for marine pharmaceutical ‘Bryostatin-1,’ which will be used as an additive to organ transport and storage solutions.
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