LSUHS Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences

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CCDS Seminar Series - March 7, 2022
CME Accredited

Dr. Fancisco J. Schopfer, PhD, MBA
Vice Chair of Biotechnology Development
Department of Pharmacology and Chemical Biology
Pittsburgh Heart, Lung and Blood Vascular Institute
Pittsburgh Liver Research Center
University of Pittsburgh
"Nitrated fatty acids: from dietary clues to drug development"

The Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences and LSU Health Shreveport hosted Youree Drive Middle School today for their Junior Achievement College and Career Quest Program. The students spent their day learning about the science and medicine degrees offered on campus and future career options in the healthcare industry by participating in hands on activites and an informal Q&A during lunch.

Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium - LSU Health Shreveport

The CCDS is hosting the 4th Annual Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium (GVRC) on March 18th and 19th at the Shreveport Convention Center in Shreveport, Louisiana. The GVRC highligts cutting edge research in Vascular Biology from world-renowned laboratories across the Gulf Coast region. By bringing together a critical mass of scientific pioneers and educators, the annual Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium will facilitate knowledge transfer, novel insights and new collaborations.

Registration Deadline - March 2, 2022
https://www.lsuhs.edu/centers/cardiovascular-diseases-and-sciences/events/gulf-coast-vascular-research-consortium

Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium - LSU Health Shreveport The 2021 Gulf Coast Vascular Research Consortium will be hosted by the Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences at LSU Health Shreveport. Visit our website for more information on registration and participation.

Are you interested in cardiovascular research? We have an 8-week National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIHLBI) training program this summer that includes housing, travel and a $3,800 stipend.

APPLICATION DEADLINE TODAY (February 22nd): http://www.lsuhs.edu/.../cardiovascular-diseases.../curious

Often mistaken for seaweed, the brown bryozoan Bugula neritina clings to boat hulls, docks, and pilings to eventually crowd out other lifeforms. Inside this invasive species, however, lies a natural chemical known as bryostatin, which an LSU research team discovered can be used to control the movement of white blood cells—a gamechanger for successful organ transplantation.

Learn more: https://www.lsu.edu/working-for-louisiana/news/2022/01-bryostatin-for-organ-transplantation.php

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LSUHS Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences updated their phone number.

LSUHS Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences updated their phone number.

Are you interested in cardiovascular research? We have an 8-week National Heart, Lung, and Blood Institute (NIHLBI) training program this summer that includes housing, travel and a $3,800 stipend.
APPLY TODAY: www.lsuhs.edu/centers/cardiovascular-diseases-and-sciences/curious
Application Deadline - Tuesday, February 22

One of our 2021 CURIOUS Students, Daniel Hernandez, presenting his work this week at the International Stoke Conference in New Orleans titled "Inflammatory Responses Provide Critical Support for Neurogenesis and Functional Recovery Following Cerebral Ischemia."

The 2022 CURIOUS Summer Program Application Deadline has been extended to February 22, 2022. APPLY NOW!!

The CCDS awarded their first D. Neil Granger, PhD, Awards for Outstanding Predoctoral Trainee, Postdoctoral Trainee and Clinical Trainee.

Dr. D. Neil Granger is the former Chair of the Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology, and was awarded the Boyd Professorship, the highest honor bestowed by the LSU system, in 1998. As Chair of the Board of Directors for the Institute of Cardiovascular Disease and Imaging (former name of the CCDS) for more than 10 years, he positioned the CCDS to successfully apply for Center status, and continued to serve on the Board of Directors until he retired. Dr. Granger is world-renowned for his research on the microcirculation, with over 600 publications, more than 80,000 citations, and continuous funding from the NIH over 35 years. He served on numerous grant review panels, and was Associate Editor for 3 journals, and Editor-in-Chief for Microcirculation. He also served as President of both the Microcirculatory Society and the American Physiological Society. Dr. Granger was honored by countless awards, including the Landis Award and Lecture from the Microcirculatory Society, the Robert Berne Distinguished Lectureship of the APS Cardiovascular Section, and the Benjamin W. Zweifach Award at the 10th World Congress for Microcirculation.

CONGRATUTLATIONS TO:
Outstanding Predoctoral Trainee - Gaganpreet Kaur
Outstanding Postdoctoral Trainee - Chowdhury Abdullah, PhD
Outstanding Clinical Trainee - Aakash Sheth, MD

Congratulations to the CCDS Feist Cardiovascular Research Symposium Predoctoral, Postdoctoral and Clinical Trainee poster winners!!

The CCDS held their inaugural Feist Cardiovascular Research Symposium on Monday, February 7, 2022. There were talks from many of their researchers and fellows as well as two external guest speakers. Dr. Rakesh Patel (University of Alabama at Birmingham) spoke during the morning session and his talk was "Redox-Dependent Regulation of Endothelial High Mannose N-Glycans: Implications for Vascular Inflammation." Dr. Elena Aikawa (Harvard Medical School), Malcolm Fiest Lecturer, spoke during the afternoon session and her talk was "Cardiovascular Calcification: Serarching for New Targets Through Systems Biology and Computational Prediction."

Photos from LSU Health Shreveport's post

Are you interested in spending your summer doing Cardiovascular Research? Application Deadline is February 12th.

Please join us Friday, February 4, 2022, with the American Heart Association and wear RED for National Wear Red Day. On the first Friday of every February, the nation comes together and wears red to raise awareness about cardiovascular disease and saves lives.

Senior Day EXPO at the Louisiana State Fair. The CCDS spent their day visiting with our seniors while sharing with them about their research, upcoming CCDS community events, and what the CCDS is all about.

Thanks to Dr. Robert Walter for inviting Dr. Navneet Dhillon to LSU Health Shreveport to be a part of our CCDS seminar series. Dr. Dhillon, Professor of Medicine and Director of Pulmonary Research at the University of Kansas Medical Center, spent her day visiting with the CCDS faculty and students and presented a seminar talk on “Extracellular vesicles: Novel players in Viral infection-mediated Pulmonary Vascular Injury.”

Happening this MORNING!!

LSU Health Shreveport
Center for Cardiovascular Diseases and Sciences

PRESENTS

CCDS Seminar Series CID#217700

“New therapeutic approach to enhance cognitive recovery following acute ischemic stroke.”

Paco Herson, PhD
Professor and Director of the Cerebrovascular Research Institute
Department of Neurological Surgery
The Ohio State University College of Medicine

Date: September 15, 2021
Time: 9:30 a.m. – 10:30 a.m.
Location: Zadeck G-221

CCDS Translational Seminar
Zoya Muhammad, MD, MPH and Nabil Rashdan, PhD
"Aortic Valve Disease: A Clinical and Translational Overview"

Happening TODAY!!

Standout Students: Summer researchers present work at LSU Health

Students who participated in our CURIOUS program at LSU Health Shreveport this summer were featured as this week's KMSS Fox 33 Standout Students! We look forward to seeing what this outstanding group of future scientists and doctors go on to accomplish.

If you are an undergraduate student or know a student who might be interested in participating in CURIOUS, learn more about eligibility and the application process on our website: www.lsuhs.edu/centers/cardiovascular-diseases-and-sciences/curious - Summer 2022 dates will be announced soon!

Standout Students: Summer researchers present work at LSU Health SHREVEPORT, La. (KMSS) – A summer research program wraps up at LSU Health that’s preparing the next generation of scientists and healthcare professionals. Meet this week’s Standou…

Centenary students excel in CURIOUS program at LSU Health

Centenary students excel in CURIOUS program at LSU Health Four Centenary students engaged in cutting-edge cardiovascular research this summer thanks to the CURIOUS program at LSU Health Shreveport. CURIOUS, which stands for Cardiovascular Undergraduate Research Initiative for Underrepresented Students, is a competitive eight-week summer research progr...

Photos from LSU Health Shreveport Research's post

Our CURIOUS Students summer with us is almost over. The past few weeks they have continued working in their labs, providing updates on their projects, learning about flow cytometryand endotheilial function and spending time with their seminar speaker, Dr. Ayotunde Dokun from the University of Iowa.

Happening Today!!

CURIOUS Seminar Speaker
July 7, 2021
12:00 p.m.
C3-405

Ayotunde O. Dokun, MD, PhD, FACE
POEDRC Verna Funke Chair in Diabestes Research
Director, Division of Endocrinology and Metabolism
Program Director PREP Iowa
Associate Professor of Medicine and Endocrinology
Associate Professor of Molecular Physiology and Biophysics
University of Iowa, Carter College of Medicine
"How I Got Here"

Cassidy Blackburn, a student in LSU Health Shreveport- Department of Microbiology and Immunology, successfully defended her dissertation. Congratulations, Dr. Blackburn!

Photos from Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology's post

Our CURIOUS Students have been busy working in their labs, providing updates on their projects, visitng the anatomy labs and visiting the CCDS and COBRE cores.

Our CURIOUS Students started this week. The CURIOUS program is a NIH-funded 8-week summer research program in cardiovascular disease for undergraduate students who are interested in pursuing research as part of their scientific or clinical career goals. Our principle investigators, who will serve as mentors, lead research programs in several focus areas including: atherosclerosis, myocardial infarction, cardiomyopathy, peripheral artery disease, microvascular dysfunction in response to cardiovascular disease risk factors, stroke and the vascular/heart-brain axis.

LSU Health Shreveport researchers make discovery that could lead to Alzheimer's treatment

LSU Health Shreveport researchers make discovery that could lead to Alzheimer's treatment SHREVEPORT, La. -- A team at LSU Health Shreveport has identified a blood biomarker that could lead to the treatment of Alzheimer’s disease.

LSU Health Shreveport Office of Research
Research Celebration 2021

Congratulations to Dr. Andrew Yurochko, Dr. Nick Goeders and Dr. Jeremy Kamil.

What is the India Covid variant and will vaccines work?

What is the India Covid variant and will vaccines work? Much of the data around a coronavirus variant identified in India is incomplete, scientists say.

Although we can’t meet in person this year, the AHA is planning a dynamic GO RED FOR WOMEN digital experience March 18, 6:30-7:30 pm, to celebrate the local impact AHA has made in the community. The evening will include: inspirational speakers, the 2021 Woman of Impact winner will be announced, cooking demonstration and we will hear from our own, Dr. A. Wayne Orr, CCDS Director, about the cardiovascular research happening at LSU- Health Shreveport.

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Visit NWLAGoRed.HEART.ORG for more information!

The Graduate Student of the Month for March is Gaganpreet Kaur! She joined the Department of Molecular & Cellular Physiology in the fall of 2016. Her mentor is Dr. Norman Harris. Keep an eye out to learn more about Gaganpreet throughout this month!