SPEAKERS
United Kingdom
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Prof David Murphy and Dr Alex Paterson
The Dorothy Hodgkin Building, University of Bristol, Bristol, England
Functional genomics of the CNS circuits regulating cardiovascular homeostasis.
a. transcriptome analysis (Affymetrix hardware and GeneSpring Software).
b. gene transfer (germline and somatic) in mice and rats.
c. stereotaxic surgery.
d. gene expression analysis.
Prof David Murphy
Dr Alex Paterson
Canada
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Prof Charles Hindmarch (http://chipboy.wixsite.com/research) Genomics, Transcriptomics and Molecular Medicine, Queen’s Cardiopulmonary Unit (QCPU), Translational Institute of Medicine (TIME)Queen's University, Kingston, Canada
Transcriptomic analysis of autonomic brain centres controlling the cardiovascular system.
*RNAseq.
*bioinformatics.
*testosterone and cardiovascular health.
Prof Charles Hindmarch
Prof Dr Nina Japundzic-Zigon
Serbia
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Prof Dr Nina Japundzic-Zigon (https://www.researchgate.net/profile/Nina_Japundzic-Zigon)
Institute of Clinical Pharmacology, Medical Faculty University of Belgrade, Belgrade, Serbia
Neurohumoral regulation of cardiovascular short-term variability in female rats – effects of ageing, pregnancy and lactation.
*real-time acquisition of cardiovascular data.
*computerised analysis of long-term and short-term cardiovascular signals, including
software development.
*stereotaxic surgery.
United States
Dr Rebecca Cunningham and Thomas Cunningham, PhD (https://www.unthsc.edu/bios/cunningham-2/)
Health Sciences Centre, University of North Texas, Fort Worth, Texas, USA
Androgen signaling mechanisms and the effects of androgens on central nervous system
Role of the central nervous system in the regulation of the cardiovascular system, and water and electrolyte balance.
function.
*sleep apnea.
*chronic intermittent hypoxia
*ageing.
*oxidative stress and neurodegeneration.
*hyponatremia
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Dr Gina Yosten (https://www.slu.edu/medicine/medical-education/graduateprograms/
pharmacology-physiology/faculty/yosten-gina.php)
School of Medicine, St Louis University, St Louis, USA
Sexual dimorphism, plasticity and genomic diversity of the hypothalamic paraventricular
nucleus.
*neuropeptides.
*integrative physiology.
*G protein coupled receptors.
*Receptor “de-orphanisation”.
Dr Rebecca Cunningham
Dr Gina Yosten
Dr Thomas Cunningham
Brasil
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Prof José Antunes-Rodrigues (http://ppgfisiologia.fmrp.usp.br/en/jose-antunes-rodrigues/), Department of Physiology in the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
Prof. Dr. André de Souza Mecawi ( http://lattes.cnpq.br/7081349017203771)
UNIFESP, University in São Paulo.
Neuroendocrine control of hydroelectrolytic equilibrium and reproductive physiology.
*cardiovascular and hydromineral balance in ageing female rats.
*integrative physiology.
Prof Lucila Elias (http://ppgfisiologia.fmrp.usp.br/en/lucila-leico-k-elias/)
Department of Physiology in the Ribeirão Preto Medical School, University of São Paulo, Ribeirão Preto, Brazil
The neuroendocrine regulation of energy homeostasis.
*cell-specific knockout mice.
*leptin signaling.
*integrative physiology.
Neuroendocrine control of hydroelectrolytic equilibrium and reproductive physiology.
*cardiovascular and hydromineral balance in ageing female rats.
*integrative physiology.
Prof. José Antunes-Rodrigues
Prof. Lucila Elias
Prof. André de SouzaMecawi
Dra. Julia Cambiasso
Dra. Andrea Godino
Argentina
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Profesoras Dras: Ximena Caeiro, Julia Cambiasso, Andrea Godino y Carla Cisternas (https://inimec.conicet.gov.ar/Vivas/)
Instituto de Investigación Médica Mercedes y Martín Ferreyra, Unidad Ejecutora del Consejo Nacional de Investigaciones Científicas y Técnicas - Universidad Nacional de Córdoba,Córdoba, Argentina
Profesora Dra. Analia Tomat Universidad de Buenos Aires, Facultad de Farmacia y Bioquímica. Cátedra de Fisiología, Buenos Aires, Argentina; CONICET, Universidad de Buenos Aires, Instituto de la Química y Metabolismo del Fármaco, Buenos Aires, Argentina
Areas de interés:
Sexual dimorphism of cardiovascular and hydromineral homeostasis in health and disease.
*impact of sex chromosomes on cardiovascular and hydromineral balance.
*integrative physiology.
Dra. Carla Cisternas
Dra. Ximena Caeiro
Dra. Analia Tomat