BIO on the Bayou: An Academic Research Expo

Hosted by LSU Health, Tulane University & the New Orleans BioInnovation Center

2019 Focus Areas: Neuroscience & Cardiovascular + Related Chronic Diseases

Tuesday December 10th, 2019 @ The New Orleans Bioinnovation Center

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LSU Health, Tulane University and the New Orleans Bioinnvation Center have banded together as one to lower the activation energy required for industry, investors, foundations and other collaborators to partner with us. Because we know our collaborators time is valuable, we are presenting our expertise in the areas of Neuroscience and Cardiovascular + Related Chronic Diseases in New Orleans together for our Annual Academic Research Expo.

Join us for this second annual version of our signature event!

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BotB Tentative AGENDA

MORNING THEME: CARDIOVASCULAR / METABOLIC DISEASE

10:00 - 10:10 David Lefer, PhD, Director Cardiovascular Center of Excellence (LSU Health)

10:10 - 10:20 Stryder Meadows, PhD Assistant Professor, Cell & Molecular Biology (TU)

10:20 - 10:30 Traci Goodchild, PhD, Director, Cardiovascular Center Translational Core Laboratory (LSU Health)

10:30 - 10:40 Minolfa Prieto, MD, PhD, Associate Professor, Physiology (TU)

10:40 - 10:50 Daniel R. Kapusta, PhD, PI and Director, COBRE Cardiovascular Research Program (LSU Health)

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10:50 - 11:10 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

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11:10 - 11:20 Patrick Delafontaine, MD, Executive Dean, School of Medicine (TU)

11:20 - 11:30 Eric Lazartigues, PhD, Professor of Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (LSU Health)

11:30 - 11:40 Cooper Woods, PhD, Associate Professor, Physiology and Medicine (TU)

11:40 - 11:50 Frank Smart, MD, Chief, Section of Cardiology (LSU Health)

11:50 - 12:00 Sarah Lindsey, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology (TU)

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LUNCH & KEYNOTE PANEL: Noon - 1:30

Moderator: Jeanette Weiland, NOLABA

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AFTERNOON THEME: NEUROSCIENCE

1:30 - 1:40 Axosim (Lowry Curley, PhD, CEO) (TU)

1:40 - 1:50 Nicolas G. Bazan, MD, PhD, Director, Neuroscience Center of Excellence (LSU Health)

1:50 – 2:00 Jill Daniel, PhD, Director, Tulane Brain Institute (TU)

2:00 - 2:10 Haydee E. P. Bazan, PhD, Professor of Neuroscience, Ophthalmology, Biochemistry, & Molecular Biology (LSU Health)

2:10 - 2:20 Gregory Bix, MD, PhD,Professor, Neurosurgery (TU)

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2:20 - 2:40 COFFEE BREAK & NETWORKING

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2:40 - 2:50 Jeffrey D. Erickson, PhD, Associate Professor, Neuroscience. Pharmacology & Experimental Therapeutics (LSU Health)

2:50 – 3:00 Stacy Drury, MD, Director, Behavioral and Neurodevelopmental Genetics Laboratory, Associate Professor, Psychiatry (TU)

3:00 - 3:10 South Rampart Pharmaceuticals (Hernan Bazan, MD FACS, CEO & Co-Founder) (LSU Health)

3:10 - 3:20 Ricardo Mostany, PhD, Associate Professor, Pharmacology (TU)

3:20 - 3:30 Jennifer J. Lentz, PhD, Associate Professor of Otorhinolaryngology & Biocommunications and Neuroscience (LSU Health)

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3:30 - 4:00 CLOSING REMARKS

4:00 - 7:00 CLOSING RECEPTION & NETWORKING